The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-04-25


Australia. II persons were killed and
60 injured. The wreckage caught fire
and great suffering resulted
An alarming spread of what is re-
ported to be bubonic plague is report
ed from La Guaira and other places
in Venezuela.
At conference OF the presidents
OF nearly all the eastern trunk lines
held in New York it was decided that
freight rates should be increased.
The state convention of the Prohibi-
| ton party of Missouri called to meet
at Joplin May 6, Z, has been postponed
to May 13, IA.
Goldmen. Aachs & Co. announced
the engagement of 100000 in gold
for shipment to Paris. This makes a
total OF $2.500.000 engaged for export
in the. present movement.
The Lawrence. Kan. Journal will be
| turned over to the school of journal
ism of the University of Kansas for
one day and an effort will be made
by the students to issue a model coun-
| try daily
James Lally charged with murder,
destroyed the Jail at Seneca. Kan. He
| was awaiting trial on the charge of
having killed Herbert Jordan and is
| thought to have set fire to his bed
with suicidal intent.
The body of Bernard Warkentin OF
Newton, Kan, who was accidentally
shot while travelling near Damascus
by a Syrian, has been placed aboard
the steamer Koenig Albert to be
| brought home.
Prof. Alexander Agasszi of Harvard
Africa with valuable information hav-
| ing explored large range of territory
of which very little had been learned
! previously.
Gov. John A. Johnson of Minnesota
attended the annual Messiah festival
at Lindsborg, Kan, cond' ',cted by the
Bethany college and while there ad-
dressed the thousands of people who
| were in attendance.
In accordance with the order Of the
state railroad commission the express
companies doing business in Nebraska
have reduced their rates 25 per cent.
he hoHl III lie .NC" ol otalC
Democratic convention resulted in the
| unseating of McCarren delegates. AS
Senator McCarren and his followers
left the hall they declared that no
man then in the hall would live long
enough to see another Democratic
| mayor of New York elected.
The big Hauser dam across the Mis-
souri, river near Helena, Mont, burst
recently allowing great body OF wa
| ter to rush down the valley below.
Several small villages were entirely
swept away, but only two lives were
lost. The dam at Great Falls was
| blown up with dynamite in order to
save the smelter at that point.
The scale committee of operators
and coal miners in session at Toledo,
o., has reached an agreement on all
| important points at issue.
Forty Japanese employees OF the
| Canadian Pacific railroad recently
lost their lives by snowslide in the
| Cascade in mountains.
The condition of Kansas wheat on
April II was 91.4 according to the
latest bulletin of Secretary F. d. Co
burn. A year ago the condition at
| this time was "a per cent and the
yield amounted to 100000 bushels
The Dorr Street Savings bank of
Toledo. o., has closed its doors.
Striking street car men at Chester
Pa. recently shot and wounded two
employees of the Chester Traction COM
pany. Three companies OF state po-
| lice were sent to the scene to quiet
| the trouble.
The city of Huron s. D., was recent
ly entirely surrounded by vast prai-
| rie fires which swept over the ranches
destroying everything in it's path The
damage will amount to thousands of
| dollars.
During an oil fire at Riverside, CAL
a herd of elephants belonging to
| circus nearby stampeded and before
they were rounded up had killed one
| woman and injured several men be-
| sides doing considerable damage to
property
, Two men entered the Citizens State
| bank at Chautauqua. Kan, recently,
compelled the cashier and customer
present at the time to enter the vault
and then proceeded to loot the institu.
ton of all the available cash in sight
The bandits left town on horseback
in the direction of the Usage hills in
Oklahoma.
| Russian troops have invaded Per.
sian territory on the Caspion sea for
| the purpose of Furnishing Kurdish
| raiders.
Personal
King Edward and Queen Alexandria
have left London for a visit to Copen.
| hagen, Stockholm and Christiana
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