The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-11-23
Miscellaneous.

Onailes l. barney late president OF
the Knickerbocker Trust company.
which failed in New York recently.
and prominent in financial circles
there. killed himself by shootinS in
his home in that city.
In an editorial in his paper, the
Commoner, William J. Bryan has an.
nounced that he will accept the demo
cratic nomination for president, but
will make no fight to secure the
honor
The official data secured b. the
ternational boundary surveyors dur
ing the past summer, eelimiting the
Alaskan line, was recently lost b. the
upsetting of a canoe in the Brad1eld
river.
In answer to numerous protests
against isuing coins without the mot
to "ln God We Trust" on them, Pres
ident Roosevelt has issued a state
ment giving as the reason for the
omission tnat there Is no warrunt in
law for the use of the words. and that
1t brings rdicule upon a fine senti-
ment.
The attorney general of Nebraska
has brought suit against the Union
Pacific railroad charging discrimina
tion against cattle shipper of the
state. The penalty may be from 500
to 5000.
The negotiations which J p. Nor
gan 4 Co, of New York, nave been
conducting with the Bank OF France
for from $4,000. 900 to $40 900 900 in
gold have been broken off
Two men were killed and four in
jured in an explosion in nitro
glycerine factory at Bradner. Wood
county. Ohio, recently. The factory
was demolished and a number of
houses shattered.
John William Reid, of St Louis,
has been arrested in Paris on the
charge of swindling.
A party consisting of three kings,
five queens and 16 princes and prin-
cesses gathered at Windsor Castle
recently.
The Omaha Street Railway COM
pany recently paid its employees their
salaries all in nickels. The amount
distributed was $4,000.
HC St'It'hif VI tIi' treasury udS
announced that if necessary the trea-
sury will issue interest bearing GER
tficates o. Indebtedness to run for
one year to the extent of 500 OOo, 900.
After a trial which lasted only II
minutes, Mrs, Romadka, the wealthy
Milwaukee woman who was charged
with a series of burglaries in Chicago
was convicted and sentenced to pris-
on for term Of from one to 20 years
Her counsel declared in court that
she was being "railroaded' to prison
to shield other persons.
The report that gold was being ex-
+ ported from Russia to assist the stu
alton in Great Britain and America
is officially denied from Russian
sources.
| The Missouri river deep waterway
convention is to be neld in Sioux City,
Iowa. January % and %.
/ In gratitude for the present good
government the commercial organiza-
! tions Of Cuba are planning to give an
elaborate banquet to Gov. Magoon.
/ The German government will sub
NIT 10 tne relcnStaS programme
/ largely increasing the cost and fight
ing strength OF the navy.
| A fire in the Baltic ship yards re-
Gently destroyed two Russian gun
boats and damaged several other ves-
sells.
I The Salvation army is planning to
purchase several transatlantic steam
ers to carry immigrants from Eng
land to Canada.
/ A IRE originating in a barn
through a combination of boys and
cigarettes at Parsons, Kan. recently
destroyed 100000 orth of property.
/ Gov. Sheldon, of Nebraska, has is
sued proclamation establishing a
cattle quarantine to check the spread
OF scabieG.