Gilpin observer., 1909-06-17
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.

j. G. Stroud, a millionaire lumber
man of Williston. N. D., and Miss Ma
bel Leverance, were married at Wau-
kesha, Wis, few days since after
an acquaintance of less than an hour.
Robbed on the vessel of jewels val
ued at $4,000, while on his honey
moon, was the experience of Halsted
Lindsey of Telluride, Colo, who
sailed for the Orient on the steamer
Manchuria on April 9th.
The Baptist ministers conference at
Chicago by vote of thirty-seven to
fourteen, decided against expelling
from membership Prof. George Bur-
man Foster of the University of Chi
cago for alleged infidel opinions.
The marriage of Miss Helen Ber-
ger to William ]. Bryan, Jr., only son
of William Jennings Bryan, will be
solemnized at the Colorado summer
home of the father of the bride-elect,
Grand Lake, June Gath. Mr.. and Mrs.
Bryan will reside at Tucson, Ariz.
Lightning struck the Holy Cross
Catholic church at Bay Settlement,
north of Green Bay, Wis, during mass
on the 18th inst, killing one man.
shocking and injuring sixteen others,
two of whom may not survive. The
crash caused a panic.
A Union Pacific westbound mail
train raced for four miles with a wa
terspout near Paxton, Neb., and mar
rowly escaped destruction. The trnin
crossed the path of the deluge, which
tore out section of track few Sec
onds after the train had passed over it.
In terrific revolver battle be-
tween Deputy Sheriffs ]. T. Logan
and George Sweet, seven miles west
of Spokane, Wash, Bascom Wallace,
alleged cattle thief, aged thirty, was
shot and killed by a deputy. Wal
lace's companion, Tom Greenman, es-
capped.
immigration officials at Seattle after
picking up on the wharf strange Chi
nese who admitted that he came over
a stowaway on the Great Northern
liner Minnesota, searched the vessel
and discovered nine more smuggled
coolies and quantity of silk and
cigars.
The Religious Education association
will hold conference in connection
with the annual convention of the Ma
tional Education Association at Den
yer, beginning July 5th. The confer
ence will have for it's topic, Relations
Between Public Education and Relig-
ious Training"
Soldiers at Fort Riley, Kans, tried
to evade the state liquor law by ship
ping in a carload of liquor but Col
onel Ward, the commandant, put
guards over the car on it's arrival and
insisted that 1t be sent back to Kan
sas City. He asserts that liquor in the
military quarters interferes with dis
cipline.
A dispatch received at st. Peters
burg says that the Shakhsevan tribes
! men are ravaging the Ardabil district
in Azerbiajan, the most northwesterly
province of Persia. According to the
dispatch 5000 persons have been killed
and the leading inhabitants have ap-
pealed to the Russian consul for pro-
lection.
Governor Hadley of Missouri has
signed the bill amending the law to
permit fraternal beneficiary societies
to issue endowment policies and grant
extended insurance. The bill was
passed for the special benefit OF the in
surance department of the Knights of
Pythias, but will assist other fraternals
which are getting on the adequate rate
basis and give their members some of
the privileges heretofore restricted to
the legal reserve companies.