The Springfield herald., 1903-04-03
SHORT TELEGRAMS.


of the steel combination.
The Missouri Legislature has appro-
priated $4,000 for state exhibit at
! the Lewis and Clark Exposition at
Portland. Oregon, in 1905.
A cablcgram from Florence, Italy.
announces the death in that city of
Charles Godfrey Leland. the author and
journalist of Philadelphia.
| Frederick William Farrar. dean of
Canterbury. died March 22d. He ac-
quired considerable fame by his Life
of Christ" published in 1874.
The Dowager Empress of China has
ordered an appropriation Of half mil
lion taels to be made for the Chinese
representation at the st. Louis Exposi-
ton.
The final and deciding game of the
polo tournament between the Rugby
tEng.) and Burlingame (CalD teams
was won by the Englishmen, the score
being Z to 3.
A comic opera by Eugene Field. the
text of which was recently discovered
among the poets effects by Mrs. Field,
will be put on the stage in New York
next October.
C. w. Kohsaat. st. Louis exposition
commissioner. has had a private au-
dience with King oscar. Mr.. kohlsaat
is hopeful that Norway and Sweden
will make an exhibit.
Mrs. Florence Maybrick, convicted at
Liverpool in 1889 on the charge of haV-
ing poisoned her husband and SEN
fenced to imprisonment for life, will be
liberated in July, 1904.
A new volcano is vomiting large
quantities of smoke and lava on Rirl,
New Eebrides. The residents believe
the volcano to be caused by submarine
eruptions near the island.
Announcement is made of the incor-
poration of the National Packing Com
pany, capitalized at sl5O00,000 and in
Guiding several of the smaller plants
in Chicago. Omaha and elsewhere.
The French government has received
definite offer of 100000 from Vene-
zuela as settlement of all claims prior
TO 1902 The purpose of the offer is to
avoid further arbitration of these
claims.
The Metal Polishers, Buffers, Platers,
Moulders and Brass Workers Union
No. 70. of Meriden, Connecticut, has
been incorporated in due form, being
the first labor organization in the state
to take that step.
Announcement is made of the forma-
ton of the Ellhu Club new senior
class organization at Yale. 1t is to be
non-secret and restricted to those stu
dents who are not members OIL any
other senior society.
BY vote of 21i to 107, the New
Hampshire House of Representatives
has put itself on record as in favor OF
license law in preference to the eX-
isting prohibitory system which has
been in force since lSiS.
War Secretary Brodrick says instruc-
tions have been given to issue war
medals for presentation to the hve
American women nurses who served
on the hospital ship Maine in South
African and Chinese waters.
The Indiana miners state conven-
ton at Terre Haute adopted resolutions
denouncing the action of the local
unions at Linton in boycotting mer-
chant who ruled against the miners
while acting as umpire in a labor dis
pute.
BY the will of Arioch Wentworth. the
Boston real estate millionaire, the es-
tate, estimated at S7OOOOO0. with the
exception of few annuities, goes to
found an industrial school, to be called
the Arioch Wentworth Industrial
School.
With the expiration of the prohibi-
tionary period of forty days no women
inspectors will be sent down New York
bay to board incoming steamers and
examine the women in the cabins. The
experiment, it is said, has not proved
a success.
The trophy given by the Prince of
Monaco for competition by the chess
masters who participated in the inter
national tournament at Monte Carlo,
has been awarded to Pillsbury, the
American player There was no con-
test for the prize.
Fifty rough riders from Bisbee and
southern Arizona have arranged to
meet President Roosevelt at Grand
Canon on the Presidents western trip,
and at that time will present to their
former leader monster cinnamon
bear, now in captivity.
Miss Susan b. Anthony presided at
one of the best attended conventions,
of the Woman Suffrage Convention in
New York City March 10th. The suf-
fragists have a fund OF $4,000, which
draws interest, and have laid the foun-
dation for a memorial fund.
Miss Clara Barton is to retire from
the active presidency of the Red Cross
Society. retaining the title of honor
ary president for life" The active
president is to be Rear Admiral Will
liam X Van Reypen. retired, former
surgeon general of the navy.
Gen. Schuyler Hamilton. classmate
of General Grant at West Point and
distinguished veteran of the Mexican
and Civil wars, died in New York
March 18th, in his eightyfrst year.
10 1,,, fnt of Rnl1prt Raw Ham
iIton, who was mysteriously killed in
the Snake River country Idaho.