The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-11-27

tornado that struck Dexter, MO-,
November 22d, demolished fifteen
houses and wrecked the Stoddard
county fair buildings, including the
amphitheater. Two women and two
children were injured.
A tornado that passed over Hamil-
ton, Ohio, few days since damaged
property to the amount of $4,000.
Barns and outbuildings in the rural
districts were blown down. In Ham.
ilton the roofs were blown off a mum.
Der of business houses and factories.
The American Federation of Labor
closed its convention at Toronto Sat
urday. after selecting ST. Louis as the
next place of meeting. President
Samuel Gompers. Vice-President John
Mitchell, Secretary Frank Morrison
and other executive officers were
unanimously reelected.
Representative Nicholas Longworth
ments published as coming from wo-
man in Berlin. to the effect that his
wife. while she was still Miss Alice
Roosevelt. had been photographed by
him astride the sacred elephant of the
Koreans at their national capital
Director Lowell Of the observatory
at Flagstaff. Ariz., reports the first
apparent Antarctic snowfall of the
season on Mars. Two patches appear
at the altitude 62.72 longitude 100190.
The first was November 70, and was
small. with great increase Novem-
Der 16. The second was observed for
the first time on the latter date
Former President Castro. an exile
in Santander. Spain, is accused daily
by the highest officials OF the Vene-
zuelan government of attempting to
foment revolution against the Gomez
regime. Everyone believes Castro
never will rest until he has made an.
other effort to ruin those who were
responsible for his downfall.
Letters urging an immediate re-
vision of the methods of football play
have been written by President Jud-
son, of the University of Chicago;
President Cyrus Northrop. OF Mime
sofa; President Van Hise. of Wiscon-
sin and Chancellor Samuel Avery. of
the University of Nebraska. That the
sport is fast becoming a menace to
the life and limb OF all participants 10
the opinion Of the educators.
Reports were received at Nairobi
November 22d that all the members
of the American hunting expedition
were well and would return to Lon
dianai November 30th. During the
hunting on the Guas 1ngisu plateau
rlIA i -
welt. in company with the Chicagoan,
Carl E. Akeley, killed four elephants
for the American Museum of Natural
History in New York.
The Wright Company of New York
has been incorporated, with $1,000
900 capital, ito manufacture, sell,
operate and otherwise use at any
place on the North American conti-
nent and the islands adjacent thereto
machines, ships or other mechanical
contrivances for aerial navigation
The directors are Wilbur Wright, Or
vile Wright, of Dayton. Ohio; George
A. Stevens, Henry F. Hooker and A.
F. Barnes, of New York.
The American Federation of Labor
in its convention in Toronto. in addi-
ton to indorsing the attitude taken
by President Gompers in the Bucks
Stove & Range Company injunction
proceedings, voted to continue the
salaries of Gompers and Secretary
Frank Morrison, and to compensate
Vice President John Mitchell, who ia
not salaried officer, during their
terms OF imprisonment. in case it Is
decided they must go to jail for con-
tempt of court. They will be paid at
the rate of $4,000 year.
Statistics have been collected from
S5S cities in AZ states and the District
of Columbia, showing what has been
accomplished to discover and remove
physical defects mong pupils OF
these cities, 147, with a school popu-
lation of 100000, are not making any
attempt whatever to discover trans
mitable diseases; 211 are inspecting
for such diseases; 226 are inspecting
for defective vision, 17G for breathing
troubles and 11S for bad teeth, while
l04, with population of 100000.
have no examination of any kind for
their 600, 900 school children.