The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1909-11-05

26th, Leon De La Grange, the French
aviator, flying Bleriot monoplane,
broke the worlds speed record. He
travelled a mile and 800 yards In one
minute and AZ Is seconds. This was
at the rate of nearly fifty-four miles
an hour.
A terrible cloudburst occurred in the
state Of Tabasco, Mex, October rs,
destroying crops and forests. From
north to south, across the state from
the Mescalapa and the Grijalva rivers,
the entire country was left a waste.
Only the high mountain villages and
plateau farms escaped from the rush
ing waters.
An enormous waterspout coming
caused serious damage at Genoa. 1t.
ally. on the 2Sth ult. Many houses in
the vicinity of the Piazza Del Popolo
were unroofed and many of the trees
in the square were uprooted. A large
number Of persons were injured, but
no one was killed.
Some storm records we're broken in
the recent Philippine typhoon which
crossed northern Luzon and the Cen
guet mountains. Eighteen inches OF
rain fell in nine hours and twenty-six
inches fell in the twenty.four hours
the storm lasted. The Bued river
rose sixty feet. The wind gauge at
the observatory broke when the wind
attained velocity of ninety.five miles
an hour.
Sixty-one automobiles, representing
thirty-four different makes, left New
York City October 25th on 10-days'
run to Atlanta. Ga, as participants in
the good roads tour promoted by the
New York Herald and Atlanta Jour
nal. The contest is for trophies az
gregating $1,7OO and is open TO stock
cars selling at from $3.50 to $4,000 and
over.
With view to stemming the tide
OF emigration which threatens to de-
plete the country of agricultural la
borers, national subscription has
been started in Sweden to obtain
funds for loans to laborers left UNI
employed after the recent big strike.
The loans are intended to enable the
purchase of small farms and will be
made repayable within ten years. The
fund will be administered by the Anti
Emigration Society of Sweden.
The will of Francisco Ferrer. who
was executed at Barcelona for CON
spiracy against the government of
Spain, has been published in Paris. 1t
charges the executor to continue the
| he vtanH
ern schools and education. The ties.
tator stated that history would vindi'
cate his innocence, but he abjured his
friends not to bother about his mem
DRY, as ''in this life only acts count"
Four weighers at the port CT New
York made a confession of fraud and
named the bribers. resulting in con
yiction and punishment. For this the
weighers were promised immunity and
continuance in the service. The ac-
ton of Collector William Loeb, Jr.. in
this case has been strongly denounced
by Federal Judge Holt. but is de-
Tended by the collector on the plea
that he could find no other method of
stopping the frauds.
At College Park, Nd. October 10Th.
Wilbur Wright's two army officer stu
dents made their first independent
flights. Lieutenant Humphreys stayed
up twenty-four minutes and Lieuten.
ant Lahm thirty-nine minutes. Lieu
tenant I.ahm on his final flight OF the
evening. circled the field again and
again In darkness. 1t was the first
time In the United States that
Wright aeroplane had been guided
through the air without carrying
either OF the Wright brothers,
The Wisconsin University baseball
team. 16 strong. returned by the
steamer Tango Maru. reaching victo-
ria. II. C.. October eth. after playing
series OF nine games in Japan. Five
games were won. One game. which
went nineteen innings. was won by
the University of Keito. two to one.
The Wisconsin team was entertained
profusely. their sportsmanlike conduct
meeting with much appreciation.
Count okuma. the sage OF Mito. enter.
tanned the team, breaking precedent
by shaking hands with all the party.
President w. c. Brown OF the New
York Central g. Hudson River rail.
road. recently announced that tho
management had entered upon cam.
paign OF extraordinary expenditures
to meet extraordinary traffic de.
/ mands The comDany had Minced con.