The Springfield herald., 1904-12-02
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tan Museum of Art.
Secretary of War Taft will be In
command Of the naval forces OF the
lsthmus Of Panama while he is there.
Commander Booth Tucker, who fol-
eight and half years has been at ths
head OF the Salvation Army In this
country. recently sailed for England.
Gen. Louis Palma Di Cesnola. d.
rector and trustee of the Metropolitan
Museum Of Art, New York City, died
November 21st at the age Of 70 years.
Orders are being prepared opening
to commercial business the naval coast
wireless telegraph stations at Yerba
Buena, California, and Mare Island
navy yard.
ernor Joseph NJ. Brown of Georgia,
wants all the southern electors to cast
their votes for Roosevelt. making his
election unanimous.
Col. William c. P. Breckenridge died
at Lexington, Kentucky, November
18th from the effects of a stroke OF
paralysis three days previous.
The American Sheet and Tin Plate
Company has opened Its eight-mill
plant in Pittsburg and is said to be ar
ranging to start eighty-four Idle tin
plate mills early in December.
In the foot ball game at New Haven
November 10Th Harvard was beaten by
Yale by a score of IL to o, being the
same score made by Yale in her VIC
tory over Princeton week before.
Twenty-one department stores in
New York City have entered into an
alliance to prosecute shoplifters. Losses
of half million dollars from this
source have been suffered during the
past year.
A dispatch from Constantinople says
Turkey is ordering hundred new bat
teries of artillery from German, French
and English factories at the cost OF
s1O000.000. The Krupp company gets
the largest contracts.
Queen I.liuokalani and former Dele
ggate Kalanianole came over from
Honolulu recently to attend to the
queens project of securing an appro'
priation from Congress to pay her fos
the former crown lands.
Secretary Taft left Washington No,
vember 18th for New Orleans on his
way to Panama. where he goes as the
special representative of President
Roosevelt to present a message OF am.
fly and good will to President Anna
dor.
Pat Grove, for whose capture Cud-
ahy. the millionaire packer. is reported
to have offered a reward of $25,O0O az
the kidnaper of his little son, IL
thought to be in the City of Mexico,
and tho police are endeavoring to 10.
cate him.
A forest fire in the Illinois bottoms,
seven miles north OF Peoria, Illinois
has devastated seven square miles Of
territory. The countryside was filled
with small game driven from their lairt
by the flames. Several farm buildingt
were destroyed
Miss Anna S. Peck. the American
mountain climber, arrived at New YorA
recently from Colon. Miss Peck, who
left New York last June. has been i1
Peru, where she succeeded In ascendI
ing Huascan mountain to height oj
21 900 feet Immense crevasses pre-
vented her reaching the summit.
In a sensational finish on the Associa.
tion track at Oklahoma City. Novemi
ber- 15th Dan Patch lowered thi
worlds record for pacing mile on
half-mile track, the official time being
2:O3 fiat The previous record. held by
Dan Patca himself, was made at Bir'
mingham, Alabama, last year. being
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j. p. Storm, former county treasurer
of Yayapai count. Arizona. who wa&
found bound and gagged in the vault
of his office on November 9th, and whS
reported that he had been robbed oi
SIS 900 by two men and then placed IL
the vault, where he claims >he was TO,
fourteen hours, has been arrested OF
the charge of embeZZlement.
An automobile train with four cart
was successfully tested at Berlin few
days ago by the German War Depart
ment. By means of special couplingi
the cars were drawn after the auto
mobile round sharp curves. keeping
the same track The velocity was fif'
teen miles an hour. The train went
over meadows at the rate of eight milei
an hour.
President Roosevelt has announced
the appointment of Francis E. Leup1
to be Indian commissioner, vice WIN
liam A. Jones, resigned. Commissioner
Jones resignation and Mr.. Leupp's ap!
,pointment will take effect January 1su
Mr.. Leupp is Washington corresponds
'ent of the New York Evening POST anq
has been identified with Indian affaira
for many years.
Spelterlni, prominent balloonist. to.
gether with two members OF the Aeroi
static Club of Berlin, recently made an
ascension from Zurich. Switzerland
passing over the Bernese Alps and
making a safe landing in the village
of Corbatiere, in the canton OF Newt
chatel. They attained an elevation Of
two miles. experiencing bright sun
shine but intense cold.
The Holland government has notified
the American charge daffaires that
Queen Wilhelmina will be glad to see
the second peace conference meet al
The Hague, and that the United states
may count on the cooperation OF The
Netherlands so soon as Emperor Nich-
olas, originator of the work begun in
1899, and other powers have given
their adhesion to the proposal.
Former Judge Alton B. Parker and
Mrs. Parker will spend the winter IN
New York City at the Hotel Nethert
lands He has engaged the suite for
merly occupied by the late Marcus
DAILY The apartments are considered
to be the most expensive in the hotel: