Gilpin observer., 1907-12-12

reuuce Cne allOtment OF Panama DOndS
to $25,O0O,0O0. The average price is
$1.O3.
The six surviving members of the
first Kansas territory free state legis-
lature met recently in Topeka to cele-
brate the semi-centennial of that his
torical gathering. A large crowd was
present.
Rice hall, at Washburn college, To-
peka, was recently destroyed by fire,
involving loss of 100000.
= At the suggestion of Secretary
Straus the National Council of Com
merce was organized at Washington
recently. The body will be composed
Of representatives of the commercial
bodies from the leading cities of the
country.
The comptroller of the currency has
called for a statement of the condi-
tion of the national banks of the
country at the close of business on De-
cember 8.
Tyrie L. Ford, an attorney, has been
acquitted of charge of bribery at San
Francisco.
At the opening of the National Riv-
ers and Harbors congress in Washing
ton every state was represented by
delegates as we'll as Alaska and Ha-
waii.
Wichita, Kansas, defeated the COM
mission plan of municipal government
by vote of nearly 3 to /.
d. V. Moorehouse, oil st. Joseph,
Mo-, killed himself at his home there
recently. His father, former Gov. A. p.
Moorehouse, killed himself in the
same manner at Marysville, Mo-, in
1891.
Ambassador Aoh has been sum-
moned to Jupan by his government to
explain in detail the precise situation
in this country in regard to the Japa-
nese immigration problem.
The first message of Gov. Haskell
to the first legislature of the new state
of Oklahoma was delivered orally to
the members while in joint session at
Guthrie, amid the widest enthusiasm.
The jury in the trial of Mrs. Bradley
who killed former Senator Brown in
Washington a year ago. brought in a
verdict of acquittal The crowd in
the court room when the jury reported
vigorously applauded.
At Augusta, Arkansas, negro
crazed by cocaine shot seven white
persons, two of whom were women.
The negro was captured and shot to
death by posse.
Great enthusiasm was caused at the
Waterways congress at Washington
when Chairman Burton announced to
the delegates that he favored an an
nual appropriation of $50,000,0 900 to
improve the inland waterways of the
country.
Four Mississippi river steamboats,
in winter quarters at Winona, Mimi.
were recently destroyed by fire. The
loss was S105,000.
A meeting of prominent democrats
from all over the country, to discuss
the political outlook is to be held in
New York on January 8.
A verbal agreement is said to have
been reached by which the Japanese
government undertakes to prevent
entirely the emigration of Japanese
laborers to this country.
An official call has been issued for
the National republican convention
to meet in Chicago June 16 to nomi-
nate candidate for president.
King Oscar, the venerable king Of
Sweden, is dead and the throne will
descend to his son. Gustave.
The indictment against II. H. Tuck
er, Jr., in connection with the Uncle
Sam Oil company case upon a charge
of a scheme to defraud was quashed
in the United States circuit court at
Topeka.
Might riders" masked and heavily
armed marched into Hopkinsville,
KY. terrorized the population and
burned property to the value of $780,
900.
The price of Glenn pool oil has been
barrel.
The executive committee of the
Kansas State Editorial association has
decided to hold the annual convention
of the order at Emporia April 20 to 81.
The report that James Bryce. the
DTltlSu diuudSSduoi, 10 " Ietuih "
England and be succeeded by Sir
Henry Howard is denied.
The International Sanitary confer
ence held at Mexico City selected DR..
Ulloa as president and San Jose, Cos
ia Rica. as the next meeting place.
Mexico has placed practically pro-
hibitive duty on sugar with the inten-
tion of shutting Cuban sugar out Of
that market.
The first caisson OF the new bridge
to be built at St. Louis across the
Mississippi by the Interurban system
at a cost of $5,000,000 has been
launched.
President Roosevelt has instructed
Gen. Funston to dispatch sufficient
force of regulars to GOldfleld New, to