The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1903-09-25
SHORT rELEeRAMs.

An automobile has been run to the
f, top OF Mount Washington
Six inches of snow fell all over Vel
lowstone park on the 18th and 18th
: Inst.
Recent heavy rains have done great
! damage to the hay and grain crops in
Eastern Washington.
The 15,000-ton armored cruiser
Maryland was launched at Newport
News, Va, September 18th.
I Otto Sarony, the famous portrait
| photographer, of New York city, died
| of lung disease on the 18th inst.
Rear Admiral O'Neil chief of ord
nance will ask for $1S.O0O,0O0 for ord
nance in the navy for the next fiscal
| year.
Count Tolstoi celebrated his seventy
fifth birthday on September 18th, at
excellent health.
The board of regents of the Nebras-
ka state university have decided to
locate an agricultural experiment sta
ton at North Platte.
1t is reported at Deadwood that the
Rothschilds have offered 1886. 900 900 for
the famous Homestake gold mine, own
ed by the Hearst estate.
The Rev. Robert Benson, son of the
late archbishop of Canterbury. who
died in 1896. has been received into the
Roman Catholic Church,
Four students of the technical high
school of Stuttgart, Germany, have
been sentenced to three months deten-
In nrtr ff,r
Rear Admiral Francis A. Cook, who
commanded the Brooklyn at Santiago.
was retired on his own application
September 18th after forty years SER
vice.
Two earthquake shocks were felt at
Portland, Ore, on the afternoon OF
September 18th. No damage was done.
although the largest brick buildings
We're shaken quite severely.
The Anaconda group of mines at
Butte closed for two months pending
alterations In the big Washoe smelter,
resumed operations September 18th.
The mines employ 5000 men,
Heroic work on the part Of nurses
, and attendants prevented serious loss
of life in fire that started from a de-
ItCilNt Iut Al lHt N'bEH-Ni iBHl uos-
pital at Salt Lake. The loss will not
exceed $4,000.
Lieut. Colonel Charles G. Treat,
, commandant of cadets at Nest Point,
and Capt James X Thompson. Fiji
teenth infantry. have been detailed as
umpires during the army maneuvers at
Fort Riley, Kansas.
Some time will probably elapse be-
fore the meeting of the Venezuelan ar
bitratlon tribunal at The Hague, MS the
Associated Press is informed that the
Gar has asked for two months in
which to select the arbitrators.
Augusta, Wis. was greatly damaged
by n cloudbuist September 18th. Alb
botsford. Mediord. Chelsle Merrill.
Mondoya, Unity and Glenwood are
among the other points in Wisconsin
that suffered from heavy floods.
Ralph Mcbride. aged seventeen. died
at Button, Iowa. on the 18th instant.
as the result OF Initiation into q high
school secret society. The grand jury
returned indictments against nine stu
dents In connection with the AFFAIR.
1t having been stated that President
Roosevelt had objected to meeting Sir
Thomas Upton at n dinner of the Sea-
wanhaka Corinthian Yach. Club. tho
president wrote letter tC the chair
! man OF the club trustees denying the
report.
Francis V. Benque, arrested on COM
plant OF federal authorities on n
charge OF having written threatening
letters TO Secretary Hay. has been COM
mitted TO the Manhattan state asylum.
Wards Island. having been found par
TALLY insano.
President Loubet recently paid an
unusual compliment to the wife of
Senator Lodge by placing his box at
the opera at her disposal. General
Brugere, commander-in-chief OF the
army, sat with Senator Lodge and wife
In the box Throughout the evening.
The ivy on Massachusetts, and Harry
ard halls Mt Harvard college. that on
the former dating probably from tho
building of the hall. In 1920. has been
cut down TO the roots for the purpose
OF stimulating the growth. The dust
and dirt OF almost two centuries had
to be scraped on diligently before the
bricks became visible.
Tho Board of Inquiry into tho
charges Of cruelty formulated against
Major Robert l.. Howse through Major
Hunter. has finished hearing testi1
mony at Manila. and adjourned. II VIII
later consider the arguments offered on
both sides OF the ease. at the close of
which the records will be sent To
Washington for final adjudication.
At Cleveland. o.. September 18th tho
trotting mare Lou Dillon, paced by two
running horses and driven by willard
Sanders, lowered to 2:5 the high sulky
trotting record Of 2;SA made by Maud
$. in 1855. The sulky used weighed
ffty-two pounds. eight pounds mora
than the sulky used by Maud S. Tho
sulky was not ball bearing. but OF tho
old axle type.
The secret service has received n
new counterfeit laO National Bank
note on the Mechanics National Bank
OF New Bedford, Mass. The series is OF
1852, check letter II. charter No. 7i3.
Bruce. register. Wymnn. treasurer uf
the United States. II Is n good photo
graph ON plain paper. no iibrcs, num-
bcra and seal and panel Of back tinted
with thin colorH.
Montague lloiboin. the English
fwlmmcr has failed In his fourth at
tempt to swim tha English channel.
Ito LEFT the water eight miles from ca
lnls. France. after swimming seventeen
houra mud twenty minutes lie waR
within four miles OF tho French cuyrt
nj O'Clock In 'hc morning when the
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