The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-07-31

The sporting committee of the Au-
tomobile Club at Paris has decided
10 hold the next grand prix compe-
| tlton in 1909. 1t is probable that the
Dleple course will be abandoned for
| the course al Aniou
Govern"r Conner of Alabama has an
nounced that the state will resist in
the courts the increase of freight rates
as proposed by the general managers
OF railroads south of the Ohio and east
OF the Mississippi rivers.
The German automobile in the
New York to Paris motor car con-
test arrived in Berlin at noon July
| Z4th. 1t was the first car to come
INTO Berlin and apparently is days
ahead OF its nearest competitor.
After a seven-hOur conference with
William J. Bryan and John W. Kern
| at Chicago the subcommittee of the
national Democratic committee Satur-
day chose Norman f. Mack of Buff
lalo, New York, as chairman of the
committee.
At the close of the Olympic games
at London John F. Hayes of the Irish
American Club won the classic Mara
thon race of twenty-six miles. Dor
ando. of Italy. was nearly two min
utes ahead of him, but dropped of ex-
| haustion just before reaching the goal.
In an address at a miners conven-
| tion at Scranton, Pennsylvania, Ma
tional President Lewis of the United
Mine Workers declared that the or
ganization is not political one and
| "a pf tic
not be pledged to any political party.
During the Young Mems Christian
Association relay race from New York
to Chicago, 1,13l boys ran .o92 miles.
involving $50 relays. Some of the
boys ran twice. The actual running
time was ia hours, 4G minutes. an av
erage of 9.5 miles per hour. The aver
age time per mile was 6 minutes 19
| seconds.
George H. p. Schrader has given
$5O0.0O0 to the New York Association
for Improving the Condition of the
Poor. According to the terms of the
gift, $105,000 is to be used for the
construction of the new building for
Caroline Rest. the home of the asso.
citation at Hartsdale, for the benefit
of mothers convalescing from child
birth. Mr.. Schrader is bachelor.
AS a result of severe electrical
storm which passed over the encamp
ment of the National Guard of Penn
sylvania, near Gettysburg on the night
of July 23rd, three troopers were killed
and twenty-six seriously injured
There were nearly fifty men in the
regimental guard of the Tenth regi
ment when the storm broke, and not
one is believed to have escaped injury.
In the international athletic contests
which were held at Berlin July 9th,
j. d. Lightbody, University of Chicago,
and w. w. May. University of illi-
nois, participated and their work
aroused much enthusiasm. Lightbody
easily defeated Paterson OF Sweden in
the 1,500 meters flat, and later won
the 500 meters flat against thirty-seven
competitors, giving them start of
sixty-five meters. May easily won the
100 meters handicap run.
The Farmers union of Mississippi
will hold cotton off the market to con-
troll the price. Its membership now
includes a large majority of the farm
ers of the state. Warehouses have
been established in almost every COM
munity When the season opens and
| DeSlhS " uoSC III NoluhSJ tAS
union will have, it is said, close to $50
to 200 warehouses of it's own in which
cotton may be stored to await the ca
prices of the market
Announcement has been made by
Frank H. Hitchcock, chairman Of the
National Republican committee, that
the following will constitute the com
mittee: Charles F. Brooker, Connecti-
cut: T. Coleman Dupont, Delaware: !:
William f. Borah, Idaho; Frank o.
Lowden. Illinois; Charles Nagel. Mis-
souri,; Victor Rosewater, Nebraska; ;
William l.. Ward, New York. Edward
C. Duncan. North Carolina, and Boies
Penrose Pennsylvania.
At Baltimore July 23rd with the
ease and grace of giant bird and un-
der perfect control, Lincoln Beachey's S
aeroplane travelled from Electric park.
in the northwestern suburbs, to Balti-
more, to and around the city hall, in
the center of the city. and back to
Electric Park, distance of fifteen
miles. Mr.. Beachey made the return
trip. seven and one-haif miles, in
eighteen minutes, landing on the eX.
act SPOT Oh which he started.