Gilpin observer., 1911-10-19
GEN ERAI.

GENERAL.
The recent floods in the Black river
in Wisconsin wiped out the business
section of the town of Black River
Falls.
Hearings in the Lorimer investiga-
tion before the United States Senate
committee, have been resumed in Chi
cago.
A negro, who it was charged, at
near Forest City, Ark, was taken from
prison by a mob and lynched.
John R. Walsh, ex-banker and
former head of railroad enterprises,
has been paroled from the federal
prison at Leavenworth.
Charged with the murder of his
brother and rival for the love of
girl, Elmer Ferris, aged 27, of Ava,
Mo-, has been placed in Jail in Kansas
City, Kans.
Bertha Westbrook of New York
wants $4,000 damages because DIR.
mended her face. causing one eye to
be larger than the other, so she can't
be good actgyls-
Henry Honasks pedestrian, has COM
pleted a coast to coast walk, having
journeyed from Jersey City to San
Francisco in seventy-one days. Hona
did not steal, solicit nor work during
l., l.. t,t,~ lit,
eral months work as laborer to de
fray his expenses.
By the sweeping decree entered in
the United States Circuit Court at
Toledo, the backbone of the so-called
Electrical Trust was broken and. IN
the judgment of Attorney General
| Wickersham, the government was
equipped with precedents of genuine
value in its prosecutions of CONNER
cial combinations forbidden by the
Sherman law.
Denver is believed to have the great.
use of any city in the country in pro-
portion to its population. Statistics
that have been gathered by the trade
show that Denver has one truck to
every 1,S00 people, Philadelphia one to
5000. Cleveland one to 5000, Seattle
one to 5000, Los Angeles one to i,400,
San Francisco one to $500 and Oak
land one to $500.
In the cathedral in Baltimore, where
fifty years ago he was ordained a
priest, then successfully consecrated
a bishop, invested with the pallium of
an archbishop and twenty years after
his ordination received the red beretta
of cardinal, Cardinal James Gibbons,
archbishop of Baltimore, received
homage from illustrous prelates and
laymen from both this country and
foreign lands. The ecclesiastical cele-
bration of the cardinals dual jubilee
began with pontifical high mass, cele-
brated by the cardinal. Archbishop
John j. Glennon of st. Louis delivered
the sermon.
Disastrous weather conditions
which prevailed throughout the coun-
try earlier in the growing season
abated in September and the condi
tioh Vi LhSot Vi ehe imPoi tuhl
vested crops on October 1st showed
improvement. Corn was one.tenth of
one per cent. higher than 1t was on
September 1st; potatoes improved 81
per cent; tobacco. "a per cent. flax.
1.2 per cent; apples, SO per cent:
rice declined is per cent. The effect
of hot weather and drought through
out the growing season was shown In
the official preliminary estimates OF
the production of spring wheat, oats
and barley. These showed a loss in
production over last years harvest OF
an aggregate of 301, 100000 bushels.
The practice at almost all Roman
Catholic churches of asking a contri-
button at the door or of charging fee
for seat in church, is ordered discon-
tinued In circular letter addressed
to all archbishops and bishops OF the
church in the United States that mas
been sent out by Monsignor d. Fal-
COMO. apostolic delegate at Washing
ton.
A discrepancy Of over $3,2SS,271 be-
tween the material on hand and that
called for by the books Of the Wash
ington navy yard was shown by the
Inventory Just completed.