The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-03-14
Miscellaneous.

Miscellaneous.
The death rate in New York for 1907
was lower than any OF the other large
cities of the world, being 1SiS of
which the greatest number was caused
by tuberculosis With heart disease
second
One thousand blank money orders
stolen from a Chicago sub-station are
being filled in and passed on mer-
chants in Indiana and Illinois.
The conspiracy case against All
gustus Hartje, John Welshons and
Clifford Hooe, in which the defendants
We're charged with attempting to
blacken the reputation OF Mrs. Hartje,
resulted in acquittal on instructions
from the trial judge at Pittsburg, Pa.
While a public school building in
New York was burning recently the
1000 pupils present marched out in
perfect order singing America"
Much excitement has been created
throughout England by a letter writ
ten by emperor William of Germany
10 Lord Tweedmouth. head OF the
British admiralty. The Kaiser is sus
pected of having designs against the
English navy,
TWO more automobile records were
broken at Ormond, Fla. when a car
was driven 100 miles in one hour and
II minutes. Sc Is seconds. and another
made mile in 81 seconds.
A stock company with 800 900 capi.
tai has been organized at Salina. Kan,
TO build an electric line TO connect
several towns in Central Kansas.
March gales recently did consider
able damage in Kansas City and Chi
cago. One man was killed at Kansas
City by live wire.
Il treaty OF arbitration between the
United States and Mexico has been
agreed upon.
In the auto races at Ormond, Fla
Emanuel Cedrino averaged II miles
an hour for 800 miles. breaking the
world s record.
Flour milled from Chinese wheat is
undersellng American -four at Harbin
and American trade in Manchura is
threatened.
All the coal mines of Iowa are ex-
pected to close down after April |
when the present wage agreement ex-
pires.
The Chicago police have come to
was alone in his attempt to take the
life of Chief of Police Shippy.
John Coe. a clerk out of employ
ment recently applied at the Bellevue
hospital, New York to be "Oslerized +"
He was placed in the psychopathic
ward for observation as to his sanity
The United States troops that have
been in Goldfeld, New. for three
months keeping the peace between the
miners and mine operators have re-
turned to their former station In Cali
fornia.
A Minneapolis. Mimi, undertaker's
assistant confessed to robbing bodies
in his charge and has been sentenced
to the state prison.
The Retailers Commercial Union.
composed of merchants of Iowa. Min
nesota. South Dakota. Kansas and
Missouri. held its annual session in
St. Louis recently.
The third of the Pennsylvania four
has been opened.
The government has concluded the
taking OF testimony at Washington in
its suit to dissolve the Standard Oil
company. The work will shortly be
resumed in Cleveland. o.
The fire drill averted what might
have been a repetition of the Cleve-
land tragedy when fire broke out in
a high school at Grand Rapids, Mich.
while 200 pupils were busy at their
studies. At a signal the pupils marched
out in perfect order and the building
was emptied in 2la minutes.
The federal grand jury at St. Louis.
has returned indictments against tie
Frisco Railroad company and Chap
man-Dewey Lumber company of Kan
sas City. for rebating.
Virginia has adopted the ele-tric
chair as a means of execution in place
of hanging.