The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-11-16

The supreme court Of Kansas in de-
Gliding that the Missouri Pacific Rail
road company must maintain a daily
passenger service on the Madison
branch upheld the constitutionality of
the law permitting the board OF rail
road commissioners to regulate train
service.
The United States court Of appeals
OF St Paul has affirmed the fine
against the Burlington railway OF
$4,000 for giving rebates on lard
shipments from Kansas City to New
York.
Fire At Duluth. MINI. destroyed
mill and elevator property to the value
OF S2.26s 900.
The government gives the total
yield Of corn in the country for 1907
as 2,553. .732 900 bushels. an average of
26 bushels per acre. The average
quality Is S2-S per cent
Timber fires in the neighborhood OF
Deadwood. South Dakota. are causing
heavy damage
In the federal court at Los Ange-
les. Cal. the Santa Fe Railway com
pany was fined $1,000 on each OF the
sc indictments on which they were re-
Gently convicted of rebating. The to-
tai aggregated 3330.000.
The strike Of the telegraph opera
tors. which lasted for SO days. has
been formally declared of 1t is est
mated that the strikers lost 32.5OO,-
900 in wages and the companies lost
s. .00o. 900.
Tho building occupied by the seed
distribution division OF the agricul.
tural department at Washington. with
its contents. was recently destroyed
by fire.
Raymond Hitchcock the actor who
disappeared from New York after hav.
ing been indicted on charges pre-
ferred by several young girls has re-
appeared and given bond for his ap-
pearance for trial.
The commercial bodies OF many
western cites have telegraphed Pres.
ident Roosevelt urging currency leg
islation at the coming session Of con-
gress
The republican ticket was elected
In Kentucky by about 1000 plurality
The printing plant II the Sioux
City. Iowa, Journal WIS., recently dam.
aged by fire to the extent of $4,000.
Reports are current in New York
that criminal prosecutions are likely
to follow some of the disclosures
made in national banking circles there
during the present financial strin-
gency
Fifteen persons were killed and 80
others dangerously injured by the ex-
plosion OF the boilers on the German
receiving ship Bluecher near Muir
wick
Cholera is rapidly decreasing in
Russia owing to the influence of cold
weather.
The railroad men OF Great Britain
have voted 1926 fcrand S,773 against
calling a strike.
The twenty seventh annual conven-
ton or tie American Federation OF
Labor is being held at the jamestown
exposition.
Officials at the Lawton. Ok, land Of
fee have received instructions from
Washington to suspend payment of
final PROOFS upon all land in that dis
trict for 80 days in order to relieve
the farmers during the money strin-
gency.
The assertion that General Grant.
Admiral Farragut and General Thomas
applied in 1861 for commissions in the
Confederate service is denied by au
thoritive confederate sources
The National Credit association will
h~1I
June.
The United States fish commission
is sending a carload OF lobster fry
from the government hatcheries at
Booth Bay. Me-. to the Pacific coast
as first experiment at breeding lob
sters there
In an interview with the Associated
press at Toxic, Foreign Minister Hay
ashi declared the relations Of Japan
as they have ever been. and that the
cause OF civilization and community
NJ interests demand lasting peace and
friendship between the two countries
Former Secretary Shaw, in an ad.
dress before the chamber of COM
merce OF New Haven, Conn, advo-
Gated empowering national banks to
issue additional circulation equal to
80 per cent OF their capital stock with
ut danosit to secure its REDEMPTION
in order to give elasticity to the cur
rency.
The Kansas state board Of health
has ordered the arrest Of ten butch
nrs in that state for selling embalmed
beef
Fifty British battleships. in addition
to land batteries, thundered a noisy
salute to the emperor and empress
OF Germany at Plymouth when the i'm.