The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-10-31

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Jetroit American league teams has
been abandoned.
The lend anniversary of the found
ing OF Princeton university was OBJ
served at Princeton, New Jersey, ON
the END 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 IL
$1,000, and there will be other awards.
J. HAYWOOD Of Lexington. KY, has
sold to Ed Avery Of Louisville, Pin
kola. the famous derby winner, for &c.
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. billing
ham for another term of six years and
elected Former Gov. Carroll 8. 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
22nd 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 57:26 3-5. His
previous record made In 1901 was
1852 As.
When William J. 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 = third. Mrs. Bryan was
present. Mr.. Bryan displayed some
embarrassment
One OF those freak fires that are
the continual bane Of the insurance
man il reported from Paduca, Ken.
lucky. where = fire starting from =
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 a campaign to bring about an
arrangement whereby the United
States shall be compelled to pay duty
on luxuries 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 u crowd Of several thousand
Tuesday. the Chicago worlds cham.
pions defeated the Detroit American
league champions ut Terre Haute, Z to
l. Before the game Mordecai Brown
was presented with I'm 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 liz operating street railway
feated by majority Of $40 In the refer.
endum vote Thursday. The total vote
was more than 5000. II In alleged
that the public were dissatisfied with
the service given by the operating
company.
Seventeen Of the woman suffragists
who were arrested October 18th dur.
Ing the 'storming OF the House Of
Commons" on charges Of dlsordcrly
conduct. have Just been sentenced In
the Bow Street Police Court 10 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 70 to jail.
The British government has issued
In London and through tho British am.
bassadors abroad = formal denial Of .
rupture In the direct negotiations BE-.