The Colorado statesman., 1907-01-19

A national convention for the extern
sion of the foreign commerce OF the
United States met in New York for
a three days session.
A professional steeple jack, while
painting chimney at Wichita, Kan,
fell 60 feet and escaped with slight
bruises
The Hartman hearing regarding al
legged merger of the Union Pacific and
Southern Pacific railroads will be re-
sumed in Seattle, Spokane and Port
land, Ore, by the interstate commerce
commission.
Secretary Hitchcock has withdrawn
665,000 acres of public lands from en-
try and added them to the Uncomp-
ahgre forest reserve.
The statistical bureau reports that
for eleven months of 1906 the value
of manufactures imported amounted
to $402,000,000 while exports of the
same kind during the year will amount
to s700,0O0.000.
The president has made public re-
port on "cost keeping and the govern
ment service" prepared by the keep
commission. He favors the adoption
of cost keeping system by the gov
ernment.
Lieut.. Gen. vladimir Pavloff, Rus
sian military procurator, known as
"Hangman" Pavloff, was recently
shot to death by a revolutionist in
st. Petersburg. The assassin was
captured after a long chase.
A. R. Modisett, H. c. Dale and
W. G. Smott, were acquitted at Oma-
ha of charge of conspiracy to de-
fraud the government of title to 49,
900 acres of land in western Nebras-
ka.
At conference of the foreign mis-
sion boards Of the United States and
Canada is was agreed to forward to
President Roosevelt, the United States
senate and King Edward an appeal on
behalf of the Congo Free State.
Suits have been filed in the Mis-
souri, supreme court by Attorney
General Hadley to dissolve the al
leged merger of the Wabash, Mis-
souri, Pacific and Iron Mountain rail-
way companies, and to revoke the
licenses and charters of several sub
sidiary companies. Violation of the
state constitution and laws is
charged. Quo warranto writs were
issued returnable January 23.
New York is suffering from an
other epidemic of influenza.
The leading flour mills of Mime
apolis have been compelled to close
temporarily on account of the car
shortage. Three hunderd men are
thrown out of employment
An order has been issued for a
special panel of 200 talesmen from
which jury to try Harry X. Thaw
for the murder of Stanford White
at New York.
The government has taken steps
to prevent E. H. Hartman, Henry
C. Frick and H. H. Rogers from leav-
ing the jurisdiction or the Inter
state Commerce commission during
the investigation into the manage
ment of the Hartman lines.
In +est case at Hamburg a deci-
sion was rendered by the local court
compelling the North German Fire
Insurance company to pay the losses
incurred in San Francisco last year.
The constitutional convention of
Oklahoma has adopted a memorial
asking the president and congress to
set aside the ruling of Secretary
Hitchcock segregating 100000 acres
of land in the Choctaw nation for
forest reserve.
The National Red Cross has pur-
chased 800 tons of flour to be
shipped Immediately to the famine
sufferers in China.
Fire destroyed the tobacco ware
house and cigar factory of S. R. Moss
& Co., at Lancaster, Pa, and dam
aged the stock in other warehouses
in the vicinity recently. The entire
loss. it was estimated, would foot
up S1.000,000.
A Rock Island passenger train dash
ed into an apen switch at Barney, N.
NJ, causing the engine to leave the
track and turn over. Five persons
were killed and eight injured.
The steamer Ponce, bound from
Porto Rico for New York which was
IL days overdue, has been towed
into Hamilton, Bermuda with brok-
en- shaft. She had drifted at the
mercy of the waves for eight days
before help arrived.
When the bids for the completion of
the Isthmian canal were opened by
the commission it was found that W.
]. Oliver of Knox, Tenn, and A W.
gether were the lowest bidders for
the contract to complete the work The
commission will take some time to