The Springfield herald., 1904-07-08
CONDENSED TELEcRAins

Btrel famous as the composer OF
Dixie" died suddenly at Mount Ver-
non. Ohio. June 2sth. aged s6 years.
Syracuse College won the intercol
legiate boat race on the Hudson, Cor
nell second. Pennsylvania third, Colum-
bia fourth, Georgetown fifth and Wis
consin sixth.
The total attendance at the st. Louis
Worlds Fair for the week ending June
25th was 54O.4S5, gain Of $1,000 over
the previous week and an average OF
10000 day.
During the parade of q circus at
Findlay. Ohio, June 25th, four specta-
tors. were prostrated by heat. Twelve
horses in the procession fen and seven
Of the animals died.
The glove cutters strike at Glovers-
vile, New York, proved to be failure
and has been declared off after lasting
for six months. The strike was inaug-
urated as a protest against the open
shop.
7 Secretary Hay has instructed General
Porter, American ambassador to Paris,
TO thank the French government for Its
services In assisting in the negotiations
for the release OF Perdicaris, Raisuli's
American captive.
Mrs W.. N Macmillan of st. Louis
reached london June 9th after
lraversing Abyssinia at the head OF her
own caravan. She is the first white
woman to cross Emperor Meneliks
country from west to east.
Whsle the landlady.of the Bell inn al
Totwell. England. was at dinner the
other day. an aerolite crashed through
The chimney. spun around the room
and exploded. Though the house was
considerably damaged the fandlady es-
capped.
benjamin and Edwin Coshkey, broth
eres, were electrocuted few days ago.
at their home, near Wabank, Pennsyl-
vania, while picking cherries. coming
In contact with wire that fed tile arc
lights and which ran Litoush the
branches. ~
The Navy department has been noti-
iled that Grace Herreld, daughter OF
Gov. Charles Herreld of South Dakota.
has been invited by the Union Iron
Works, San Francisco. TO christen tho
armored cruiser South Dakota, now
building at that place.
Attorney Samuel p Hayden OF
Washington is now in England making
plans to bring Mrs. Florence Maybrick
to her home in America. 1t Is expect
ed that she will be released from the
home of the Sisters of the Epiphany at
Truro some time in July.
The Supreme Court of Montana unan-
imously held that the fair trials bill
enacted at special session of the Leg
tslaturo last December Is constitutional.
The law was attacked in the case of the
Anaconda company against the Montana
Ore Purchasing Company, and much
litigation between the copper interests
Is involved. I
A Philadelphia dispatch says that
1000 more men will be discharged from
the Baldwin locomotive shop works
within the next few days. Six thou
,and have already been dropped from
the company's service and the working
force will soon be reduced to 5000
men. The greatest number ever en-
ployed is about 10000.
Walter Scott OF New York reported
to the police. at Philadelphia that he
had been robbed of $4,000 in gold
while on a Pullman car between Pitts
burg and Harrisburg. Scott said he
had been in Dawson City, Alaska, for
several years and acquired fortune
there by mining. He thinks the money
was stolen while he was asleep.
What purports to be we'll founded
report from Ottawa is that the terminus
Tor the Grand Trunk Pacific on the Pa
cific coast will DO at Kitimat. B. c., and
that the terminus will be officially
named II about three months. Hun
dreds of thousands of dollars were
spent in Port Simpson by spectators
who believed it would be the terminus.
dispatch from Lisbon says that a
punitive expedition is about to be dis
patched to Portuguese West Africa in
consequence of the threatening attitude
of the natives there. Since the revolt
of the Eereros tribe the natives, of both
East and West Africa have been show
Ing signs of insubordination, which has
caused the government much uneasi-
ness.
Mgr. Guida, apostolic delegate to the
Philippine. islands. died at Manila June
26th of heart failure. Mgr. Guida was
cent to the Philippine islands two years
ago as the representative of the Vati-
can in the negotiations with the Fill
pino commissioners for the sale of the
Friar lands to the American govern
ment The sale was accomplished at
the price OF 81 100000.
Judge ]. r. Debolt of the First Cir
cult Court at Honolulu has sentenced
Jonah Kumalae member of the Ha-
waiian House of Representatives. and
q. n. Johnston, a lawyer, to imprison-
ment for one year at hard labor for
conspiracy TO defraud the, territory
through the collection of fraudulent
vouchers for expenses incurred by the
House of Representatives.
The Navy Department awarded to
the battleship Oregon the trophy for
excellence in gunnery in the last an
nual target practice, for; which the
ships of the navy have been in cOmpe-
tition FOR the gunboat class it was
determined that the Dolphin is entitled
to the trophy. while the trophy for the
destroyer class goes to the John Paul
Jones of the Pacific squadron.
The last report shows that the Nom
conformists have half the churchgoers
in England and more thru half the
Sunday school pupils the last year.
bringing them an increase of $4,000
communicates and 63, 900 scholars. The
Anglican Church possess 1927 1874
church sittines, with about 5000, 900
attendants The free churches have s.
C00.O00 sittings: with about 5,500,oo0 at
tendanis.s