The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-08-22

race of $50 miles by the fastest
automobiles in the country will be the
attraction at Lowell, Massachusetts,,
on Labor Day.
A slight earthquake shock was felt
by a number of the cities and towns
south of Boston at $50 O'Clock Satur-
day night. No damage was done.
On the 14th inst Miss Annie S.
Peck OF Providence. r. l., signaled to
Lima. Peru. her arrival at an altitude
of $4,000 feet on Mount Huascaran, the
summit Of which is covered with per-
petual snow. She was accompanied by
two trained Alpine climbers.
The Wright aeroplane made a sue
cessful flight at Lemans, France.
Thursday. making seven complete
tours Of the field and remaining in the
air about nine minutes. Unfortunately
it was somewhat injured in landing, SO
as to require several days for repairs.
Boston and eastern Massachusetts
Is undergoing crime wave" Half
dozen murder mysteries are still I'M
solved by the police. The undeniable
wave Of crime is credited to the fact
that many foreigners are out OF work
and are attempting to adopt the meth
DDS Of European banditti.
An American car has been the first
to cross the famous St. Gothard pass,
in Switzerland, the feat being accom-,
plished by Percy J. Walker, a well
known amateur motorist of San Fran
cisco. There is lots of snow" he
wrote OF the trip. but our car ate the
mountains up
The new era OF freedom in Turkey
brought about by the PRONUNCIATION Of
constitution by the Sultan is produc-
ing symptoms of agitation among the
working classes. Strikes for increased
pay have already broken out among
the dock laborers. tramway men and
employees Of the tobacco factories.
The British Motor Club has decided
to try to arrange to have Wilbur
Wright, the aeroplanist of Dayton.
Ohio, who is now making a series OF
trial flights in Lemans, France. bring
his aeroplane over to England and
demonstrate its capacities in the
bridge.
The fifth session of the Pan-Amer
lean Medical congress was held at
Guatemala City, Guatemala, August
9Th to 18th. President Cabrera, in an
duuIeoS " Tic ueIeSdleS Cdileu tuc
work of the congress a scientific tri-
umph for the republics of the Ameri-
can continent. The next congress will
be held in Lima. Peru, IN August, 1911.
At Bayside. Long Island, Saturday.
Capt. Peter Conover Haines, Jr., United
States army, retired, fired seven bull
lets from revolver into William E.
Annis Of New York, owner and pub
Usher of Burr McIntosh's monthly and
other magazines, who had been &C.
cused Of being improperly attentive
to the captains wife. Annis died a
few minutes later.
The Methodist Church, which has
over 100000 communicates, has Gre
ated the temperance society Of the
Methodist Episcopal church, with au-
thority to represent the denomination
In all temperance matters. This so
ciety is managed by a board composed
Of a bishop and fifteen members
named by the bishop and elected by
the late general conference.
The four hundredth anniversary OF
the conquest of the Island of Porto
Rico by Ponce de Leon was celebrated
at San Juan on the 18th and 14th inst.
The remains of Ponce de Leon we're
carried through the streets OF the city
at the head of a spectacular procession
from the Church Of San Jose to the
cathedral. where they were deposited
in a crypt constructed with money
subscribed by the Spanish residents
Of the island.