The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-16

| duNdHce un4 movement LOT the laying
of the best of modern pavement.
At Buffalo, N. Y. the night of July
was made the first attempt in this
| country to collect mail with an automo-
| pie, ana 1t proved a great success. Mail
from 40 boxes, in a territory six miles
| long, was collected in less than one
| half the time it takes to cover the same
| ground with horse and wagon. The
experiment will be continued and If the
| work is expedited as the first trial
! would indicate. the postal authorities
| VIII put into use in the larger cities
| number of automobiles.
BY the decree which makes Jimmy
| Michael single man it is for the first
time learned positively that he was
| married man. While the private affairs
| of the midget concern himself and not
| the public. the very fact of his sphinx
IKE silence regarding his matrimonial
aHalfs has kept the subject live and the
curiosity of the public in ferment. No
| one knew why he should be so ret!cent
about the matter, but it now develops.
according to his wifes plea for divorce
for desertion. that he secretly married
her in Cardiff in 1896 believing at the
time That she was To inherit some $780,
ooo upon coming of age and upon learn
ing MS mistake sailed alone for Amer"
London court granted Mrs. Michael an
absolute divorce. These circumstances
go long way toward explaining the
silence in which the little Welshman
mas been STEPPED on this particular sub
Ject since coming to America, SO since
TINS being settled, we can confine fur
ther speculation to the absorbing uues-
ton of whether or not Michael will re-
turn TO the cycle track.
significant sign of the times in
League of American Wheelman circles
is the announced change of the L. A. W.
Bulletin from weekly to a monthly
publication. The Bulletin is the official
organ OF the league and has proven a
juicy snap for Sterling Elliott for many
years. The publisher announces that
the change Is a good thing, and Ell
llott knows good thing when he
sees it,
The press committee of the League of
American Wheelmen makes the follow
ing announcement regarding the ma
tional meet: "Boston is to have the
greatest meeting of wheelmen this
country has ever seen. when the
League of American Wheelmen holds
its national meet there in August Al
though this annual meeting of the
members of the organizat ton is usually
successful in every respect, the condi-
tons surrounding the coming one are
even more suspicious than any of its
predecessors. The principal reasons foe
this are the historic surroundings of the
city, the fine roads and the many beau
tiful resorts. Besides Boston is the pio-
neer cycling city of the United States;
the pastime first got an enthusiss ic
welcome there and its wheelmen have
always been in the front ranks of the
nil
gramme of entertainment for the week.
Astounding in attractions. is already
well known to wheelmen, but the beam
eaters are going even farther to make
the meet success. They are now ar
ranging for series of tours to places
of interest in New England and the
touring department of the League of
American Wheelmen will have direct
charge of them, nsuring their sue
cess"
1t is reported that 400 bicycles were
stolen last year in Berlin.
A Milwaukee wheelman flashes a
novel record on the wheeling world
He rode SO miles in three hours and 81
minutes on bicycle without handle
bars. His speed approximated Is miles
an hour.
F. G. Norris and c. F. Higman left
Chicago yesterday at p m. for a tour
of the world awheel. They will go di-
rect to San Francisco bv way of Rock
Island, Omaha, CHEYENNE and Salt
Lake City. Two months will be spent
between Chicago and San Francisco,
making sketches and taking notes.
Norris was formerly manager of the
Hotel Luzerne, and Higham is a we'll
known artist. If nothing occurs to
change their plans or delay them, they
will arrive in Chicago from the East on
July s, 1900.