The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-03-20

Ex-President Roosevelt is aryarpi,,
his affairs for at least two wears ab.
sehee abroad in Africa and Europe.
Federal Jud se Haze, at Buffalo de-
nied the motion of the Standard Oil
company Tor new trial and imposed
line of $4,000. The case hinged on
the Standards accepting concessions
from railroads in shipments of oil from
olean. N. y. to Rutland and other
points in Vermont.
good highway, stretching in a gen
orally direct line of 700 miles from At
ianta to Washington, ID. c.. kept up
by the several counties in the various
states through which the road vould
pass, is now the subject of promotion
on the part of the Good Roads club OF
Georgia.
The steamer Empress OF China.
which arrived at Victoria, B. c.. on the
18th inst, brought news of landslides
burying three villages, involving the
loss OF hundreds of lives, prosably
over thousand, at Pendjolo, Java
But one man. one woman and two chill
dren escaped to tell the tale. A part
u hVAtJdud noun lal0 IeII.
A wireless dirigible airship, invented
by Mark o. Anthony, New York
electrical engineer, Is to be construct
ed in the balloon factory Of Leo Ste
vens IN New York City. 1t will be
soout sixty feet in length, with suffi-
cient buoyancy to carry 300 pounds Of
dynamite. and capable of being steered
from the ground at long distance,
Experiments in the dispersion of fog
are being made on the English chan
mel by NJ. Dibos. a French engineer.
The means used is a combination Of
Hertzian waves and blowpipes, In from
20 to 30 minutes a thick fog dispersed
over zone OF 200 yards. Encouraged
by this success. the experiments will
be continued.
Miss Anne Morgan. daughter of ].
Pierpont Morgan, will open restau-
rant in the Brooklyn navy yard about
May 1st, having been authorized by
which aims to provide for the men who
work in the navy yard better food at
less money than they can now OBJ
tain.
AS demonstration against the SEN
tences imposed upon Samuel Gompers.
John Mitchell and Frank Morrison by
Judge Wright in the Superior Court Of
the District of Columbia, more than
5000 members OF labor unions paraded
at Boston Sunday. resolution was
passed declaring that Judge Wright
was biased and the laws directed at
one class only.
In New York March 18th, before
1O,OOO spectators, a large majority OF
whom were his countrymen. Dorando
Pietri defeated Johnny Hayes in the
rubber match for Marathon supremacy
The race was at the regulation dis
tance. tUenty-six miles, 3S5 yards, and
was run over a ten-lap track in Madi
son Square Garden. Pietri won BY
half mile, in 2:4s:OS.
The discovery of a strange substance
in a cave near the town OF Cornilla II
Mexico leads to the belief that radiun
Is included in the composition of the
interior. The walls of the cave give
off an iridescent glow constantly. and
when they are broken the brilliancy OF
the light is greatly enhanced Sam
pies brought from the cave glow in
darkness.
What is said to have been the first
christening of an aeroplane in the his
tory of the world took place at Morris
Park, New York, on the 14th inst. IN
der the auspices of the Aeronautic So
ciety. Practically all the ceremonies
which attended the launching Of a ship
were performed, including the break
ing of bottle of champagne on one OF
the steel bars of the machine. The
Sponsor named the new craft me"
York No. l."