Gilpin observer., 1915-09-23
FOREIGN

congress-.
Food prices have increased about 35
per cent in England since the declara-
tion of war.
Ankerwycke, the historic mansion
grounds King Henry VIII. wooed Anne
Boleyn, was destroyed by fire.
The 115th anniversary of the dec
laration of Chilian independence was
celebrated throughout the republic
with greater enthusiasm than usual.
Count Won Bernstorff has been CIV
en- power to settle with the United
States, and agreements may soon be
signed in Washington ending disputes
with Germany over submarines.
The Turin, Italy, Gazetta del Po-
polo says it has received dispatch
from Petrograd stating that Emperor
Nicholas has granted amnesty to all
political prisoners. The number af.
fected is said to be more than 100000.
The Rome Tribuna announces that
the monument erected in Trent to the
memory of Dante, and considered to
be a masterpiece of sculpture, has
been demolished by the Austrians in
order that the bronze may be used for
making cannon.
Multiple eruptions of the Italian vol
canoes are now occurring, says dis.
patch from Rome. Vesuvius, Aetna
and Stromboli are all active, a singu.
lar phenomenon never before record.
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is of a character to cause alarm.
The Greek steamer Athinai was de.
stroyed by fire at sea with the loss OF
only one life, according to a message
received by the Marine Department at
Halifax, N. S. The steamer Tuscania
rescued 40S passengers and the crew,
and the steamer Roumanian Prince
sixty-one others.
Five members of the Smithsonian
Institution expedition which left Sc
attic under command OF Johann Ko-
rem, the Norwegian naturalist, in
June, 1914, to collect specimens in the
Arctic, returned to Nome aboard the
power schooner Eagle from the Sibe-
rian coast.
SPORTING NEWS
BY defeating Del Norte 6 to 3, Mon
tie Vista won the championship of the
San Luis valley.
At Detroit, Mich, Martin Graves OF
Denver won a 100-mile motorcycle
race at the state fair grounds.
A large colony of horsemen, with
more than 400 trotters and PAGERS
from all parts of the country, assem-
bled at Columbus, Ohio, for the open
ing of the annual Grand Circuit race
meeting at the Driving park.
Dario Resta, winner of this years
Vanderbilt cup and grand prize auto
race, drove his car over the new two
mile track at Sheepshead Bay, N. Y,
for 10 miles, in 5:32 AS, an estimated
speed of 10S03 miles an hour.
Juanita NJ Edgar, who won tn,
handsome silver cup for the one-and
a-half-mile relay race for women a
the Fort Morgan fair, has established
record for riding that, 80 far a!
known, has never been equaled by on,
of her sex.
Miss Molla Bjurstedt of Norway ant
Miss Carey E. Neeley of Chicago cap
tured the finals in the ladies' double
of the tri-state tennis tourney at Gin
cinnati, Ohio. They defeated Mrs
Malcolm McNeill, Jr., of Chicago ant
Miss Ruth Sanders of Cincinnati II
straight sets, 6-1, 60.
GENERAL
Labor troubles in Connecticut arr
on the increase, in spite of many ad
justments which have been made
either after a strike or to avoid one.
Elmer Hughes, %, was married al
Prescott, Mich, to Mrs. Emma Mar
vim, 54 years old. The bride is moth
er of five children and grandmother
Of four
The wreck of a Mexican military
train, resulting in the death of ninety
persons, occurring one mile out Of Salt
| lilo. according to advices received In
Laredo.
DR.. Susan La Flesch Picotte, 40, fol-
many years prominent as a physician
and missionary worker among the In
dians of Nebraska and adjoining
| states. died at her home at Waithill
Neb.
Plans for national medical exami
nation day, childrens health cru
sade and tuberculosis Sunday, to be
held during tuberculosis week. Dec. s
IL, were announced in New York by
the National Association for the Study
and Prevention of tuberculosis.
James F. ]. Archibald. the Ameri
can correspondent who was inter
cepted by British authorities while
carrying a message from DR.. Constan
tin T. Dumba. the Austro-Hungariar
ambassador, to Vienna, arrived II
New York on the liner Rotterdam.
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