The Nevada County picayune., 1908-10-15
NEWS BREVITIES

me uoVernment railways und.. construction in Chile. and sf n@ | Government lines for which co,.. are about to be let to be comn, a''s within five years, involve an est,,ns, 'e'sa cost of $65 5,627 ,000 gold. 'ea
 The Texas Railroad conn,,,
 does not believe that the In,~.ss ioa Commerce commission. or any s.. ! Federal body, can compel Teyoas 's' submit to riding in the same p,,ns sleeping cars with negroes '4
 Eight bricks, much resemh,inu
 many loaves of bread for size n,,a. ,. upon the table in the First Nat,oss, Bank, were among the sights do,,e4 ing the eyes of hundreds of deegs,a. to the National Convention of Ranra.s who visited Colorado Springs ,s.s week. The gold came from rno ra Portland mine, Cripple Creek nsh,', has produced s25,000,00O and na,s | $S,000,000 in dividends, and rasnI,.. from ten days cleanup at the Do, land mill, West Colorado Sprines IT, weight is 300 pounds and the y.,n9 $1500O0
 Disappointed after a search of ,w. days in not finding Shep Jones ,hs negro who assassinated A. j. Wan . wealthy cotton planter al his bor1 near Hickory. Miss, a mob of sftn men has hanged one innocent nons. ! and shot two others to death The moh completed it's work by burnno negro church and lodge hall near tho scene in the negro colony.
 Col. William F. Stewart who b.. been in exile at the ungarrisonec post at Fort Grant, Ariz. has been ro. tired from active service. The renor of the board which examined .co Stewart was presented to the nrasi dent and he immediately directed tbat Col. Stewart be retired.
 A club of 12 Bucyrus (Ohio) young women has been formed with the ey. press purpose of adopting the new sheath gown. The gowns are not the modified pattern, but the more inter. esting original pattern
 The London cabman who droya King Alfonso during his recent Lon don visit. and had the temerity to ask his majestiy for his autograph. which he received without murmur. may consider himself a specially favored mortal. for the king of Spain usually makes il a rule never to give his auto graph to anyone except his own in. timate friends
 The proposed arbitration treaty be. tween China and the United States was signed at the state department. Wu Ting Fang. the Chinese Minister. acting on behalf of the Chinese gov ernment, and Secretary Root, on be. half of the American government
 The battleship fleet will end its trip around the world al Hampton Roads Virginia President Roosevelt will view the ships al New York. the yes. sells going there after arriving at the Virginia port At New York, the sailors will be given shore leave. The fact that the fleet will complete the trip al Hampton Roads has just been made public
 Forced by the head of one of the semi-civiIized Tartar tribes in the Caucasus to wall up the chieftains daughter in a living tomb somewhere in or near the town of Baku, Peter Kavulitch, an Austrian mason, nas gone mad with horror and has just been committed to an institution in Odessa.
 The island of Crete, which occupies the same position toward Turkey as Bulgaria did. is momeniarily expected to declare her independence and eHee' a union with Greece.
 A shakeup in the official family O' the United Mine Workers Of AmericA, whereby Vice President J r. White o' iowa and w D. Ryan secretarySress urer. will retire. was announced al ih ternational headquarters,
 The British cruiser lnhexible at he official trials attained a speed oi z'7 knots. breaking all records. IL V" stated after the trial that her speeu would have been greater had not 'a' fog hindered.
 w. l.. Wooley, banker, cspi's"s' and large landholder. was srresteu Stuart Oklahoma. and tShe" to Stigler to answer an iu"'.' ment for murder. It is alleged '"' crime was committed 27 years ago
 The former Scent passenger ia that existed on railroads in Arkans'' prior to the enactment of the 2ceh messenger rate fixed by an act of the recent legislature will be res'" llshsd,