The Springfield herald., 1903-10-23
SHORT TELEGRAMS.


Professor Langley and his assistants
have not lost faith in his air ship, but
will try, try again" They say 1t did
not fail for want OF power.
The order to reduce the force of shop
men on the Vanderbilt system has
caused the discharge of about 500 en-
ployes at Buffalo and Depew.
Paris is all worked up over new
ratsbane that is harmless to dogs and
larger animals. yet kills rats by the
thousands. 1t is furnished by the Pas
teur Institute.
William Beals, an aeronaut, was
killed at San Francisco on the 11th
inst. by falling from the trapeze of q
parachute when he was only forty feet
from the ground.
The Uruguayan gunboat General RI
vera has been sunk at Santa Barbara.
as the result of an explosion. Her
commander was burned to death and
many of the crew were killed.
1t is stated at Rome that the Russian
ambassador to Italy has assured Sig
nor Malvence. acting foreign minister.
that the czar will come to Rome to Wis
I 1t the King early in November.
Peter Moller of New York has been
decorated by the King of Greece with
the Order of the Savior. Mr.. Moller
accompanied King George on many Of
his excursions about AK Les Bains.
The new British cabinet ministers
have assumed their duties. the seals OF
office having been exchanged at pri-
Wy council meeting held by King Ed
ward at Buckingham palace October
/ 9Th.
A monument to William Mckinley
was unveiled at North Adams, Massa-
chusetts, on the 10th inst. Among the
speakers was John d. Long, who was
secretary of the navy in McKinley's
cabinet.
A decision has been handed down by
| the New York Court of Appeals in the
case of the people vs.. Pierson, declar-
ing dependence upon faith healing in
the case of sickness to be criminal
negligence.
The last transfer of a stock exchange
seat at New York was $52.5O0. which is
s. 500 below the last previous recorded
sailed and about $4,000 below the high
record price at which seats sold year
or more ago.
A Socialist demonstration OF 10000
workmen took place at Bilboa, Spain,
ON the 11th inst. during which a seri-
ais. Four persons were Killed ana
twenty-nine injured.
Collector of the Port Stranahan OF
New York City has recently received
from Boston a contribution of $2O6.7O
to the conscience fund" it being the
largest single payment to this fund
ever received at this port.
Mrs. Tree. wife of Judge Lambert
tha
and formerly United States minister to
Belgium and Russia, died on the 10th
inst, aboard the steamer Campania, on
her way home from Europe.
1t is proposed to reserve national
park near the eastern coast of Porto
Rico. A representative of the United
States Bureau of Forestry visited Porto
Rico and finds great forest, preserv-
ing natural water supply.
The body of Wilson S. Bissell, for
mer postmaster general, was cremated
at Buffalo, New York. October 9th. The
list of honorary pail bearers at the fu-
neral included Grover Cleveland, John
G. Carlisle and Hoke Smith.
An agreement was reached at Chi
cago between the sheep butchers and
the packers by which the men will
receive an increase of 25 cents day.
About 5000 men in the packing CEN
tiers of the country are benefited.
The monument erected to the mem
ory of both Union and Confederate sol
diers of Maryland, who participated in
the battles around Chattanooga, was
dedicated at Orchard Knob. near the
location of Grants headquarters. on
the Sth inst.
Dat "a
the army reports that for the fiscal
year ended June 30,. 1903, the total
amount of funds handled by his de-
partment was $43.645,959. OF this sum
$32 sos was expended on account
of pay for the army.
A hose company of the Fort Worth
fire department has lowered the worlds
speed record for going into action. The
contest was run $50 feet, lay 100 feet
of hose, a total run of $50 feet, make
plug connections and get water. The
time was % 4-5 seconds.
A magistrate has seized the books of
the Franco-American Oil Company at
Paris. The manager of the concern re-
Gently lett Paris for America, but the
shareholders. who complained that
they had received no dividends, asked
for an investigation.
DR.. ]. C. Brownfield, who figured in
the Jessie Morrison case at Eldorado,
Kansas, as witness for the defendant,
and was afterwards prosecuted on the
charge of having perjured himself. will
have to go to the penitentiary. The
Supreme> Court of Kansas has affirmed
the decision of the court below, which
sentenced Brownfield to the state pris-
on for seven years.
AS a result of well organized and
partly successful attempt at whole
sale delivery of prisoners from the
Utah State Penitentiary on the night
of October 9th. one prisoner was killed,
one guard was shot and wounded, and
another man was beaten almost into
insensibility, three prisoners were
wounded and two others under the
death sentence escaped.
The Argentine gunboat Uruguay, $50
tons, started from Buenos Ayres on the
Sth instant for the Antartic regions
to search for che Swedish expedition
headed by DIR. Otto Nordenskjold. The
NordenskjoId expedition left Gothen-
berg, Sweden. October 16, 1901, on the
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