The Springfield herald., 1901-05-31
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census Scotllnu mas p0pula uOn OF H.
,0o7.
Esther Cleveland. daughter of the
former President, is suffering from
diphthcria.
Cumana In Venezuela was visited by
violent earthquake shock May Goth.
No loss of life Is reported.
The Gar, in mn autograph letter, has
promised to reorganize the imperial,
council on modern lines.
The Thlrty-flrst, Forty-first and For
ty-second infantry regiments sailed for
home from Manila, May 18th.
General Macarthur celebrated the
surrenders of the insurgents Lascarda
and Lacuna by releasing 1000 Filipino
prisoners.
New York capitalists have secured
concessions from Mexico and will build
n 3OO-mile railroad through the Yuca-
tan forests.
S. II. Galloway, president of the New
York Central railroad, will resign to
accept the presidency of the new Amer
lean Locomotive Company.
Andrew Carnegie has given $10,OOO-
OOO to establish free education In four
Scotch MISUNDERSTANDING Glas-
gov, Aberdeen and st. Andrews.
Statistics just published by the Inter
national Sugar Association show that
Germany's beet sugar acreage this year
Is !, 165, 40 acres, an increase of 60,041.
Circuit Judge Dufeld of Hot Springs,
Arkansas. in n recent decision upheld
the validity Of the drastic anti-gam-
l,,t tb., lnc 7 eli
ture.
The workingmen's pension bill intro
duccd in the French Legislature pro-
vides an annuity of $40 for Il worker OF
either sex at the age of siNty-five
years.
The approximate value of the COM
mercia fisheries of the United States
in 1899 was S40.000.0O0. to which the
oyster Industry contributed about $14,
100000.
The Order of Railway Conductors
will continue the grand offices Mt Cc-
dar Rapids. Iowa. and cooperate. ms
far as possible, with other railroad fra
ternities.
A pronounced earthquake shock was
felt Mt Wellston. Ohio, May 18th. 1t
was also felt at GAINESVILLE. Ports
mouth and Ironton, and at Huntington,
West Virginia.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shaw left New
York city in their automobile AT n.
NJ May Sth and arrived mt Chicago ut
G:4j n. III. May 18th. the distance be
Ing LOO miles or more.
parliamentary paper just issued
shows the total Of British troops In
South Africa May 1st to be eO,19l.
The total deaths were 1I.0IS, and
wounded 1920. In hospital, April
18th, there were 1877.
The upper house Of the Norway Stor-
thing rejected the bill adopted by the
lower house May 11th, providing conf
munal suffrage for women paying
taxes on an income of at least 800
crowns.
The sovereign camp. Woodmen of the
World. has decided that in future If Il
member engages in the liquor business
he shall be expelled, and camps refus-
ing to take this action shall have their
charters revoked.
A package containing $1,000 in cur-
rency. consigned by registered mail by
the Kansas City National Bank. of
Commerce to bank IN Great Bend,
Kansas. has disappeared. and detec-
tivcs are working on the theory that 1t
was stolen by postal clerk.
The New York Indian Association
will send n letter of protest to Govern
or Toole of Montana, asking the release
of Little Whirlwind. the young Chey-
cnne Indian who. it is claimed, Is I'M
justly enduring n life sentence for mur-
der.
Berlin dispatch says that the Prus-
sian railways have been Informed that
there will be Il large emigration this
spring of Ruthenian farmers to the
United States and that 5000 will pass
through Hamburg in the course Of the
next few days.
Alexander Edward Sweet, founder of
Texas Siftings and n humorist of ma
tionnl reputation under the pen names
of "Col. Bill Sweet" and REV. WhanE-
doodle" died at New York May Goth of
heart disease. He was native of
Nova Scotia and sixty years old.
"Steeple Jack" Williams, whose dar-
ing feats in high places have made him
known all over the country. was run
over and killed by "A street car mt
Cleveland, May 18th. He attempted to
dash across the street III front OF n troll
ley car and his life was crushed out.
The Kansas Supreme Court reversed
the decision of the District Court in
the Topeka mayoralty contest, and in
stalled ]. w. Il. Hughes, the Republi-
can and law enforcement candidate in
the mayors chair. Topeka is now en-
tirely under the control of the dry
element, and operations against the
joints are expected at once.
The Navy Department has Leen ad-