The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-07-10
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST week
A RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
WESTERN NEWS.


The American Woman Suffrage As
sociation in session at Seattle decided
to establish national headquarters in
New York City in place of Washing
ton, D. c..
The 26s saloons of Omaha all
obeyed the new daylight closing law
which went into effect at midnight
July 1st With the passing of the
night saloon free lunch was dispensed
with.
Under q decision rendered by the
Supreme Court of California. William
B. Bradbury. millionaire, must serve
one year for perjury. He was sem
fenced for giving false testimony in a
suit involving land in Marin county.
Papers among the effects OF mys-
terious stranger found dead at the
Southern Pacific station at Yuma,
Ariz.. indicate that the body is that of
Sir Arthur Carl Stepney OF London,
An English baronet of large estates
and scientist Of distinctions
The passenger officials of the West
ern railroads in session at Chicago for
the purpose OF considering a large
docket of questions relative to passen-
ger traffic, decided not to discontinue
the practice of checking baggage to
and from hotels and residences.
The 225-mile motor boat race from
Vancouver, B. c., to Seattle. via Vic
toria, Port Townsend and Tacoma,
was won by the Soya. of Seattle. The
and the Clansman of Winslow, Wash,
Mrs. James Wood. captain, third.
Articles of impeachment against
State Insurance Commissioner John
N. Shiveley was presented in the
House at Olympia, Wash, by the spe-
cial committee. The indictment con-
tains twenty-five counts, including ar
bitrary conduct. extortion. perjury
and neglect Of duty.
In the federal court at Lincoln, Neb,
on the Both ult., Judges Van Devan.
ter and Munger granted an injunction
to restrain the new state banking
board from putting into effect the
bank guaranty act. The constitution
ality of the statute will be discussed
in opinions to be filed later.
The town of Riverton, Wyo., has an
ordinance requiring property owners
to set out trees in the street along
their property much the same as most
cities require sidewalks to be laid. AS
a result, $500 trees were planted this
year, making q total of about 1000 in
the town, which is only two or three
years old.
The United States Mint in Denver
has suspended coinage operations for
a month for its annual cleanup. Most
of the employees 60 on vacation. The
mint's fiscal year ended June 30. 1t
has been a prosperous year. In that
time $34,644.239.27 in gold deposits
were received and $2.638,S10.32 in sill
yer. For the same period the mint
turned out $35. Ass 900 in gold coin and
$2,s50,0O0 in silver coins.
Fred Warren. business manager OF
the Appeal to Reason. a Socialist pa
per published at Girard. Kan. has
been sentenced to six months in Jail
and a fine Of 81 500 by Federal Judge
Pollock. Warren was convicted for
alleged violation of the postal regula-
tions in sending through the mails q
printed offer of reward Of $1,000 to
anyone who would kidnap Ex-Governor
William S. Taylor OF Kentucky and
return him to that state.
Delegates from District No. 22,
United Mine Workers Of America.
, which covers the entire Wyoming
coal mining district, and representa-
Dives of the operators reached an
eAgreement upon wage scales and
working conditions for the year begin
ming September 1st, at joint confer
i ence at Ogden July I'd. The same
scale and conditions which were
Iagreed upon in Cheyenne last year
Twill continue in force until September
n 1910