The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1909-04-03

George Robertson, driving locomo-
bile car, broke the worlds record for q
gasoline car for five miles at Dayton,
Ohio, March oath. Time, 2:45 1-5.
About 100000 of insurance money
will be disbursed in Jamaica in the
near future to 500 policy holders in
connection with the settlement of the
losses occasioned by the fire and
earthquake of January IA, 1907.
Word has been received at Manila OF
the murder of DR.. William Jones, the
noted anthropologist who was in the
field for the Columbian museum of
Chicago, at the town of Dumobato, at
the head waters of the Cagayan river
in Isbela province.
A union label department of the
American Federation of Labor has
been formed to promote union labels.
Officers were elected as follows: Presi-
dent, John B. Lennon, Bloomington, IL
linois; Vice Presidents, Max Morris,
Denver, and Owen Miller, st. Louis.
The Pope received Hart o. Berg, fl
nencial agent of the Wright brothers,
and said that when Wilbur Wright
came to Rome he hoped the daring
aviator would fly directly over the
vatican so as to give its occupants a
chance to see the aeroplane.
By strict party vote, of $50 to 1876,
the British House of Commons refused
to express lack of confidence in the
governments naval policy. The vote
was on a motion declaring that the
government was not building enough
battleships to secure the safety of the
empire.
A decrease of nearly 10000 in the
number of idle coal cars during the
last two weeks in March gives an in
dication of the strenuous efforts the
railroads are making to store coal for
the expected strike in the anthracite
mines in the East The number of
idle box cars increased by 1850 cars
In the opinion of Dana Estes, the
Boston publisher, who arrived in New
York few days since, after journey
of $4,000 miles in Europe, Asia and
Africa, former President Roosevelt will
find hunting big game in East Africa
like shooting COWS in back yard"
He says that the antelopes, Zebras, os-
triches, etc, are so tame that they
don't even look up when train passes.
DR.. Moses Clegg, bacteriologist Of
the bureau of science at Manila, has
succeeded in cultivating the leprosy
bacillus. He used the organisms from
both living lepers and the bodies of
victims of leprosy. The bureau of
science has prepared leprosy vaccine
and proposes to carry forward a series
of experiments for the purpose of es-
tablishing a specific treatment for lep-
rosy
Murmuring a prayer for her soul,
Mrs. Mary Farmer was quietly led to
the electric chair in Auburn IN. "
prison shortly after o'clock on the
morning of March goth and executed
for the murder of Mrs. Sarah Brennan
at Brownville, last April. There were
no sensational incidents. This was the
second infliction of the death penalty
on a woman by electrocution in New
| York.
King Peter of Servia has issued a
ukase changing the names of his sons.
The step is taken to provide for the
name of George as the head of the
house of Karageorgovitch. The former
Crown Prince George, who last week
| renounced his rights to the throne, will
| henceforth be known as Alexander,
while Alexander, Georges younger
brother, who has been recognized as
crown prince, will be known as George.