The Holly chieftain., 1908-06-19

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bile record over a distance OF two and
three-Quarter miles. travelling at the
rate of 120 miles an hour.
The two Thousand employees OF the
American Waltham Watch Company's
factory at Waltham, were notified
Monday that the works will be shut
down on June 26th until August 4th.
The factory has been running ON short
time Tor several months.
Miss Anna Spreck. a 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
lieves Is the highest peak In the west
ern hemisphere.
The National Grand Lodge. Inde
pendent Order of Good Templars. at
its session in Washington City re
elected Grand Chief Templar George f.
Cotterill 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
as the place for their next reunion
and elected General Clement A. Evans
of Georgia as commander-in-chief to
succeed the late Stephen ID. Lee.
Wireless telegraph stations are be
ing installed on the roofs of the Wal
dorf-Astoria in New York and the
Bellevue-Stratford in Philadelphia
Messages will be sent between the
two hotels and rooms will 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 campanile of Santo Stefano
church In Venice, Gothic structure
Of the fourteenth century, which con-
tains the tomb of the Doge Francesca
Morosini threatens to fall like the
campanile of ST. Marks, which col
lapsed in 1902 The qestion of demol-
ishing 1t is under consideration.
Archbishop Nixon, formerly Of
Georgia, was assassinated by revolu-
tionists at Tiflis, Caucasus, on the
steps OF the Synodical building, on
the 10th inst. A monk, who was In
attendance upon the archbishop, was
severely wounded The assassins emp
tied their reyolvers into the body OF
the archbishop and escaped.
Tho International Chess Masters
tourney at Prague, ended today In a
tie between Schlechter and Buras, who
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Vidmar won third prize; Rubenstein,
fourth; Teichmann, fifth; Maroczy,
sixth; Leonhardt, seventh; Marshall,
eighth; Salwe, ninth, and Janowski.
| tenth. 50 s44
John Hays Hammond, who has an
nounced his candidacy for the Repub-
| lican vice presidential nomination, was
registered as voter at Gloucester,
Massachusetts, on the 10th inst. He
answered the formal questions. proved
his ability to read a 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 a free
trial. II they are proved to be traitors
and conspirators they should be pun
ished according to law. The Shah re
fused. He intends to arrest several
Others and threatens to blow up the
city II an attempt at resistance is
made.
Word reached the City of Mexico
Saturday that bandits attacked pay
train on the way to the Les Grandes
mines, near Belsas. In the state of Gu
errero. OF the escort of four men
three were killed and one wounded
Four thousand dollars was stolen
Rurales are in pursuit of the highway
men. The mine belongs to an Amer
ican company.
No persons over fifty years OF age
will be admitted hereafter to teaching
positions in the Chicago public schools
The board of education made this rul
ing by vote Of IL to 4. incidentally
the trustees gave their official con
firmation to the statement of the su
perintendents office that this age
limit appears to be the point at which
the mental and physical vigor of those
who come to US has begun to decline.
According to the Iron and Stee
Trades Journal. there has recentl!
been effected great combination II
the British steel trade, with a capacit,
OF $375,000,0O0. 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.
In the federal court at Rochester
New York, on the 18th instant, tn,
Standard Oil Company was foun'