The Springfield herald., 1904-04-22
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pool April 9Th on his annual vacation
trip abroad.
The strike on the Panama railroad,
was brought to an end to-day, most Of
the laborers returning to work under
the old conditions.
Captain Hobson was defeated at the
Democratic primaries In the Sixth dis
trict of Alabama in his contest for the
nomination for Congress.
John D. Rockefeller has given to the
Johns Hopkins hospital $500,000. and
the amount has been accepted by
the board OF trustees OF that insutu-
ton.
United States Senator William A.
Clark of Montana. started from New
York on the 18th inst. for five or six
weeks cruise in the Mediterranean to
regain his health.
An earthquake April 4th killed twen-
ty-four persons. injured forty. de-
stroyed 1900 houses and caused great
distress in the villayets of Kossovo
and Salonica, Macedonia.
E. H. Hartman of New York. presi-
dent of the New York Worlds fair
commission, will deliver the address
in behalf of the domestic exhibitors at
the opening exercises of the Worlds
fair.
AS King Alfonso of Spain was leav-
ing the exhibition at Barcelona on the
7th inst, petard was exploded after
being thrown at his carriage. Two
peasants were hurt. One arrest was
made.
Former Secretary of the Navy John
d. Long will serve as president of tho
new 100000 trade school at Boston
made possible by the will of the late
Arioch Wentworth, according to an
announcement just made.
The Chicago G. Northwestern Rail-
way Company has begun the construc-
ttion of fourteen-story Office building
that will cost round $1,000,0O0. The
structure will be one of the finest fin
ished edifces In Chicago.
The sentence of death passed upon
Faustino Guillermo, one of the most
notorious bandits in the Philippine ISL
ands, who was captured by the con-
stabulary in Rial province last June,
has been confirmed by the Supreme
Court.
At a meeting of the Utah Cattle Deal
ers' Association and the Utah Wool
Growers Association a movement was
inaugurated to fight the beef trust by
establishing company for the purpose
of handling in the interest Of pro-
ducers.
All the paper factories in the federal
district of Mexico, six in number, have
been merged into combination, 1t Is
believed, for the purpose OF controlling
the output and the price of paper. The
six factories have a combined capital OF
$15,000,000.
The signing of the Russia-Bulgarian
treaty has been received with consider
able satisfaction in Turkish diplomatic
circles and it is believed 1t will contrib
ute materially toward the re-establish-
ment of normal relations between the
two countries.
The National Liberal party of Mexico
which is favorable to the administra-
ton Of President Diaz, has issued call
for a national convention to be held
In this city May Goth to select candi-
date for vice president to be voted for
in the June election.
Acute cerebro-spinal meningitis is SO
prevalent in New York city as to as
sumo almost the proportions of an cpl
demic, according to advices of the coro-
ner's office. For the week ending April
2nd there were thirty-one deaths re-
ported from this disease.
The gross postal receipts at the fif-
ty largest postofices in the United
States for March, 1904. as compared
with March, 1908, aggregated $685.
3O1, net increase of thirteen per
cent. The largest percentage of in
crease was over thirty y-eight at Las
Angeles and the only decrease was
three per cent, at Jersey City.
The Green Nervura Company of
Boston, manufacturer of patent medi-
cines failed on the 7th inst. The COM
pany is capitalized at $2.800,000, and
the estimated liabilities are in excess
of 100000 The largest creditor is
Pettingill & Co.. newspaper advertis-
ers of Boston, who failed recently with
upwards of $1,0OO.OO liabilities.
]. N. Jordan and H. N. Allen, respec-
lively the ministers to Korea Of Great
Britain and the United States, have re-
quested the Korean government to
give protection to the British and
American mines in the country. This
request is a mere formality, as the
Japanese authorities have given assur-
ance of safety from local uprisings.
Rather than concede the rates de-
manded by the Memphis freight bu-
reau the St. Louis and Southwestern
Railway Cotton Belt) has announced
its intention to withdraw entirely from
Memphis traffic. The system does not
own its own tracks into the city, but
has operated its trains over the Iron
Mountain tracks, from Fair Oaks. Ar
kansas.
A London dispatch says that the
Mosely commission has issued its re-
port on the educational system of the
United States, in a volume of 400
pages, illustrated. 1t covers every de-
partment of American educational
work and especially praises manual
training, coeducation and the sanitary
and hygienic conditions of the build
ings and schoolrooms.
A few days ago the police Interrupt
ted cock fight in the private stable
of Robert A. Pinkerton, the detective,
in Brooklyn, and took thirty-two
prisoners, among whom were several
in evening clothes. Twenty-Five game
cocks were captured and six dead birds
were found in the stable. Most OF the
prisoners were rich people, but Pinker-
ton, who was said to be in California,
was not among the number.