The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-02-16

| -Nr".'' 'H' N4t-tA- A.! - '-.A---'-St-.
has commenced l,....t l1aiis lrUJe edii.gs
to compel the zen railroads. doing bus
mess in that state to accept the treis ht
rates ordered ty the state la!.road and
warehouse commission.
Representative Tyndall Ct Missouri
has introduced bill seeking TO sup
| press lobbying in the NATIONAL con-
gress.
The postorrice of Erie. Kan. has been
robbed for the forth time Three of
the four m,L concerned have been
captured.
The price Of all grades c. crude oil
has been advanced one cent making
. the highest price 40 cents and the
lowest -.
! A fire ~ IIunueweil, Kan, destroyed
IA busiH. buildings destroying the
the business part of the town.
The bre&. through which the Co.
orado river WAS flooding the lAperial
valley has been closed and the water
returned to its original channel.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion held session at Omaha, Neb., TO
! consider grain dealers complaints
against the Union Pacific railroad.
Earthquake shocks contllGe at inter-
! walls at Kingston, Jamaica, but not of
sufficient severity to cause damage.
| Mexico has announced that its pro-
| hibitiVe duty en- wheat will be reduced
to III, cents per bushel owing 10
| partial failure in the crop there.
For the first time in many years
snow has fallen in Mexico City.
The shah of Persia has sent mes
sage to parliament granting all the
| popular demands including that the
country is under constitutional govern
mtnt The action was taken to stop
an uprising.
| The Japanese government has
made an appropriation of 100000 to
cover the expense of representatives,
OF the army and navy who will par
ticipate in the exposition at James
town. Va.
| The damage to shipping In Bnf1alo
harbor alone is $l,50o,ooo Five grea,
lake steamers aground tell that part
| Oh tue sLOIy. lHli tS'A o'iiN'"
ing brave attempts to ride out the
storm may add to it.
John F. Stevens. chief engineer OF
the Panama canal, has notified the
president that he will resign his posi-
ton if any Of the bids for construct
Ing the canal are accepted. The rea'
son given is that he would be robbed
| unSgrQm
does the work.
The average consumption of sugar
per capita in the United States dur
ing 1906 was &c pounds, which cos:
over $500. 100000.
| Lyndhurst, the country home OF
John Wannamaker, near Philadelphia.
was completely destroyed by fire re
Gently. The loss is estimated at ST.
100000.
In a wreck at Peoria, III, recently
the only person killed was al man who
was standing on a crossing on his way
to work
Justice of the Peace Cortese, OF
Patterson, N j., was fearfully injured
by the explosion of an Internal ma
chine sent by express recently. He
had been active in prosecuting Italian
lawbreakers.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw went on the
| witness stand in defense of her hub
band in New York and told the story
of her life. She charged Stanford
White with having inveigled her to
studio in New York and there ac-
complished her ruin through the use
of drugged wine. She had previously
told the story to Thaw when he pro-
posed marriage to her.
Shippers in Kansas City and other
| Missouri river towns have appealed
to the Interstate commerce commits
sion for relief from excessive railroad
rates from the Atlantic seaboard, The
railroads are also charged with con-
spiracy.
1t Is announced that the president
and San Francisco authorities have
arrived at mutual understanding by
which the japanese question can be
adjusted without danger.
A tidal wave has destroyed 122
houses at Marina di CalanZaro, fish
ing village on the Calabrian coast
and he Italian government has sent
troops and assistance.
The lives of many children were
saved in Mobile, Ala, recently by pro-
ficiency in the fire drill The school
building became isnited, but the pu-
pills remained cool and marched out
in perfect order.
The Iowa board of railroad commits
sioners has ordered a complete reNl-
sion of freight schedules in that
state,
terrorist shot and killed the gov
orr nr of Penza Russia as he was leaV-