Gilpin observer., 1909-01-07
WESTERN NEWS,

i'll San Francisco has been sentenced
TO fourteen years in the penitentiary
Half the business portion of the
town of Kensington, Kansas, was de-
stroyed on the 3rd inst. by fire that
started in the Palace hotel. Loss $50,
900, partly insured.
The plant of the Pacific Coast Syrup
Company at Los Angeles was almost
completely destroyed by fire on the
night of December Goth. The loss is
estimated at $4,000.
Five robbers dynamited the bank of
Wellston, Okla, east of Muskogee, De-
cember 3Oth, and after exchanging
many shots with the citizens, escaped
with $4,000. No one was hurt.
Chicago's new ordinance demanding
the pasteurization of all milk sold in
the city unless it comes from cows
which have passed the tuberculin test
went into effect New Years day.
The executive committee of the Ma
tional Insurance Commissioners Asso-
citation has decided to hold the next an
nual convention at Colorado Springs,
August 24th-27th, inclusive, 1909.
Ranchmen of the Green river valley,
Wyoming, are complaining that under
protection of the game laws, beaver
have become so numerous that they
are seriously damaging ranch prop
erty.
Several leading Democrats of Ok
lahoma had meeting recently for the
purpose of preparing bill to be pre-
sented to the Legislature to disfran-
chise, as far as possible, the negroes
of the state.
In connection with his purchase of
the Colorado G Southern road, James
]. Hill has determined to construct a
low grade route. from Denver to Bill
lings, and also from Kearney, Nebras-
ka, TO the same place.
The dates for the National Encamp-
ment G.. A. R., at Salt Lake, will be Au-
gust 9th to 18th. This announcement
was made at Milwaukee by Phil Cheek,
Wisconsin's member of the executive
council of the G. A. II.
The Northern Pacific and Great
Northern roads. through the Burling-
ton, will establish through service
from Chicago to Seattle. Tacoma and
Portland before the opening of the
Alaska-Yukon Pacific exposition.
The Union Central Life Insurance
Company of Cincinnati will pay to
Hamilton county $75O,0OO in settlement
of the claims of the county against the
f,r in
back taxes.
Eight business buildings in Silver
City, the leading mining camp of
southern Idaho, were destroyed by fire
and dynamite December 29th, caus ng
a loss of $4,000, with practically no
insurance.
Daniel Freeman. the first man to
make an entry under the homestead
which was passed forty years ago, died
at his home near Beatrice, Neb., on the
3Oth ult., aged eighty-two. He was a
soldier in the Civil war.
r. l.. Holland of Colorado Springs,
grand exalted ruler of the Elks, on the
End inst. wired $4,000 to the National
Red Cross society at Washington for
the relief of the sufferers in Sicily and
southern Italy. He will send more if
necessary.
In an exciting and unique football
contest at Oakland, California, on the
3rd inst, the first held in the history
of the game between Japanese and
Chinese. the Imperials, picked eleven,
defeated the Full by the score of 10
to 0. The oddness of the affair created
stir In sportdom. Both teams showed
an intimate acquaintance with the
American game and put up a good ex-
hibition. The signals were in Eng
lish. Many Chinese girls and boys
were on hand and took keen delight
in the contest
GENERAL NEWS.