The Springfield herald., 1903-01-23
SHORT TELEGRAMs.


ing Mgr. Dennis O'Connell, rector OF
the Catholic university at Washington
Cleveland. Ohio is now supplied
with natural gas that = plped from
West Virginia. distaLee OF 200 miles.
The sixth annual convention of the
National Association of Retail Gro
GERS met in Kansas City January 18th.
Fire in the residence of George j..
Gould In New York destroyed several
valuable paintings. TAe loss was
S125.000.
An iron ore range in the lake re-
gion. with 1S0,00O.000 tons of ore in
sight has been located by New York
capitalists.
1t is reported In Brussels that new
Morgan trust Is projected, to include
all the British. German. French and
Italian shipping companies trading be-
tween Europe and South America.
F. ID. Coburn of Kansas City, Kan
sas. secretary of the Kansas State
Board of Agriculture, has been ap-
pointed secretary of the livestock de-
partment of the Louisiana Purchase
exposition.
One feature Of Emperor william s
plans for Transforming the Grunewald
forest into great public park for
Berlin Is en- automobile speedway sew
en- and half miles long and twenty
one yards wide.
Theobald Chartran, the French
painter has come to America to paint
a portrait OF President Roosevelt. His
portraits of Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss
Alice Roosevelt attracted much atten-
ton at the last Paris salon.
After two years experimentation
with nickel steel rails, the Pennsylva-
mia railroad has decided to place them
on heavy curves in the mountains.
They cost three times as much as steel
and last three times as long.
The new city hall at Copenhagen.
which was opened January 18th in the
presence of thousands of people, is
pronounced the greatest architectural
achievement of century in northern
Europe. 1t has been ten years In
building.
The death of Congressman Thomas
H. Tongue of Oregon will necessitate
holding of a special election to fill the
remainder of the term which expires
March 4th next, and one to fill the full
term to which Mr. Tongue was elected
last June.
Andrew Carnegie has signal.zed his
acceptance of the vice presidency OF
the London Iron and Steel Institute
by establishing seven students schol-
arships of an annual value of $500
each for the furtherance Of metallur-
gical research.
Seventy per cent. Of the Frisco ex-
tension from Enid. Oklahoma, to Tul-
sa, Indian Territory, has oeen graded
and is ready for the rails. From Tul-
sa the road will be extended to Fort
Smith, Arkansas, making line more
than $50 miles in length.
A consolidation of telephone compa-
MES in Ohio to be known as the Unit
ed States Telephone Company, will be
Incorporated in New Jersey soon. with
a capital of $10,000.000. 1t includes
the Everett Moore lines, as well as
other systems, except the Bell inter-
ests.
The Supreme Court of Nebraska has
handed down a decision in the famous
Omaha National bank case, which In
wolves nearly three-quarters of mil
lion dollars embezZled by former
State Treasurer BARLEY. The decl-
sion releases Bartley'S bondsmen from
all liability.
Among the American recipients of
New Years honors from the French
government is DIR. Roaldes OF New Or
leans, who received the higher rank
of officer of the Legion of Honor.
President Eliot of Harvard University.
and James H. Hyde, who founded the
course in French at Harvard, were
similarly honoreo.
D. X Pearson of Chicago has made
gift of $4,000 to the endowment
fund of Pomona College at Claremont,
California The gift was offered upon
the condition of the raising of the $67,-
900 debt on the college be accom-
plished by the first of this year. The
debt having been paid, Mr.. Pearson's
gift is now made available.
AS thank offering for the best
Christmas trade he has ever had.
Charles S. DeForest, novelty dealer
of Shelton. Connecticut, will turn over
his entire store to the six local
churches for two weeks. Attractive
young women from the churches will
act as salesladies. and the pastors will
be in charge of the cashiers desk.
Application has been made to the
state department of Pennsylvania for
charter for the Eastern Sureties
Company. which, it is said, is to be
the vehicle for the consolidation of the
anthracite coal interests of Pennsyl-
vania. The application is made under
law passed by the Legislature of
1901. The nominal capital is $1,000.
If the Pennsylvania Legislature re-
fuses to repeal the act of 1899. which
prohibits the erection of new hospital
buildings in the built-up sections of
the state. New York City will be sub
stituted for Philadelphia as the loca-
ton of the new home of the tubercu-
losis hospital. for which Henry w.
Phipps has provided more than $1,000
900.
A large meteor is reported to have