Gilpin observer., 1907-04-04
:. Seven 2Q-foot spans oil the Bur1ing-

| energetic efforts was the destruction
of the entire bridge, which is a mile
in length. avoided.
Justice Morgan J. OBrien, chair
! man OF the Thaw commission in lun-
vious engagements and David Nc
Clure, well-known attorney, has
been appointed to succeed him.
An importan. conference was re-
/ Gently held at the White house re-
I garding the railroad situation gener-
ally. 1t was said plan was outlined
for the federal regulation of railroads
which is to be submitted at the next
session of congress.
The Spanish government has issued
an official note expressing its concur
renee in the French occupation Of a
Moroccan city.
| The conference at Chicago between
trainmen and general managers of
| Western railroads in an endeavor to
avert the threatened strike was a
| failure. The managers declare they
will demand arbitration by the gov
ernment.
Capt. Hooker, of the subsistence
department, U. S. A.. stationed at
| Omaha, has been authorized TO pur-
chase 3,746,000 pounds of corn meal
f, for immediate shipment to China.
Ripe peaches were recently gathered
in Louisiana months ahead of the
usual time.
A wind storm recently. swept over
! western Indian territory to the Texas
border, doing considerable damage at
Rolf and Marietta. No lives we're
| lost.
Three men who had robbed a store
at Leominster, Mass, were found dead
on top of freight car at Summer
vile. 1t is thought they were struck
by low bridge.
The Brewers of ST. Louis have gone
on strike for an increase of wages
An examination of the accounts of
Frank Jones, teller of the Charlotte,
N. c., National bank shows a short
age of s6s,OOO. Jones has disappeared.
Mexico has been requested by tho
| republic of Salvador to intervene, and
use her best efforts to bring about
peace in Central America.
The first witness before the Thaw
| lunacy commission was the defend
ant himself, who for two hours an
swered a running fire of questions by
the commissioners. The examination
was held in private.
The miners union of Butte, Mont,
has accepted q sliding scale of wages
and has signed five year agreements
with the operators.
The supreme court of Minnesota
has handed down a decision uphold
ing the right of the Great Northern
railroad to issue the s65,O0O,OO0 of
stock authorized by the directors
some months ago.
Representative Charles F. Scott, Of
lola. Kan, who recently returned
from the Isthmus, delivered an ad-
dress at Kansas City on the Situation
in Panama" He was enthusiastic
over the progress of the work on the
canal
Chairman Knapp of the Interstate
Commerce commission, and commits
sioner of Labor Neill have gone to
Chicago in an endeavor to settle the
trouble between the trainmen and
the various railroads of the West.
Twenty-six persons were killed and
100 injured in disastrous wreck On
the Southern Pacific railroad at
Cotton. Cal, recently. The train ran
into an open switch while going at
the rate of 40 miles an hour.
The executive officials of the rail-
roads operating in Missouri and
Arkansas have agreed on plan to
contest the two cent fare laws re-
Gently passed by the legislatures Of
the two states.
The United States court of appeals
at St. Louis has decided that the
refusal of a passenger to pay fare on
a railroad train makes him subject
to ejectment regardless of whether
he later changes his mind.
Republican members of the Tennes-
see Legislature in joint caucus
passed resolutions appealing to re-
publicans everywhere to renominate
President Roosevelt for another term
as president.
A national bank will be established
on the Fort Ieavenworth military re-
servation. This is the first banking
institution at military post in the
country.
Reports to Secretary Coburn of the
Kansas state board of agriculture
show the wheat crop to be in fine
condition and that the season is
earlier than ever before in the his
tory of the state.
1t is announced that the Pennsyl-
vania railroads propose to test in the
courts the constitutionality of the two-
cent fare bill passed in that state by