The Colorado statesman., 1907-06-29

tlnueS 10 perform the duties of mayor
notwithstanding the appointment of
an acting mayor.
Gov, Folk proposes the construc-
tion of modern highway across
Missouri from st. Louis TO Kansas
City as the beginning of a complete
connecting system of good roads f.
that state.
The last link of the tube systeI
of underground railroads has bee
completed in London and opened to
the public. The road runs on an
average of 60 feet below the surface
and cost s25,OOO.OOO.
In the presence of the largest
crowd that ever assembled at a public
function in Delaware, a bronze mem
orial statue was unveiled to Thomas
F. Bayard, secretary of state under
President Cleveland
Packers and cattle statesmen at st.
Joseph have made a compromise by
which the post5mortem rule will be
waived on all grades of cattle except
dairy COWS and Gamers.
The Missouri Republican club of
Kansas City recently gave a banquet
at which Harry S. New, chairman of.
the national committee was the guest
of honor.
In the Haywood trial at Boise, Ida
l-J., the bomb which was made by
Harry Orchard to kill Judge Goddard
was produced in court and identified
by witnesses.
In the federal court at Leaven-
worth, Kan, Judge Amidon appointed
Judge u. T. Hazen, special referee in
bankruptcy to administer the Uncle
Sam company property.
A call for national industrial
peace conference to meet in San
Francisco in July has been issued by
the conciliation committee of that
city, with the encouragement of Pres.
ident Roosevelt.
The body of Midshipman Murfln,
of Jackson, Ohio, the last of the miss
ing occupants of the battleship Min
mesota's launch which sank in Hamp.
ton Roads, has been recovered.
= Complaints are coming from parts
ment agencies are sending workers
to the country before the harvest is
ready.
The Washington University of st.
Louis, recently celebrated it's 5Oth
anniversary. Ambassador Bryce of
Great Britain, was the orator of the
occasion.
Eight miners were killed by an ex-
plosion of gas in a colliery at Price
burg, Pa, recently.
The National Wholesale Liquor
Dealers association believes that
anti-saloon sentiment will find a
place in the national platforms next
year, and are preparing to raise a
large fund to meet the conditions.
The American Sheet and Tinplate
company, and the Amalgamated as
sociation have reached an agree
ment regarding wages for next year
The scale of wages in effect now
will stand.
Judge Wood, in the Haywood trial
at Boise. Idaho, admitted as evidence
many articles from the Miners Mag
azine which tended to show the ami
mus of the Western Federation
against former Gov. Steunenberg.
According to the Census bureau
the production of lumber in the
United States for 1906 was 81 AGO..
$4,000 feet; of laths 3,SO2. .22O, 900.
and of shingles, 11,SS5, ,455, 900.
hof Of inf CT
in southern France deserted with
their arms and ammunition and
joined the revolving wine growers.
They We're later induced to return to
their regiment.
The telegraph operators employed
by the Western Union and Postal
companies at San Francisco have
struck for 25 per cent increase in
wages, notwithstanding the agree
ment entered into at New York with
Labor Commissioner Neill
The winegrowers' strike in France
is assuming more peaceful aspect
The state mas closed its case in the
Haywood trial at Boise, Idaho. ana
Immediately after the announcement
was made the defense filed motion
to dismiss the defendant on the
showing made by the prosecution.
After argument the court overruled
the motion.
The National Eclectic Medical So
ciety, at its meeting in Los Angeles,
selected Kansas City as the place OF
the next annual convention
The Oklahoma and Indian territory
dental associations have been ANAL
gamated with DR.. c. l.. White, of Ok
lahoma City. as president.
Mrs. Russell Sage has sent to the
Lincoln Farm Association a contribu.
tinn of S2h nm To the, fund fnr tho