The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1908-08-01


tomobile Club at Paris has decided
to hold the next grand prix compe-
tition in 1909. 1t is probable that the
Dieppe course will be abandoned for
the course at Anjou.
Governor 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
cath. 1t was the first car to come
into Berlin and apparently is days
ahead of its nearest competitor.
Passengers arriving at San Fran
cisco from Central American ports re-
Guatemala. Murder is of frequent oc-
currence, they declare. and many per
sons are fleeing the country.
w. F. Walker, who looted the Saw
ings Bank of New Britain. Connecticut,
of more than 100000 worth of securi
ties. has been sentenced to twenty
one years in the penitentiary upon
four counts on which he pleaded gull
ty.
After a seven-hour conference with
William ]. Bryan and John w. Kern
at Chicago the subcommittee of the
national Democratic committee Satur-
day chose Norman E. Mack of Buff
falo. New York, as chairman of the
committee.
The game of baseball has been re-
sponsible for six deaths in Pittsburg,
Pa, and its suburbs during the past
three months. The latest is that Of
babe that was struck by ball while
in the arms of its sister in field
where boys were at play.
During the Young Mems Christian
Association relay race from New York
to Chicago. 1,131 boys ran 1892 miles.
involving 1880 relays. Some of the
boys ran twice. The actual running
time was ia hours, 46 minutes. an av-
erage of 9.5 miles per hour. The aver
age time per mile was 6 minutes 10
seconds.
The Portuguese government, &C
cording to the newspapers at Lisbon.
has discovered and frustrated wide
spread Republican plot for an upris-
ing scheduled for the anniversary OF
the abortive revolt of July rs. which
was suppressed by ex-Premier Franco.
The announcement follows a large
number of mysterious arrests made
recently.
George H. P. Schrader has given
$4,000 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
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; nave
been established in almost every COM
munity. When the season opens and
cotton begins to move in volume. the
union will have, 1t is said, close to $50
to 200 warehouses of its 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 E. 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 I'M
der perfect control, Lincoln Beachey'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. a distance of fifteen
miles. Mr.. Beachey made the return
trip, seven and one-half miles, in
eighteen minutes, landing on the ex-
act SPOT on which he started.