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

The British old age pension bill is
now a law, having passed both houses
of Parliament.
The convention of the International
Typographical Union will meet in Bos-
ton, Massachusetts. on August 10th.
Associated Blacksmiths of the Unit
ed Kingdom are planning an amalga
nation of all existing unions of black
smiths throughout the entire king
dom.
Richard V. Oulahan. for many years
the Washington correspondent of the
New York Sun, will have general
Charge of all the literary work of the
Republican national committee, and
will have his headquarters in New
York City.
Samuel f. Moffat, forty eight years
old. member of the editorial staff of
Golfers Weekly, and a nephew OF
Mark Twain, was stricken with apo
pleNy and drowned in the surf at Nor
mandie-bythe-Sea, New Jersey on the
10th inst.
The executive council of the Modern
Woodmen of America. at its July meet
ing decided to withdraw at once from
the National Fraternal congress and
Will send no representative to the Put
ln-Bay convention. This action is due
to the adequate rate controversy.
Work is to be begun almost imme
diately on the restoration of the gov
ernor's room in the New York city hail.
which is to be put in exactly the same
condition as it was a century ago. The
money for the work. $25, 900, was given
to the city by Mrs. Russell Sage.
BY the will of Gen George Sherman
Bachelor. judge of the International
Court at Alexandria. Egypt, who died
in Paris early in July, his spacious
summer home at Saratoga, New York,
worth 100000, will at his daughters
death become free public library.
l.. n. Scott of St. PAU and A Leo
Stevens. the well known aeronaut
have completed the preliminary ar
rangements for balloon race to take
place from St Paul or Minneapolis
about September LIST. The race will
be open to all corners and suitable
lriZes will be offered
A transcontinental balloon race
starting from either Los Angeles or
San Francisco, with the Atlantic sea
board as the objective point, is being
planned by the Federation of Ameri
can Aero clubs, The race is to be
held in November and cash prize OF
$4,000 is to be offered for the COM
pletion Of the trip.
Emperor William and his party ar
rived at Stockholm August 3rd on
board the imperial yacht Hohenzol-
lern on short visit to King Gustav.
A fleet of Swedish warships met the
imperial yacht at sea- and later the
King and Queen Of Sweden welcomed
the imperial party aboard the Swedish
royal yacht.
Following up his crusade against
the appearance of unclothed women
in the Paris theaters, Project of Po-
lice Lepine has given orders that the
sale of obscene pictures on the boule-
wards. which has been for SO long a
disgrace to the city, be vigorously sup
pressed. The establishments produc-
ing these pictures will be prosecuted.
On account OF rate and publicity rul-
ings OF the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, the Canadian Pacific. Great
Northern, Northern Pacific, Southern
Pacific, Oregon Short Line and Santa
Fee roads have served notice upon
shippers that they will go out Of the
export trade to China, Japan. Australia
and New Zealand November list, and
practically will abandon the import
trade. 1t is feared that this will cause
the abandonment of all the Oriental
steamship lines, which, 1t is predicted.
will fall into the hands of the Japan
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