The Colorado statesman., 1907-01-19
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings of the
Past Seven Days.
Tnte--stinE Items Gathered from AID
parts of the World Condensed
Into Small Space for tho
BENEFIT of Our Readers.
Personal.

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force died after brief illness FROM
a carbuncle on his neck
| Rudolph Koradi, who has been con.
sui for the Swiss government in Phil
adelphia since 1850 is dead. He was
said to be the Oldest consul In the
world in point of years and service
| Senor Torrionete, the Cuban minis
ter to Spain, who resigned recently
has made statement saying his
action was caused by shame at the
| spectacle his country has presented
to the world.
Walter Spess and Bill Debolt. mem
bers of gang of outlaws, who recent
ly shot up Mannford, 1. T., have been
| captured by federal officers.
Oliver Dyer, who Is said to have
introduced stenography in this coun-
try and who was the first shorthand
reoprter in the. United States died
in Boston, aged SO.
Secretary of State Root has an
nounced his intention to pay a visit
to Earl Grey, governor general of Can
ada at Ottawa
James Cullen, white man, was
lynched at Charles City, Ia, for
killing his wife and step-son.
David Overmyer, one of the most
prominent democrats in the west,
and candidate of his party for attor.
ney general of Kansas at the last
election, died rather suddenly at his
home in Topeka recently of acute
pneumonia.
The Prarie Oil and Gas company
has issued an order stopping all con-
struction work on trunk pipe lines in
Indian territory
The famous trotting stallion, Bar
on Wilkes, has been purchased by
Krell of Carthage, Mo.
King Peter of Servia, denies that
he has any intention of resigning or
permanently leaving the country.
Gen. R. F. Patterson, formerly of
the Fourth Iowa cavalry and Twen-
ty-fifth Iowa infantry and more re-
Gently consul general at Calcutta, In
dia, died recently at st. GATHERINGS,
Ont.
Ellen Terry, the English actress,
has sailed for the United States to
make a farewell tour of America.
Sir Thomas Upton has offered a
cup for a yacht race in Hampton
Roads during the jamestown expo
sition.
Col Patko Andrieff, chief of the
gendarmes of the Lodz district in
Russian Poland, was recently shot
and killed on the streets of Lodz.
| 10 Toh VI
I ager and secretary of the Texas Cat
tie Raisers' association, is dead in
| San Antonio.
ConEressiOna1.
President Roosevelt has sent to the
senate a special message on the
Brownsville, Tex, affray giving
the evidence collected by Assistant
Attorney General Purdy, who was sent
to investigate the occurrence for the
president.
The senate has passed the legisla-
tive appropriation bill carrying $780,
S55.S33.
The senate has struck from the
legislative appropriation bill the
house provision for an increase in
the salaries of the vice presiden,,
speaker of the house and cabinet
members.
The president has sent a special
message to congress urging action in
regard to closing the break in the Col
orado river by which the Imperial val
ley is being flooded.
The house recently passed 62S pen
sion bills in 95 minutes.
1t is expected that President Roose-
welt will call special session OF the
senate Immediately after March to
consider the ratification of the San Do
mino treaty.
Secretary Taft has submitted to
congress an estimate of the defi-
cheney in the war department for the
current year, which amounts to s5,-
| 274,7S6. Cuban Intervention was the
principal cause Of the deficit.
The La Toilette bill providing that
railway employees engaged in hand
| ling trains shall not work more than
16 consecutive hours has been
passed by the senate by a vote of
10 to l.
The senate committee has re-
fused to recommend the proposed
increase in salaries of cabinet mem
bers, president Of the senate, speak
er of the house and representatives.
| Congressman William Alden Smith
Of Grand Rapids, Mich, has been
dominated by the republican caucus
20 succeed Russell A. Alger as Uni
| ted States senator.
The senate recently passed the
McCumber service pension bill with
put a division.
A lively scene was enacted In the