The Springfield herald., 1902-03-07

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Harvard has cancelled the proposed
athletic /. meet between the eastern
track team Of the University OF Cali-
lTfornia and the track team of Harvard
university. ...-....-.,l,
The Katy Railroad Company has an
lnounced Ito stfre citizens of El Reno
I and AnadRrko its intention to build
through those cities from Guthrie and
on southwest into Texas, afdistance of
r6O miles.
+. Nddrly: 900 delegates TO the student
volunteer moyement convention are in
Toledo The convention opened We'd
nesday and the many visiting dele
gates from tfie'e.hited States and Can
ada were given:3i hearty welcome.
February 1Dthwea the coolest day
ever recorded in. Honolulu, the ther-
mon}eter Registering as low as 81 de.
grees above zero in the morning and
tshbwiiig the sgresitest tuctuation ever
kn6wh; there. for it rose "a degrees
during the.day.
Henry q. Marquand, for many years
lpYesident of the Metropolitan Museum
! Of. Art, and until. his retirement head
or the bdfking house of Marqua4d 4
PnTf1fly, died at New York on the 26th.
He"made many notable gifts and loans
to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
A daring and foolhardy attempt was
made February goth TO rob the Lon-
don and Mexico bank, one of the
strongest financial concerns in the City
of aMexico, by. an unknown rohber,
who after killing the cashier and see'
ing that he would be captured, blew
out his own brains. ...c..s.I,,.
The veteran journalist of the BLACK
Hills, Albert w. Merrick, died ut
DeudwOod on the 2Gth of pneumonia
He was siNty-two years old and vet
erdh of.-the war-1u cttc rebellion. ne
started the .Qeadwood EiOneer in 1876,
twhep, there. werd. no Qllfer papers in
that part of Dakota.
The .&sAMn l6arag ge. .aneasure intro
duted by Senator Allyn has PASSED the
upper .hed2e af'atRA:AMR .legislature
by IL. vote Of .2S to 1G, with six mem
bers' absent ::or nor voting. 1t was in
the Senate that the greatest opposition
was expected the House having voted
fayorably two years ago, the Senate
|'afterwalds .Rillfnig the bill. -
Memorial services were held. IN the
Tombs prison on the 23rd for Mrs. Re
-becca,, Foster, known as the "Tombs
angel" who vas burned to death In
the Bark. Avenue hotel fire. For
twelve years Mrs. Foster seldom had
missed n Sunday in the Towbs. Many
of the convlcts who had come to love
Mrs. Foster wept at the services.
DR.. Charles II. Gilbert, head of the
geological department OF Stanford uni
versity, and party, will sail in a few
days: FROM San F1ahtisco' on six
months scientific expedition to Ha-
wall, where he will take charge of the
United, States fish commission that
was conducted Hst year by David
Starr Jordan and DR.. Oliver p. Jen-
kins.
A letter received from an important
business house at Carthagena, Colom-
bia,. says that q large number of In
| fihential. people, including merchants.
are turning to the support OF the Lib
erals, Through convictions that the pres
ent government of Colombia Is doing
ali possible to biodE the sale of the
Panama canal property to the United
Stat6s.
/, In spite Of the bulletins of victories
| over the insurgents published by the
Venezuelan government, advices f9m
l'Caracas indicate that the revolution is
gaining ground daily. New uprisings.
are reported in almost all parts of the
E.epuptry, notably in the Tachira dis
I trfct on the Colombian frontier and in
| the vicinity of Barcelona, where the
insurgents are concentrating. sIE
The New Jersey assembly after
Tong and humorous debate, has passed
| the mosquito eXterIninating bill by u
.Sote Of AS to 8. The bill appropriates
l$10, 900 to the state experiment station
yyNfr
investigation of the habits, origin and
breeding. places of the mosquito and
its relation. to malarial and other dis
eases. The Inoney.is to be expended
By: th&iA4aii& 'entomologists.
/ sShtysfdur mep are reported to have
1-been killed or wounded during fighting
(which occurred on the Montenegrin
frontier between .Albnnian1 and Turk
| ish regular troops. The trouble was
due to the recent assassination of AN
4 Albanian chief, Mulazelia. The latter's
clansmen demanded the surrender OF
| the murderer, falling which. they at
| taeked force of Turkish frontier
troops The fighting continues.
The series of festivities to celebrate
the centenary of the. birth of Vietor
| Hugo opened at PatiS'on .the,2Gth With
a grand ceremony within the PAN
theon under auspices of the .goyern-
ment. President. Loubet.' Premier Wal
i deck Rossehu ard the other members
of the .CaApet, the members OF, the
Senate and. the Chamber Of; deputies.
representative delegations from the in
'stitute and other state bodies We're
present. -, y go z
The postoftice ut Campton. Dela Wnre
county, Iowa. is to be discontinued. 1t
has IA unique record. ? September i,
l 1857, A. v. Brown was appointed
..x.... In held tho attinn pNnI