The Ordway new era., 1908-06-19

don on the Sth inst Felic Naxzare, the |
Italian driver. made worlds automo- |
nile record over distance Of two and |
three-auarter milos. travelling at the
rate of 100 miles an hour.
The two thousand employees Of the
American Waltham Watch Company's
factory mt Waltham, were notified
Monday that the works will be shut
down on June 2Gth until August 4th.
The factory has been running on short
time Ior several months.
Miss Anna Spreck. well-known
mountain climber. will leave New
York in two weeks for Peru to make
another attempt to reach the summit
of Mount Huascaran, which she be
licyes is the highest peak In the west
ern hemisphere.
The National Grand Lodge. lnde.
nendent Order of Good Templars. at
its session In Washington City re
elected Grand Chief Templar George +.
Cotterin of Seattle. Mrs. Emily Peters
of Seattle was chosen grand secretary
Of juvenile work.
The United Confederate Veterans at
their annual convention In Birming-
ingham. Alabama. selected Memphis
MS the place for their next reunion
and elected General Clement A. Evans
of Georgia as commanderin-chief to
succeed the late stephen ID. Lee.
Wireless telegraph stations are be
ing Installed on the roofs OF the Wal
durf. Astoria in New York and the
bellevue Stratford in Philadelphia.
Messages will be sent between the
two hotels and rooms VIII be reserved
BY passengers on incoming vessels.
After protracted negotiations 1t has
been decided that there are too many
difficulties in the way OF an athletic
meeting for track and field events be-
tween British and American teams to
follow the Olympic games In London
this summer and the matter has been
dropped,
The campanilc of Santo Stefano
church in Venice. Gothic structure
Of the fourteenth century. which con
tains the tomb OF the Dogc Francesca
Morosini threatens to fall like the
campanile OF St Marks. which col
lapsed in 1902 The qcstion OF demol-
ishing II Is under consideration.
Archbishop Nixon. formerly OF
! Georgia. was assassinated by revolu-
tionists at Tinis. Caucasus. on the
steps OF the Synodical building. on
the 10th inst 4 monk. who was In
attendance upon the archbishop, was
severely wounded. The assassins emp
! tied their rcvolvcrs into the body Of
| the archbishop and escaped.
The International Chess Masters
| tourney mt Prague. ended today In a
tie between Schlechter and Buras. who
will decide the first and second prizes.
| Vidmar won third prize; Rubcnstein.
| fourth; Teichmnnn. nth: MarocZy.
sixth: Loonhardt. seventh: Marshall.
eighth; Salwe. ninth. and Janowski.
tenth.
John Hays Hammond. who has an
nounccd his candidacy for the Rcpub-
lican vice presidential nomination. was
registered rs voter at Gloucester.
| Massachusetts, on the 10th inst. He
answered the formal questions. proved
his ability to read selection from
the constitution OF the United States,
and then took the necessary oath.
The Persian Assembly asked the
Shah today to recall the officials ar
bitrarily exiled and give them n free
trial. II they are proved to be traitors
and conspirators they should be pun
!shed according to law. The Shah re
fused He intends to arrest several
! =.
city II an attempt at resistance is
made.
Word reached the City OF Mexico
Saturday that bandits attacked n pay
train on the way to the Les Grandes
mines. near Belsas. In the state Of Gu
errero. or the escort of four men
three were killed and one wounded
Four thousand dollars was stolen
| in nf %
men. The mine belongs to an Amer
lean company.
No persons over fifty years OF agt
will be admitted hereafter to teaching
positions in the Chicago public schools
The board of education made this rul
ing by vote of 12 to 4. incidentally
the trustees gave their official con
iirmation to the statement OF the su
. perintendeuts office that this age
, limit appears to be the point ut which
the mental and physical vigor OF thos'
who come to us has begun to decline.
According to the Iron and Stee
Trades Journal. there has recent!
been effected a great combination II
the British steel trade. with u capacit.
OF S315,O00,000. The main object o
the combination is said to be to sc
cure control of the international ex
+, port trade. and similar organization
in America and on the continent ar
said to be supporting the British am
= algamation.
l In the federal court at Rochester
New York, on the 18th instant, tn
, Standard OIL Company was foun
guilty of n violation OF the interstat
commerce law In accepting the cor
= cession from the filed tariff on shiI
: ments OF oil from Olean, New York, +
r Rutland and Bellows Falls, Vermont
| Ilera Mpra forty f.nnnfa In tho iudicj