The Colorado statesman., 1908-06-20

The report of great steel combination
in England with capital of 1915, ,000,
900 is now denied by many firms said
to have been connected with it.
For the first time in history. heroes
will be recognized and be awarded
medals by committee when the Inter
national Association of Accident I'm
derwriters meets in convention in At
lantic City on July 7th, Sth and 9th
next.
For violating the eignt-hour law. the
Chicago, Milwaukee & ST Paul Rail-
road company must pay to the state
fine of 81 900 and $5U additional costs.
according to the judgment entered by
Judge Warren in the Tarrant case at
milwaukee,
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.
Frederick Arthur Stanley, earl of
Derby. governor general of Canada in
1888, died in London June 14th
| aged sixty-seven. He had been lord OF
| the admiralty, secretary of war, secre-
tary for the colonies and president of
the board of trade.
The Massachusetts Supreme Court
has upheld the constitutionality of the
/ state law which provides that life in
surance policy forms must be approved
| by the insurance commissioner before
they can be issued in the state, the
ruling of the commissioner being sub
ject to appeal to the Supreme Court.
The Lemoine diamond case in Paris
came to sensational ending with an
unexpected climax. Lemoine has fled
and his famous formula for the manu-
facture of diamonds is fantastic farce.
| the paper said to contain Lemoine's
formula was opened in court, but it
contained only a tumble of fantastic
and senseless phrases.
NJ. Rene Quinton, a we'll known
French biologist, has offered a prize
of 10000 francs for the first aviator
who once up in the air in
an aeroplane shall stop his mo-
tor and remain up five min
utes by utilizing solely the force of the
wind and without descending more
than fifty meters.
A race between balloons and aero
planes, it is finally announced is to be
one of the features of the Hudson cele-
bration in New York next year. The
| race will probably be conducted under
United States government auspices.
The chief signal officer of the army is
cooperating with the aeronautics COM
mittee of the celebration commission.
The International Chess Masters
tourney at Prague, ended today in a
tie between Schlechter and Buras, who
will decide the first and second prizes.
Vidmar won third prize; Rubenstein.
fourth; Teichmann, fifth; Maroczy,
sixth; Leonhardt, seventh; Marshall,
eighth; Salwe, ninth, and Janowski,
tenth.
The Lusitania's last passage from
Daunts Rock to Sandy Hook light
house was made in 4 days, 20 hours and
minutes, which cuts seven minutes
off the record for the fastest trip across
the Atlantic by the long course, made
by her sister ship, the Mauretania. The
Lusitanias best previous record for the
course was days, 20 hours and %
minutes. The Lusitania also has the
record for the longest days run, hav-
ing from noon Sunday to noon Monday
made GAL knots, beating the Maureta
MAS best run by six knots.