The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-01-12

adler general to succeed Gen. J. Frank
lin Bell promoted to be major gen.
eral.
The thirtieth session OF the Nebras-
ka legislature began business by the
election Of d. NJ Nettleton. Of Clay
county, as speaker.
one of the most disastrous wrecks
in the history of the Rock Island sys-
tenn occurred recently near Volland.
Waoaunsee county, Kansas. More
than so persons, mostly Mexicans.
were killed and 90 were injured. The
wreckase caught fire and several OF
the bodies were burned beyond recog.
milton. The telegraph operator at
Volland Is held respo lsible.
A dozen persons were injured. 40
families We're made homeless and q
| 600 people were driven from their
homes temporarily, recently by fire
in the west side tenement district OF
New York
The last official act of Gov. Mickey
! OF Nebraska, was the issuing of par,
don to Mrs. Lille. who is serving a
| life sentence for the murder of hen
| huband
| The supreme court OF Missouri
| has extended the time for the filing
Of the report of the special commits
| sioner in the oil company custer suits
| to the April term of court
Because she was displeased with
| an adverse decision, Rosa We'll, of st.
| Louis, fired a bullet at Judge ]. A.
| Mcdonald, of the circuit court, dur,
| ing session of the court recently.
| Before she could fire second shot
| she was overpowered and taken into
| custody.
The leading railroads In Kansas
and the state commissioner have
reached an agreement whereby there
will be a reduction IN freight rates
amounting annually to s1,5Oo.o00. All
suits pending in the federal court
| against the commissioners are to be
| dismissed.
A circular from the war depart
ment states that not in recent years,
except in war time, has the army
| been so badly in need of men as at
present.
Charges of fraud have been filed
| with the post office department
against the New York cotton ex-
| change by the officers of the South,
| ern Cotton association.
An earthquake lasting three hours
| was recorded by the seismographs on
| the Isle of Wight and other points
in Europe.
Judge Lands in the federal court
| at Chicago overruled the demurrer
of the Standard Oil company to eight
| indictments pending against it, but
| sustained the demurrer as to two
other indictments because of techni-
cal defects.
An unknown man exploded a bomb
in the Fourth Street National bank
of Philadelphia, killing himself and the
! assistant cashier and wrecking the in
| terror of the bank. He made de-
| mand for money before throwing the
| bomb
The Sultan's troops have captured
the stronghold of Raisuli the famous
bandit but with his 700 followers he
| tSCdpeu " lHe
For more than "a hours the G5 600
consumers of natural gas in Cleveland
| o., were caused great inconvenience
and suffering by the bursting of the
main leading from the gas fields.
All the negro soldiers in the regular
army have been ordered to prepare
for service in the Philippines to which
point they will be sent in the near
| future.
Fire in a Pullman sleeper caused
the death of one passenger and ser.
ous injury of three others while run
ming between Council Bluffs, Ia, and
Missouri Valley.
The Interstate Commerce commits
sion's report on the car shortage and
| coal famine in the northwest has been
placed in the hands of the president
No recommendations for remedy
were made.
The state bank examiner has closed
the Bank of Commerce at South St.
Joseph, Mo.
Engineers on all the railroads west
of Chicago, to the number of 1000
nave made demands on the compan-
les for an increase in wages.
The Forty-fourth general assembly
of Missouri is now in session at JEFF
ferson City.
Unknown persons blew open the
safe containing the records of defal-
cations of N. c. Dougherty, ex-sup-
erintendent of Peoria, H., schools,
now in the penitentiary, and burned
them. The loss of the records affects
the liability Of bondsmen and pre-
vents future indictments
Attorney General Jackson of New
York has commenced suit in the SUI
preme court asking that George B.
c('lGIllan he nI1ctad from the nffina