The Glenwood post., 1908-08-08

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.
Associated Blacksmiths of the Unit
ed Kingdom are planning an amalga-
nation of all existing unions of black
smiths throughout the entire king
DOM
Four carloads of strikebreakers
were placed in the mines in the Bir-
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 E. Moffat, forty-eight years
old. 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 hall,
which is to be put in exactly the same
condition as it was a century ago. The
money for the work, $25,000, was given
to the city by Mrs. Russell Sage.
By the will of Gen. George Sherman
Bacheller, judge of the International
Court at Alexandria, Egypt, who died
in Paris early in July, his spacious
summer home at Saratoga, New York,
worth 100000, will at his daughters
death become free public library.
L. N. Scott of St. Paul and A. Leo
| Stevens, the well known aeronaut,
have completed the preliminary ar
| 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 $1,50O,OOO damages under the
Sherman antitrust law has been
brought in the federal court at Louis
vile by the Monarch Tobacco Com
pany, large Independent corporation,
against the American Tobacco Com
pany, because of its alleged operations
in restraint of trade.
The University of Strassbourg an.
l -,
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
his papers and that the title of doctor
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
s25,000 is to be offered for the com,
| pletion of the trip.
Emperor William and his party ar
rived at Stockholm August Bird on
board the imperial yacht Hohenzol-
lern on a short visit to King Gustav
| "A lleel Oh oWeulSH WdTSulpS met Ine
imperial yacht at sea, and later the
King and Queen of Sweden welcomed
the imperial party aboard the Swedish
royal yacht
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 Thomas car in the New York to
Paris race crossed the French Frontier
at noon Thursday and reached Paris at
8 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.
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