The Colorado statesman., 1908-08-15

Silver touched 515s Tuesday, the
lowest since April, 1903.
Judge Sealbury has announced his
withdrawal from the independence
party.
Reports indicate that Charles s.
peneen leads Richard Yates by 1000
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.
Drastic measures to force out of the
optical profession men who pretend to
test eye vision, prescribe and sell
glasses without any scientific knowl
edge of their calling were urged before
the American Association of Opti-
clans, in convention at Philadelphia.
At Pittsburg an alleged conspiracy
of employees of mercantile establish
ments to rob their employers, and
which it is said has already resulted
in the theft of over $4,000 worth of
goods from half dozen firms, has
been unearthed and four arrests have
been made.
That the political situation now de-
veloping in Turkey will be productive
of genuine and lasting reform, is the
belief of Rev. DR.. James L. Barton,
secretary of the American board of
commissioners of foreign missions,
who has just returned 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 a fast mile, a tire
exploded and hurled Oldfield through
a fence. He was not hurt aside from
some bruises. The accident was kept
quiet Oldfield went a half mile in
forty-nine seconds
The Aerial Navigation Company of
Boston, to do 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
corporators are named as H. H. Bond,
G. H. Bond of Boston and James l..
Bruce of Waltham.
King Frederick of Denmark and
Queen Louise took luncheon Friday at
Copenhagen, with a 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.
The Spanish government will sus-
tain heavy loss as the result of the
decision to retire from circulation
100000 worth of counterfeit peseta
coins. These coins have been in circu-
lation for the past fifteen years and
they have been practically accepted
as legal tender from the people. The
only return the government will get
will be from the sale of ingots, into
which the coins will be melted.
General William Booth commander
in-chief of the Salvataion Army, sailed
from London on the Sth inst for Cape
town, on 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. committee
was also named to consider the matter
of prohibiting the sale of black bass
in New York state.