Gilpin observer., 1915-04-22
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been discovered in Vedado, the most
suburb of Havana.
Work has been going on continually
preparatory to the first effort to raise
the sunken submarine F-4 by direct
lift at Honolulu.
Ludwig Paul Selbach, claiming to
be an American citizen, was remanded
to custody in London on the charge OF
being an alien enemy.
The transit shipping trade of Rot
terdam is suffering to an enormous
extent In peace times this port
ranks third in Europe for this kind
of traffic.
The captain and nineteen members
of the crew Of the Dutch steamer
Olanda were landed at Grimsby, Eng
land, by port trawler. The Olanda
struck mine in the North sea Sun
day and sank. She carried cargo of
coal
Baron Augustus julius Clemens Her
bert de Reuter-, managing director of
Reuters Telegraph Company, COM
mitted suicide at Reigate, Surrey.
Grief over the death of his wife, who
died recently, is believed to have been
the reason.
The Panama government has put
in force what is described as a mon
opolistic scheme for the colonization
and exploitation of the San Bias
coast on the Atlantic ocean, to which
the American government has inter
posed objections.
Rumors that the Alaska engineering
commission had decided to throw
open to settlement the sixty-acre term
inal tract at Seward acquired by the
government with the purchase of the
Alaska Northern Railroad, caused a
stampede of squatters who have oc-
cupied almost all of the tract.
The General Anzeiger of Duisburg.
Rhenish Prussia, says 1t learns from
an absolutely unimpeachable source"
that the reported sickness of Grand
Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch, COM
mander-in-chief of the Russian forces,
was due to a shot in the abdomen
fired by the late Gen. Baron Sievers
after being slapped by the duke.
Sievers then killed himself
Sporting News
OF the forty-eight states in the union
the box-fight game is permitted in
eighteen.
Rube Marquard pitched a no-hit
game in New York and shut out the
Brooklyn Nationals, 2 to 0.
The Denver Bears wound up their
spring practice games by a 6 to 1 vic
tory over the Spuds at Greeley, Colo.
Eddie Campi of San Francisco out
pointed Frank Burns of Jersey City,
N. j., in an eight-round bout at st.
Louis.
Eight hundred and fifty mares
were nominated in the $4,000 Ken
lucky futurity for foals of 1915, en-
tries to which closed April 1.
The Rev. c. ]. A. PAIL, a Baptist
missionary arrived in Pomona, Cal,
on the last lap of his 26S, ,OOO-mile
trip around the world on bicycle.
Tom McCarty, Montana heavyweight
had the better of every round of a
round bout in New York with
Colin Bell, Australian heavyweight
title holder.
The Louisville Jockey club an
nounced that at the spring meeting.
beginning May 8, there will be seven
races a day. The extra race will be
for purse of not less than $500.
General
William L. Miller, 101 years old, an
nounced his wedding at Joplin, Mo-.
to Mrs. Nancy B. Pike, sixty.
Secretary Daniels announced that
contracts for three hydro-aeroplanes
at $11,500 each would be awarded to
the Burgess company of Marble Head,
Mass.
The first step toward the arbitra-
ton of the building trades strike and
lockout which has thrown $4,000
wage earners out Of employment was
taken in Chicago.
What is said to be the first class
for housemaids ever organized in the
United States received diplomas from
the Montclair, N. j., board of educa-
tion and returned to duties.
Leaders in political and financial af-
fairs OF the nation were present at
Providence at the funeral of Nelson
w. Aldrich, for thirty years United
States Senator from Rhode Island.
Application for rehearing was de-
MED in the Midwest Oil Company's
case by the Supreme Court of the
United States. The decision upheld
the validity of President Tafts order
withdrawing from public entry $1,000
100000 worth of public oil lands in
Wyoming, California and other West
ern states.
The jury which will try William
Barnes suit for alleged libel against
Theodore Roosevelt was completed in
the state court at Syracuse, N. Y. 1t
is cOmposed of seven RenuhIicans