The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-02-20
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,

Minneapolis reports that the flour
mills are running on fuller time than
ever now.
The judge Of the agricultural exhib-
its at the Dry Farming Congress at
Cheyenne. February 23rd to 25th, will
be Prof. B. C. Buffum of Worland, Wy
oming.
1t is reported that every city, vii
lage and town in Illinois, Lincoln's S
home state. held centennial exercises
on Lincoln's birthday.
For the first time in the history Of
Texas many of the cities this month
observed the anniversary Of Lincoln's
birth. The day was also celebrated at
Little Rock, Ark
There were few if any towns in Col
orado where the centenary of Lin
coins birthday was not fittingly cele-
brated. Many Of the orations were of
high order. School children took a
q large part in the exercises.
Emphatically denying the statement
printed week ago in a Salt Lake pa
per to the effect that Italy needs no
more money for it's earthquake suf-
ferers, Consul Rossi of Denver says
that financial help Is still needed.
The quarterly report of the Utah
Copper Company, which is headed by
prominent mining and milling men of
Colorado Springs and Denver shows
that the company's net profits for the
last quarter, under more or less ad-
verse conditions, were $540,2s1.50.
Two huge mountain lions. captured
In December by George W. Spencer
ner Silver City, N. NJ, have been
shipped to Milwaukee. where they have
been purchased by man who makes a
specially of tanning wild beasts. The
lions, which are beautiful specimens,
were shipped in heavy. wooden crates.
G. Hill Howard died at Albuquerque,
n. NJ, on the 18th inst, at the age of
sixty-four. He was a resident of New
Mexico for twenty years. and son OF
Gen Volney E. Howard. Confeder-
ate leader in the Civil war, and at one
time congressman from Mississippi. G
Hill Howard was a classmate of Ad
miral Sampson in the Naval academy
at Annapolis.
There was a remarkable sale of the
special Lincoln postage stamps issued
by the government, at the Los Angeles
postoffice on Lincoln's birthday. When
the 10000 stamps bearing the like
hess Of Lincoln were placed OH sale at
8 o'clock, more than fifty people were
in line to purchase them, and the en-
tire number of stamps were sold in
five minutes time, orders being left
for many more.
A sweeping antitrust bill has been
introduced in the Iowa House. Its pur-
pose is to stamp out the grocers' trust.
the coal dealers and the ice trust, and
even the doctors trust. The latter
are charged with fixing excessive
prices. Imprisonment in the peniten-
tiary for not less than one nor more
than ten years is provided for persons
convicted Of violating the law.
Mrs. Annette Hartman, a San Fran
cisco milliner, has been awarded ST.
600 damages in a false Imprisonment
suit against John ID. Murphy, repre-
senting Chicago wholesale house.
She was arrested on the charge of
false representations and her picture
appeared in local papers with num-
ber written across it showing that it
came from the police 'rogue's gal
lery"
A bequest of $4,000 for the found
ing Of home for old men and or
pban boys, a legacy of $4,000 to the
George H. Nettleton home of Kansas
City and individual gifts Of $4,000 in
cluding two of $1O,SO0 each to a ne
gro porter and a negro housekeeper,
are the chief provisions of the will of
Charles Schattner. pioneer Kansas
City saloonkeeper, which has been
filed for probate. Mr. Schattner's es-
tate is valued at $225,000.