The Colorado statesman., 1907-08-17
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings of the
Past Seven Days.
Interesting Items Gathered From all
Parts of the World Condensed
Into Small Space for the Ben
eft of Our Readers.
Personal.

is now in New York, has been notified
that his government has condemned
him to death and his associates to
life Imprisonment.
| Lieut. Graetz of the Prussian army
will start from German east Africa in
an attempt to cross Africa in a motor
car.
1t is agrain reported that Richard
Mansfield the actor is seriously ill.
Judge II. b. snort was arrested at
Center, Tex, while holding court, on
a charge of murder, court was adjurn-
ed until he gave bond.
State Superintendent J. L. McBrien
of Nebraska has issued a proclama-
tion designating August 10 as "house
cleaning day" for the schools of the
state.
E. H. Hartman in an interview at
Omaha predicts a coal famine this
winter.
| Mrs. Handeshell who lives near
tracks heard the crash of falling
bridge near Ethel Mo-, and building
fire on the track saved fast Santa
Fe train from. going to destruction.
William Allen White, of Emporia,
Kan, was guest, with Attorney Cen
eral Bonaparte, of President Roose-
velt at Sycamore Hill recently.
Judge Thomas Ryan, of Kansas,
assistant secretary of the interior,
| has written letter to a friend in
which he states that his health is so
much improved that he expects to ra-
sumo his duties at Washington il
September
Territorial Secretary Atkinson, of
| Hawaii. has resigned.
F. w. Medlar, of Spencer. Iowa,
has been elected president of the Ma
tional Photographers association.
The works of Horatio Alger, jr.,
the noted writer of books for boys,
have been barred from the public Ii
brary at Worcester, Mass. The reason
given is that they are not truthful
and are too sensational.
Justice c. B. Graves, of the Kan
sas supreme court, was recently over
come by heat at his home in Emporia.
He was reported in serious condi-
tion.
John Sharp Williams has been for
| mally declared the nominee for SEN
ator of the party by the Mississippi
democratic state committee. His Off
cial majority in the primary was 64S
over Gov. Vardaman.
| Miscellaneous.
| The government is said to be In
possession of a special confidential
report regarding the Standard Oil
company, which contains some SEN
sational matters which will ac5 as a
bomb at the coming trial of the gov
erments suit to dissolve the mono
poly.
Thirty thousand acres of land is
now available for entry under the
Carey Act in the Eden Valley in
| Wyoming. The land is irrigated by
government works.
The National Petroleum association
with headquarters at Cleveland, O.,
has inaugurated a movement to have
the Interstate Commerce commission
reduce rates on oil on all the rail-
roads of the country on an average of
20 cents hundred.
The telegraph operators employed
by the Western Union in Chicago
have gone out in sympathy with the
strikers in Los Angeles.
Judge u. M. Valentine, who held
the longest term as justice of the
supreme court of Kansas, is dead at
his home in Topeka, aged II years.
The attorneys general of the Missis-
sippi valley states met in st. Louis
| to formulate plans for national con-
ference of attorneys general.
Telegraph operators of the Asso-
ciated Press at Kansas City have join
ed the employees of the Western Union
and Postal telegraph companies and
struck for increased pay and better
conditions.
Gov. Folk has instructed Attorney
General Hadley to bring custer suits
against Prosecuting Attorney John
son and Sheriff Herpel of st. Louis
county for failure to enforce the Sun.
day anti-saloon law in that county.
The government has filed in the
federal court in New York a suit to
compel e. H. Hartman to answer GER
tain questions regarding his connec-
tion with the Chicago and Alton rail-
road. He refused the information to
the Interstate commerce commission.
1t is reported that Great Britain
proposes to build battleship so per
cent greater than the Dreadnaught
the tonnage of which will be 100000
At a sale of Poland China hogs held
near Eldon. Mo-. T. M. Chalmers of
Oswego. Kan, paid s5,125 for one
hog.
Federal Judge Landis, of Chicago,
has refused an offer of 5000 a year
to become chief counsel for the Peo-
pies Security company of New York.
A general strike of the building
trades has been inaugurated in Wash
ington d. c.