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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-08-15
WORLDS BIGGEST FARM.
Il 10 IN Mexico and Almost Like a
State IN Extent.

State In Extent.
The biggest farm-if farm 1t can
he called--is that owned by Don
Luis Terrazas.in the state OF Chihau-
hau, Mexico, Which measures from
north to south $50 miles and from
cas-, to west 200 miles. or 100000
acres In all. On its pratries and
mountains roam Loco. 200 head OF
cattle, 100000 sheep. and 100000
|'horses. The farmhouse is probab-
ly the most magnificent in the world.
for 1t cost almost $1.600.0OO to build.
and Is more richly furnished than
many royal palace. On the home
stead alone are employed 100 male
servants. The gardens are superbiy
laid out. the stables more magnifi-
cent than those OF the German emper-
or. and there Is accommodation for
500 guests If necessary.
Scattered over the vast ranch are
100 outlying stations. each one of
which has charge Of certain portion
of the estate. The horscmeR. COW
punchcrs. liner!dcrs. shepherds. and
hunters number 1000 and the Terrazas
ranch Is the only one in the world
which maintains its own slaughter
ing and packing plant. Each year
$50. 600 head of cattle are slaughter
cd. dressed and packed, and 100000
sheep.
Don Lius personally super1ntends
the different industries On his ranch.
covering many thousands Of miles
on horseback during twelve month.
Don Lius was AT one time governor
OF chihuahua. hut public life did not
suit him: il xas too quiet. and he
preferred 10 spend his life riding over
tine plains and looking after his own
enterprises. He is three times a.
rich as any other man In Mexico, and
has the name Of being liberal and
generous toward his workpcopie.
Five years ago Tcrrazas installed
on his ranch four big re- -crV"irs cost
ing Sseo. 900. besides which there are
zoe wells scattered over the huge
farm. some OF them going down TO a
depth Of zoo feet. These wells. the
water from which Is raised by means
of windmils. cost another $500 zoe:
Every kind Of grain Is grown. and
Dcn Luis Is constantly experiment
ing the raising of different foods
for supplying the wants Of his i'm
mcnse herds during the rainicss sea
Sons.-From the New York Evening
Post.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-08-15
SALE OF LAND IN
Warxicl. N,unfr Niryinia

Warwick rounty. Virginia.
| shall OR for sale. on the pre-
misses. at pulic auction TO the highest
bidder. a; 1tocIOck. a. m, on Tues
day. August s5th. 1908. all of that
certain tract tf land. containing MY
acres. more less. near Oyster
Point. known las the Drcwry Tract
|ex,cnding front ih, main county roa"
across the raitoad rack, and upon
which MatthcwlP. Drewry. deceased.
formerly resided Terms: One-tnIr"
cash and balance in and y months
purchaser bonds o pc taken ior
deferred payment sni 10 carry inter
est. Title to be retained unit! fuIiy
paid for Such s.,lc VII not irciude
railroad track upon prup"Tty.
{. AYLETT ASHBf.
Special Commissioner
hereby certify thai he bond re-
quircd of said special commissioner
has been duly filed and Improved.
W. & EI'KNHAA
Clerk Of Circuit Court pf Warwick
Comfy S-s-IsZ III
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-08-15
Southern Bank CIearinas.

NEW YORK. August IA. - Bank
clearings for the week are $2.520167--
900. against $2.442. $4,000 last week
and $2,766. ST.. 900 last year
Richmond, $4.S57,0O0; decrease.
1876
Atlanta, $3.472,00 decrease. 12.4.
Savannah. $2.617.OO0: decrease. ~.
Norfolk, 1.5S3. 900: decrease. 29.0.
Jacksonville. 1885, 900; Increase,
o.
Charleston. 1891 900: decrease, 10.
Augusta, $1.314.OO0: decrease. 81.
Macon. O4S7 900: increase, 6.S.
Columbia, $56S. 900: increase. 29.3.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-08-15
PLAYS HAMPTON TODAY.
North End and "Crabtowners" Meet
at New Park.

The North Emo baseDail team will
journey over to Hampton this after
noon to meet the nine of the Hamp'
ton Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation on New Park diamond. The
North Finders are very anxious to
capture this game and cut down
Hamptons lead in the pennant race
and the match promises to be an un-
usually hard and interesting one.
Tom Reynolds will do the twirling
for the North Enders and Big Josh
Isalmcr will be on Hampton's firing
line.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-08-15

|St. Louis Southwestern :. .. I'm
|St. Louis Southwestern pfd :. 3Sh
sloss. Sheffield .. :. 62h
Southern Pacific >. 93%
Southern Pacific pfd -. ..llIh
Southern Railway E. :. 1sH
Southern Railway pfd E. 4Sh
Tennessee Copper :. 80
Texas & Pacific :. :. 24%
Toledo. st. Louis & West 20
Toledo, st. Louis & West pfd 81
Union Patfic :. E. ..hoos
Union Pacific pfd :. :. soh
United States Rubber :. ..-.. "3A
United States Rubber pfd 99A
United States Steel .. .r 44B
United States, Steel pfd :. ..los%
Utah Copper :. %
Virginia Carolina Chem E. 2sH
Virginia Carolina Chem pfd ..lo4
wabash :. :. 26k
wabo oh MD 49,. 26h
WESTINGHOUSE Electric :. "
Western Union :. =. 55k
Wheeling & Lake Erie :. aa
WISCONSIN Central =. :. 23k
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-08-15

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. MA,
preferred. Must be quick and enc
getic. State age. previous eXp'
rince and salary expected. p. {
Box No. CAT. II.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-08-15
Assthsr Naisvedsussodina.

A South side man went home and
told his wife that the doctors had dis.
covered the craving for whisky wss
caused BY Standardization. "Thafs
rtshf-" exclaimed the woman. Who ~ss
trying 70 induce her husband 10 buy .
machine. blame Il on the safo!--
chicago Daily News.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-08-15
Money Market.
(Bv Associated PreSs1.

NEW YORK. August 14.-Money
on call ka1A per cent; ruling rate
1: closing bid IA: last loan IN.
Time loans very dull and steady;
60 days ~ to 2 and 80 days 2h to
3; six months ~ to 4. Close:
Prime mercantile paper 3ka4 per
cent: sterling exchange steady with
actual business in bankers bills at
4S4 9Oa4S5 for GO day bills and at
1850 for demand Commercial
bills 4S4%. Bar silver 51A. Mexican
dollars A.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-08-15

Cleveland, 4; New York, z.
(BS Associated Press).
NEW YORK. August IA. - Aftcr
getting an early lead today the New
York Americans were not able to
hold the Cleveland players down. aud
the latter team won.
Score. r. H. f..
Cleveland :. 31e-4 j
New York -. OOO1OO1O0-2 3
Batteries: Joss and N. Clarke;
Orth, ManIing and Blair. Time.
lao. Umpire. OLOughlin.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-08-15
Track open st ouNaIo.
UBy Associated PrcsS,.

BuFFALO. y. " August H. ,
Arcr having bc~n postponed three
times bccaase ~ rain. the Grand CIR
cuIi meeting opcned today At kcnil
worth Park.
Tho track vas heavy and SLOW
Tn" ATTENDANCE vas very small. tn"
feature vas the Dominion of Canada
All pace for S5.seo.
Seven horses started and the Eel,
the Canadian fsvorite. iook the event
in straight heats.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-08-15
In The World Of Sports

White and Sullivan. Time, $40
Umpires. Hurst and Connolly
Second game: II. II. l.
Washington. OO0OOl1O1-3 II
Chicago 80. OO00O0O02-2 5
Batteries: Hughes and Warner and
Street; Smith and Shaw. Time, l:55
Empires, Connolly and Hurst.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-08-15

SALESMAN WANTED-SELL E.
tail trade. SIS to SITS per NTH
and expenses or commission. =
perience unnecessary. HERMli-
SEN CIGAR CO., Toledo. o. STA
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-08-15
1OOOOOO0O00OO-1 Z
SPADE Effective After Second.

Spade Effective AIter SeCoho.
(By Associated Press).
ST. LOUIS. August IA. - Spade
made a bad start. but proved effec
tive after the second, and Cincinnati
won today's game with st. Louis.
to 4
st. Louis :. O4OOOOOOO-4 6
Cincinnati -. O100OO0O-5 4
Batteries: McGlynn. Raymond and
Bliss: Spade and Schlei. Time
1858. Umpire, Klein.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-08-15
Southern League Cages.

Nashville, 5: Atlanta. tflrst
game.) Atlanta, 3; Nashville. = sec
ond game.)
Memphis, 2; New Orleans. l.
Montgomery. 3; birmingham, II.
Little Rock, 2; Mobile. I.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-08-15

WANTED-GOOD LIVE lNSU, nee
solicitors for Fraternal lnsance
proposition. Call at 2517 Wing.
ton avenue for S. E. UNDEhLL
S-14-6t.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-08-15
- 81 busg nd Topic Over
PleIlsus b,y's Quotations
pay's Nsws Development Has Very
Little Effect on Market, With the
Possible Exception Of Financing
q Plans for Rock Island System.
, (By Associated Pressj.

NEW YORK. Aug, 14.-There was
heavy break in prices OF stocks to-
day and the volume Of the market at
the same time expanded materially.
Misgivings which have been gathering
force for several days over the evi-
dence OF excess In the movement for
the advance undermined speculative
confidence and made 1t easier for the
bears TO topple over prices.
There was no positive news develop
sncnts to account for the reaction but
there were some disQuieting rumors
sTeGarding the finances of constituent
members Of the Rock Island system.
The collapse Of the Boston specula'
tors program was an unsettlins Ill
huence on the whole list. Stocks
which had been most unanimously
heralded for an advance in the adVer-
Using campaign were unl0aded with
sunconcealed precipitation.
while there was no striking new de-
Equipments in the news. growing at
tention was given to some phases OF
the situation which have come into
notice during the week. The chorus
Of opposition to proposed advances In
freight rates and expressions from
railroad officials indicating compli'
ance with these protests indicate that
hopes by that moons from the shrun'
ken railroads revenues will not DC
forthcoming.
There was an increase IN the sell
Ing pressue every time prices rallied
and they were forced down to the
lowest OF the day at the week closing
Bonds were irregular. Total sales
par value. s2.472,000.
%. s. bonds were unchanged on call.
Total sales stocks today 1,O23.7oo
shares including: Copper 69,7eo:
smelling $4,000: Sugar $500; Tobacco
l0O; Coast Line 100; c. 4 o. 2.20o:
st. Paul $500: l.. 4 n. $500: Nor
Pac. $4,000; Reading 1SS.6oO: ROCK
Island $500 Sou. Pac, $500; Sou
Ry. $500; pfd. 500: Union Pac. 40.
100; U. S. Steel Ill, 800; Sloss 600;
Tenn. Copper 700; v. c. c. 800; pfd
400.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-08-15

FOR SALE-SEVERAL VALUABLE.
small farms near Newport News and
Hampton. in high state of cultlva-
ton, NELMS 4 COMPAN1 Inc
Real Estate. Insurance. Rents
Loans, 2517 Washington avenue
Newport News. Va. o-l'''
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-08-15
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-ONE ONEACRE AND
one two-acre tract of land on La
Sale avenue, on carline, between
Newport News and Hampton. Cheap
II sold quick. NELMS & COMPA-
NY. Inc, Real Estate, Insurance.
Rents & Loans, 25l7 Washington
avenue, Newport News. Va. 7-2s-ot
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-08-15

WANTED-FEATHER BIZ AND
pillows. Buyer will call house
and pay good price for tn. Ad
dress c. b. N, care this ce.
8-5-7,3,, 1915.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-08-15
Pittsburs Wins in the 18th.

Pittsburg wins IN INC Ios"'
(By Associated Press).
PITTSBURG. August IA. - Inc
thirteenth inning proved unlucky for
Boston today. Pittsburs winning by
score of . to |. A single by
Leach, Chrkc's sacrifice and Wag'
ner's single gave the home team the
game.
Score: II. II. f.
Pittsburg-
ooooooo1oooo1-21 10 /
Boston
1OOO0OO0O8GO 7 ;
batteries: Camnitz. Lever. Mad
dox and Gibson: Flaherty and Ora
ham. Time. 2:05. umpires. Ems
lie and O'Day.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-08-15
SEALED PROPOSALS.

OFlCE PURCHASING COMMITS
sd. U. S. Army, Newport News
Virp;, Au,uSt g 1908 Sealed
PrOnals in duplicate for furnishing
and rliyering subsistence stores IN
this cy during the month OF Septem-
her. us, in accordance with the speci-
ficatiOt of the Commissary General
Washitton. March p. 1908. gill De
receive at this Office until eleven
o'clock. M. Tuesday. August IL.
1908. az then opened. Envelopes
furnishe, on application. Envelopes
containif bids should be marked
Proposal for subsistence stores open.
ed Augu, Is. 1905" and addressed
to CAPTlN J. y. KILlAN. Comm's'
sary U. 8 Army s-s-o'
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-08-15
American League
Results Yesterday.

boston, =; Detroit. 5.
Washington. 1: Chicago. FIRST
gameD Washington, ;; Chicago, !.
(second game)
Philadelphia. 3; st. Louis. 2.
New York. 2; Cleveland. 4.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-08-15
National League


Pittsburg. 2; Boston. 13 In
nings)
St. Louis, 4: Cincinnati, o.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-08-15

Games Today

Games Today.
Boston at Pittsburg.
New York at st. Louis.
Philadelphia at Chicago.
Brooklyn at Cincinnati.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-08-15
WANTED.'

WINDOW TRIMMER ID SHOW
card writer desires ition. A,
present employed lnMants t(
make a change. AddreX. Y. Il
care Daily Press. 8l5-i
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-08-15
4. IL. z.


WASHINGTON. August H. -
Washington outplaycd Chicago TODAY
winning two games by the respective
scores of 10 . and Z TO ?. John
son featured IN tho FIRST game, CIT
cago getting It's two hits IN the
ninth. Hughes pitching In the sec
ond game stood out n the feature
Of that contest.
First game: H Y.
Washington. teoooeooe-I q .
Chicago go. seoeeoeea-e : o
Batteries: Joaason ard KsApe;
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-08-15

WANTED-TO BUY. SELL OR EA
change, furniture ana stoves. c. w
Lewis, 1902 Huntington avenue.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-08-15

Results Yesterday.

Roanoke, 4; Lynchburg. 3.
Richmond, B: Portsmouth, I.
Norfolk, 5; Danville. (called at
close of tenth, darkness)
Standing Of the Clubs.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-08-15
Standing Of the Clubs.
Games Today.

Games Today.
Chicago at Washington.
Detroit at Boston.
Cleveland at New York.
st. Louis at Philadelphia
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-08-15
Waodeli's Passes Costly.
nv Aasocfafe6 Pre1ao

WaddeIrs Passes Costly.
(By Associated Press).
PHILADELPHIA, August IA. -
Philadelphia today defeated st. Louis
for the first time this season in a
game pitched by Rube waddcil. The
la,tcr's passes were costly.
Score. r. H. T..
st Louis =. 100018Oo-2 "
Phila. 1890. lG001I00x-3 I
Batteries: waddell and Spencer:
Plank and Powers. Time. 1:5s. I'm
pircs, Sheridan and Egan-
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-08-15
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE HAVE on THE NEW
port News and Old Point Railway.
between Newport News ana Hamp-
ton. t45) Lots. about ave acres.
bounded by the County Road. RAJ
cigh avenue. Dare avenue and Elcc'
trio road. lots range from $50 % ~
feet in depth and 30 to IS feet front.
The whole tract can bc bought Tor
S,see. or VII sell in parcels Of five
at $500 rcr lot. Terms To suit
purchaser. This Is snap worth
investigating. WILLIAM T. DAVIS.
I. Boz 2. Phocbus. Va s-s-1t
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-08-15

WANTED-ROOMERS. WITH OF
without board. Moderate rates. III
Twenty-seventh street. S-9-6t.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-08-15
Games Today.

Games Today.
Port SmOuth at Richmond.
Donvillc at Norfolk.
Lynchburg at Roanoke.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-08-15

YOR SALE 4 NICE - ACRE FARM
In high state OF cultivation. near
Newport News. S2.ioo. Also other
desirable farms. NfT.MS & COW.
PANY. Inc. Real Estate. insurance.
Leans and Rents. 2sI7 Washington
Avenue. Ncwpcr News Va. 5-is-iw
LOTS FOR sADE OR LEASE IN ALL
parts a the city. Call and get
prizes. OLD DOMINION LAND
co. Hotel warwick BuildiY~.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-08-15
Cobb and Cessler Features.
(Bv Associated Press).

IBy ASNoc1Ate0 11ST.
BOSTON. August II. - Detroit ae-
fcatcd Boston. ; to ?. today. Morgan
was effective until the NTH. when
base on balls and Eve hits gave the
visitors three runs. Running catches
by Cobb and Gcsslcr were the fca:-
urcs
Score: RH.E
Detroit 49,. ooee3oIIa-5 10 /
Boston $1,000 oeoooo6eo-2 , 3
Batteries: willctt and schmidt:
Morgan. Cicottc and Carrigan. Time,
I:5S. Umpire Evans.
Gilpin observer., 1908-07-23
AN HONEST DOCTOR
ADVISED PE-RU-NA.

MIR. SYLVESTER E. SMITH, Room
1V1 21s, Granite Block, st. Louis, Mo-,
writes: "Peruna is the best friend o
sick man can have.
IA few months ago came here in o
wretched condition. Exposure and
dampness had ruined my once robust
health. I had catarrhal affections of
the bronchial tubes, and for time there
was doubt as to my recovery.
"My good honest old doctor advised
me to take Peruna, which did and in
short time my health began to i'm
prove very rapidly, the bronchial
trouble gradually disappeared, and in
three months my health was fully re-
stored.
"Accept a grateful mans thanks for
his restoration to perfect health"
Pe-ru-na for His Patients.
A. w. Perrin, NJ. D. s., $50 Halsey
St., Brooklyn, N. Y, says:
81 am using your Peruna myself, and
am recommending it to my patients in
all cases Of catarrh, and find it to be
more than you represent. Peruna can
be had now Of all druggists in this Sec
ton. AT the time began using it, it
was unknown"
Gilpin observer., 1908-07-23
AGAINST VOTES FOR WOMEN.
Witty Parable Used by Mrs. Humph.
ry Ward to illustrate Position.

Mrs. Humphry Ward is against votes
for women. She has Joined in Lon
don an anti-suffrage league. In a cir.
cular letter she says:
The league promoters consider that
each sex is a sphere as important as
the other and they earnestly deprecate
the tendency which has been in re.
cent times exhibited in some quarters
to underestimate the importance Of
the sphere which specially calls fos
the care and devotion of a woman.
the home.
Nor could women undertake the
physical responsibilities of enforcing
any law which by their votes they
might cause to be enacted. And II any
law came to be popularity regarded as
woman-made. not only might that law
be treated with disregard and con.
tempt. but 1t might drag down respect
for law in general"
A suffragette OF Pittsburg sneered
at Mrs. Humphry Wards queer logic
the other day.
Il knew the prolix lady was against
votes for women" she said. AT a
luncheon of sufYragettes in New York.
by means of a parable, she pointed out
her belief that the immediate home
circle, not the distant polling booth
or senate chamber. was the true fem.
mime sphere Of usefulness. We didn't
applaud assure you.
"She said an aged Scot told his min.
lister that he was going to make pill.
grimage to the Holy Land.
"'And whiles I'm theer.' said the
pilgrim. complacently, ri read the
Ten Commandments aloud frae the
top O. Mount Sinai
Saunders. said the minister. TAX
my advice. Bide at hame and keep
tnGw.'"
Gilpin observer., 1908-07-23
WAS ONLY RED BLOOD.
And Three-Year-Od Had Been Told
That it Was Blue.

Three-year-ol Allan had a very aris-
tocratic grandma, who prided herself
on her own and her husbands blue
bloodeG ancestry. She told him heroic
deeds of them and warned him from
ever playing with boys. of low degree.
One day Allan came screaming up
stairs to his mamma and grandma,
holding his hand up covered with
blood. where he had cut his little
finger. They were both greatly
alarmed, as he was child who rarely
cried or complained when hurt. Nam
ma washed the blood of and, exam
lining the cut, said:
why. dear. it's not so very bad.
Does it hurt you so much?"
I'm not cryin' cause it hurts" he
said, but cause it's only red blood.
and grandma said had blue."-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
Gilpin observer., 1908-07-23
EDoUARD NCHZLN

midnight of December 81, shall have
made the greatest distance on the
given track, either to France or in one
of the countries affiliated with the
Aero club. This record, to be valid.
must be confirmed by the Information
al Federation of Aero Clubs.
The distance should be, each year.
double that of the previous one ira
versed by the winner. The winner of
the cup for 1908 should make at least
double the distance made by Mr.. Henri
Farman in his latest record of January
13.
This cup will be intrusted each
year to the aero club of the country
where the established, confirmed rec
ord has been beaten by the greatest
distance.
The prize of $1,000 francs will be
awarded to the victorious aeronaut.
IF in any year the cup is not
awarded, the aero club which has held
it up to that time will retain 1t, and
the $4,000 francs will be added to the
same sum the following years.
The victor of the tenth year will
become the owner of the cup. and a
fac simile of it will be handed over to
the aero club of the country in which
the record was made.
The trials are to be made in France
under the auspices OF the Aero club OF
France: abroad under the control OF
the aero club of the country where the
races are held. on condition that the
club is affiliated with the Aero club OF
France. and under the conditions
| above mentioned
Special Prize-If before January l.
| 1918, a flyer, plotting his two-seated
machine. occupied, makes the follow.
ing record, confirmed by the Aero club
of France: Flying from a given place
in the department Of Seine, OF that OF
Seine-et-Oise, turning around the Arc
cathedral at Clermont- Ferrand. and
settle on the summit of the Puy-de
Dome-a prize OF 100000 francs ($20.
OOO)."
These. then. are the prizes for which
Americans-or anybody else, for that
matter-are asked to compete. Far
man has made his kilometer-abou,
three -fifths of a mile-only to quadru
pie that distance two weeks later. And
now the Wright brothers, Wilbur and
sand dunes near Manteo, n. c.. have
made 32-mile fight, or 40 times that
far.
Gilpin observer., 1908-07-23
President Wants Airship Fleets.

Washington. d. C.-That President
Roosevelt favors aerial fleets for coast
defense purposes, was brought out in
the discussion by army officers of the
proposed war balloon system for the
Atlantic and Pacific coasts. While
President Roosevelt was engaged in
the battle royal with Congress at the
last session for four-battleship pro.
gram, he found time to impress upon
members of Congress the necessity
for voting an appropriation for the sig
nal corps of the army to be used in
aeronautical experiments. General AL
len of the signal corps wants 100000
for this purpose.
Gilpin observer., 1908-07-23
Wisconsin A. o. U. W. Sued.

Des Moines. Ia.-lllegal transactions.
shady business deals and violation of
trusts we're charged against the SUI
preme lodge of the A. o. U. w. by tho
grand lodge of Wisconsin in law
suit involving 100000. filed in the
District Court here on the 18th inst. A
representative of the grand lodge Of
Wisconsin filed the petition. which
charges that the supreme lodge has
failed to pay claims amounting to $685.
966 and that 1t has also made way with
a guarantee fund amounting to $427,.
97S
Gilpin observer., 1908-07-23
Attempt at Wholesale Murder.

New Iork.-A dynamite bomb. ex-
ploding with terrific force early We'd
nesday morning in the rear way of
4 fashionable apartment house in West
One Hundred and Fortieth street.
hurled scores of the occupants from
their BEDS, shattered many windows
and threw the tenants into panic.
A huge hole was torn in the cement
flooring OF the court where the bomb
went off. There were forty-two fami-
lies living in the apartment house, but
as far ar the police could learn none
of these had received threatening let.
ters and the reason for the bomb
throwing is much of mystery.