The Springfield herald., 1901-12-06
rELEeRAPHIc sREvlTlEs.

Former President Cleveland is rap
idly recovering from his severe cold.
1t is stated that $75O.OO0,OOO is annu-
ally expended for beer in the German
empire.
King Edward VII was sixty years
old November 9th. He is said to bear
his age well.
The National Grange has elected
Mason Jones of Indiana as national
worthy master.
The sIx-days' trade carnival Mt Be-
atrice, Nebraska, which closed Novem-
Der 23rd, was n great success.
1t is reported that fashionable pleas
ure resorts on the Mediterranean have
decided to exclude consumptlves.
According to the latest reports the
fraternal organizations of this coun-
try and Canada contain 5,I22O DIG mem
bers.
According to dispatch to the Lon
don Standard from Odessa, 13O persons
perished in the recent earthquakes at
EZerouu.
A London newspaper figures that the
population of New York City in 1911
should be rs great as that of London Is
now-4, ,iS3,342.
In disregard of the expressed wish of
Queen Alexandra, many of the British
peeresses are having their coronation
robes made in France.
Colonel Arthur Lynch, the newly
elected member of Parliament for Gal
way, has been Informed that If he
comes to England he will be tried for
treason.
Railway employees in this country
constitute an army of nearly 1,OOO,OOO
people, with probably nearly 100000
people dependent on the wages paid
by railroads.
When the casket containing the body
of James Winn was opened at the
grave at Decatur Alabama, the sup
posed dead man came to life and was
taken back home for treatment
John Goodnow, consul general at
Shanghai, reports to the State Depart
ment that over 100000 people in the
Yangtse valley will starve this winter
unless they get help from outside.
The London correspondent Ofthe New
York Tribune says those in the way
of seeing Lord Salisbury, British pre-
mier, describe him as againg rapidly
and displaying little interest in public
affairs.
A strong movement has been organ,
lied in Paris for the enactment of
law prohibiting the wearing of corsets
by women unde: thirty years of age.
1t has the support of artists and ply
sicians.
The French Senate has adopted pro-
posals supported by the premier, NJ.
Waldeck- Rosseau, to appoint COM
mission to study the means to be taken
in order to arrest the depopulation of
France.
Governor Hunt of Porto Rico says
that island is in prosperous condi-
ton. He claims that the people are
not only acquicscing in American rule,
but they axe becoming enthusiastically
American.
The German Emperor maintains
lieterary bureau. Every paper of any
Importance published in Germany is
sent to this bureau, and all articles eX-
pressing strong opinions are cut out
and preserved.
Vienna papers assert that Turkey is
preparing an arrogant circular note to
powers protesting against their per
petual interference" in Turkish ar
fairs and demanding TO know their in
tention regarding Crete.
The immense oil well near Baku, in
Russia, which has been producing H.
100000 gallons daily since November
1Ith, has been supplemented by an
other gusher almost as large, which
was struck November 21st.
Helen Wilman Post, C. G. Post and
Charles Burgman of Sea Breeze, Flori-
da, have been indicted at Macon, Geor-
gia, for alleged fraudulent use of the
mails in sending letters and pamphlets
advocating their science of mental
healing.
The French Academy has awarded
the prize for virtue of 1000 francs to
Cecile Morand, Il seamstress, who is IL
dwarf and lame, and who. from the
age of thirteen years, has supported Il
paralytic father, sick mother and ten
brothers and sisters.
Rich Americans cannot buy their
way into Westminster Abbey to wit
ness the coronation ceremonies. King
Edward has decided that the mere fact
of any seat being sold dispossesses
both the holder and the nominee from
the right of occupying it.
The New York Tribune's London rep
resentative says the coronation robes
are being displayed on wicker dunn
mics in the earl marshal's office for the
benefit of dressmakers and tailors. so
that no mistakes may be made when
titled customers give orders.
The London correspondent of the
New York Tribune cables that King
Edward is not sick as reported. Those
recently with him assert that he has
no throat ailment whatever. and that
his general health and spirits are now
better than for a long time.
The steamer Gauss, bearing the Ger
man Antarctic expedition. headed by
Professor Enrich Won Drygalski of