The Springfield herald., 1902-03-21
SHORT TELEGRAMs.

Sloan as associate justice OF the Su-
preme Court of Arizona.
The mex. annual meeting of the
Farmers National Congress will be
Sth, 9th and 10th.
Prince Henry of Prussia sailed for
Germany on board the Hamburg
American liner Deutschland on Tues
day.
Miss Alice Roosevelt, daughter of
President Roosevelt, accompanied by
party of friends, including Senator
Thomas C. Platt, arrived in Havana
Wednesday.
John Lawson. known in bicycle cir
cles throughout the country as the
Terrible Swede," was taken to hos
pital in Milwaukee, having beeL
stricken with pneumonia.
The Capetown correspondent Of the
London Standard cables that the
breathing of Cecil Rhodes is most
difficult and labored, and that all the
dangerous symptoms remain.
Brigadier General David S. Stanley,
U. S. A., retired, who rendered gallant
and distinguished services in the war
of the Rebellion, is lying dangerously
i'll at his home in Washington.
The jury in the case of William
Brooks, charged with the murder of
James Roberts in the Dawson Club sa-
loon, Cripple Creek. on Christmas
morning, returned verdict of not
guilty.
Premier SagaSta announces the dell
mite resignation of Senior Urzaiz, the
minister OF finance. The Spanish caD-
net meets tomorrow, when new heads
of the ministry of finance and the in
terror will be appointed.
Sarah Jane PETER, wife of ex-Sen-
ator w. A. PETER of Kansas, died in
Washington, ID. c., at the residence of
her daughter, Mrs. N. j. Mcllhenny.
Mrs. PETER, who was seventy years OF
age, suffered an attack of paralysis IN
January.
Two natural gas explosions at Peru,
Ind, wrecked two buildings and in
jured six people. Frank Kiley, Sr., is
supposed to be fatally injured. Others
injured are Frank Kiley, Jr., James
and Bridget Kiley, Mrs. John Hayes
and baby.
The Baroness de Roques denies all
the reports that her daughter, Mrs.
Florence Maybrick, will be included in
the coronation amnesty, saying: Il
have not received information OF any
SOEI IeldtluS ~ AlIS. hay DilSh PoSor
BILE release"
A cyclone swept through the south
ern section of Copiah and the north
ern section of Lincoln counties, Missis-
sippi, killing at least seven persons and
leveling buildings, trees and fences
Montgomery. n village in COpiah coun-
ty, was almost wrecked.
Bishop Henry C. Potter was the sub
.;,,l Inv n
mans Christian Temperance Union of
Newark, New Jersey. That Bishop
Potter may see the temperance and
Sunday saloon question in Il different
light was the burden of supplications
in his behalf.
George L. Bateman. hack driver,
vas awarded $446 by jury in the
District Court as commission for
having secured for j. G. Hiesland,
Manitou curio dealer, a purchaser for
valuable mineral collection. Bate
man "steered' the purchaser to HE
stands store.
Fire which originated in the kitchen
of the residence of Arthur Bouchard.
Mntane, Quebec, caused the death of
Mrs. Bouchard and nine children.
Bouchard jumped from an upper story
window and was about to be followed
by his wife, but she failed in her at
tempt and perished.
At the quarterly meeting of the
Western Union Telegraph Company
General Thomas L. Eckert was elected
chairman of the board of directors and
Colonel Il. c. Clowry, now vice pres-
dent and general superintendent of the
western division Mt Chicago, was elect
ed president and general manager Of
the company.
A $4,000 city hall building will be
erected at Canon City this summer.
The contract has already been award
ed to S. A. Van Buskirk, local con-
tractor. Work upon the building will
commence as soon as the site, which
is now occupied by small frame
building usel for public school pur-
poses, can be cleared.
A meeting of the creditors of the
late Archbishop Purcell was held, ia
which resolutions were adopted asking
for the discharge of the receivers and
appealing to Rome for special collec-
tions throughout the United States to
wipe out the Indebtedness, of which.
there is balance of about SG00O,OOO,
including the accumulated interest of
many years.
The biggest blaze seen in Paris since
the burning of the Opera Comique in
1897 broke out Monday in n block of
warehouses in the Rue Montmartre.
The warehouses We're partially filled
with silk, velvet and woolen goods.
These materials caused the fire to rage
furiously and the flames spread rapidly
to the upper portions of the buildings,
which were used rs residences. Loss,
$250,OO0
George P. Murray pleaded guilty in
Chicago to conspiracy to keep fu-