The Springfield herald., 1905-08-04
CONDENSED 1ELEGRAMs

list TO 24th.
Crops in the northern peninsula of
Michigan were badly injured by frost
on the night Of July goth.
Toxic is preparing a grand reception
/ for Secretary Taft and his party,
which includes Miss Alice Roosevelt.
The French minister of marine has
decided to send a squadron to visit
the United States at the end of Octo-
ber.
| 1t is announced that 475, 5,246 men
have been called to perform military
service in Russia during the present
year.
NJ. T. Hancock, the well known mill
ionaire plow manufacturer. was killed
in an automobile accident at Los
Angeles July goth.
President Roosevelt has induced
Governor George B. Carter of Hawaii
to reconsider his resignation and con-
sent to remain as governor.
A landslide at Naples, July 22nd,
destroyed the dry basin which was
built in 1900 at cost of 100000, and
otherwise caused great damage.
The secretary of the interior has
withdrawn from entry $4,000 acres OF
Iduu III lHe uCSOu, AIlLoHh, iduu uio-
trict for forest reserve purposes.
Two-thirds of the business section
of the little town of Connell, in Wash
ington. was destroyed by fire July 25th
and nine families were rendered home
less
Reports from the immigration sta
tions for the month of June show that
during that month 81 Chinese applied
for admission and that 800 were ad-
mitted.
The first bale of new cotton for
this season was sold at Savannah July
21st for 80 cents a pound, which is
new record price for the first bale in
that city.
Announcement is made by Congress
man Il. w. Martin of South Dakota
that he will be candidate for the
United States Senate to succeed Sen
ator Gamble.
Much damage is reported by truck
farmers in New Jersey owing to the
recent heat and lack of moisture.
Peaches are dropping from the trees.
and other fruits are being affected.
San Francisco is to have an eight
or ten-page daily morning paper pub
lished in the Chinese language. The
paper is to represent a new political
party formed in China and this coun-
try.
The President has issued an order
consolidating the Tucson. Prescott and
Phoenix, Arizona. land offices, with
headquarters at Phoenix. The consol-
idation is due to the falling off of bus
mess.
On July 22nd at Miles City. Montana,
lightning struck the roof of the girls
building at the state reform school,
causing fire that destroyed the build
ing. All the inmates escaped. Loss,
100000.
The secretary of the interior has
ordered the withdrawal from entry of
140,O 900 acres of land in the Los An
geles district and 100000 acres in the
Tucson. Ariz.. district, on account of
irrigation projects.
H. ]. Handy. the Y. NJ. c. A. swim
mer of Chicago, won the mile contest
at the Portland Exposition in twenty
eight minutes and twenty-one seconds.
defeating Galley of San Francisco and
Mackie of Portland.
It is reported that Wild Bill Miller,
head of a gang of desperadoes that
operated in Colorado, New Mexico and
Oklahoma several years ago. has been
killed by deputy United States mar
shals in the Indian Territory.
A fire at Little Rock, Arkansas, on
the night of July 23rd destroyed the
Arkansas Democrat Company's three
story building and printing plant.
causing a loss of s1S0000. Dan ID.
Taylor, a stereotyper, was burned to
death.
Samuel Harper. father of President
Harper of the University of Chicago.
died at Chicago July 25th, aged ST
years. He recently came to Chicago
on a visit from his home in the East,
and contracted severe cold, which
resulted in his death.
Invitations have been sent from New
York to the governors of all the states
to appoint ten delegates each to at
tend a national conference upon immi-
grafton. to be held in New York De-
cember 9th and 18th. under the auspices
of the National Civic Federation.
Colonel Kremarenko. chief of police
at Helsingfors, Finland, was shot and
killed July 2lst by man named Pro-
cope, who was arrested and has been
identified as an accomplice of the man
VINO recently attempted " iSodSoi-
nate former Governor Missojedoff.
Two German scientists announce
the discovery of new anaesthetc
having all the virtues of cocaine. with
out the latter's secondary ill effects.
The new substance is called ally
pine 1t deaGcns rnin by LEGAL appli-
cation, and does not contain poison.
A big convention of policy holders
for the purpose of demanding an in
vestigation of the affairs of every life
insurance company in the country is
the aim of the Iroquois Club OF Chi
cago, which has taken the initial step
toward starting a national movement.
DR.. Bernhard S. Schwartz of San
Francisco. late deputy grand master
of the knights of Zion, branch of
the federation of American Zionists.
has forwarded a communication to the
Zionist congress now in session at
BASIL Switzerland. urging that an ap-
peal be made to the powers to join in
concerted action to prevail upon the
Sultan of Turkey to restore Palestine
to the Jews
The Topeka pension agency, which