The Glenwood post., 1908-09-19

The Vanderbilt cup race for automo
bles will be run over the Long Island
parkway course on October Gath.
President Roosevelt's vacation will
end September 22nd, wh~r he will re-
move with his family from Oyster Bay
10 the White House.
There We're siXty-siX suicide cases
IN ST. Petersburg last week. A large
proportion of that number were work
ing girls between the ages of eighteen
and twenty-five years.
In "A speech at Olney, Illinois, w. ].
Bryan openly accused Speaker Cannon
OF telling a falsehood when the
speaker fixed Mr.. Bryan's wealth at IA
million dollars. Mr.. Bryan said he
was worth not over Sl50,OOO.
The unemployed of Liverpool organ
lied procession and marched to the
town hall. Two deputations were re-
ceiyed by the lord mayor They showed
that 10000 of the laborers of Liverpool
were out of work, and requested relief.
a daughter was born at Boston Fri
day to Lieut.. U. s. Grant, Third United
States Artillery, and Mrs. Grant, who
is the daughter of Secretary of State
Root. Lieutenant Grant is attached
to the United States engineering corps
here and is living in Brookline.
The Democratic national committee
Is informed that temporary truce
has been concluded between the lead
ers of Tammany hall and State Sena-
tor McCarren of Brooklyn, and that
until the election both sides will lay
aside their differences and actively
campaign for the national and state
ticket in New York.
Emperor William disappointed the
general expectation that he would set
foot on French territory Friday in the
course of sightseeing trip along the
Voges range. The French authorities
forwarded his majesty hearty invita-
ton to do so and had made every prep
aration to welcome him, but he de-
cided not to go across the frontier.
The number of unemployed in Lon
don was strikingly illustrated few
days ago when 5000 men surrounded
and attempted to make their way Into
hospital which had advertised for
porter at a wage of $3.50 week and
meals An extra detail of police had
to be called out to keep order in the
crowd
French newspapers think it is now
only a question of short time before
the Wrights or some other aeroplan-
lists will win the London Daily Nails
prize of $4,000 for flight from Lon
don to Manchester. and NJ. Micheliu's
prize of $4,000 for a flight from Paris
to the dome of the cathedral at Cler-
mont Ferriand. This latter coIpeti-
tiOn is open until 1918.
Jacob Weiner applied at Winsted.
Connecticut. for insurance on his farm
buildings and insisted on there being
a flying machine clause in the policy.
He said he had read how Orville
Wright had perfected the aeroplane,
and he thought there was as much
danger of flying machine striking
and wrecking his buildings as light
ming. He was told that the companies
hadn't got to that yet.
In full sight of 10000 merrymakers,
principally children, at the Richmond
County fair in New York state on the
9th inst, William CODY, an aeronaut,
eighteen years old, of Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, fell fifty feet while making
balloon ascension with young lion,
striking the ground with the lion on
broken. The lion, unlnjured. trotted
off. but was caught by Coby's assist
ants.
The Central Illinois Methodist Con
ference on Monday passed resolutions
condemning Speaker Joseph G. Can
non, in which they said: The con-
duct of ]. G. Cannon, speaker of the
House, in refusing to allow vote on
the Littlefield bill, is worthy of uni
versal condemn alton, and we suggest
that such politicians. who lack the ele
ments of craftsmanship, should be re-
turned TO private life" The Littlefield
bill was designco to prevent the ship
ment of intoxicating liquors into prohi-
bition districts. Since the action of
the conference Congressman Little
field has written Speaker Cannon say
ing the latter had no hand in shelving
his bill