The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1909-03-20

MS affairs LOT al least TWO years dD-
sence abroad in Africa and Europe.
Federal Judge Hazel at Buffalo de.
MED the motion Of the Standard OIL
Company for new trial and imposed
fine 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
A good highway. stretching in a gen.
orally direct line of 700 miles from At
lanta to Washington. d. c.. kept up
by the several counties in the various
states through which the road would
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, probably
over a thousand. at Pendjolo. Java.
But one man, one woman and two chill
dren escaped to tell the tale. A part
OF kentjana mountain fell.
A Manila dispatch says that a
band of hostile Moros attacked Lieu
tenant Furlons's detachment of con.
stabulary at Bordong March Sth and
after sharp fight eight Moros and
two members Of the constabulary were
left dead on the field, while Two sol.
diers and one civilian were wounded
a wireless dirigible airship. invented
by Mark o. Anthony, a New York
electrical engineer. is 10 be construct
ed in the balloon factory of Leo Ste
vens in New York City. II will be
about sixty feet in length. with suffi
cient buoyancy to carry 800 pounds of
dynamite. and capable of being steered
from the ground at a long distance.
Experiments in the dispersion Of fog
are being made on the English chan.
mel by NJ. Dibos, French engineer
The means used is combination os
Hertzian waves and blowpipes. In from
20 to 80 minutes thick fog dispersed
over a zone of 200 yards. Encouraged
By this success, the experiments will
be continued.
Miss Anne Morgan. daughter of J.
Pierpont Morgan. will open n restau.
rant in the Brooklyn navy yard abon,
May LIST. having been authorized by
the government TO carry out the plan.
which aims to provide for the men who
work in the navy yard better food at
less money than they can now OBJ.
tain.
The PENNSYLVANIA railroad has an.
nounced that hereafter IL will furnish
to all passengers on Pullman cars tea
or coffee. or both. free. This will ap.
ply only to trains TO which "A diner Is
attached, The reason assigned is that
tea and coffee have been found to
ward on headache due to travelling,
thus saving the care of sick passen.
gers
In New York March 18th. before
10000 spectators, large majority OF
whom were his countrymcn. Dornndo
Pietri defeated Johnny Hayes In the
rubber match for Marathon supremacy
The race was NJ the regulation dis.
lance. twcnty.slX miles. 3s5 yards. and
was run over n ten-lap track In Madi.
son Square Garden. Pietri won by
half mile. in 2:IS;oS.
The discovery of a strange substance
in u cave near the town OF Cornilla In
Mexico leads TO the belief that radium
is included in the composition OF the
interior. The walls OF the cave give
off AN irldesccnt glow constantly. and
when they are broken The brilliancy Of
the light Is greatly enhanced sam.
pies brought from the cav. glow IN
darkness.
What Is said 10 have been the frs;
christening Of an acroplane In the his.
tory Of the world took place Al Morris
Park. New York. on the itth inst, IN.
der the auspices OF the Acronautic So.
cicty. Practically all the ceremonies
which attended the launching of n ship
were performed. including the break.
Ing o! n bottle of champagne ou on" OF
the steel bars or the machine. The
Sponsor named the new Graf, NE.
York No. l..