The Springfield herald., 1898-11-18
TELEGRAPHIc BREvITIEs.
St. Louis now has a curfew law.

emperor Wllllam has started Tor
Damascus.
Ex-Chaplain Mcintyre has gone to
California to recuperate.
Those who took stock in the Omaha
exposition will get their money back.
Veterans of the Spanish war have
formed an organization similar to the
Grand Army of the Republic.
The rescued Spanish cruiser, Maria
Teresa, foundered on her way to the
United States during heavy storm.
An election riot at Greenwood, South
Carolina, resulted in the death Of an
election judge and several negroes.
In spite of the formal promises of
the Chinese foreign office, there is ev-
cry indication of concerted move
ment of Chinese troops in the neigh
borhood Of Pekin.
NJ. Zinovieff. the Russian ambassador
to Turkey, has formally proposed the
appointment of Prince George of
Greece as commissioner general of the
European powers in Crete.
Colonel William j. Bryan. Third Ne
braska regiment, left Savannah last
Saturday for Lincoln, Nebraska, his
home, on n fifteen days. furlough. lie
has been i'll and has gone home to re-
cuperate.
Influenza has become epidemic in
Berlin. The first outbreak was in the
Third regiment of the Berlin Guard.
From the barracks 1t has spread TO the
other regiments of the guard and
throughout the city.
The net earnings of railroads in Tex
as for the year ended June 80. 1898.
were about S3.O0O,00O in excess of what
they were the year before, and the
present year is expected TO show still
greater increase. These figures show
Texas to be doing Il prosperous busl-
ness.
Three cars laden with coal fell down
n hoistinE shaft Mt the Exeter colliery
at Wyoming. Pennsylvania, last week
crushing seven men TO death, fatally
injuring three others. The accident
was due to failure of the car brakes
to work Mt critical time. and the cars
toppled down the shaft completely
blocking it.
1t is announced that the piece OF
ground on Mount Zion. accounted by
tradition to have been the abode Of the
Virgin after the crucfiXion. which was
said to have been presented to Empc-
ror William by the Sultan during the
Kniser's stay in Jerusalem, was pur-
chased by his majesty, the price paid
being $500 Turkish pounds.
A dispatch from Santiago de Cuba
says: Two local mining companies.
owing to the continued refusal Of Gu
bans to accept employment in mines OH
account of the organization of the army.
have employed $50 Gallcjos miners
from the ranks Of the Spanish garri-
son at Cienfuegos. They were em-
ploycd with the consent Of General
Blanco.
The United States transport New
port. bearing General Miles and staff.
the First battalion. Twentieth Kansas
regiment, and the Wyoming light bat
terry, sailed on the Sth for the Philip
pines. This expedition is the last or
dcred to the Philippines and Camp
Merriam in San Francisco is now n
thing of the past, the only troops left
there being those of the California de-
partment.
DIR. ]. b. Murphy's new treatment for
consumptivcs has apparently worked
It's first cures. The patients are VIII
liam B. Purcell and ]. c. Edwards of
Chicago, who have been undergoing
treatment for little over three
months. The treatment Is that which
excited wide interest when presented
in a paper read by DIR. Murphy before
the American Medical Association at
Denver last summer.
The cruiser Philadelphia has been or
dered to Samoa and will leave within
n few days. The Yorktown will prob
ably follow her. 1t is feared that the
forthcoming election of new king
may result in revolution, and it is de-
sirable to have war vessels there to
protect American interests. The con-
tract for the American coaling station
at Pago-Pago has been let to a San
Francisco firm and the work will soon
be begun.
The Army Investigating Commission
will soon go to Santiago and probably,
though not certainly, to Porto Rico.
This Is according TO the announcement
made several weeks ngo. They met
no opposition on the part of the Presi-
dent, who was understood to acquicsce
perfectly in the decision of the COM
mission. AS much information as pos
sible will be gathered and it is believed
quently will then be better understood.
The time of going has not yet been de-
cided upon.
A dispatch to the New York Herald
from Madrid says: The Liberals lead
ing article says the Spanish govern
ment should conclude the negotiations
for peace with the utmost rapidity to
avoid German, Russia or any other
country mixing in the question, which
could but mean fresh disasters TO
Spain. The article has created a great
sensation here. Premier Sagasta this
afternoon said that it was by no means
certain that Spain proposes sending Il
memorandum to the powers on the sub
ject of the Paris Peace Commission.
Major General Nelson Miles has com
plcted and submitted to the War De-
partment his report. covering the en-
tire period of hostilities between the
United States and Spain. 1t could not
be learned at the War Department
whether this report in its entirety will
be given out for publication in the near
future, or at all. 1t is hinted that GER
tain portions of the report may be
withheld. The sum and substance of
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