The Springfield herald., 1903-12-11
SHORT TElEGRAMS.

was destroyed by fire November 30th.
Loss, 100000.
Jules Levy. the famous cornetist,
died of apopleXy at Chicago, Novem-
Der 2Sth, at the age of siXty-six years.
The yellow fever quarantine against
Laredo, Texas. has been lifted. 1t has
lasted from September Goth to Novem-
ber Both.
A severe earthquake shock was felt
at Cairo, Illinois, at $50 O'Clock on the
morning of November 9th. 1t contin-
ued for several minutes.
1t is reported that King Edward has
decided to send the Prince of Wales
over to represent him at the opening
OF the st. Louis Exposition next year.
Papers have been filed at Boston for
the incorporation of the New England
Cotton Yarn Company under Massachu-
sets laws. with a capital of $5,9OO,OOO.
AT recent auction in London,
pendant jewel given by Queen Anne to
Sir George Allardyce. sold for S32 900.
1t was not expected to bring more than
$4,000.
Hamilton Fish, assistant treasurer of
the United States in New York City.
was operated on for appendicitis No
vember 30th, with apparently favorable
results.
James Worman, United States con-
sui general at Munich. Germany. has
reported to the State Department that
the University of Munich has opened its
doors to women students.
The main building of the Jewell Lu-
theran College at Jewell Junction.
Iowa. was burned November 30th. The
dead body of Bert Melang, of Randall,
Iowa, was recovered in the ruins.
Huessner, the German naval ensign,
whose sentence for killing soldier at
ESSEN because he did not salute him
properly. was quashed by the imperial
court, has been dismissed from the ser
vice.
General V. d. Groner died at Nor
folk, Virginia. November 25th. BE
carried the message to General Beau
regard from the Confederate War De-
partment ordering the attack on Fort
Sumpter.
At midnight November eth, Oberlin
M. Carter, ex-captain of engineers. U.
S. A., finished serving his term of five
years in prison. serving three years and
seven months in the federal prison at
Fort Leavenworth.
University students at Rome got up
an anti-Austrian riot recently and at
tackled the Austrian embassy and con-
sulate, but were charged by troops with
drawn bayonets and dispersed several
arrests being made.
High Chinese officials at Tien Tsin
attach great Importance to the British
expedition to Thibet and even express
the opinion that the ultimate outcome
will be the handing over Of the whole
Of Thibet to Great Britain.
The Kentucky election commission
has Issued a certificate of election to
Congress from the Eleventh district to
DR.. w. Godfrey Hunter. late minister
to Guatemala. DR.. Hunter is the only
Republican congressman from Ken
lucky.
The prefect of the propaganda, Car
dinal Gotti has submitted to the Pope
the name Of Bishop Messmer of Green
Bay, Wisconsin. for archbishop OF Mil
waukee in succession to the late Arch
bishop Katzer, and the pontifr ratified
the nomination.
The officials of the naval observatory
are arranging to send New Years
greeting from Washington to all the
countries of the civilized world by the
employment of a series of signals to
all points to mark the exact second of
the beginning of the new year.
At Portland. Oregon, November 3Oth.
Captain Joseph Kellogg. the pioneer
steamboat man of the Northwest. died
of old age. Captain Kellogg was nine
ty-one years of age, and for the past
fifty years has been a navigator on the
streams of Oregon and Washington.
The battleships Illinois. Alabama,
Kearsarge and Massachusetts, sailed
December list on the annual winter
cruise to the West Indies. The force
OF marines has been Increased by 500
men. Admiral Barker, whose flagship
is the Kearsarge. is in command
Judge James A. Howe of the District
Court at Des Moines, Iowa. has
decided that decree granted
under the Dakota divorce stat
utes, il it is proven the non
resident litigant resides there merely
for the purpose of securing divorce,
is null and void.
The grand trustees of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen recently
elected w. S. Carter of Indianapolis
editor of the Fireman's Magazine. sec
retary-treasurer, to succeed Frank Ar
mold, resigned. George W. Cooling of
Chicago was elected editor of the mag
dZlne 10 SuCCeeu carter.
The British war office has decided to
establish balloon stations in the Med
iterranean. Sections of the balloon
corps have been ordered to proceed to
Malta and Gibraltar early in Decem-
ber. Hitherto there have been no per-
manent balloon establishments in the
British army outside of Aldershot
camp in England.
A dispatch from Rome says that the
queen mother has derived so much ben
eft from her recent travels that she
now feels strong enough to start for
the Holy Land this winter. Thence she
will go to Egypt, possibly to Constan-
tinople and the Black sea. She again
talks of trip to America, saying it is
her hearts desire to see Niagara Falls
Frederick Collins. Philadelphia
electrician, has secured permission
from the Navy Department to make
practical test of system of wire
less telephony which he has invented
For this purpose the batteships kear-
sarge and Alabama. which are an
chored about $50 yards from each other
in the BROOKLYN navy yard, Will be |