Gilpin observer., 1915-04-15
Foreign

In recognition of the devotion OF
Lady Randolph Paget, the municipal
ity of Uskub, Serbia, has decided to
rename the finest street in the city
after her.
Six thousand bales of American cot
ton aboard the steame San Gugliel-
mo were destroyed by fire in the har-
Dor at Naples, Italy. The loss is es-
timated at 100000 lire ($200,O00)
The cargo of cotton on the Ameri-
can steamship Navajo from Galveston
for Bremen, was ordered to prize
court under the order of the London
council cutting off all trade to and
from Germany.
The charge that explosives and
spare parts Of guns are being carried
into Turkey through Rumania by Ger
man and Austrian diplomatic couriers
is made in dispatch to the Paris
Journal from Bucharest.
The earnings of the Panama canal
in March were the largest of any
month since since it was opened.
This exceeded by about $140,000 the
previous record made in January.
March earnings were $56O,7S4.
The countess of Granard, who was
Miss Beatrice Mills daughter of Og-
den Mills of New York, has given
birth to son in London. He will
be given the title of Viscount Forbes.
The earl and countess of Granard have
two other children, both girls.
Seward Alaska, ocean terminus of
the governments projected railroad
to Fairbanks, announcement of the
route of which was officially made by
Secretary Lane on President Wilson's
order, for weeks has been a mecca for
laborers and others desiring to pro-
fit by the construction work.
Sporting News
The Grizzlies defeated the Cuban
olas at Denver, Sunday by score of
IS to 4.
1t has been announced that Ad VOL
CAST will meet Freddie Welsh in Mil.
waukee on May 4 in a ten-round, no
decision bout.
A big crowd was at the railroad sta
tion to catch glimpse of Jess VIII
lard, the heavyweight champion pugi-
list, when he arrived at Baltimore,
Md.
w. R. Applegarth defeated Jack
Donaldson of Australia in a 22O-yard
race at Stafford, England, for the
worlds professional championship for
that distance. held by Donaldson.
Applegarth's time was 22A seconds.
Rube Smith, light heavyweight OF
Denver was knocked out in the twelfth
round of a bout at Cripple Creek by
George Coplan of Cripple Creek. The
fight was staged by the Cripple
Creek Athletic Club and a crowd OF
l,400 attended.
The Philadelphia Country Club pole
team defeated the Boise, Idaho, four
on the San Mateo polo field by a
score of II to 101a goals in the second
round for the Polo Association cups
in the Panama-Pacific exposition
tournament at San Francisco.
The Midwick polo team of Pasadena
Cal, added to its long string of un.
broken victories by defeating, 6A to
Az, the Cooperstown, N. Y, four in
the finals for the Panama Pacific ex.
position championship cups on the ex-
position field at San Francisco.
Crowds packed an Atlantic City,
N. j., theater, where Jess Willard ap-
peared three days. So popular was
the new white heavyweight that $4,000
was passed through the box office
wicket for glimpse of the defender
of the white race" erstwhile white
hope"
General
Eddie Campi of California out.
pointed Jimmy Murray of New York
in ten-round bout in New York.
The bridge over the Colorado river
at Yuma, Arizona, the last link of the
southern transcontinental highway
from the Atlantic to Los Angeles and
San Diego, has been officially opened
The German converted cruiser
Kronprinz Wilhelm, the elusive raider
of commerce in the south Atlantic
dashed into Newport News, Va. Sun.
day and asked for fuel and provisions
The official canvass of the vote
cast at Chicagos municipal election
shows that William Hale Thompson
Republican, defeated Robert M. SWEET
ger, Democrat, by plurality of 147,.
977.
Il. B. Parkhurst was killed and a
traction engine he was driving was
demolished when run down by a
Union Pacific fast passenger train at
Durham, fifteen miles east of Chey
enne, Wyo.
Averaging 100 words minute foI
one hour, Notwithstanding deductions
of five words each for forty-four er
rors. Miss Mary B. Owen of Passaic
N. Y, made new world'S record for
speed in typewriting at Boston.
Mrs. Mary w. Merrick, 80 years old,
widow of Judge William Merrick OF