Gilpin observer., 1907-01-31

White house II was stated that W.
d. Oliver, who with A. M. Bangs was
the lowest bidder for the completion OF
the Panama canal, would be given ten
days in which to associate with him
self one or more responsible contrac.
tors, when he would be awarded the
contract at the price named in his bid,
The Southwestern deserts and the
forest reserves OF that region are to
be restocked with antelope, to be
brought from Africa.
A letter from the Metal Dealers as
sociation to Attorney General Bona.
parte in relation to the alleged cop.
per combine asserts that more thar,
10000 tons of copper are being secret
ly held to create a ficticious scarcity
and increased price.
Several cargoes of coal from the
Orient will soon be received on Puget
sound to relieve the fuel famine at Ia.
;oma and Seattle. This is the frs.
ime coal has ever been imported from
the Orient there.
George c. Hale, former chief of the
received a contract to furnish the
city of Panama with modern fire pro-
lection equipment.
An investigation of public land
frauds has begun at Pueblo, Col. at
which sensational disclosures are ey-
pected to be made. The inquiry will
probably last for two months.
U,,I. L. III =
court at st. Paul has issued an order
snjoining the officials of the Great
Northern Railway company from
making the proposed increase of
s60,OO0,00O in the capital stock of
the company during the pending lit
igation.
The trial of Harry K Thaw for
the murder of Stanford White has
begun in New York. The entire
first day was consumed in securing
two jurymen.
The National Farmers Union, in
session at Atlanta, Ga, has adopted
resolutions indorsing the presidents s
action in discharging the colored
troops for completely in the Browns
Vile, Tex, affair.
The British government has re-
ceived a report from Gov. Swetten-
ham, of Jamaica, regarding the Da-
Wis incident but refuses to make it
public at the present time
The resignation of Theodore p
Shonts as chairman of the Isthmian
canal commission, to take effect on
March 4, has been announced. Mr..
Shonts has accepted the presidency
OF the InterboroughMetro
company which controls the street
car system of New York
The Academy of Music, a popular
priced theater of Washington, has
been destroyed by fire.
Announcement has been made in
Washington that the offices of chair
man and chief engineer of the 18TH
mian Canal commission will be con-
solidated and that John F. Stevens
will be given the appointment.
American refugees from Kingston
arriving in New York are unanimous
in condemning the inactivity and
utter inefficiency of the English au-
thorities on the stand during the first
days following the disaster.
Prof. Crookes, of London, an
nounces that he has discovered a pro-
cess of extracting nitric acid from
the atmosphere. which 1t is claimed
will revolutionize the nitrate indus
try and the worlds food problems.
Fire at Phillipsburg. Kan, recent
ly caused loss of 100000. State
Bank Commissioner John Q. Royce's
newspaper plant was almost a total
loss.
The main building of the Japanese
department Of communications at To-
kio was recently destroyed by fire
causing a loss of 100000. Many
public documents were destroyed.
A break in the Wabash river levee
near Terre Haute, Ind, inundated the
country for miles and rendered more
than 1000 people homeless.
Five thousand barrels OF whisky
were recently destroyed by the burn
ing of Newport, KY, distillery.
The Trans-Missouri Dry Farming
congress effected a permanent organ
izatiin at Denver, with Fisher Harris,
of Salt Lake as president. The next
meeting will be held at the Utah cap
ital.
Secretary Root has received ca
blegram from Gov Swettenham of
Jamaica expressing the profound
gratitude" of the people for the aid
during the recent disaster
The French chamber Of deputies
has adopted the bill providing for the
granting Of divorces IL
either party persists In a suit for
three years.
Statistics presented by the census
bureau show that in 1900 there were