The Springfield herald., 1897-07-16
TELEGRAPHIc BREvlTIEs.

keepsIe on the End over the Pennsylvania
| and Columbia crews.
! The Columbia Building and Loan Savings
' Association OF Louisville has failed as re-
suit of the new Kentucky law.
The wheat crop In Cheyenne sherman
and parts Of Rawins and Thomas counties,
Kansas. has been destroyed by the nov
weather.
A party Of ten young Chicago men are
about to start on n two-months horseback
journey, going from nawlins to the yellow
stone Park.
Three persons were killed outright and
about thirty persons injured In rear-end
collision on the Chicago Il Northwestern
road Wednesday at West Chicago. The
trains were Christian Endeavor specials.
Additional details of tho erupttons Of the
Mnyou volcano In tho province of Albayo
Philippine islands, showed that 10 OF the
Inhabitants of the village Of Librug perished
The volcano OF Mnyou has been asleep Aiuce
1917.
Slams relations with France are strained.
1t Is reported that 100 Slamese, under
royal commissioner, have Invaded the pro-
vince of Gourg In Luang Phrabang. col
lectcd taxes, sacked and burned villages and
carried OF a number of prisoners.
A collision took place in the Dardanelles
between the German vessels Eherbeck ana
Berthilde. The former sank almost imme-
diately (and fourteen of her crew were
drowned, while n boat that was sent to the
rescue by the Austrian gunrdship was cap
sized, drowning two.
A dispatch from Constantinople says that
Edhem Pasha, commanderin-chiefO of the
Turkish forces In Thessaly, has rendered
his resignation of command to the sultan,
the ground that under the proposed
peace conditions he will be unable to guar
antee the discipline OF the army.
The New York Evening Posts London
correspondent cables as follows: ! under
stand that large orders for steel rails have
been placed in the United States by two OF
the Indian railways ut prices said to be IL
per ton below the figure at which the con
tract would be filled in this country.
The first consignment of California green
fruits to Europe this season was made from
Sacramento at midnight last Tuesday. 1t
consisted of six carloads, and Is expected to
reach London In twelve days. From this
time on shipments of this character to the
East will be made regularly on passenger
schedule.
The newspapers OF the city report battle
which has just taken place between 4oo
Greek raiders and a detachment of Otto
man troops near Metrovo. The Greeks suf-
fered loss of 40 killed. In addition eighty
of the Greeks were captured and taken to
Janino, the headquarters of the Turkish
army in Epirus.
The old war vessel Omaha. which has been
condemned by the government, and Is at
present doing duty as a quarantine hulk at
San Francisco, has been Systematically
looted of all the old machinery and metal
fixtures One of the thieves has been cap
turcd and he has made confession that
the watchman of the old steamer was his
confederate.
1t is authoritatively stated that John d.
Rockefeller will be held to his offer Of $780,
600 to the American Baptist Home Mission
nry Society and the American Baptist Mis-
sionary Union. The sum of $4,000. upon
the raising of which by the two societies by
July LIST his gift was conditioned, has been
secured. This will wipe out the Indebted
ness of $4S6,OOO.
John l.. Bardwe OF San Francisco has
presented to the Golden Gate park museum
one of the largest collections of dellcately
carved worries that can be found In the
United States. There are 700 pieces in all.
ranging In value from $50 to $1,000 each.
They represent every conceivable kind of
animal and vegetable life. with protecting
gods and goddesses.
A serious riot has broken out at Chitpoore.
India. caused by rumored proclamation of II
mosque. The police were compelled to call
in aid from the military In order to disperse
the rioters A number of Europeans have
been seriously injured. The soldiers now
patrol the dlsafrected district, but the ex-
element of the natives continues, and fur
ther disturbances are feared.
The Associated Press is Informed on reli-
able authority that Mr.. Richard Croker as
sures his friends that he has virtually
made up his mind to return to New York In
m tn mi bp
next autumn's elections. He is In constant
cable communication with the Tammany
leaders and taking an active part In arrang-
Ing the preliminaries.
Through the carelessncss of herders four
bands of sheep aggregating 10000 head, be-
longing to the Platte Valley Sheep Com
pany, Patterson * Stanley and McDermott
& Moran, became mixed on the range near
Polards ranch. Wyoming. The sheep are
unmarked and unbranded and about one-half
are young lambs, making the mix-up a
rious matter for the owners.
The President has sent the following nom
nations to the Senate: William woodville
Rockhlll of the District of Columbia. to be
envoy extraordinary and minister plenipo-
tcntiary and consul general to Greece, Rou-
mania and Scrvia; Arthur S. Mardy of New
Hampshire. minister resident and consul
general of the United States to Persia;
Ahrnham II. smith OF Illinois. consul Of the
United States at Victoria. British Colum-
bla.
The Pan-Anglican, as officially called
the Lambeth conference, began at London
on the goth, with private devotional ser
vice in the chapel OF Lambeth palace-the
official residence of the Archbishop of Can
terbury. There are some 200 prelates of the
various churches In communion with the
Church OF England invited, besides all the
nrchbishops and the bishops OF the churches
OF England. Wales. Scotland and Ireland
and the British colonies In all parts of the
world.
Reports from Central Kansas Indicate that
hot winds prevailing In that section are
causing serious damage to crops. Particu-
larly gloomy reports come from Larned and
Great Bend. In that section of the state
harvest hands We're driven from the fields
being unable to cut or stack the grain, and
the corn crop, 1t is reported, has been
scorched beyond recovery. Reports from
the western and central part of the state
generally, indicate that crops are greatly in
need Of rain.
The secretary of state has written a letter
to the governor Of California asking him TO
cause an investigation of the circumstan nces
under which two Japanese subjects were
driven from the new town of Johannesburg
in that state, While thIs nartf,uI,r ,,,a