The Springfield herald., 1904-06-10
CONDENSED TELEGRAhS


| William Dean Howells.
Panama has passed law establish
| ing real estate and mortgage bank
with capital of 81 100000.
In the childrens homes of Ohio are
| 1859 children, who are maintained at
cost of $13S each per annum.
George j. Gould has denied the re-
port that he would become n candidate
for Congress from New Jersey dis
trict
| The project for the establishment OF
the coinage on gold basis was defeat
ed in the Panama Legislature after a
| heated discussion.
Patients in their cots at the Samari-
tan hospital listened by telephone to
a sermon in the Grace Baptist temple
more than mile away.
Two Russian sailors who rescued
Grand Duke Cyril at the time of the
sinking of the battleship Petropav-
lovsk have been made knights of St.
George.
The sale and use of giant frecrack
ers and toy pistols will be forbidden in
| Chicago next Fourth of July. 1t is
Hoped that there will be fewer cases OF
| lockjaw.
ht toiHuBe idIilllltS a. 'iS MINT 80
| the City of Mexico arc to be largely!
| increased. The foreign demand for
Mexican dollars increases and Japan
has bought heavily of late.
The Prohibition state convention in
Ohio nominated state ticket headed
by Harold King Rockhill for secretary
Of state. The platform declares for
prohibition and for woman suffrage.
The Canadian House passed the
Grand Trunk Pacific bill on third read
ing by vote of 105 to 80. This road,
will be the longest in the world with
the exception OF R1ssia's Trnns-Sibe-
rian line.
Charles Penio, the oldest chief OF
the Ukiah tribe OF Indians, died near
Ukiah, California. May Gath at the age,
of 107 years. He is charged with the,
death of many whites during the pio-i
neer days.
In the sale at Paris of the Princess
Mathilde's jewels pearl necklace.
formerly the property of Queen Sophie
of Holland. brought sl71,0Oo. 1t is
said that the buyer represented the
German empress.
King Edward received Captain Ma
han. U. S. N, retired, in private audi
ence few days ago. The king ex-
pressed his deep appreciation of the
captains contribution to the naval his
tory of the world.
The board of governors of the
Brooklyn Yach Club has announced
that Sir Thomas Lipton's offer to place
in the custody of the club cup for
an ocean race from Gravesend bay to
Marblehead, Massachusetts, has been
accepted. Arrangements for the race,
i, 1. aiI I,,1,, -al1
der way.
City Building Commissioner VIII
liams of Chicago formally refused to
grant a permit for the reconstruction
of the Iroquois theater. in which hun
dreds of people perished by fire. The
owners appealed to the courts and Sc
cured from Judge Dunno writ of
mandamus ordering the city to issue
building permit.
Late news from Australia shows that
John A. Dowie ran into hornets nest
in Sydney. Melbourne and other Aus
tralian cities. At Adelaide in particu
lar he excited public Indignation April
25th by impugning the piety of King
Edward The authorities at once re-
fused Elijah" further use OF the town
hall, where he had been holding meet
ings.
Complaints by persons residing near
the New York elevated railroads have
caused the management to issue an or
der which in effect forbids the motor
men, guards and other employees at
tempting to flirt while on duty. The
order intimates that ticket takers have
been known to gaze SO intently at pref
ty girl passengers that others have
passed through without paying toll.
The American School of Classical
studies at Rome will, according to
high authority, undertake the excava-
ton of the site of ancient Carthage.
A western capitalist. it is stated, is
ready to supply a large fund for the
purpose, and permission to excavate
has been obtained from the French
government, which owns the territory
that includes the site OF the ancient
city.
T. S. Ingraham, first grand engineer
of the International Brotherhood of Lo-
comotive Engineers, dropped dead at
his desk at the convention in Los An
geles May 27th. A remarkable coinci-
dence in connection with Mr.. lngra-
hams death is the fact that former
Grand Chief p NJ. Arthur of the
brotherhood died suddenly of apoplexy
while attending a meeting of engineers
at Winnipeg last year.
While $50 delegates to the National
Piano Dealers convention in Atlantic
| City waved red lights and danced
circle, 200 venerable square pianos
were cremated to mark what the deal
ers term the passing of the old make
! OF instruments. The bonfire, which
was built in an open place on high
| ground, blazed like a burning house
and was not eXtinguished for hours.
The Bell Telephone Company is
making estimates for a long-distance
| line between Kansas City and Joplin
to connect with new line that is be
| ing built from st. Louis to Joplin and
| thence through the Indian Territory
| into central Texas. Over a million dol
lars have been appropriated for these
extensions, which, with the Bell con
nections east of St. Louis, will make
| the longest telephone line in the world.
Perhaps the most notable observance
of Memorial Day in New York City
was at the tomb of General Grant. U. 5.
Grant Post, G. A r.. of Brooklyn had
| charge of the exercises. The United
| u-oG cts aIinup1