The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-04-20

A monument erected TO the mem
ory Of the Rough Riders OF the
spanish American war was recently
dedicated in the National cemetery
at Arlington with an elaborate mill
tary display.
Final motions to { lash the indict-
ment against the Standard Oil com
pany have been oyerruled by Judge
Lands in the federal court OF Chi
caso.
Appropriations OF the recent
Nebraska legislature asgregauing
$3.50 600 have been vetoed by Gov.
Sheldon. The loss falls heavily on
state educational institutions.
Butcher workmen in the various
packing plants throughout the West
are preparing to demand an increase
in wages.
A negro killing and a burglary have
so aroused the citizens of Altus. OK,
that they have driven all the negroes
from the city.
The forestry bureau Of the govern
mert has ordsred 17o. o.CGS trees planted
in the Garden City, Kan. reserve this
spring.
Word comes from Shanghai that
conditions in the Chinese famine dis
trict are growing worse. Five thous-
and persons are daily dying OF starva-
ton The relief committee appeals
to America for $4,000 200 in the next
three weeks to aid the sufferers.
After deliberating A. hours and
eight minutes, the jury which has
been trying Harry X. Thaw for the
| murder of Stanford White in New
York, reported to the court its inahil-
| ty to agree on verdict and were dis
| charged Seven of the IL men favored
| murder in the first degree and five
favored acquittal. The prisoner was
remanded to Jail without bail.
President Bonilla, of Honduras has
surrendered to the Nicaraguan forces
at Amapalpa, thus ending the war
| between the two Central American
republics
| ard Oil company.
D. C. Willoughby who recently
sailed from New York for Europe. is
wanted in Des Moines, Omaha ana
Denver for issuing fraudulent deeds
| to farm land in the west
| A passenger train on the ST. Johns
bury and Lake Champlain railroad
| plunged down 40 foot embankment
| killing one person and injuring about
| Is Others
None Of the express companies
| doing business in Nebraska have
| lowered their rates in compliance
with the new state law which re-
| duces charges 25 per cent.
The New York Herald Publishing
company has been sentenced to pay
fines aggregating $3l, 900 on pleas
of guilty to using the United States
mails for improper purposes.
The policies of President Roosevelt
| were recently indorsed by the Con-
necticut legislature by rising vote.
At banquet in New York Senator
Spooner, of Wisconsin,, warmly de-
Tended the United States senate, say
| ing there was not In the world
| legislative body more loyal to public
interests.
Moore's Opera House at Nevada.
| MO- NdS recently utoilogCu pS AAi q"
The news that Gen. Lee Christmas.
of Memphis. Tenn, had been killed
| in Honduras by Nicaraguan soldiers
has been confirmed.
In the federal court at Chicago
Judge Landis decided that the Stand
| ard Oil company may produce evil
dence showing that it did not intend
1,x t,1 l~ Afar a
of unlawful rates.
DR.. Kinnard, commissioner OF the
| Society of Friends, who was sent to
Russia to investigate famine condi-
tions, says there are 20,000.000 people
| in danger of starvation In the south.
eastern provinces. He appeals to the
Anglo-Saxons for $2,500,Oo0 to aid
| them.
The Rock Island railroad company
has been found guilty by the federal
grand jury at Topeka. Kan, Of cruel
ty to animals and fined 5000 because
it carried live stock without feed and
water for more than % hours.
The Standard Oil company has been
found guilty on criminal charge OF
accepting rebates, by Chicago jury
on ,4G3 counts.
Judge Cowan has directed that the
station of the Great Northern railroad
at Church's Ferry, N. D., be closed for
one year becouse a drayman used 1t
for storing beer, thus violating the
state prohibitory law.
The Kansas supreme court has Is
sued a temporary restraining order