The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-11-13
King Manuel of Portuxa, ,,f, "A,

No 3sA~Ao0a VI 1OIIuB0 Bo1S L.
bon on the 7th inst. for Madrid sn
route for France and England. The
Duke OF Oporao will act as regent dur
ing the Kings absence.
An aero club with 100 members has
been organized at Cornell university
for the study OF aerial navigation.
Several aeroplanes are being con.
structed by club members.
H. ]. Slifer. general manager of the
Panama railroad. has resigned. It Is
understood that he will take charge Of
the management of an important
railroad in the United States.
An International congress of agri-
cultural associations will take place
at Brussels in September, 1910. The
object Of this congress is to compare
the organization and the work of agri-
cultural associations of every kind in
the various countries.
The executive committee of the
Democratic party in Brooklyn has de-
cided on John r. Mccoy to succeed
tho late Sen. Patrick H. McCarren
as leader Of the party. Mr.. Mccoy
was defeated for the borough presi.
dency Of Brooklyn in the recent elec.
ton.
Forty-seven years after they served
as volunteer soldiers to protect Gin
cinnati from a threatened raid by Con-
federate troops. under Kirby Smith in
1862. the squirrel hunters" of Cincin.
natl have received their pay at the
rate Of $13 a month for the time en-
gagged.
Cyril St.Armand OF Thurso, Ontario
ten years old, has been sentensed
to six years for horse stealing. When
eight years old he was convicted of
an attempt to wreck a railway train.
His youth saved him from sentence
fol- this and q number of burglaries
which followed.
Prominent members of the Nicar.
aguan colony in Panama have sent
cable message to President Taft ask.
ing him "in the name of humanity and
civilization" to pay no attention to re-
quests of Zelaya either for aid or for
non-interference and saying that il the
United States cannot intervene in
Central America it should at least let
the fate Of Nicaragua be decided on
the battlefield.
On leaving New York to begin work
a. the Wright factory in Dayton, O.,
Orville Wright said: People seem
to have the conviction that the aero
plane is merely fair weather ma
chine. They are wrong. 1t is a fair
weather machine only in its expert
mental stages. Once we have learned
its capabilities we shall find that it is
as stable and dependable in storm as
its sister craft which sails the water"
Demands for uniform schedules, and
a wage increase of about twelve per
cent. are to be made by conductors
and trainmen on every railroad sys-
tenn east Of Chicago. The movement
involves 125.000 men and includes ev.
cry railroad east of the Illinois Cen
trails main southern line and north of
the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad. West
pected to join.
Ironbound windows prevented the
escape from death of eight workers
in Robert Morrison G. Sons comb fac
wy h oAOohiJus "uiCu Caught lire
Monday. and five other men probably
were fatally injured in making their
escape from the building. William
Morrison, son of the owner of the
plant. lost his life in the flames while
trying to reach the safe and close its
doors. His father was among the in
jured.
The Canadian government has
framed bill providing for the con-
struction of three second class cruis-
ers and four torpedo boat destroyers.
The orders for these vessels probably
will be placed in Great Britain. The
bill provides also for Canadian train
ing establishments for both officers
and men. The annual cost of mainte-
nance OF the seven vessels and the ex-
penses Of the naval schools are esti-
mated at 100000.