The Springfield herald., 1900-02-09
TELEGRAPH ITEMS.

The British Parliament met on the
Both and Il lively session is expected.
Official reports on pig-iron produc-
ton in Germany during 1899 show
S,O29,3O5 tons, us against 7,4O2,117
tons in 1898.
The British steamer ENpedient has
run down and sunk II harbor steamer,
near Altoona, Germany. Thirty work
men Were drowned.
Missouri is suing Nebraska to cstab-
lish its right to n strip of land that has
been cut off by n change in the bed Of
the Missouri river.
Thirty thousand cases of Influenza
have been reported by the physicians
of Rome. The iii 20 for tie most
pu.., however, ,.Y,ears n, Il mid form,
but the authorities have the closing OF
the schools under consideration.
There is Il rumor in Paris that n re-
bellion has occurred among the Sou
danese troops in Khnrtoum. There are
only 100 white British soldiers there
under command of Il major The SOU
danese force consists of two battallonS
with Il total Of 800 men.
While the United States gunboat
Wheeling, now in Ilongkong harbor,
was saluting in honor of the German
emperor's birthday, II gun burst, kill
ing Gunners Campbell and Nelson and
seriously wounding Lieutenant Beatty
and Gunncrs Conroy and Bite.
Il. w. Howe, editor of the AtchiSon
Globe, has accepted an invitation to
write for the Topeka State Journal
during the week that the Rev. G. NJ.
Sheldon edits the Capital as Chris
tan daily n lay sermon each day on
how ministers should preach the gos-
pei.
1t is stated that the cowboys and
miners in southern Arizona have or
ganizcd and are preparing to invade
Sonora and avcnge the murder of tho
six prospcctors. They will fight against
the Mexican troops for the indcpen-
dence of the Sonora and the Eaqui ma
ton.
Belgian vesscl-owncrs are petitionins
the government to withdraw the law
imposing Belgian captains on Belgian
ships. Belgian masters, the owners
say. are incompetent, and they much
prefer Americans, EnSlishmen, Ger
mans or Scandinavians. The petition
has aroused intense Indignation among
Belgian mariners.
Sig. Pans, Italian ambassador to the
porte, is protesting most vigorously
against the seizure of an Italian girl
for Turkish harem at Broussa. The
Turkish government refuses to deliver
the girl, on the prctext that she has
adopted the religion of Islam. ltnl-
ian-Trrkish relations are greatly
strained In consequence.
Marcus DAILY. president of the Anal
gamated Copper Company, has retired
from the personal and active manage
ment Of the big corporations proper
ties in Montana. and has been succeed
ed by G. NJ. Hyams, who for number
of years has been general manager OF
the Boston and Montana Mining Com
pany, one of the concerns taken by the
Amalgamated.
A representative of the American
coal trust who has been in Bremen
during the last week has been overrun
with orders, owing to the scarcity
which the Austrian strikes have pro
duced. The American producers,
however. are unable TO supply half of
the quantity demanded, because trans
portation facilities are lacking, and the
American coal syndicate declines to
furnish such facilities.
There is now being presented to the
Burlington employees II proposition for
n pension system similar to that re-
Gently put into effect with the Penn
sylvania lines. 1t is figured N!at with
the $4,000 men to start with, all with
an average age younger than that Of
the Pennsylvania, the system should
be installed more easily from tinan-
cal point of view. and would have
many benciicent results.
The election of ninety-ninc senators
in France on the 2Sth resulted in
practical rOut for the Nutionulsts. only
three out of their thirty candidates be-
I'm, ola aI (,anlpu1S
cier and Lambert alone succeeded,
both commanding large majorities.
General Mcrcier was the principal Na.
tionnlist candidate. The result is us
follows: Republicans Gl, Liberal Re.
publicans 6, Radicals Is. Socialists I,
Monarchists 4, Nationalist 5
A lead pencil. the value cf which is
about . cents. but which was an old
heirloom. is the cause OF n law suit in
Michigan. Horace Blood was showing
the pencil to DIR. George Il. Dunn,
when Dunn put it in his pocket. Blood
asked him TO bring il back, and fin
ally notified him that unless II was re-
turned suit would be commenced. In
Justice Noycs' court the pencil was
turned over to the justice but the suit
will be finished TO see who pays the
costs.
Until she reached San Francisco,
Mrs Lawton knew nothing of the eff
fort of the American people to provide
in n measure for the loss of the bread
winner When told of the fund
amounting to almost 100000 that had
been raised for the Lawton family the
widow was overcome with gratitude
and could only sob forth her thanks.
To know that the children would be
provided with Il home was n source of
much comfort to the mother after
many trials she had endured.