The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-08-29

Preparations for the celebration Of
Count Tolstoy's eightieth birthday
on September 9th. are strongly disap
proved by the Russian government.
and some authorities are bringing
pressure to bear to check the plans
for the celebration.
The forces of Abd-El-Aziz, Sultan of
Morocco, have been defeated in the
field by the adherents of his brother
Mulai Hafid, who has been proclaimed
Sultan at Tangier, and is said to now
be in supreme control In all the large
cities of Morocco.
After stormy closing session Of the
National Fraternal congress at Put In
Bay, Ohio, the uniform bill. which is
modelled after the fraternal insurance
law of Ohio was finally passed and
will be recommended to the state leg
islatures this fall.
A gun seller named Ferreri and his
assistant, who sold the carbine to
Manuel Buissa with which Buissa
killed King Carlos in February of this
year. have been Unexpectedly arrested
at Lisbon and placed in solitary con-
finement.
A new high explosive. of a power
beyond anything hitherto used in the
German army, was tested at Munich
Wednesday. Three shells, exploded
by electricity, tore Krupp armor
plates to pieces. The explosive is the
| invention of Fritz Genre.
At the athletic games at Dundlk, Ire
land Martin j. Sheridan of the Irish
American Athletic club beat the world S
record with the discus throw, free
style, throwing the sphere 142 feet 5
inches. The discus was the one used
at the Olympic games in London. The
former record, which was held by Sher-
idan, was 1876 feet 1-3 inch.
AS manner of showing their appre-
citation Of the support which they re-
ceived from other labor unions during
| their strike for an eight-hour day the
International Typographical Union at
Boston recently voted to spend 81 900
in entertainment of the delegates to
the convention OF the American Fed
GRAFTON in Denver this fall. Part Of the
money will be used in trips around the
state.
The North German Lloyd steamer
Kaiser Wilhelm III. has established a
new record in time elapsed and aver
age speed for any vessel over the long
course, $3.50 miles, from Sandy Hook
to Plymouth. She made the distance
in five days, nine hours and fifty seven
minutes. and averaged for the dis
lance 23.1 miles an hour. The best
days run was $50 knots, which was
accomplished two days in succession.
Richard Croker of New York has
been made an honorary burgess Of
Dublin. The roll is limited to dis
tinguished persons who have rendered
service to Ireland, or to the cause OF
liberty at home and abroad, and the
names of three Americans precede
that Of Croker, General Grant, Edward
Potter, captain of the ship Constitu-
ton, which brought relief to Ireland
in 1880, and the late Patrick A. Col
Inns, who was at one time mayor of
Boston.
According to advices received by
the Y. NJ. c. A. at New York American
sailors of Admiral Sperry's round-the-
world fleet will not be permitted to
break the hearts of the Japanese gel
| sha girls If the Y. M. C. A. of Japan,
the native Christian churches and the
missionaries are able to prevent it. Re-
ligious organizations in Japan are
protesting against the old style of
Japanese hospitality, which is ex-
pected to include introduction to the
peiSha girls