The Springfield herald., 1908-06-19

bile record over distance Oh TWO anu
three-quarter miles, travelling at the
rate of 120 miles an hour.
The two thousand employees OF the
American Waltham Watch Company
factory at Waltham. were notitied
Monday that the works will be smut
down on June 2Gth until August Attn.
The factory has been running on snort
t.A-e lvi s.,.i.i mon,ns.
Miss Anna Spreck, a wellknown
mountain climber, will leave NE"
York in two weeks for Peru to make
another attempt to reach the summlt
of Mount Huascaran, which she De-
lieves is the highest peak in the west
ern hemisphere.
The National Grand Lodge, lnde-
pendent Order of Good Templars, at
its session In Washington City re-
elected Grand Chief Templar George r.
Cotterill of Seattle. Mrs. Emily Peters
of Seattle was chosen grand secretary
of juvenile work.
The United Confederate Veterans at
their annual convention in Birming-
ipgbam. Alabama, selected Memphis
as the place for their next reunion
and elected General Clement A. Evans
of Georgia as commander-in-chiet TO
succeed the late Stephen ID. Lee.
Wireless telegraph statior.s are be
ing installed on the roofs of the Wal
dorf-Astoria in New York and the
Bellevue-Stratford in Philadelphia.
Messages will be sent between the
two hotels and rooms will be reserved
by passengers on incoming vessels
After protracted negotiations it has
been decided that there are too many
difficulties in the way of an athletic
meeting for track and field events be-
tween British and American teams to
follow the Olympic. games in London
this summer and the matter has been
dropped
The campanile of Santo Stefano
church in Venice, Gothic structure
of the fourteenth century, which con-
tains the tomb of the Doge Francesca
Morosini threatens to fall like the
campanile of ST. Marks, which col
lapsed in 1902. The qestion of demol-
ishing 1t is under consideration.
Archbishop Nixon. formerly OF
Georgia, was assassinated by revolu-
tionists at Tiflis, Caucasus. on the
steps of the Synodical building, on
the 10th inst. A monk, who was in
attendance upon the archbishop, was
severely wounded. The assassins emp
tied their revolvers into the body OF
the archbishop and escaped.
The International Chess Masters
tourney at Prague. ended today in
tie between Schlechter and Buras, who
will decide the first and second prizes.
Vidmar won third prize; Rubenstein,
fourth Teichmann, fifth; Maroczy,
sixth; Leonhardt, seventh: Marshall,
eighth; Salwe, ninth, and Janowski,
tenth.
John Hays Hammond, who has an
nounced his candidacy for the Repub-
lican vice presidential nomination. was
registered as voter at Gloucester,
Massachusetts. on the 10th inst. He
answered the formal questions. proved
his ability to read n selection from
the constitution of the United States,
and then took the necessary oath.
The Persian Assembly asked the
Shah today to recall the officials ar
bitrarily exiled and give them a free
trial. If they are proved to be traitors
and conspirators they should be pun
shed according to law. The Shah re-
fused. He intends to arrest several
| others. and threatens to blow up the
city ii an attempt at resistance is
made.
Word reached the City of Mexico
Saturday that bandits attacked a pay
train on the way to the Les Grandes
mines, near Belsas. in the state of Gu
errero. OF the escort of four men
three were killed and one wounded.
Four thousand dollars was stolen.
Rurales are in pursuit of the highway
men The mine belongs TO an Amer
lean company.
No nf
will be admitted hereafter to teaching
positions in the Chicago public schools.
The board of education made this rul-
ing by vote of - to 4. Incidentally
the trustees gave their official con-
firmation to the statement of the SUI
perintendent' office that this age
limit appears to be the point at which
the mental and physical vigor of those
who come to us has begun to decline"
According to the Iron and Steel
Trades journal, there has recently
been effected a great combination in
the British steel trade, with a capacity
of 1915, 100000 The main object of
the combination is said to be to Sc
cure control of the international ex-
port trade, and similar organizations
in America and on the continent are
said to be supporting the British am
alSdnatlOn.
In the federal court at Rochester,
New York. on the 18th instant, the
Standard Oil Company was found
guilty of violation of the interstate
commerce law in accepting the con-
cession from the filed tariff on ship
ments of oil from Olean, New York, to
Rutland and Bellows Falls, Vermont.
There were forty copnts in the indict-
ment, each representing action on Il
car ofIoil. The maximum fine on each
count is $4,000, or total for the whole
of the shipment of 100000.
The Lusitania's last passage from
Daunt's Rock to Sandy Hook light
house was made in 4 days. 20 hours and
minutes, which cuts seven minutes
off the record for the fastest trip across
the Atlantic by the long course, made
by her sister ship, the Mauretana. The
Lusitania's best previous record for the
| course was days, 20 hours and %
minutes. The Lusitania also has the
record for the longest days run, hav-
ing from noon Sunday to noon Monday
made Gal knots, beating the Maureta-
MAS best run by six knots