The Springfield herald., 1902-03-28
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timated at between SIZE, 900 and $780,
600.
Signor MarcOni has left Ottawa for
Cape Breton, where he will locate his
station for Transatlantic wireless tel
| egraph. business.
In Servia the Cabinet has rendered
its resignation, owing to the adoption
by the National Assembly Of civil
service reform measure.
1T is. practically settled that the
Twenty-nintb infantry, now at San
| Francisco, Mil sail for the Philippines
on the transport Sheridan about April
1st. -,
| Fire at ,Marissa. Illinois, Tuesday
night, destroyed two blocks of build
ings, causing loss of $S0,OOO. with
only a small amount of insurance to
offset 1t.
John Woodward, the negro murderer
of Leonard Calvitt, white planter Of
Union Point, Concoidia parish, Louis
lana, was lynched within 800 yards Of
the parish prison in Vidalia, Louisiana.
The Senate, in executive session,
confirmed the nomination of Captain
A. s. ,Crowninshield to be rear ad-
miral. There was no comment upon
the nomination.
Secretary Root has notified Acting
Governor. Wright that taxes and duties
collected In the Philippines under the
\ recent tariff act for the islands shall
be converted directly into the Philip
pine treasury.
Lord Kimberley, the Liberal leader
of. the British House of Lords, who has
sbeen i'll for some time past, suffered n
relapse yesterday evening and is In ~
,semi-unconsclous condition.
James IT. Tairchiid, president of
Oberlln College and who was connect
ed with the college in various ,capaci-
ties for slxty-three years, died on the
10th, aged eighty7tive years.
When the great blizzard which raged
over the Dakotns and Manitoba subsid-
ed, the weather was fair, but Intense
~ cold, the thermometer ranging from
ten to sixteen degrees below zero.
The Turkish government has fatty
refused the demand of the United
States for the repayment OF the $I2,5Oo
paid to the brisands as a ransom for.
Miss Ellen NJ. Stone and her COM
panion, Madame Tsilka. :
Reports, from all sections of Callfor-
mia INDICATE that spring is. well ad-
vanced. The weather prevailing dur
ing the last week or ten days has been
remarkable. the fruit trees all over the
state have commenced to blossom.
Chicago has experienced severe Win
Ter weather. There was n drop in the
Temperature of fifty degrees. AT D
o'clock Monday the mercury regis
| tered four degrees below zero, while
a strong wind added to the general
| discomfort.
| M Aol tIn
ors of the county of London that the
sum of $50 is placed at their disposal
and he invited them to make the neces-
sary arrangements to entertain the
very poor to the number of 100000 at
n dinner in celebration of his corona
ton.
The News says that the Colorado &
Southern railroad has been sold to II
/ syndicate hended by John w. Gates and
Edwin Hawley; formerly the eastern
traffic manager of the Southern Pa,
cific, but whether the syndicate bought
for itself or for the Gould interests is
not known.
Suit has been instituted at Butte by
James A. Boyer to recover from the
| Washoe Copper Mining Company the
sum of S150.o00 which 1t is claimed is
the value of ore alleged to have been
Illegally extracted by tire Washoe COM
pany from beneath Il lot belonging to
Boyer.
| At the spt,ng session of the Institu-
| ton of Naval Architects in London 1t
was announ6 ed that the admiralty had
decided to create n new class of war
vessels to be known as the scout class,
somewhat after the type of torpedo
boat destroycrs, but CT greater sea
power.
The Supreme Court of California, in
decision declares the trust clause in
the will of the late Senator James G.
Fair invalid and the property will at
arce. :Le distributed among the chill
dren of the deceased senator. 1t is es-
tiniTted thht.tAe estate Is worth up
wards of $2O,O00,Oo0.
grhe woman's.- suffrage amendment
| was given its final death blow by the
Iowa Legislature when the House by
a vote of Sc to IS adopted the report
of the committee recommending it for
indefinite postponement. After it had
| passed the Senate the suffragists be-
] lieved the most serious obstacle had
been passed.
The legal officers who have been eN-
aminins the question presented by the
flight of Gaynor and Green from Sa,
vannah to Canada have practically
reached the conclusion that they can
be reached under the eXtradition
treaty. A prolonged struggle in the
Canadian courts is expected before; the
| fugitfves can be secured.
One of the largest single orders for
horses ever given in the country has
been closed with buyer at the South
st. Joseph horse and mule market. The
contract calls for 1200O horses, to, be
delivered mt the rate of 500 per month