The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-06-12
In fear OF a hickory famine seyerai

In fear Of hickory famine several
manufacturers are experimenting to
find substitute from which to make
automobile spolies and rims.
\ tornado mile from Fremont Ne.
braska, recently did damage to the ex.
tent of 10000. Several farm houses
were destroyed and five persona are
reported injured. none fatally.
Over 10000 deaths have resulted
from the severe famine prevailing in
the usoGa province, Uganda, East
Africa. The government is feeding 50,-
600 of the natives. Crops are a com
plete failure.
OF S1,Go0,000 gold which has been
engaged for export by the National
City bank of New York, $500 900 is to
go TO Switzerland. This is the first en-
sagement of gold to go directly to that
country in the memory of bankers.
Henry Farman. the British aeronaut,
recently began a series of experiments
at Ghent in Belgium with his aero
plane. He accomplished for the first
time IA number of flights in the teeth
OF a strong wind.
An order has been put into effect BY
the Santa Fe suspcnding work of all
but apprentices in several departments
OF the Topeka shops. About 1000 men
are thrown out of employment. A sim
liar order was issued ut the Newton
shops.
Daniel F. Golahan. legal adviser OF
Charles F. Murphy, leader OF Tam.
many hall and chairman OF the law
committee of the Tammany orgaaiza-
ton, was elected grand sachcm at Il
meeting of the sachcms Of TamD.any
hall 10 succeed Bourie Cochran.
The Harvard athletic committee has
voted that in the opinion of the athletic
committee it is not advisable 70 abol-
ish intercollegiate athletic sports from
the date of the last football game until
The opening of the baseball season.
The committee earlier in the spring
had advocated the elimination of all
winter sports.
DynamiterS wrecked the big pipe
line that conveys water from Bonita
mountains, New Mexico, to CarriZozO,
New Mexico where all engines of the
FL Paso & Southwestern system are
supplied This is one. of the biggest
engineering tcats in the Southwest, di,
vortinS the entire water supply of the
Bonita river and cost Si,0o0,000. Re.
pairs are being made.
The Methodist general conference at
Baltimore, adopted the majority report
of the committee on temperance, in
Corsing local option and the antisa
loon league. Rev. DR.. William A.
Quayle, pastor of st. James church,
Chicago, AMI Rev. DR.. Charles w.
!, Ia, g u, a.,
tian Advocate, were chosen bishops
on the tenth and twelfth ballots re-
spectively in the Methodist Episcopal
general conference At Baltimore.
After resting for four years less than
a century in the congressional Gene
terry in Washington city, the body OF
George Clinton, once major general in
The revolutionary army, first governor
CT New York and a former vice presi-
dent OF the United States, has just
been removed 10 Kingston, New York,
lor final interment The event was
marked with almost eXtravagant mill
tary honors.
The eight new bishops elected by
the Methodist Episcopal conference at
Baltimore are as follows: TIE Rev. Dr..
". f. Anderson of New York, secre-
tary OF the OOard of education, Freed
mems Aid and Sunday schools; the
Rev. DR.. J. l.. Nuelson, professor in
Mast Theological seminary. Rerea,
Ohio; tie Rev. DR.. w. A. Quayle, pastor
of St James church, Chicago; the Rev.
Dr.. Charles w. Smith, editor Of the
Pittsburs Christian Advocate: the Rev.
DR.. Edwin S. Lewis president of Morn
ingside college. Sioux City Iowa. the
Rev. DR.. Edwin II. Hughes, president
Of Depauw university. Greencastle, III
diana; the Rev DR.. Robert Mcintyre,
pastor of the First church, Los An
Seles. and the Rev. DIR. l.. Frank Bristol
pastor of the Methodist church, Wash
iu@tOn d. c.