The Springfield herald., 1900-03-30
TELEGRAPH ITEMS.

The bubonic plague is fast increas-
Ing. In Bengal 4,725 deaths occurred
last week. These included TIA in Gal
cutta and 2044 In Patna.
Twenty-four peasants were drowned
by the capsiZing of a boat IN which
they We're crossing the Danube from
kaloosn to Pays during gale.
Hon. William ]. Bryan returned to
Lincoln after an absence Of two
months, but started Mt noon FOR. Il
months tour of the northwest and Pa
ciflc states.
NJ. Mercadier claims to have solved
the problem of sending n number OF
dispatches simultaneously on single
wire. His system was recently tried
successfully.
Russia, it is said, is making special
efforts to increase her shipping, and
will give free trade in shipbuilding ma
terials and pay bounties for the estab-
lishment of navigation schools.
Ira Cole, who runs n sensational pa
per ut Culbertson, Nebraska, narrow
ly escaped death the other night from
an assassin's bullet. The aim was bad
and Cole is writing scare heads yet.
The Constantnople correspondent of
the Times announces that the sultan
has yielded "in all essential partlcu-
lars" to the Russian demands respect
ing railway concessions In Asia Minor.
Justice Fursman oftNew York made
decision In the "Snpho" case, direct
ing that it be submitted to the grand
Jury. If indictments are found the de-
cendants will be tried by jury In
general sessions.
In anticipation of the probable in
crease of capital stock of the Hartford
Life Insurance Company, the directors
have directed dividend of 100 per
cent, wholly from the surplus belong
ing to stockholders.
Examination of the books of Frank
q. Bundy, the defaulting city cham
berlain of Elmira, n. V, shows deti-
cit of $33, 900 in one tax roll. 1t is eN-
pected now that the total shortage will
reach at least 100000.
President Harper of the University
of Chicago, impellcd by the frequent
reports of poor class work on the part
Of the members of the glee, mandolin
and banjo clubs, has declared the clubs
disbanded for the rest of the year.
The will Of Philip d. Armour. Jr..
has been admitted to probate. 1t gave
the executors power to sell the real es-
tate and each one filed his personal
bond for S16,OOO.OOO. No other securi
ty was asked. The estate is estimated
at $S,OOO,OOO.
President Caroline Hazard of Welles-
ley College, has announced that John
d. Rockefeller had promised to give
Wellesley 100000 when the college
debt of $4,000 should be raised. The
students cheered for the college and
Mr.. Rockefeller.
The first important rain for many
months in Arizona commenced
Tuesday. The drought has resulted Sc
rlously, there being heavy loss Of
range stock from lack of pasture and
water. 1t is estimated that losses on
some ranges will reach fifty per cent.
The Polish National Alliance now in
convention Mt Chicago will consider
union of n life insurance feature with
the educational and patriotic features
of the old constitution. For the first
time women will be admitted to mem
bership on an equal footing with the
men.
A colony of 400 Missouri farmers is
to be established in the valley of the
ConchO river chihuahua. The promot-
ers of the colonization scheme have
purchased 100000 acres of rich valleys
and n few of the colonists have al
ready arrived. The remainder of the
families will arrive in time to put in
this seasons crop.
Tuesday Richard Oliver, n Chicago
broker, pleaded guilty in the United
States District Court to the charge of
using the mails to defraud country
customers by means of so-called "get
rich quick" scheme. Judge Kohlsaat
imposed n fine of 81 900 and ordered
the defendant to refund nearly $1,000,
which he has received from his victims
A majority of the national banks in
New York have made applications to
increase their circulation to the par
value of the bonds deposited by them
at Washington, and the necessary pa
pers have, in most cases, been forward
ed to the secretary of the treasury. 1t
Is estimated that the increase of clrcu-
lation will amount to at least S25OO,-
900, exclusive of the circulation that
may be taken out on the deposit of ad-
ditionnl bonds.
Frederick DrIscoll,, for thirty-eight
years manager of the St Paul Pioneer
Press, one of the most genial and
most fayOrably known newspaper man
ayers of the United States, has been
secured by the American Newspaper
Publishers Association rs n general
commissioner to look after the inter
ests of that organization in its dealings
with the typographical unions and in
other matters of Importance to news
papers of the country.
The executive committee of the GIas-
Cow International Exhibition has ap-
pointed depuiation TO ask Sir Thomas
Upton to postpone his next challenge
for the Americas cup for one year.