The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-03-16
eNEWS CT TIE WEEK
Mos: Important Happenings c. the
Past Seven Days.
Interesting Items Gathered from All
parts of the World Condensed
anto Small Space for tho
Benena of Our Readers.
Personal.


Ter of the interior OF Bulgaria, was
assassinated recently.
1t is now stated that Frank Stein
hart who, it was announced. had re-
signed as consul general at Havana
will retain his position until July !
at least
Arcndeacon Henry Leeds of the
Kansas diocese of the Episcopal
church died at Topeka of heart fail
ure
John Alexander Dowie, founder OF
the Catholic Christian church OF Zion
City, Ill.,, il dead.
Mrs. J. L. Stoval, OF Lawton, Ok,
recently gave birth to a baby girl
in a street car at Oklahoma City.
William Hagedon, who it is claimed
was the heaviest man in Missouri and
/ who weighed 500 pounds died recent
ly at his home near Richmond.
John Turner died at Paola, Kan.
at the age of 81 years. He saw the
coronation of Queen Victoria.
George w. Perkins has given his
personal check for S54,019l9 to rein
burse the New York Life Insurance
company for the money contributed
10 the republican committee during
the last national campaign
Signor Gallo. the Italian minister
Of justice, died recently in Rome OF
syncope. He had held many promin-
ent positions in the government.
Miss Louise Ross. of Louisiana,
Mo-, was beaten and stabbed by her
sweetheart, Andrew Watts until near
ly dead Watts was arrested and
placed in jail. Thereats of lynching
were openly made.
The Dowager Empress Of Russia is
in London visiting her sister Queen
Alexandra.
DR., Karl Heinrich Won Boetticher,
who served as German minister OF
the interior under Bismarck, is dead.
w. H. Burrow, cashier of bank
at Smith Center, Kansas, has been
appointed national bank examiner.
Henry Davis Todd, lieutenant COM
mander U. S. N. retired the last
member of the naval academy class of
1857, died recently at Annapolis. Md.
Capt David j. Gibbon, U. S. A,
TellTeu, WHO llNtiltu VI
instruments now in use in the wealth
er bureau, is dead in Washington.
Edwin Leland, a post office in
spector, son of Cyrus Leland, of Kan
sas, has been removed from the gov
ernment service.
Frank T. Campbell, formerly lieu
tenant governor of Iowa. died re-
Gently at Lima, o.
Nicholas Murray Butler, president
OF Columbia university, was married
at New York recently to Miss Kate
La Montague.
The J. H. Crane Furniture company.
one of the pioneer firms Of St. Louis.
has made an assignment for the bene-
fit of creditors.
Perry Evans, teacher of country
school in Oklahoma, was recently as
saulted and killed by number of his
male pupils.
Congressional.
The inquiry by the senate commit
tee on military affairs into the affray
at Brownsville, Tex, has been re
sumed after ten days recess.
bOlE lOu2tS Vi SoAtoi,oo AA' "
passed a resolution creating a joint
committee of five senators and five
representatives OF the Sixtieth con
gress to revise and codfy the laws
OF the United States.
There has already been $4,000 ap-
plications for pensions filed under
the new service pension law enacted
last month.
Miscellaneous.
After two years of litigation the
guessing contest regarding attend
ance at the ST. Louis worlds fair has
been decided by the courts. NJ. Lo-
gan Guthrie, of Fulton, Mo, was
awarded the prize of $4,000.
A big strike of placer gold has been
made in Lost Creek, near Bellingham,
Wash.
The street car mems union of
Omaha Neb., has voted against
strike to enforce demands for
CLOSED shop"
The defense in the Thaw trial took
the prosecution by surprise wnen they
notified District Attorney Jerome that
it would rest their case with the testi-
mony of Mrs. William Thaw. The
state will now put in rebuttal evil
dence, and then the argument Will be-
gin.
The Iowa board Of railroad com
missioners have ordered a reduction
of 1S per cent in the freight rates
on cattle. horses, mules and sheep.
The women suffragists of England
have been temporarily defeated in their
efforts to get bill through parliament
giving them the right to vote
The legislature of Pennsylvania
has commenced an inquiry into the