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7r0tting Record Cut
 DO1Vf1 Al ReQdpilIe

Readville Mass, August 24-Czarevna, owned by D. Comyn Moran of New York, won the American Horse Breeder Futuri- ty for trotting foals of 1906, the fea- ture of the opening day of the Grand Circuit meeting at Readville race track, and her second heat in 2;15s4 lowered the previous record for the stake of 2:17, made last year by the Leading Lady. She was far superior in speed to the rest of the starters, Belvasia and Czar- inc Bingen barely escaping the distance in the final heat. Lou Mcdonald was very successful in the three other events on the card, winning easily with Leslie Waterman, the 2:i0 pace. though in couple of heats he drew the finish close with Arrow, driven by the New Hamp- shire reinsman, Long Shot, Cox.
 Ward was a handy winner of two heats in the 2:21 trot, but in the third was npped by Kidd McGregor right at the wire, Ed Geers having slipped through next to the pole.
 McDonalds third win was the Horse Breeders Futurity for three-year-ol pacers, with Master McKerron. It was simply big jog for the son of John A. McKerron, it being only in the generosity of Mcdonald that he did not distance the other starters. Clover Patch, the
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TENNIS TOURNEY
 NEARING TIE END National Championship p Series
 Is Being Played HARD GAMES FOR EMERSON Nat Emerson, Western Champion, FL nally Defeats His Opponent, and He and Alexander Will Play
 Former Champions.
HARD GAMES FOR EMERSON

Newport, R. l., August 4.-Two former holders of the national title and two other highly ranked players will com pete in the semi-finals of the national lawn tennis tournament in singles to- morrow as the result of the contests in the sixth round which was played today. The former champions are William J. Clothier of Philadelphia. and B. c. Wright of Boston. The only survivors are F. B. Alexander of New York and Nat Emerson of Chicago. All the win ners in todays play, except Emerson, had an easy time disposlng of their oponents in straight sets. Emerson, how ever, had the hardest kind of a contest with Jones. 63 games being played before he could win The men were evenly matched and both were on their game from the outset Jones took the first set after it had twice gone to deuce. and Emerson captured the second which was still longer drawn out and which re- quired IS games to decide. Jones at this point seemed weared by the strain and he took but one game in the third set but in the fourth he evened up matters by allowing Emerson only two games. Both men played with great de- termination in the final sets, although they were very tired. At one time Jones came within two points of winning the set when he led his opponent by five games to four and 31 in the tenth game. Emerson, however, made a strong rally and won the match Clothier will meet Alexander tomorrow, while Wright will play against Emerson.
 Todays play in the tournament resulted al follows:
 All-comers tournament, sixth round F. H. Alexander of New York defeated F. J. Sulloway of Boston, 6-1; 6-3; 6-1.
 w. J. Clothier of Philadelphia defeated G. F. Terdhard of New York, 6-1; s-6; 6-O.
 B. c. Wright of Boston defeated H. Ter rance of New York, 6-3; 61-; 6-3.
 The match between Emerson and Jones ran through five long sets before the former won. Both players played fast but carefully from the start. The summary:
 N. Emerson of Chicago defeated J. D. E. Jones of Providence, 6-S; 10-S; 6-1; 2-6; 9-7.
 H. E. Mather, winner of the Princeton inter-scholastc tournament, won the in ter-scholastic championship by defeating in straight heats sets G. M. McChurch, the winner of the Columbia tournament.
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AMERICANS START
 WELL AT CRICKET

Sunderland, August "A cricket match was begun here today between the team of the gentlemen of Philadelphia and the County Durham eleven. The visitors won the toss and went to the wicket, but made poor display. having compiled only 72 runs for five wickets by lunch.
 Adams was finally run out for 56 Les ter made a good stand and compiled 30 before he was bowed King was the only other Phladelphan to reach the double figure. He made 14. All were out for 122. Small as was the total made by the Philadelphians, the home team was unable to get near it, and the wickets fell like nine pins. All were dismissed for S5.
 The attack of the Philadelphians was very fine, particularly the bowling of Hordern, who captured seven wickets for 3l The Philadelphians going in for their second inning knocked up IS for one wicket before play was closed for the day.
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Buffalo entry, was off her form through having torn off a portion of a forward foot while being logged this forenoon.
 American Horse Breeders F'uturity, foals of 1906, trottng, purse $500; two in three heats:
 Czarevna, oh. f., by Peter the
 Great-Osianna, by Onward (No- Belvasia, b. f., Criter) ............ 3 Czarlne Bingen, br. f., (McGrath) ? Time: 2:17A; 2:15A.
 2:15 class pacing, purse s1200: Leslie Waterman oh. g., by Oh
 So (McDonald) :. .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 Arrow, b. g., (Cox) :. .. :. ...... 2 ? Lady of Honor. oh. m. (Thomas).. 3 3 Time: 2:09A 2:09A; 2:09h.
 2:11 class trotting, purse s120O; three heats:
 Ward b. h., by The Baron (Mc-
 Donald).. ......-.-......... 1 Kidd McGregor, b. h., by Jay Mc-
 Gregor (Geers) :. .. . ........ 8 1 Prince Kihl, blk. h., (Essery).... Time: 2131z; 2:11; 2:f4A.
 American Horse Breeders Futurity, foals of 1905. pacing, purse 5000; two in three heats:
 A. McKerron-M -Mazette by Ten
 nessee Wilkes (McDonald) .. .... II Katana, g. g. Qoung) ............ 9 Clover Patch, br. h. (Snow) ........ 8 Time: 2:17A; 2I7%.
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Fine Cycle Races For
 Labor Day Celebration

Under the auspices of the Birmingham Motorcycle club, motorcycle, automobile and bicycle racing will be feature of the general Labor day celebration in Bir- mingham.
 The races will be held at the State Fair grounds, and will commence at o'clock p. m.
 The main events will be motorcycle racing.
 However, there will be an automobile event between two very fast Stanley steamers, and a 10-mile motor-paced bicycle event Rodger Beddow, paced b., Ped Hickman, will ride against Patton, paced by Moody.
 There will be four motorcycle events, the principal one being 25-mile handi-
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SOUTH ATLANTIC
 PENNANT AWARDED

Savannah. Ga, August 24-The directors of the South Atlantic Baseball league met in this city tonight, President Charles Boyer presiding, and wound up the busi- ness of the season. They awarded the 1908 pennant to Jacksonville.
 Applications for membership in the league were received from Chattanooga Columbus, Wilmington and Knoxville Chattanooga and Columbus were awarded franchises, conditional upon the syndi- cates in those cities accepting certain terms their representatives were author ized to announce. Wilmington will be taken in should Chattanooga or Colum- bus decide not to enter.
 The player limit was reduced to l2, but $500 remains the salary limit.
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Noted Preacher Dead.

Frankfort. Ky, August 24.-Rev. Tn omas N Arnold, one of the most prominent ministers of the Christian church in the south, died yesterday when en route to Versailles to preacl at funeral. He was a classmate of U. s. Grant at school. During the stormy period preceding the Goebel as- sasslnatlon. he was one of two mfn- isters who attended the sessions of tn . state senate. He was 84 years old.
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New Steamer Record.

Plymouth. August 24.-The North German-Llyod steamer Kaiser Wilhelm elapsed and average speed for any vessel over the long course, 30S0 miles from Sandy Hook to Plymouth. She made the distance in five days, nine h ours and 55 minutes, and averaged for the run 2371 knots on hour. The best days run was 556 knots, which was accomplished two days in succession.
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sunner rcura by Rail and saiI

via Savannah and steamship lines at very low ratcs-Blrmingham to New YUrk, s45.1e; Boston, s5O.6O; Baltimore, $36 60: PhIladelphia, s40.G0. Tickets good for re- turn until october 3l, 1908.
 Steamships sail from Savannah for New York every Tuesday Thursday and Sat urday, 8 D. m.; Boston, Mondays and Thursdays, 3 p. m.; Baltimore, Wednes- days and Saturdays p. m. Pullman Lroiler buffet sleeping car to Savannah daily, leaves Birmingham p. m. Other information chee rfully furnished at 2Ooa First avenue and Terminal station. s. E. cowin, Commercial Agent.
 6-11-tu-thu-su-t
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cap with 12 starters
 The factories manufacturing motor cycle equipment have been quite liberal in offering prizes for these events, and in addition to several prizes thus donated, there will be others. Gold medals will be offered for the victors in several of the events.
 Perhaps the best motorcycle event will be the match-race between Bob Stubbs on a five-horsepower Indian and Bates on a horsepower Thor. Stubbs will be handicapped by allowing Bates 30- second start, and as the men are both fine performers, much intefest is aroused.
 large attendance is expected. The races will be the best seen in Birming- ham in many a day.
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TaiIors on Strike.

New York, August 24.-Between 5000 and 6000 tailors were on strike in this city today according to the estimates of the United Brotherhood of Tailors, to enforce a demand for an increase in wages sufficient to make up the re- ,ductions suffered during the panic last fall. Officers of the Brotherh ood said that some of the employers have yield ed and that $50 strikers have been re- employed at advanced wages.
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,-asker Wins Aqain.

Dusseldorf, August 24.-Dr. Samuel Las ker scored another victory tonight in the series against Or Tarrasch of Nueremburg for the chess championship of the world, after AZ moves Dr. Lasker has now won three games and pr. Tar rasch one. The next series of games will be played at Munich.
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Personality Doesn't Count.

London, August 24.-A dispatch to the Times from Tangier says: The ac- tual personality of the Sultan is matter of small importance in Eu- ropean relations with Morocco. Mulai Hafid, the correspondent thinks, prob ably will prove as amenable as Abd El Aziz was, and has the distinct ad- vantage of almost universal popularity.
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Donovan In Fine Form.

Washington, August 24-Donovan held Washington down to two scattered mus today and Detroit shut out the locals. Crawford scored the winning run In the sixth on his single and Cobb's three ba gper Score. R.H.E. Washjngton OOO 900 000-0 2 O Detroit .... 900 0O1 0OO-1 10 0
 Batteries: Johnson and Street; Dono- van and Schmidt. Time. 1:20 Umpire, Egan. 8
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TWO SINGLES OFF
 PITCHER THOMAS

Memphis, August 24.-Keiber weak ened in the fifth inning today and Mont gomery punched hits. scoring three runs and winning the game. Garrity who relieved Keiber, allowed no hits but Thomas was steady throughout and Memphis could not score Score
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SUMMARY. Two-base hits-Smith, Watson. Sacrifice hit-Meek. Stolen bases-Benson, Daley @, Henline, Douglass, Smith Passed ball-Meek. Struck out-By Killian 1, by Ford 6. Bases on balls-Off Killan ?, off Ford G. Time-1 :55. Umpires-Moran and Wheeler.
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Kansas City. started the game but his wildness and an error proved costly. Score: R.H.E. Chicago .. .. .. :. ..004 200 000-6 0 Boston .. .. .. .. .. .. ..001 020 010-4 4
 Batteries: White and w. Sullivan; Wood, Steele and Criger and P. Dono- hue. Time, 2:10 Empires, Hurst and O'Loughlin
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Minister Back In Peru.

Lima. Peru, August 24.-Leslie Combs, the American minister to Peru, arrived here yesterday from the United States, whither he went on his regular yearly leave of absence. The minister and his wife are both well.
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Too Many Rank Errors.

Philadelphia. August 24.-Cleveland won easily from Philadelphia today by knock ing Coombs off the rubber in six in- nings. The home team fielded very poor ly. Score: H.. L, Philadelnhia .OOO 200 OO0-2 2 [
 Batteries: Liebhardt and Bemis; Coomp, Schlitzer and Powers. Time, l:oo. Om- pires, Evans and Sheridan.
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Cubs Beat Wilhelm.

Chicago, August 24-A grouping of four hits and a double steal by Kling and Hoffman gave the locals today's game in the seventh inning. Score: R. H. E. Chicago ....OO0 100 3OF-4 Brooklyn .OOO 200 VOO-2
 Batteries; Pfeister, Fraser Overall and Klng; Wilhelm and Bergen. Time, 150 Empires, Emsie and Rudderham.
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

At Milwaukee-Louisville, 5; Milwau- kee, i.
 At Minneapolis-M Minneapolis. 8; To- ledo, 6.
 At Kansas City-Kansas City 3; Indian- apolis, 9
 At St. Paul-Columbus, 10; St. Paul 1.
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BERNHARDT PLAYS
 IN HARDEST LUCK

Little Rock, August 24.-Conners singled with one out in the ninth, stole sec ond, went to third on an infield out and scored on Daubert's error, giving Little Rock the victory Score.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Browns Fail To Gain.

New York, August 4.-The doubleheader between St. Louis and New York was even today. Waddell, for the visitors, pitched a winning game in the early afternoon, but in the second contest Ches- bro held St. Louis down. Scores:
 E,irst game R.H.E E. St. Louis .. ......0Oo 020 Ooz-4 New York :. 900 O2O OO0-2 g 1
 Batteries: Waddell and Smith; Hogg and Sweeney. Time, 200.
 Second game R.H.E. st Louis .... .. 100 21O OO0-4 12 3 New York :. .. 100 l0l OS"-o I0
 Batteries Powell and Stephens; Ches- bro and Kleinow. Time 1:3l. Umpire, Connolly.
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"Buqs" Does the Work,

St. Louis, August 24-St. Louis took the final game from Boston this afternoon. Shaw's two-base hit in the seventh and Charles single scored the winning run. Score: R. H. E. Boston .. .. .. .. 1000 100 100-2 s 2 St. LouiS.. .. ..0O2 900 10*-3 l
 Batteries: Raymond and Ludwig; Fer guson and Smith. Time, :57. Umpire, Klem.
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Summary: Stolen bases-Speaker Grif- fin, Connors, Wiseman, Daubert @. Two base hits-Northern. Bases on balls Eyler. Struck out-By Eyler, 4; by Bern- hardt. 3. Double plays-Butler to East to Daubert. Time-1:40. Umpire-Pfen- ninger.
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Ads illustrated with good cuts ara trade wfnners-The Gawk makes rood cutA
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White sox Are Winning.

Boston, August 24.-Chicago made 1t three straight by winning from Boston today Wood Rostnn'a new nitcher from
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No Races at Dover.

Readville, Mass, August A,-Walter R. Cox. lessee of the Granite State track at Dover, N H., who is here attending the races, announced tonight that owing to lack of entries the grand circuit race meet advertised for next week in that city has been declared off.
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A full supply of horses and mules now on sale at the Ter minal Stock Yards, 2nd Ave. and 27th Street. jHAYNES-DONAHOO HORSE
 & MULE GO.
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Fepe, FtTTy. DoubIe plays. Babb to Cranston to O'Leary; Thomas to Grem finger. Hits, off Keiber 10 in five in- nings; off Garrity in four innings Struck out Thomas 4. Garrity 3. Base on balls, off Thomas l, off Keiber l. off Garrity 1. Hit by pitcher, Rockenfeld (by Keiber), Persons (by Garrity). Time, 1:25. Empires, Fitzsimmons and Brown.
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Montgomery in Memphis.
 Atlanta in New Orleans.
 Nashville in Little Rock.
 Mobile August -(Special)-The sec .eries went to the visitors because ot superior hitting, superior ball-playing and ragged work by the locals in every de- partment of play.
 The errors of omission were far more numerous than the errors of commission and the failure to hit when hit meant runs was painfully frequent and per sistent
 With the bases occupied Ford pulled himself together and pitched gilt-edged ball and his team mates gave him the same kind of support.
 Meek's catching was the one very poor exhibition of the national game put up by the visitors.
 Barons Punish Killian.
 Birmingham started hitting right at the jump. Downey singled in the first and Smith doubled in the second, but neither could score. Meek and Raub singled in succession in the third and Larsen and Ford did likewise in the fourth but no 
 score resulted.
 In the fifth. however with one down, Raub. Douglass and Smith singled in order. After Raub had scored on hits a double steal was worked by Douglass and Smith and Massing fumbled the throw home to catch Smith at the plate, netting two runs.
 In the sixth and seventh innings the visitors failed to register a single, the only rounds when such was the case With one down in the eighth Watson fumbled Larsen's tap to third. Ford hit safe to right and Watson let Fishers perfect throw to head off Larsen get by him to the bleachers. Larsen scored and Ford went to second, scoring later on Henline's single Raub singled in the ninth but failed to score.
 Sea GulIs Score.
 In the third, for the locals, Fisher, first man up. struck out, but Meek let the third strike get away from him. Killian forced Fisher at second and went to third on successive singles by Thornton and Benson. Daleys single scored Killian and Thornton Fisher singled in the fourth but died on second. Sabrie, first man up in the eighth, singled and Watson doubled James famed and Fisher was walked, filling the bases. Killian and Thornton were easy outs
 Daley got his second hit of the game in the ninth and stole second but died there.
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Fleharty and Robinson, the Barons have three as good young pitchers for de- velopment as are to be found in this or any other league of similar size and im- portance
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All of which reminds that in another month we are going to shut up the shop and hibernate
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New York lnflicts a Very Decisive Beating Upon the Pirates and Take Lead In National for
 First Time.
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING

6dt August 1t.--NCn AoA n assumed the leadership In tine race for the pennant of the National les gue today by taking two games from Pittsburg before a crowd of nearly 17,O0O baseball en- thusiasts.
 In the first contest neither side could score until the seventh inning, when Pittsburg made run. when Wagner got to first and went to second on an error by Tenny and scored on Abbatichio's sin gle. Ground rules kept Pittsburg from scoring in the first inning, when Wagner knocked what would have been good for a three-bagger. with Leach on first. In the eighth New York got a home-run, triple, a double and two singles, thereby placing four runs to their credit.
 In the second game New York got one run in the first inning on a hit an error, a base on balls and sacrifice. The home team scored in the fifth on a triple and an infield out, but the visitors came back in the same inning with two runs on two singles and an error.
 Leifield was taken out in the seventh in- ming after New York had made two runs on a single, base on balls, double and a sacrifice. Camnitz did not allow the visitors a hit. Scores:
 First game: R. H. E. Pttsburg .. .. .. .. .. .000 900 100-1 New York. .. .. .. ..O00 600 040-4
 Batteries Willis and Gibson; Wiltse and Bresnahan. Time, 1:45.
 Second game: R. H. E. Pittsburg .. .. .. .. 900 010 000-1 6 New York .. . . .. 100 O20 2O0-5
 Batteries: Leifeld, Camnitz and Phelps, Matthewson and Bresnahan. Time, 1:55. Empires, Rigler and ODay.
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Barons Give Killian Severe Drubbing and Mobile Fans Are Sore-Last Game Scheduled Today.
 Robinson Works.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE STANDING.
Games Todd

Birmingham in Mobile.
 Montgomery In Memphis. Atlanta in New Orleans. Nashville in Little Rock.
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Cincy Loses the Game.

Cincinnati August 2+-Philadelphia won today's game by scoring in the ninth on Knabe's double, a sacrifice and Magee's fly. Score: R. H. E. Cincinnati .. .. .. .. 1000 100 000-1 0 HllduelpHld ..VOu UJl-2
 Batteries: Campbell and Mclean; Me Quillin and Dooiu. Time, 1;32. Umpire, Johnstone.
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The dope Is twisted in the National cir

 cuit-the Giants are in the lead. McGraws henchmen are playing mag nifcent ball. and gained the lead yester- day by taking a double-header from the Pittsburg Pirates Today 1t looks like McGraw will fight out the worlds championship series with the Detroit Tigers.
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The Barons are playing great ball.
 They are nearer the 400 mark than at any time this season, and If they keep up their present pace, they will reach the 300 mark.
 While it is hardly to be expected that the Barons will finish as good as BOO, if they continue gaining, and Atlanta con tinues losing, they will not conclude this year on the bottom row.
 The Baron pitchers are going well, and the team is maintaining its stiff punching that has been its sole redeeming char acteristic.
 IncidentalIy we believe that fin Bauer
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Incidentally we believe that in Bauers
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 Hit for Garrity in ninth.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-08-27
crI.is u swiss Mateh industry.
From the New York Times.

There are few grownups who do not
recall a time when hand made Swiss
watches of every grade, in workman
ship Of case and movement" were
priced as peculiarly superior to all
other watches, Swiss watches were
the only standard ti~mekeepers. Now
all has changed. and there is a GER
tain melancholy In the plight Of the
watchmakers' guild of the Swiss cam
tons, the oldest and once the most
prosperous of trades in this little con-
federation. Strikes In the guild are
imminent, and some of the ~cantonal
governments are lending assistance to
the factories in order to keep the peo-
pie employed. The Industrial crisis
has accumulated more chronic COM
petittye conditions with other coun-
tries that have largely deprived the
Swiss watches Of their exclusive rep
utation. Consul r. e. Mansfield re-
ports from Lucerne a decrease Of rover
81 per cent, or nearly 500, 900, In the
production OF gold and silver cases
during the first four months OF 1908,
as compared with the corresponding
period of 1907. The export of watches
from Switzerland In 1906 amounted to
$29,O00,O 900 In value, OF which only
Sl15.0O0 came from sales In the United
States.
Certain portions Of the Swiss
watches are as a rule handmade, but
not so deftly that they can vie with
the delicate mechanical adjustments
which supplant the hand process in
the watch, factories OF other countries.
Some OF the most expensive watches
are still made In Switzerland. Their
superiority Is challenged by the finest
OF the British and American makes,
while the ordinary grades of Swiss
watches have already yielded to for
eign competition.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-08-27
AUTO CUTS UP RATTLERS,
WHICH LAND, SLICED,
ON WoMEN's HATS

Waterbury, Conn-Leroy b. Ames
and Mrs. Ames, Miss Ames and
John Watkins, all OF the Bronx, New
York city, and j. f. Spencer, of Phil.
adelphia, In an automobile ran over a
lot OF rattlesnakes on the road to Grey
stone. The machine was going slowly
when a collection OF snakes was seen
ahead In the road. Watkins, at the
wheel, turned on the power.
Soon the air was full OF fragments of
snakes. The women were CARED from
the machine into a farm house and
finally brought to Waterbury and have
hardly recovered yet. Parts OF rattle
snakes were found on the hats OF the
women, and q rattler's head and four
inches Of the body landed on the inside
OF the automobile cover.
r. Hart Penn and Ransom II. Hewitt
autoing on the New London turnpike,
near Glastonbury, yesterday, had to
leave their machine to kill rattlers in
the roadway. as the snakes had put up
q determined resistance.