The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-01-02

st Petersburg. was given an audience
by Emperor Nicholas al Tsarsko-Selo
Chr ;trnas Day, and was presented
with a portrait of the Empress.
Harvey Hazel. the seyenteen-year-
Old boy, who murdered his mother with
hammer at Toledo, Ohio, was found
guilty of murder in the first degree.
a verdict that calls for life imprison-
ment.
ST. Petersburg still continues to suf
fer from the Asiatic cholera. There
were eighteen new cases and five
deaths from the disease Monday. This
has been the daily average for the last
month.
Tom Longboat. the Indian long dis
tance runner, was married to Miss Io-
zetta Miracle at Toronto December
zsth. Tom Flanagan, the Indian man
ager, was best man. The bride was
given away by her brother, an Indian
chief.
Just before making flight at LIE
mans, France, Wilbur Wright. the
American aeroplanist, discovered that
some one had filled the oil box of his
aeroplaae with gasoline. The discoy
cry probably prevented a serious acci
dent
The Hague foreign office has made
the statement that the trouble between
Venezuela and Holland is regarded as
Professionally at an end and that The
Netherlands intends to hold its hand
pending the progress of the new Go
mez administration.
The best mau in the world from the
pugiliSts standpoint is now Jack
Johnson. the giant negro who defeated
Tommy Burns at Sydney. New South
Wales, in fourteen rounds on Christ
mas Day, winning the heavyweight
championship of the world.
AS holiday diversion December 26th
the President-elect made an excursion
to Aiken. S. C., and played golf on the
famous Palmetto links Mr.. Taft was
accompanied by Mrs Taft and the
three children and John Hays Ham
mond his wife and children.
Germany is not able to supply it's
Consul General Richard Guenther OF
Frankfort. who reports that last year
s34 SAB 900 worth of eggs were I'M
ported this representing about 1000
600 600, or an average OF 46 per capita.
The Steel corporation has issued
Christmas bonus to all employees hold
ing stock in the company. II is esti-
mated that siytyfive per cent in num-
ber Of the holdings are in the hands
f,f, h L. b..,
expected to run between $4,000, 900
and s-G.000,O00 for the quarter.
One of the periodical explosions OF
Hebrews is now going on in Finland.
Thirty families have been ordered to
emigrate at once. The Senate on the
basis of a narrow Interpretation of the
law maintains the issue of individual
licenses emitting residents in Finland
for six months, these being renewable
only at the Senate's discretion.
President-elect Taft will be in At
lanta from p. m January 18th to 3
p. m. on the next day. The leading
feature Of the visit will be banquet
Friday night. at which Mr. Taft will
be the chief speaker. About 100 will
attend. representing every section of
tiIt s'oulH MI at VIII De given al
opportunity to deliver a message to
the entire South under appropriate
conditions.
The architects for the Geo W. Clay.
ton School for Boys in Denver have
taken out building permits which in
clude a two story and basement admin
istration building to cost s7d,000 a
two-story and basement dormitories to
cost 100000 each; two-story and base
ment dormitories TO cost $50 600 each
and one-story stone power house to
cost 500 900. Work has already begun
and the foundations are partly up.
The national forests this year sup
piled 1000 900 Christmas trees. the
forestry service estimating that one out
of every four families observed the tree
custom at Yuletide. Clifford Pinchot
United States forester. upholds the
Christmas tree custom and believes 1t
should be maintained. He says tAat
the damage in cutting young ever
greens for use at Christmas is infini-
tesimal when compared with the loss
of forest resources through fires and
careless methods of numbering.