The state herald., 1908-06-19

| rate OF l2O 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 Goth until August 4th.
| The factory has been running on short
lnne 1Or 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.
| lieves is the highest peak in the west
crn hemisphere.
The National Grand Lodge, hide
pendent Order of Good Templars, at
| It's session in Washington City re.
elected Grand Chief Templar George +.
| 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
rs the place for their next reunion
| and elected General Clement A. Evans
of Georgia as commander.inch TO
succeed the late Stephen d, Lee.
Wireless telegraph stations are be
ing installed on the roofs of the Wal,
dorf-AstoTia 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 it has
been decided that there are too many
! a Ia, Nf ath OF -
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-
tiunists at Tiflis, Caucasus. on the
steps of the Synodlcal building. on
the 10th inst. A monk. who was in
attendance upon the archbishop, was
severely wounded. The assasslns emp
tied their revolyers into the body Of
the archbishop and escaped.
The International Chess Masters
tourney at Prague. ended today in a
tie between Schlechtcr and Buras, who
win decide the first and second prizes
Vidmar won third prize; Rubenstein.
fourth; Teichmann. fifth; Maroczy,
sixth: Leonhardt. seventh; Marshall,
eighth; Salwe. ninth, and Janowsl,
tenth.
John HAYS Hammond, who has IN.
nounced his candidacy for the Repub-
licnn vice presidential nomination, was
registered as voter at Gloucester.
Massachusetts, on the 10th inst. Ho
answered the formal questions, fyded
his ability to read n selection from
the constitution OF tho United States.
and then took the necessary oath,
The Persian Assembly asked the
Shah today To recall the officials ar
hitrarily eNilcd and give them free
trial II they are proved to be traitors
and conspirntors 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 10 the les Grandos
mines, near Belsas. In the state Of Gu,
errero OF the escort OF four men
three were killed and ono wounded.
Four thousand dollars was stolen.
Rurales are In pursuit OF tho highway.
mon. The mine belongs 10 an Amer,
lean 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 Tul.
/ ing by vote OF ~ TO 4, incidentally
/ the trustees gave their official con.
/ iirmntiOn TO the statement Of the Su-
/ porintcndents office that this age
| limit appears TO be the point at which
the mental and physical Nigor OF those
who come % US has begun TO decline"
According TO the Iron and steel
| Trades Journal. there has recently
been effected great combination In
the British steel trade with a capacity
ut S375,OO0,UO0. The main object Of
/ tho combination % said TO be 10 80
cure control " the international oi'
port trade, And similar ORGANIZATIONS
! IN America aud on the continent are
Haid 10 be supporting the British am.
/ algamation
lu the federal court at Rochester.
New York, on the 18th instant. tho
Standard on Company was found
guilty Of violation Of the interstate
commerce law in accepting tho con.
craEion from the nlcd AHn ON ship.
mrnth Of Oh from Oloan. New York, to
Rutland and bellows Falls. Vermont
There were forty eopntH In the indiot.
mrut, each representing action ON n
car u oil, Tho maximum me on each
count IL 10000. OF a total for the whole
oi tho shipment of $4,000.
Tho Lusltanin'u last passage from
nauutH Rock 10 Sandy Hook light
house Was made IN 4 days. 90 hours and
A minutes. which cuts seven misutea
N tho record for The fastest tflp across
tho Atlantic hY ihs long course. made
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