The new era., 1909-04-01

Ex-Pesident Roosevelt is arranging
his affairs for at least two years alb
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
a fine of $4,000. The case hinged on
the Standards accepting concessions
from railroads in shipments of oil from
Olean. n. v. 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
band of hostile Moros attacked Lieu
tenant Furlong's detachment OF CON
stabulary at Bordong March Sth and
after a sharp fight eight Moros and
two members OF the constabulary were
left dead on the field. while two SOL
nj, lnl
A wireless dirigible airship, invented
by Mark o. Anthony. a New York
electrical engineer is to be construct
ed in the balloon factory of Leo Ste
vens in New York City. 1t 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 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 combination of
Hertzian waves and blowpipes. In from
20 to 80 minutes thick fog dispersed
over zone of 200 yards. Encouraged
by this success, the experiments will
be continued
Miss Anne Morgan. daughter of J.
Pierpont Morgan, will open restau-
rant in the Brooklyn navy yard about
May 1st. 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 it will furnish
to all passengers on Pullman cars tea
or coffee. or both, free This will ap-
ply only to trains to which diner is
attached. The reason assigned is that
tea and coffee have been found to
ward off headache due to travelling,
thus saving the care of sick passen-
gers.
In New York March 18th. before
10000 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, twenty-siX miles, 3S5 yards, and
was run over ten-lap track in Madi-
son Square Garden. Pietri won by
half mile, in 2:48:08.
The discovery of strange substance
in 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 iridescent glow constantly. and
when they are broken the brillancy 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 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 New
York No. L.