The Springfield herald., 1902-10-10
SHORT TELEGRAMS.

$751; 600, the highest price on record.
John d. Long, eN-secretary of the
navy, has been chosen president of the
board of oyerseers of Harvard Uni
versity.
The Bolivian foreign minister and the
Peruvian plenipotentiary have signeda
treaty settling the boundary question
between their respective countries.
An official report issued by the min
lister of agriculture ut Buenos Ayres
says the recent rains in the Argentine
Republic have destroyed the crops.
A fire at Stockton, Cal, September
2Sth, destroyed the agricultural payil-
ion and several other buildings, causing
loss of about half n million dollars.
1t is now stated that the bequest to
Princeton of Miss Mary j. Winthrop OF
New York. which formerly was report
ed to be $5OO,OOO, will amount to ST.
100000
AT wedding celebration in a barn
at Werba, near Moscow, a fire was
started by a cigarette and over 100 of
the guests were suffocated or burned
to death. .,,s
A lone highwayman held up the
Sites -GranGeville stage in Idaho coun-
ty, Idaho, a few days ago and robbed
six passengers of $3.50 in money and
some jewelry.
Newspapers in Rome announce that
the grand master of the Italian Free
| Masons has instructed all the Italian
lodges to open subscriptions in behalf
Of the destitute Beers.
The autopsy on the remains Of Emile
Zola resulted in an official declaration
that. he died from asphyxiation caused
by carbonic oxide fumes. This puts At
rest the theory of suicide.
Henry Phipps of New York City was
the donor of the 100000 gift to the
Boer fund recently announced by Cen
eral Botha, and which was at hrst
credited by mistake to another party.
Milk has been advanced one-half cent
n quart at wholesale in New YORK.
This is the third advance from sum
mer prices, the first having been made
on August l, and the second on Septem-
ber l.
Frederick Wellington Ruckstuhl of
st. Louis has been appointed chlef OF
sculpture of the worlds fair. He Will
have active direction of the modelling
of all sculptural effects ut the expo
sition.
A life size statue Of Louis Kossuth
was unveiled in Cleveland on Septem-
ber 2Sth in the presence of $1,000 peo-
pie There was q street parade OF
5000 members of allied Hungarian so
cieties.
The notifications of the treaty (defin-
Ing boundaries and limiting armaments
and naval construction between Chile
and the Argentine Republic, were eX-
changed at Santiago on Tuesday, Sep
tember 23rd.
The Circuit Court at Deadwood,
Soutl Dakota. has sustained the action
of the Puma school board in refusing
to comply with an order of the Board
of Public Health to enforce vaccina-
ton in the public schools.
There will be no strike of the en-
plo,us of the -four mills of Minneapolis,
for. beginning October 13, the mills OF
Minneapolis will be operated on an
eight schedule, and on wage ba
sis satisfactory to the men.
The summoning of an automobile
chauffeur in the employ of Premier Bal.
four in London before the magistrate
of st. Neoes, for driving Il car faster
than twenty-five miles an hour, result
cd in the imposition Of fine Of $50.
The London Chronicle gives currency
to rumor that n movement is on foot
TO make President Roosevelt colonel
| in n British line regiment. The paper
believes that the matter of precedent
| for such action is being inquired into
1t is reported that the totals of chol-
era cases in the Philippine islands this
season up to September Both are IO,222
cases and 4S,402 deaths. But the act
ual total of cases is estimated to, be
about 100000, with deaths in proper
ton.
Secretary Hay has sent urgent In
structions to all the United States dip
lomatic officers abroad to do everything
within their power to secure displays
at the worlds exposition at St Louis
from the countries to which they are
accredited.
A patent has been secured, says
London dispatch to the New York
Tribune covering a novel engine for
marine propulsion, which John wills,
the inventor. asserts will reduce the
crossing of the Atlantic to at least
three days journey.
According to an announcement by OIL
ficials of the Canadian Pacific railway
| the first fast steamer of the New allar
| line service from st. Johns, n. b., III
connection with that road was to SAIL
| from Liverpool On November 6. Sail.
| ingS will be weekly.
There were 1.O71 strikes during 1901
| in Germany, involving l41,22o persons,
as against !, ,462 strikes of 29S,S10 per-
sons in 1900. In 200 cases in 1901 the
strikers were successful, in 80 cases
they were partially successful and in
5T1 cases they failed.
For tha first fine in several years q
case OF leprosy was discovered IN beiie