The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-05-01

George Leavens Lilley. governor Of
Connecticut. died at the executive
mansion in Hartford, April 31st. after
fighting disease four weeks.
Wilbur Wright, the American aero
pianist, made three successful flights
IN his aeroplane at Rome April 21st.
he had passenger each time.
Theodore Roosevelt cabled to Mon
basa that he had changed his original
plan OF not stopping at that place and
announcing his acceptance OF the invi-
tation extended to him by the Momba-
sa club to attend dinner.
Heirs OF Uncle" Jonathan Dean of
petersburg, Indiana, who in 1870 died
and left his o20-acre farm to be oper-
ated for the benefit of all widows
within radius of eight miles, will try
to break the will. now that productive
OIL wells have been bored on the land
The March official report of the Con.
solldated mines, the biggest In Nevada,
shows that the total tonnage treated
was 19,503. The net profits of the
company for March were $964,32S. a
total equalled by no other mining cor
poration OF its kind in the entirs
world
The will of the late George C.
Thomas Of Philadelphia, just been
made public, disposes of an estate val
ued at $10,000.0O0. 1t gives each of
his three sons and daughter a mil
lion each and devises most of the re-
mainder to his widow. including his
priceless gallery of paintings.
Florida on the 23rd inst. took a long
step toward statewide prohibition
when the House by a vote OF fifty
three to sixteen adopted the McMullen
joint resolution providing for submis-
sion to vote of the people of a consti-
tutional amendment prohibiting the
sale, exchange and barter of all intox-
icating liquors and beverages.
An armed band headed by leaders OF
the Young Turks army, entered the
palace at Constantinople late on the
night of April 25th and. overpowering
the Sultan's bodyguard of Fusiliers.
seized Abdul Hamid and hurried him
from the palace. Mohammed Rechad
Effendi. the heir apparent, was at once
proclaimed Sultan and installed on the
throne.
A tabulation at the rate OF interest
earned on the mean invested funds of
the life insurance companies last year
showed an average Of AIT as against
$50 in 1907. Eleven companies earned
over five per cent. and two-thirds OF
the leading companies earned over
AIS, while the requirements of their
reserves ranged between three and
three and half per cent.
Governor Wilson of Kentucky has
granted pardons to former Governor
w. S. Taylor and former Secretary of
State Charles Finley, both refugees in
Indiana, charged with completely in the
murder of William Goebel In 1900.
Pardons also were granted to John
Powers, brother of Caleb Powers, who
is believed to be in Honduras; to Hol-
land Whitaker, John Davis and Zach.
Steele, under indictment and who did
not flee from the state.
A London dispatch Of the 23d says:
Some of the most eminent physicians
of England have agreed to a test of
what the discoverer. William Doig.
claims to be cure for tuberculosis. 1t
has been decided to take six consump-
tives from London hospitals and allow
Mr. Doig to treat them under the clos.
est observation. The Doig treatment
consists of drawing the diseased pus
from the lungs to the surface by means
Of chemical heat.