The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-11-12

.Jetroit American league teams has
been abandoned.
The lend anniversary of the found
served at Princeton, New Jersey, on
the 22nd inst, with appropriate exer-
cises.
The Roosevelt prize for the three
mile running race at Paris Sunday
was won by Keyser. French runner.
in is minutes and 16 seconds. He also
won the event in 1906.
The Aero Club OF France has de-
cided to organize big aeroplane
meeting in the autumn of 1909, when
the Grand Prix d'Aviation will be COM
peted for. The value Of this prize is
$4,000. and there will be other awards.
]. HAYWOOD of Lexington, KY, has
sold to Ed Avery of Louisville, Pin
kola. the famous derby winner, for So
600, and Friend Harry, by Orlando, for
$4,000. The latter is half brother of
jeff Bernstein, for which horse large
offers have been refused.
Brig. Gen. John Elmer milford,
| through whose efforts as an agent for
| the exchange of prisoners during the
Civil war more than 10000 Union SOL
diers were restored to their homes,
| died Monday at Montour Falls, N. Y.
| aged seventy-nine years.
The Vermont Legislature Tuesday
reelected Senator William P. Dilling
ham for another term of six years and
| elected Former Gov. Carroll S. Page to
| fill the remainder of the unexpired
term of the late Senator Redfield Proc
tor. Both are Republicans.
| Duchess Alexandra Victoria of
Schleswig- Holstein, daughter of Prince
Frederick. duke of Schleswig- Holstein,
was married in the chapel of the I'm
perial palace at Berlin, Thursday, the
end inst, to Prince August William
of Prussia, fourth son of Emperor Will
| liam.
At Newark. New Jersey. October
25th, Frank l.. Kramer, the champion
| bicycle rider broke his own worlds
| record for twenty-five miles unpaced
| in competition at the Vailsburg track,
riding the distance in 1896 So. His
previous record made in 1901 was
| 57:52 40.
When William ]. Bryan entered the
Astor gallery at reception of the
Woman's Democratic club at the Wal
dorf-Astoria Monday, he was kissed by
two women in the presence of nearly
| 700 others, and narrowly escaped the
embrace of y third. Mrs. Bryan was
| present. Mr.. Bryan displayed some
embarrassment.
One of those freak fires that are
the continual bane of the insurance
man is reported from Paduca, Ken
lucky, where fire starting from a
match carelessly thrown in dry grass
resulted in the burning of an orchard
of 5000 apple trees. valued at several
thousand dollars. The orchard be-
longed to Mrs. Mary Chesterfield.
The merchants of Panama have
started campaign to bring about an
arrangement whereby the United
States shall be compelled to pay duty
on Injuries imported into the canal
zone The merchants assert that their
business has been seriously affected
because of the competition of the
United States commissaries.
Before crowd of several thousand
Tuesday, the Chicago worlds cham
pions defeated the Detroit American
league champions at Terre Haute, Z to
/. Before the game Mordecai Brown
was presented with an elegant silver
service by the citizens of Terre Haute,
his home city. Cobb carried off the
batting honors with four singles in four
times up.
The franchise under which the
Cleveland, Ohio, Municipal Traction
Company is operating street railway
lines on a 3-cent fare basis, was de-
feated by majority of S79 in the refer
endum vote Thursday The total vote
was more than $1,000. 1t is alleged
| that the public were dissatisfied with
the service given by the operating
company.
who were arrested October 18th dur
ing the ''storming of the House of
Commons" on charges of disorderly
conduct, have just been sentenced in
the Bow Street Police Court to terms
Of Imprisonment varying from three
weeks to three months. The women
were offered the alternative of giving
bonds for their good behavior, but
they elected to go to jail.
The British government has issued
in London and through the British am
bassadors abroad formal denial of
rupture in the direct negotiations be-
tween Austria-Hungary and Turkey
and Great Britain's Intervention, to-
gether with statement that any d.
rect arrangement satisfactory to Tur-
key would, in the opinion of the Brit
ish government, smooth the way to
ward a general settlement
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.