Gilpin observer., 1912-07-25
GEN ERAL.

"A llSnt sprinkle or snow fell at carp
Lake, Michigan, thirty miles northeast
of Petoskey. Crops were damaged.
Jewelry valued at nearly $4,000 was
stolen from a sample carrier on
crowded street in Chicago recently
Farmers from the surrounding coun-
try brought reports of frost into Chi
cago, declaring early vegetables had
suffered.
Shoes of all grades are to be raised
in price. and according to Chicago
dealers the automobile is to blame for
the increase.
Reports from all parts of the coun-
try indicate that the apple crop for
1912 is likely to be one of the larg-
est ever harvested
Two white men and four negroes
mines of the Gayton Coal Company
near Richmond, Va, recently.
William D. Washburn, former sena-
or from Minnesota and pioneer in the
building of the Northwest, has arrived
from Europe in dying condition.
Clifford Pinchot has added about 5000
to his taxes in the District of Colum.
bia by calling attention to the fact
that his Washington home Is under
assessed by s43,793, or forty-nine per
cent.
The Shuberts have lost one of their
best theaters in Chicago. the Lyric, al
thought they may be able to hold the
lease for the two years it still has to
run
After a chase that covered several
states and lasted many weeks, Samuel
Tsen, Russian immigrant suffering
from what is declared to be leprosy,
was found at Buffalo. N. Y. He has
been isolated.
The cost OF the discovery of Amer
ica was $1,000, according to ledgers
just found at Palos, Spain, containing
facts concerning the outlay made by
Christopher Columbus on his expedi-
ton to the new world.
The last gap in the construction of
the Mississippi Power company's dam
across the river at keokuk Iowa, has
been closed and for the first time in
its history the Mississippi is throttled
at one of it's widest points.
| Joseph Epstein, an attorney, and an
uncle of the lawyer who conducted the
winning fight for the freedom of Mrs.
Rene B. Morrow. is made the defend
ant in charges before the Chicago Bar
Association duplicating him in a con-
fidence game.
Robert Kinsella. employed by cor
set company at 120 East Sixteenth
street, New York, was drowned on top
OF a twelve-story building at that ad-
dress when he went to the roof to re-
lease a foot and half of water which
had collected there when the drain
pipe became clogged up. He ran his
right arm down into the drain pipe
after he had cleared away the rubbish
at the mouth of the hole. When the
suction of the rushing water caught
him he was drawn into the pipe up to
| the shoulder. Despite the efforts of
three companions to pull him out the
suction held him firm and his head
was drawn into the water, which still
remained on the roof. In plain sight,
looking up at them through the few
inches of water that covered his face,
he was drowned.
The woolen firm of Goodman Broth
ers. New York, found a shortage OF
100000 in their books thirteen years
ago and swore out a warrant against
their bookkeeper, James Fisher, who
had the power to sign checks and had
much to do with the firms finances.
They have never caught the man for
she left his house by the back door
without coat or collar as a detective
called at the front entrance and from
then the police got no trail of him
until few days ago, when the two
Goodman brothers, riding In a Broad
way street car. saw man whom they
decided was their missing bookkeeper.
| They had him arrested The prisoner
said he was Thomas Fisher, liquor
dealer. He admitted that he had
worked for Goodman brothers, but
said that he was a brother OF the man
for whom the police were looking. A
detective, however, positively identi
fled him from a photograph as the
missing bookkeeper.
Phlladelphia's new city public bath
house at Tacony Is completed and
ready to be turned over to the authori
ties. but 1t cannot be used for a year
because in the construction OF the
building somebody forgot to make pro.
vision for a water supply.
Clubwomen of Chicago have started
u crusade on tight skirts which are
constructed with the sole idea, they
declare, OF displaying the feminine
charms. The clothes that reveal as
they half conceal are declared to be
responsible for much OF the shocking
crime and immortality In the country.