The Springfield herald., 1905-11-17
CONDENSED 1ELEGRAMs

Inc largest planL Ill tHe CnilSu
States for the production OF vulgar
photographs has been discovered IN
Chicago and its business broken up by
the police.
A combine of the ten largest dairy
companies in st. Louis, controlling
about eighty-five per cent. of the sup
ply of milk, cream and ice cream, mas
practically been perfected.
King Menelik has granted conces-
sion to the National Bank of Egypt for
the establishment of the Bank of Abys-
sinia. The capital is to be $2,5OO,O0o,
with surplus of $1,O00,O00.
The British foreign Office announces
that King Edward has selected Prince
Arthur of Connaught to go to Japan
and confer on the japanese emperor
OF the Order of the Carter
Capt..W. S. Cowles, brother-in-law OF
the President, will be detached from
the command of the battleship Mis-
souri, November 10th, and go back to
Washington as naval aide for the Pres
ident.
For the purpose of fighting the Inter
national Brotherhood of Teamsters, a
corporation has been organized by the
New York Team Owners Association.
The company is capitalized at 100000
under the laws of West Virginia.
The monthly coinage statement
shows that during the month of Octo-
ber, 1905, the total coinage executed at
the mints of the United States was w.
1885, $50. including gold. $1,132,500; sill
Yer, S7G2,000; minor coins, 1924, $50.
A Houston, Tex, dispatch says
that Campbell Bros circus train was
wrecked near Temple, Texas, and
nearly all the animals escaped to the
woods. Something akin to a panic
was created in the surrounding rural
districts.
Tine Oregon Railroad and Navigation
Company has placed orders for steel
rails aggregating 100000, with other
large orders for new equipment. includ-
ing twenty consolidation locomotives,
some of the largest type now employed
on the main line.
While the socialists were being dis
cussed in the Reichsrath at Vienna,
crowd of workmen penetrated the
military guard around the chamber. A
fight ensued in which the windows OF
the building were smashed and many
persons were wounded, some of them
seriously.
Werner Wise, seventeen years old,
was killed at Chicago on the 3rd inst.
in football game between two high
81 ',ools. Wise attacked another
player and his head was beneath the
other boy when they came to the
ground Death resulted from injury to
the spinal cord.
After the underground railway lines
of Paris have been completed the next
great piece of municipal work will be
the removal of the Notifications and
great dry moat around the city, which
works lost all military value many
years ago. The space thus secured
will be sold for building lots.
A committee representing the letter
carriers of the United States recently
waited upon Postmaster General Cor
telyou and presented memorial urg
ing better pay for carriers. The me-
mortal calls attention to the fact that
there has been no change in the pay
ment of salaries for more than forty
years.
The lighthouse board has received
report from its officers aboard the Mag
nolia, al the time she collided with the
fruit steamer Esparta of New Orleans
with President Roosevelt aboard. All
blame for the accident is placed on
the Esparta. 1t was stated to have
been unavoidable on the part of the
Magnolia.
At mass meeting of the Jewish
residents of New York city, $56,sO0
was collected for the relief of the SUI
ferers from the massacres in Russia,
and relief society was formally or
ganized with Oscar S. Strauss, former
minister to Turkey, as president. Cy.
rus l.. Hershberger, secretary, and
Jacob Solomon, treasurer.
Commander Joshua Bishop, U. S. n.
retired, died at Washington city on
the 5th inst. at the age of sixty-six
years. During the civil war he was
for time in command of one of the
gunboats at the seige of Vicksburg
and later at the capture of New Or
leans. He also served in the blockade
off the Southern seacoast cities
Cossaoks who were ecsorting NJ.
Lazarenko. a county official, and NJ.
Pekarski, justice of the peace, We're
ambushed in the Ozurgeti district OF
the Caucasus by revolutionaries, who
were fighting the troops sent to the
district TO restore order. Two entire
companies. consisting of 1O7 and 12O
men, respectively, We're wiped out.
The Toxic correspondent of the Lon.
don Telegraph says that a rice famine
exists in the three procedures of
Fukushima, Mayaga and Iwate, and
that the agricultural populations, num-
bei 'ng million, practically are stary.
ing fhe weather is intensely cold and
the silk cocoon industry has been en-.
tirely spoiled. The government is TAX
ing measures for the relief of the sur.
ferers.
At the New York contest for the
typewriter championship of The
United States on the 3rd inst. the first
prize was won by Paul Munter of New
York, who wrote 2.O99 words in 30
minutes. Miss Rose Fritz. also of Nev
York. won the second prize of $50 with
n record of 2,0S4 words in 80 minutes.
Miss May Darlington of Springfield.
Mass. was third, with a record of 2.OOi
words.
Judge Clark, in the federal court at
Nashville, Tennessee, has refused 10
grant an injunction 10 prevent the su.
preme council of the ROYAL Arcanum
from putting into effect the rates
adopted at the Atlantic City meeting