The Colorado statesman., 1907-04-27
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings oe tie
Past Seven Days.
Interesting Items Gathered from All
parts of the World Condemned
Into Small Space for the
Benefit of Our Readers.
Personal.

PreSlQent Roosevelt Will go TO HIS
summer home June 12 this year
which is much earlier than usual.
Secretary Taft has returned to
Washington from his trip of inspec-
ton to Cuba.
Mrs. Esther Mcneil founder of the
Woman's Christian Temperance union
died at her home in Fredonia, NJ Y,
at the age of "a years.
Brig. Gen. Fred Funston, who has
been recently stationed at St. Louis
in command of the department Of
the southwest, is to be transferred
to San Francisco where he will take
command of the department of Cali
fornia.
Gov. Folk of Missouri has appointed
William Mcclure of Kansas City a
member of the state board of embalm-
ers.
Mrs. Emily Measles 81 years, who
lived alone at Owasso, 1. T., was
fatally burned by her dress catching
fire from an open fire place.
Judge Pollock of the federal court
has appointed j. G. o. Morse receiver
for the Uncle Sam Oil company.
Fred Bandel, aged 70 poineer, was
crushed to death in an elevator at ST..
Joseph, Mo-, recently.
George w. Shedden. editor and
proprietor of the Frankfort, Kan,
Weekly Review, is dead
Capt. F. j. Tygard of the Butler,
Mo-, former banker and prominent
in Masonic circles, has been declared
insane and taken to an asylum.
M. De Lagercrautz, the first Swed-
ish minister to Washington since the
separation of Sweden and Norway has
arrived in this country.
George W. Roosevelt, a cousin of
President Roosevelt, died at Brussels,
where he was consul general.
Gov. Hoch of Kansas has stated that
his son Homer, will succeed s. G..
drummer as his private secretary
about July /.
The official Western Baseball as
sociation schedule shows the season
for that organization will open May q
President Roosevelt is reported to
be working on plan to have the gov
ernmept pay all legitimate expenses
of national campaigns, in order to
influences.
Dolphin NJ. Delmas has positively
refused the request of Harry X. Thaw
and members of his family to take
charge of the next trial of the case.
Col. A. R. Greene, of Kansas, has
been appointed superintendent of the
Platte National park in the Indian
territory.
John Malang, republican, has been
elected state senator from the Jop-
lin, Mo-, district to succeed the late
senator Thomas Connor, democrat.
Rev. DR.. Tennis S. Hamlin, pastor
Of the Church of the Covenant in
Washington, and one of the most
noted Presbyterian divines in the east
died recently in Philadelphia of
Apoplexy.
Miscellaneous.
Two German aeronauts covered S12
miles in 19 hours.
Thomas N. Huntington, Ami B.
Todd and Fred Hoyt have been con-
victed in the federal court at Omaha
of land fraud.
Two garages and 100 automobiles
were recently destroyed by fire in
St. Louis. The loss was estimated
at s225,000.
The new field gun with which the
Japanese artillery is being armed
has an effective range of about $500
yards. Each gun costs $4,000.
The Army of the Potomac has Sc.
Iected May 2 as the date for the cere-
monies incident to the unveiling of
the Mcclellan statue in Washington.
King Edward of England and Vic
tor Emmanuel of Italy, recently met
on board the royal Italian yacht Trim
acria in the harbor of Gaeta.
New York's transfer tax law has
been declared constitutional by the su-
preme court. of the United States.
The seismograph at Berlin regis
tered severe earthquake at dis
tance of 6,210 miles at about the same
hour as the shock in Mexico.
The land office at Gunnison, Col,
has been abolished by the interior
department.
II. H. Tucker, jr.. the indicted sec
retary of the Uncle Sam Oil company
has been released from custody on
bail of $4,000.
The battleship Kansas was recently
placed in commission at the League
Island navy yard, with appropriate
ceremonies.
The Kansas supreme court has
granted the petition of Attorney. Cen
eral Jackson for receivership in
the custer injunction cases against
the brewery companies who have been