The Colorado statesman., 1907-05-11
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Host Important Happenings &C =:
Past Seven Days.
Interesting Items Gathered from Al
parts of the World Condemned
Into Small Space for the
BENEFIT of Our Readers.
Personal.

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| Frank L. Emmett, one of the en-
ployes of the Shelby Steel Tube com
pany charged with conspiracy to de-
fraud the United States in connection
with furnishing tubes for war YES
sells, has turned state evidence and
entered a plea of guilty.
| William d. Haywood is being tried
at Boise, Idaho, on the charge OF
| having murdered former Governor
| oteunenberg.
Felix Rodriguez, a Mexican Indian
died recently at San Antonio, Tex, at
the age of 119 years He was present
1t the battle of the Alamo.
Arcangelo Rossi, the noted tenor
who attempted suicide at Milan recent
| ly is dead as aresult of the wounds
| Inflicted
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Miller were
struck by Missouri Pacific passenger
train near Hope, Kan, and both were
killed.
Gen. ]. X. Hudson, for years news
paper editor and publisher of Topeka
Kan, and a veteran of both the civil
| and Spanish American wars, died al
his home in Tojeka of heart disease
complicated with dropsy after sever
al months illness.
I Frank H. Butler, who was charged
with the murder of the Marvin boy at
Dover, Del, has been released from
dence against him.
A. E.. Stilwell and a party of 90
| capitalists who took trip over the
lines of the Orient railroad in Mexico
have returned.
Admiral Dewey was the guest Of
honor at a banquet held in washington
to celebrate the ninth anniversary Of
| the battle of Manila bay.
Gen. Kurold, of the Japanese army
who won fame in the war with Russia
| is now in this country.
| Charles H. Hinton, an assistant ex
aminer of the patent office, dropped
| dead in the lobby of the Y. M. G. A
building in Washington, where he had
Just responded to a toast at banquet
John Cudahy, the well-known Chi
cago packer. is critically i'll.
Capt Edgar Macklin, of the Twenty
fifth infantry, has been acquitted by
the court martial which tried him in
connection with the shooting up of
Brownsville, Texas.
Arthur McEwin, chief editorial writ
er on the New York American, died
recently in Hamilton, Bermuda, of
heart failure
Miscellaneous. dst,s3
William Cross, his wife and two
sons were asphyxiated in New York
by inhaling Illuminating gas.
William A. Brewer, Jr., former
president of the Washington Life In
surance company, was fined $500 at
New York recently for making false
returns to the state superintendent
of insurance.
A warm welcome was extended Gen.
Kuroki and suite upon their arrival
in Seattle. In addition to the thous-
ands of Americans, hundreds of JAP
anese were on hand to greet their
general.
Serious anti-European riots have
occurred at Rawalpindi. British In
dia. A Hindu mob burned several
buildings, pillaged a mission church,
and looted the post office.
Newton Youngblood, a 16-year-old
Oklahoma boy has been sentenced to
prison for life for killing farmer.
A San Francisco newspaper carrier
has been arrested for selling counter
felt money. In his room was found
several hundred dollars of the "greel
good"
Counsel for Meyer. Haywood and
Pettibone have issued formal state
ment denying that their clients were in
Idaho at the time of the murder of Gov.
Steunenberg.
Thirty thousand acres of irrigated
land near Billings. Mont, are to be
opened for settlement by the govern
ment about July 1.
Ten men of the United States gun
boat Tacoma. while on shore leave at
Santiago, Cuba, were attacked by the
city police and badly injured. An in
vestigation by the authorities was i'm
mediately begun.
Charles ]. Steedman, of New York
and Philadelphia, son of the late Rear
Admiral Steedman recently commit
ted suicide in Paris hotel. t
The second biennial session of the
Missouri Federation of Women's clubs
was recently held in Joplin.
The 34th annual meeting of the
State Association of Congregational
churches of Missouri was recently held
at Joplin.
The first Kansas state convention of
the Society of Equity, the farmers
union, held two days session in
Wichita recently.
The body of little Horace Marvin Jr