The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-10-26


T sIoners have the icxsr TO reduce the
in that state
The Stats Savings bank OF Butte
Mott. in which r Augustus Heinze is
/ the pri1c!pa. tocEholder. closed lis
doors on account Of run caused b.
the failure ct HeinZe brokerage Arms
IN New York
The farmers ami their wives from
all parts q the country TO the numbe
Of g. 900 attended the Nailonal Farm
ersr congress recently held al OkLaho
ma city
The Modern U-Dodmea OF America
have closed Z d--al for ! 900 acres OF
land adjoining Colorado Springs On
which il Is proposed TO erect q sanitar
ium for the treatment Of mem bers o.
the order afflicted with tuberculosis
The California limited train on the
Santa F- railroad was recently ditch
ID at Earl. Col The engineer was
killed and several JassengeSs were in
lIret bat none fatally
The first joint resolution Of the
Philippine commission and assembly
vas one conveying the thanks OF
Filipino people to the American peo
pie for the boom Of national as
senbly.
The confession Of Banker Beckwi.h
regarding bis dealings with Cassie
Chadwick Is never to b.. made public
according to statement made by the
United States marshal who has pos,
-ag-igu Of the d0cumeu.
The Danish steamer Alfred Erland
land and 20 OF he crew drowned.
Representatives Of the state histori.
cal societies Of the Mississippi valley
recently met in Lincoln. Neb. and
formed a national association for his
tJrica research
Persons making homestead entries
on public lands after November / will
be required to prove actual residence
on the land for Il months before they
can obtain title by cash payment, III,
stead Of eight months as heretofore.
The Illinois senate by a unanimous
vote. adopted joint resolution pro
viding for submission TO the voters a
constitutional amendment for a $40.
900 900 bond issue to proceed with the
deep water way project
Five workmen were drowned by
the overturn.ng of scow in the Hi
nois canal near Joliet recently.
Judge Lawrence, of the Cleveland
common pleas court. has rendered q
decision holding Illegal the franchises
granted the three-cent fare street car
lines on the east side OF the river
The telegraph operators on the Den
yer and Rio Grande railroad are vot-
Ing as to whether they shall strike.
The vote taEoring walk out Is prac-
tically unanimous SO far.
The naval authorities are worried
ship yards on the Pacific coast II
may be necessary to transfer me
chanics from eastern navy yards TO
the coast
The Kansas Historical society is
trying to get roster OF the kansans
who acted as bodyguard for President
Lincoln in Washington at the out,
break OF the civil war.
Four persons wee killed and 80 9th.
tT6 lHIHItI III a tent Etduou coin.
sion Of trolley carr in Chattanooga,
.enn. Both motormen were instantly
kIiied.
The Topeka city council has passed
an ordinance closing the theaters on
Sunday.
An ear OF corn recently sold to the
highest bidder at Tic National corn ex.
..,,g E,, -
The stockholders meeting in which
Fish and Hartman seek to control the
Illinois Central railroad has been post.
poned until December IS.
The supreme court OIL the United
States has declined to grant the re-
quest of Kansas to reopen the Kansas
Colorado case.
Figures prepared upon the general
expenses OF the delegates to The
Hague peace conference show the cost
to have been s3,IsS.v-J. including din.
ners and telegraph tolls.
The temporary injunction against
melting strike by the International
Pressmen $ union has been made per.
manent by Judge ..-ompson at Cincin-
natl.
A Topeka theater manager has been
arrested for keeping his theater open
on Sunday and the case will go to
the supreme court as a test case.
The question of whether a United
States court has a right to enjoin a
state from enforcing its laws is to be
brought before the supreme court by
Attorney General Young Of Minnesota
who has been declared in contempt
| by Judge Lochren.
The annual report of PENSION Com.
miss ioner Warner shows decrease
OF $500 in the number of pension
ers during the last fiscal year.
A battle has occurred between the