Gilpin observer., 1907-04-11

railroad to issue the $65,OOO,OOO OF
stock authorized by the directors
some months ago.
A sensation wos recently created
throughout the country by the publica-
tion in New York of a two-year old
letter signed by e. H. Hartman. maxi
ing personal attack on President
Roosevelt The president Immediate
ly issued reply declaring the state
ments OF Hartman willful and de-
liberate lies.
The department Of agriculture is
making preparations to begin prosecu-
tions under the pure food law.
Both houses of the Minnesota legis-
lature have passed the two-cnnt pass
enger fare bill.
The New York Central railroad, Ira
A. Mccormick, general superintendent,
and A. II. Smith, vice president,
have been indicted for manslaughter
in connection with recent wreck on
the road.
The airship brought to this country
by Santos Dumont for exhibition at
the st. Louis exposition, was sold re-
Gently by the New York customs Of
ficials for non-payment Of duty. 1t
brought $50.
Commander-in-ch Robert B.
Brown, of the Grand Army of the Re-
public, has issued the usual Memorial
day proclamation, calling on the mem
bers to observe Thursday, May 30,
by decorating the graves Of the dead
soldiers.
Harry X. Thaw has been declared
sane by the commission in lunacy ap-
pointed by Justice Fitzgerald. The
verdict of the commission was unani-
nous.
A passenger train on the NJ. K. &
at Bartlesville, l. T., injuring several
passengers. An investigation showed
that the switch had been tampered
with.
1t is authoritatively declared at the
White house that the Hartman
Hearst Rockefeller combine have
raised fund of s5,0OO,O0O to defeat
the policies of President Roosevelt.
1t is stated there it no lack of evil
dence to prove the plot.
Frank w. Hill, stenographer, who
is alleged to have stolen apd sold the
Hartman letter which caused the re.
cent sensation throughout the country
has been arrested in New York.
The threatened strike of railroad
trainmen and conductors has been
amicably adjusted through the media
ton of Commissioners Knapp and
Neill. Mutual concessions were made
by both sides.
The Farmers Cooperative Ship
ping association, with exchanges in
Kansas, Oklahoma and Nebraska has
decided to wind up its affairs at once.
deficit Of $4,000 in last years busi-
ness is given as the cause.
Violent earthquake shocks prevailed
recently in the Azore island of st.
Michaels.
Russia has issued an official note 10
the powers regarding the Hague con-
ference in which notice is given that
Russia, Germany and Austria reserve
the right to abstain from discussion
of armament limitation.
San Francisco was recently plunged
into darkness by the partial distruc-
ton of the power plant Of the Gas &
Electric company. The loss is esu-
mated at $780, 900.
Gov. Folk has comnu.el the SEN
tences of Emil Hartman and Julius
Lehman, convicted of boodling in
st. Louis, to expire on June Is. They
were sentenced in 1904 to six and
seven years respectively.
After consulting the law and au-
thorities, District Attorney Jerome
decided not to apply to the appellate
court for writ of prohibition to pre-
vent Justice Fitzgerald continuing
the Thaw trial.
T The executive council of the Nation
al Civic Federation has decided upon
Chicago as the place and May 2S. 90,
80 and 81 as the dates for holding
a national conference on combinations
and trusts.
Secretary Taft has issued an order
that the authority of governor OF the
canal zone be vested in Lieut. Col.
Goethals chairman of the commission.
The largest gas pumping station in
the world is to be erected south of In
dependence, Kan. at the intersection
Of the Kansas City and Joblin pipe
lines.
Vandals entered the Carnagie libra
ry at Waterloo, Ia, and damaged the
books and furnishings to the extent
OF thousands of dollars.
The Minneapolis carpenters union
has voted to strike to enforce demands
for an increase in wages. Seventeen
hundred men are involved and 100000
worth of building is tied up.
Nearly every vessel that has arrived