The Colorado statesman., 1908-02-15

OI deputies VINO were trying TO protect
him at Brookhaven, Miss, and hanged
him.
At Winnipeg, Man, a wedding on
Sunday in a Jewish synagogue was
stopped by policemen on the ground
that the law permits no work to be
done on the Sabbath.
Secretary Root and Ambassador JUS
serand have signed a treaty providing
for the arbitration of any issue that
United States.
Trustees of the Marshall Field es-
tate have agreed to pay S1,0O0,OO0 back
taxes on property discovered belong
ing to the estate that had not been
listed for taxation.
Emperor William has ordered the
public excluded from the royal theater
at Berlin six nights in February and
March so that society nights" may
be held when tickets will be allotted
subscribers according to their socia,
rank.
The vault in the bank of Sulphur
Springs, Ark, was blown up by four
men who secured $1,000 and escaped
At dance on the Pottawatomie
Indian reservation north of Topeka,
Kan, one member of the tribe was
stabbed to death and four others dam
gerously wounded.
Wild horses are so numerous and
are doing so much damage OH the for
est reserves of Nevada that the
rangers have received orders to kill
them on sight.
An injunction proceeding to restrain
the supervisor of the village of Ca
hokia, ILL.,, reveals the fact that the
office of supervisor of that settlement
was first created in 1922 and that the
village is still governed by laws given
it by Louis XIV of France.
The Missouri supreme court has de-
clared unconstitutional the law requir-
ing that free return transportation be
given to shippers of live stock with
each car load by the railroads of the
state.
A new worlds record at target prac-
tice has been made by the cruiser
Maryland at Magdalena Bay by scor-
Ing, as days average, S.43 hits per
minute while steaming in battle for
nation at ten knots.
1t is announced that Arthur Vorys
will remain in charge of Taft's politi-
only assist Mr.. Vorys.
In the Pennsylvania capitol graft
trials the names of ex-Gov Penny
packer and former Attorney General
Carson were brought into the case
in some sensational testimony given
by Stanford B. Lewis, assistant to
Architect Huston.
A young man who formerly worked
in the Kansas City street department
and in other occupations throughout
the west has fallen heir to an English
title and valuable estates by the
death of his father, Sir Gentle Cave
Browne-Cave
Warrensburg, Mo-, voted dry" re-
Gently by a majority of 149 votes.
Ten men are dead as the result of
an explosion in a coal mine at Port
Hood, Nova Scotia
Charles w. Morse, the multi-mil-
lionaire who disappeared from New
York recently, has arrived at Liver
pool on the liner Campania.
Gov. Hoch has refused to accept the
bond of State Dairy Commissioner
Wilson, given by the United States
Fidelity and Guaranty company,
which is fighting a suit by the state
relating to the First National bank
bond of s250,O00
The act of congress of June /, 1898,
prohibiting railroad companies from
discriminating against members of
labor organizations in the matter of
employment has been declared uncon-
stitutional by the United States su-
preme court
The Northern Pacific Railroad COM
pany has been fined $1OO at Helena,
Mont, for violating the 16-hour law
by compelling crew to work 23 con-
secutive hours. The case will be ap-
pealed to test the law.
The British foreign office officially
denies that squadron of war vessels
is to be sent to the Pacific.
The president has nominated
George L. Grigsby to be United States
attorney for the district of Alaska.
The hospital ship Relief has been
placed in service at the Mare Island
navy yard at San Francisco.
A deer that made it's appearance
upon the streets of Providence, r. l.,
was brought to bay in the lobby of a
theater aud captured alive and I'M
harmed.
Personal.
John w. Oliver, editor and princi-
pal owner of the Yonkers Statesman,
died at his home Yonkers, n. Y, aged