The Springfield herald., 1902-09-12
SHORT TELEGRAMs.

2Io,OOO pupils.
Arrangements are being made to
either filter or boil all the water used
in the public school buildings Of Chi
cage.
On Tuesday, September md, Senator
Plat of New York predicted that the
anthracite coal strike would be settled
in two weeks.
In London August Both. II. y. nd A.
L. Ilsey beat the 1OO-mile unpaced tan
dem road record for bicycles, covering
the distance in 4:36:29.
At Chicago. August Both, A. y. Han
sen completed n ride of G34H miles in
twenty-four hours on motor bicycle,
making a worlds record.
Should the Pope life till 1908 he will
celebrate his diamond jubilee as
bishop, his golden jubilee as cardi-
nal and his silver jubilee as n pope.
w. X. Vanderbilt, Jr., has aban-
doned automobiling, in which he holds
the worlds mile record, because of the
death of his brother-in-law, Charles l..
Fair.
A dispatch to the Central News or
London from Copenhagen says it is re-
ported that the Czarina has had mis-
carriage but that her condition is not
alarming.
Registration for the new school year
in Greater New York began September
3D. The total registration, new and
old of the five boroughs is expected to
reach 100000.
A new comet of telescope size was
discovered by Professor Perrine of the
Lick observatory on the morning OF
September LIST. 1t was in the constel-
lation PerseLS.
Thirteen men We're shot and wounded
more or less seriously by Jerry Hunt
er, a seventy-ycar old L. gro whom they
were trying to arrest, in New Yc.k on
September 2nd.
The new coast defense monitor Wyo-
ming had her first trial trip at San
Francisco, August 30th. She developed
Il speed of 81 knots, although designed
only for 10 knots.
In bicycle race on the Nelodrom
track at Hartford, Connecticut. Septcm-
Der md Henry Caldwell rode iiye miles
in seven minutes and twenty-seven sec
onds, which is the worlds record for
that distance.
At Peapack. New Jersey, August
2Sth, more than 1000 people bearing
the name of Smith sat down to dinner
on the first day of the annual reunion
of Smiths. These reunions have been
held since 1876.
Carlisle NJ. Graham swan from the
whirlpool below niagara falls through
the lower rapids to Lewiston on the
afternoon of August 3lst. He had
some narrow escapes, but came
through safe and sound.
Both branches of the Cuban congress
have passed. resolutions ealing for the
release of all e0nvicts now confineN on
the island of Cuba who fought in the
Cuban army, says n Havana dispatch
to the New York Tribune
An trade as recently agreed upon by
the Sultan of Turkey has been issued,
repeating the exceptional measures
adopted against the Armenians, if the
Armenian patriarch would guarantee
that no outbreak would follow.
1t is thought by some of the San
Francisco people who are Interested In
the Marcus island deal that the Japan
csc cruiser which went to intercept
Captain Rosehilrs expedition from
Honolulu, went to the wrong island.
Forty per cent. of the entire crop of
cotton, or i156.o 900 bales, is retained
for American consumption this year,
and of this total northern mills will
take 100000 bales, while 1,S65,0oO
bales will be taken by southern mills.
The National Orange home ut Hat
boro, twenty miles north of Philadel-
phia. has just been dedicated by
Orangemen. The new home is unde-
Eominational and will be open TO all
orphan children of Protestant parent
age.
! The revolutionary movement in favor
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| Morocco. Moulal Abdel Aziz, is spread
ing among the Berber tribes. Berbers
recently attacked the town of Mekinc,
but the governor managed to pacify
the tribesmen.
Claus Sprockles. president of the
Federal Sugar Refining Company, and
his counsel recently arrived ut Montre-
nj to organize Canadian sugar REIN
ing company with Il capital of $4,000
GOO. Papers for the incorporation We're
signed and forwarded to Ottawa.
News recently arrived at Vancouver,
] British Columbia. from Skagway, that
the government winter road from
White Horse to Dawson would be
completed about October LIST. The
course taken shortens the distance from
White Horse to Dawson by some sixty
miles as compared with the distance
traversed on the ice trails down the
Yukon river.
Expectation of an early challenge
from Great Britain for another inter
national yacht race for the America
sup has stirred up speculation in New
York yachting circles. Much secrecy
surrounds the pl.us for the English
challenger, and the intentions Of the
New York Yacht Club are shrouded in
mystery. There is much talk of a syn
icate TO build n new defender.