The Springfield herald., 1908-08-07

The British old age pension bill is
now a law, having passed both houses
of Parliament.
The convention of the International
Typographical Union will meet in Bos'
ton, Massachusetts. on August 10Th
Bolivar the biggest elephant ever
held in captivity. died at the geological
gardens in Philadelphia. ON the 31st
ut.
Associated Blacksmiths of the Unit
ed Kingdom are planning an amalga-
nation of al existing unions of black
smiths throughout the entire king
dom.
Four carloads Of strkebreakers
were placed in the mines in the Biz
mingham. Alabama, district Wednes-
day under military escort. There was
no trouble
Richard V. Oulahan. for many years
the Washington correspondent of the
New York Sun, will have general
charge of all the literary work of the
Republican national committee, and
will have his headquarters in New
York City.
Samuel +. Moffat. forty-eight years
old, a member of the editorial staff of
Golfers Weekly, and a nephew OF
Mark Twain, was stricken with apo
plexy and drowned in the surf at Nor
| mandie-bythe-Sea, New Jersey, on the
10th inst.
The executive council of the Modern
Woodmen of America, at its July meet
ing decided to withdraw at once from
the National. Fraternal congress and
will send no representative to the Put
in-Bay convention. This action Is due
to the adequate rate controversy.
Work is to be begun almost imme-
diately on the restoration of the gov
ernor's room in the New York city hail.
which is to be put in exactly the same
condition as it was Il century ago. The
money for the work, $25,000, was given
to the city by Mrs. Russell Sage.
l.. n. Scott of ST. Paul and A. Leo
Stevens, the well known aeronaut,
have completed the preliminary ar
rangements for a balloon race to take
place from ST. Paul or Minneapolis
about September 1st. The race will
be open to all comers and suitable
prizes will be offered.
Suit for $1,500,000 damages under the
Sherman antitrust law has been
brought in the federal court at Louis
vile by the Monarch Tobacco Com
pany, a large Independent corporation,
against the American Tobacco Com
pany, because of its alleged operations 3
in restraint of trade.
The University of Strassbourg an
nounced Thursday that Prince August,
the fourth son of Emperor William had
passed mis- examination for the degree
of doctor in the science of government
with the Endorsement Very good" on
l Ii, .lT,f,
had been conferred on him.
| A transcontinental balloon race
starting from either Los Angeles or
San Francisco, with the Atlantic sea
board as the objective point, is being
| planned by the Federation of Ameri-
can Aero clubs. The race is to be
| held in November and a cash prize of
$25,000 is to be offered for the COM
pletion of the trip.
Following up his crusade against
the appearance of unclothed women
in the Paris theaters, Prefect of Po-
lice Lepine has given orders that the
sale of obscene pictures on the boule-
wards, which has been for so long a
disgrace to the city, be vigorously sup
pressed. The establishments produc-
ing these pictures will be prosecuted.
The members and officials of the
| American Athletic team that compet-
ed in the Olympic games with such
marked success have received many
cablegrams at London asking that the
team return home in a body so that a
general reception can be held upon its
arrival in New York. This will be i'm
possible, as the athletes are already
| widely scattered.
Walter Goodwin, farmer, who at
the last term of the county court at
Hopkinsville, Kentucky, gave the
names of seven men, who. with him
self. composed Il might rider" squad
ron at Central Furnace, was shot from
ambush and seriously wounded while
returning home few nights since.
Until recently he had been under the
constant protection of militia.
The Thomas car in the New York to
| Paris race crossed the French Frontier
at noon Thursday and reached Paris at
s O'Clock in the evening. The car was
escorted ur the boulevards by automo
bile enthusiasts, who met it at Meaux,
twenty-five miles east of Paris, and
was greeted with cheers. The race
committee was awaiting at the office
of the Matin to receive the car. Con.
gratulations were showered upon the
crew.