The Glenwood post., 1908-10-31

games between New York National and
.Jetroit American league teams has
been abandoned.
The lend anniversary of the found
ing of Princeton university was OBJ
served at Princeton, New Jersey, on
the z2nd inst, with appropriate e1er-
cises.
A fortune of 100000 awaits the re-
turn of Daniel B Russell Of Melrose,
Massachusetts, who has been missing
since 1886. He is son of Daniel Rus
sell, who died January 23, 1907.
The Roosevelt prize for the three
mile running race at Paris Sunday
was won by Keyser, a French runner,
in Is minutes and 16 seconds. He also
won the event in 1906.
The Aero Club of France has de-
cided to organize a big aeroplane
meeting in the autumn of 1909, when
the Grand Prix d'Aviation will be com
peted for. The value of this prize is
$4,000, and there will be other awards.
Thirty earthquake shocks were ex-
perienced in the Zwickau region, Sax
ony, Wednesday. They were accom-
| panied by thunder-ljke reverberations,
and the people were greatly alarmed.
There was arother severe shock Thurs
day.
]. Halwood of Lexington, KY, has
sold to Ed Alvery OF Louisville, Pin
kola, the famous derby winner, for So
900, and Friend Harry, by Orlando, for
$4,000. The latter is half brother OF
| Ioce ;ol, lnr
offers have been refused.
Brig. Gen. John Elmer Mulford,
through whose efforts as an agent for
the exchange of prisoners during the
Civil war more than 1900 Union SOL
diers were restored TO their homes,
died Monday at Montour Falls, N. ".
aged seventy-nine years.
The Vermont Legislature Tuesday
reelected Senator William P. DillinS-
ham for another term of six years and
elected Former Gov. Carroll S. Page to
fill the remainder of the unexpired
term of the late Senator Redfield Proc
tor. Both are Republicans.
Duchess Alexandra Victoria Of
Schleswig- daughter of Prince
Frederick, duke of Schleswig-Holstein,
was married in the chapel of the I'm
perial palace at Berlin, Thursday, the
l2nd inst, to Prince August William
of Prussia, fourth son of Emperor Will
liam.
At Newark, New Jersey, October
25th, Frank l.. Kramer, the champion
bicycle rider. broke his own worlds
record for twenty-five miles unpaced
in competition at the Vailsburg track
riding the distance in 57:36 3-5. His
previous record made in 1901 was
5752 As.
One of those freak fires that are
the continual bane of the insurance
man is reported from Paduca, Ken
lucky, where fire starting from
match carelessly thrown in dry grass
resulted in the burning of an orchard
of 5000 apple trees, valued at several
thousand dollars. The orchard be
longed to Mrs. Mary Chesterfield.
Before a crowd of several thousand
Tuesday, the Chicago worlds cham
pions defeated the Detroit American
league champions at Terre Haute, tt
l. Before the game Mordecai BrowI
was presented with an elegant silvel
service by the citizens of Terre Haute
his home city. Cobb carried off tht
batting honors with four singles in fou
times up.
The franchise under which the
Cleveland, Ohio, Municipal Traction
Company is operating street railway
lines on Scent fare basis, was de
feated by majority of s79 in the refer
endum vote Thursday. The total vote
was more than $4,000. 1t is alleged
that the public were dissatisfied witt
the service given by the operating
company.
Seventeen of the woman suffragist
who were arrested October 18th dur
ing the "storming Of the House o
COMMONS" on charges of disorderl,
conduct, have just been sentenced il
the Bow Street Police Court to term
of Imprisonment varying from thre
weeks to three months. The womel
; were offered the alternative of givini
: bonds for their good behavior, bu
, they elected to go to jail.
In a desperate fight, prolonged TO
) hours, which occurred Friday near Ill
} gan, island of Mindanao, nine Filipino
laborers and their superintendent, ais
a native, were killed by the marauder
J and four other natives were wounded
5 The bodies Of the dead Filipinos wer
mutilated by the Moro band in a mos
: horrible manner. Before being drive
, off the Moros succeeded in firing tn
plantation stores, which, with thei
contents, were destroyed.