Gilpin observer., 1907-05-09


Of Indiana.
President Roosevelt has sent letter
to the Central Federated Union Of
New York stating that If evidence Is
submitted to him showing there has
! been a miscarriage of Justice In the
Meyer and Haywood case in Idaho
that he will bring such evidence to the
attention of the attorney general.
Navigation on the lakes has opened
later this year than usual and has
been characterized by unprecedented
activity, large quantities of last years
grain being still in the elevators Of
the northwest awaiting shipment.
Secretary Taft has made public a
decision which fixes rates of pay,
hours Of labor and settles other ques-
tions concerning labor on the isthmian
canal as a result of his recent visit
there
There has been a revival Of the ac-
tivity which prevailed several years
ago on the Chicago board Of trade,
the belief that there will be serious
shortage in the crop of winter wheat.
Newton. Kan, recently suffered a
loss Of $4,000 by fire.
The federal council In session at
Berlin has passed the German-Ameri-
can provisional tariff arrangement.
Despite alarmist reports Of damage
said to have been inflicted on the
Kansas wheat crop by freezing wealth
A servere wind and electrical storm
did considerable damage at SPRING
field, Mo-, and vicinity recently.
In the federal court at Guthrie. Ok.
the demurrers of the lumbermen to the
indictments against them were over
ruled. The cases will be called for trial
at the next term of court.
Owing to contrary winds the at
tempt Of Capt. Chandler and J. c. Nc
Coy to reach Washington, D. c., from
ST. Louis failed. After being in the air
19 hours the balloon landed at Col
conda, III, 100 miles from the starting
point.
Abraham Ruef recently moved for
San Francisco alleging that for veri-
Gus reasons he could not get fair
trial in that county.
A company has been organized TO
build a 100000 cement plant at
Tulsa, 1. T.
The Web Pressmans union OF ST.
Louis has ordered a strike in all the
English newspapers of the cry ex-
cept one. The pressmen and helpers
demand an increase of from 90 to 100
per cent in wages.
In a speech at Worcester. Mass,
Leslie NJ. Shaw. former secretary Of
the treasury declared war for the con-
troll of the Pacific ocean was newt
able.
Count Otto Won Waidstein, an Aus
trian nobleman, was recently killed in
California by a sheriff's posse who
mistook him for desperate for
whom they were searching.
The wages of the entire working
force in the packing houses at Omaha
have been voluntarily increased from
five to Is per cent.
A disastrous gunpowder explosion
recently occurred in Canton, China,
More than 100 buildings were wrecked
and hundreds of the natives were
either killed or injured. The foreign
settlement escaped injury.
Charles ]. Steedman, Of New York
and Philadelphia, son of the late Rear
Admiral Steedman recently commit
ted suicide in a Paris hotel.
The new treaty between the United
States and Santo Domingo intended to
replace the one which has been pend
ing in the senate for the last two
years, has been ratified by the Do
minican congress.
Former State Senator Franklin p.
Mays has been fined in the federal
court at Portland, Ore, the sum of s10,-
600 for completely in the land frauds
in that state.
The Saith annual meeting OF the
State Association of Congregational
churches of Missouri was recently held
at Joplin.
The Inland Waterways commission,
at its final meeting in Washington.
decided to proceed to Kansas City and
make thorough inspection trip down
the Missouri river to st. Louis.
About 20 Chicago women were in.
iured in panic caused by fire in
the building occupied by the Lotus
Lunch club. Most of the injured suf
fered broken bones by jumping from
windows.
An association has been chartered
at St Louis whose object is the
preservation of the log cabin built by
Gen. Grant In that vicinity. An en-
dowment fund of $50,000 is to be
created.
The weather bureau in Washington,
declared the past month the coolest
April in &c years.