The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1908-08-15

lowest since April. 1908.
Judge Sealbury has announced his
withdrawal from the Independence
party.
Reports indicate that Charles S.
Deneen leads Richard Yates by 900
as the choice of the Illinois primaries
for governor.
The Pope on the Sth inst issued
document on the occasion of his priest
hood jubilee. addressed to the clergy
at-large in which he eXhorts the eccles-
iastics to lead holy life and be an ex-
ample in this regard to others.
That the political situation now de-
veloling in Turkey will be productive
of genuine and lasting reform. is the
belief of Rev. DIR. James l.. Barton,
secretary of the American board OF
commissioners of foreign missions
who has Just return ed to Boston from
abroad and lived in Turkey for seven
years.
At Lexington, Kentucky, Friday.
Barney Oldfield, the automobile rae
er. almost had his career terminated
when. while making fast mile. tire
exploded and hurled Oldfield through
some bruises. The accident was kept
quiet. Oldfield went half mile in
forty-nine seconds.
The Aerial Navigation Company of
Boston, to do a freight and passenger
business by airship between Boston,
New York and other points. was in
corporated at Boston Saturday. the
capital stock being $4,000. The in
L
c. H. Bond of Boston and James l..
Bruce of Waltham.
King Frederick of Denmark and
Queen Louise took luncheon Friday at
Copenhagen, with party OF 400 Dan
ish-Americans. Colonel Listoe of New
York, in a speech conveyed President
Roosevelt's greetings to the King,
who in long and charming response
expressed his best wishes for Presi-
dent Roosevelt and the United States.
Dropping through the air 900 feet at
Abbottsford Wisconsin, when the rope
attached to her parachute snapped.
Mrs. Eva Jones, woman balloonist
for carnival company, still lives. The
branches of a tree broke the fall. The
woman was rendered unconscious and
suffered from several broken ribs and
was otherwise internally injured, but
will recover.
Harriman's trip across Nebraska
had one immediate result and that is
the order that has gone forth from the
Union Pacific headquarters to proceed
at once with the completion Of the dou-
BILE track on the main line of the Union
Pacific across the state of Nebraska
The first work to be completed will be
the double track from Omaha to Grand
Island
A Hong Kong dispatch says that the
government has decided to dredge the
present typhoon shelter and to make
another one in west harbor, at a cost
of 81 100000. To provide revenues for
this work merchant ships will be
taxed 2 cents on every registered ton.
1t is now estimated that the number Of
lives lost in the late typhoon were un-
der 1000.
The Prussian minister OF education
has arranged with the president Of
the Carnegie institute to send a school
principal and six teachers to the United
States under the exchange Of teachers
plan. They will be assigned to New
York. Boston. Chicago, New Haven.
Worcester and Exeter. Twelve teach
ers will be sent to Germany from the
United States, but their posts have not
yet been assigned.
General William Booth, commander
in-chief of the Salvation Army. sailed
from London on the Sth inst. for Cape
town, on a three months tour Of
South Africa. The aged Salvationist
intends to penetrate many out of the
way points, which can be reached
only by driving for many days in bull
lock wagons. While in Rhodesia the
general hopes to conclude arrange
ments for colonizing that country by
Salvationists on a large scale.
The Anglers Association of the st.
Lawrence, composed of prominent
sportsmen of the United States and
Canada. met at Gananoque, Ontario,
on the 9Th inst, and decided
to take steps to secure a uniform
close season for bass, muska
lunge and pickerel throughout the con-
tinent. President Jordan of Leland
Stanford university and Commissioner
s. T. Bastedo of Canada, were appoint
ed to bring the matter before their re-
spective governments A committee
was also named to consider the matter
OF prohibiting the sale of black bass
in New York state.