Gilpin observer., 1907-05-02

~ II dllOH, MO., tue DOiler VI Tie cuSiHe
exploded, killing three trainlnen. iniur-
Ing Two others, and wreckins the en-
gine and caboose.
There is a serious lack OF farm
hands in the Northwest according
to reports received by the Great North
ern railroad.
Two thousand prairie dogs at SO each
have been contracted for in South
Dakota by English lords who have
exterminate the rabbits and hares on
their shooting reserves in England and
are languishing for sport.
The Russo-Japanese negotiations
on the fisheries question are reported
to have resulted in u satisfactory
agreement.
A lawsuit that has been in the
courts 80 years was recently again
argued in the Supreme court of Mis-
souri,.
The motermen and conductors on
the Salt Lake City, Utah, street car
lines to the number of 450 have struck
following a refusal of the company
officials to arbitrate their differences.
A new schedule to become effective
July /, increases the pay of the rural
free delivery carries from 8 to %
per cent, based upon the number of
miles travelled.
The trial of Binger Herman former
commissioner of the general land office
on charge of destroying public re-
cords after continuing IL weeks, re-
suited in a verdict of acquittal.
The Sedalia, Mo-, Busines Mems as
sociation has signed contract with
st. Louis shoe company by which a
branch factory will be built at Sedalia.
A plan is being formed in six Of
the principal wheat growing states by
the farmers to hold their wheat for
one dollar per bushel.
A sensation was created in Joplin,
Mo-, by the discovery that the police
force were enjoying luxuriously
furnished lounging room which had
been donated by saloon keepers, dis
solute women and gamblers of the
city. Public sentiment was thorough
ly aroused and the grand jury will
investigate.
In a letter written by President
Roosevelt to the chairman or the Chi
cago MoyerHaywood conference the
president stands by his former as
sertions and declares that the actions
of the friends of the accused men are
flagrantly improper. in that they are
trying to influence judge and jury in
the coming trial.
Charge c. King. president of the
First National bank of Scotland, s.
D., has been arrested in Chicago
charged with having misapplied the
funds Of the bank, which recently
failed.
The Zoeller packing plant at Pitts
fire. Five hundred thousand pounds
of lard in one building was entirely
consumed The loss was placed at
100000.
The supreme court of Kansas has
appointed Judge S. II. Allen, G.. II.
Whitcourt and Judge T. F. Carver, all
of Topeka, as receivers for the Kan
sas property of various breweries. A
joint bond of $4,000 was required.
Secretary Wilson, by executive or.
der, has created the board of food and
drug inspection, whose duty it shall
be to adminiter the national pure food
law. The president heartily approves
the plan.
Frank II. Butler, steamer deck
hand, has been arrested charged with
the murder of the four-year-old son
Of DR.. Horace n. Marvin, who dis
appeared from his home in Dover
Del, March 4.
A recent bulletin issued by the sec.
retary Of the Oklahoma board of ag.
riculture states that the wheat crop
is only COS per cent and the oats crop
80 per cent.
A movement has been started In
Milwaukee, Wis, to set aside a day
in May on which every union in the
country is to protest against Presi-
dent Roosevelt's assertion that
sirable citizens.
Four million bushels of coal were
shipped down the Ohio river from
Pittsburg in one day recently, break.
ing all records for this time Of the
year.
The suit of the Copper Range Con.
solidated Mining company Colbert C.
Burrage, Thomas w. Lawson and 9TH
ers, has been settled out of court.
The government forestry service
has issued q circular saying that this
country consumes every year between
three and four times more wood than
is grown in all its forests in the same
time.
Miss Violet Spencer, OF Alton, Ill.
was recently attacked by negro neal
her home and slashed across the alb.
domen with n razor. A heavy cloak
was all that saved her life. Several
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