The state herald., 1908-11-13

American soldiers VIII hold polo
and military athletic meet in Manila be.
| ginning January 5th.
| President Charles w. Eliot Of Har.
ward University has made no explana.
| stood that having served forty years
and arrived at the age of seventy-six,
he feels that he is entitled to n rest.
1t is rumored at Pittsburg that out
side concerns have agreed with the
United States steel corporation to re.
duce the standard price Of steel rails
somewhat-perhaps from $2S to $24 a
ton-and that railroads have agreed
to place heavy orders.
Since election, reports come OF fac.
tories reopened and increased forces
set at work at Palmer Falls, N. Y, Or.
ono. Me-, New Hartford, Conn. Fall
River, Mass, Pawtucket, II. l., New.
ark, N. j., Toledo, o., Taunton and
Ware, Mass, and other cities.
1t has been said that, following the
successful maneuvers of the American
navy, the British government is plan.
ming to send fleet of warships around
the world. Officials of the admiralty,
when questioned, declined to give any
information in regard to the report.
The reception which was accorded
the visiting business men from the Pa.
cific coast of the United States at
Kobe, Japan. was of most enthusias.
tic nature and attended by scenes of
popular demonstration such as had not
been observed since the exciting days
of the JapaueseRussian war.
The British battleship Invincible,
the last addition TO the British navy,
in trial on the 9th inst, under seven.
tenths of her power, attained a speed
of twenty-five knots an hour. 1t is
expected that the new vessel. when
working under full power, will reach
speed of thirty knots. worlds rec.
ord.
The recent disposition of the Neither.
lands warships that have been max.
ing their headquarters at Willemstad
indicates that there will be no specific
action on the part OF Holland against
Ia.
mors are afloat that two foreign fleets.
one Italian and one British, are on
their way TO Willemstad for Joint ac.
tion with the Netherlands.
As n result of n feudal war mt Cam.
pom Junction about 20 miles west of
jackson, Ky, lslow Allen, aged 20
years, was shot and killed Monday
night; Alvin Grayer. aged %. was
badly injured and Clarence Sherman.
who did the shooting. was shot in tho
head, but managed to escape to the
mountains. Eight barrels OF whisky
shipped into town for the election
brought on the trouble.
At meeting of the directors of tho
Pennsylvania Tunnel q Terminal Rail.
road Company In Philadelphia Monday
there was awarded to the Westiug.
house Electric a. Manufacturing Com.
pany contract for the elcctrification
of the Pennsylvania terminal IN New
York. and the lines In New Jersas and
Long Island connected with IL. The
Initial amount of apparatus required
will aggregate s5.O00.OO0.
American Rhodes scholars got two
flrsts and two seconds IN the varsity
freshmen sports at Oxford November
9Th. X, L. Blake OF Tennessee won
the long jump with 10 feet I inches.
and c. S. spaulcing OF Arizona was
second with is feet SIA inches. @.
L. Putnam OF Kansas won the ham.
mer throw with li3 feet 3 inches.
breaking all freshmen records. II. L.
elake was second In this event
a tabulation Of statistics OF flfty.fiye
societies reporting to the national fra.
ternnl congress for 1907, including
nearly 100000 members. shows a
lapse ratio of So per / 1000. the smallest
proportion reported since 1893. The
death ratio was s.si per 1000. or sub.
stnntially the same as the average for
the past ten years. Tho management
expense per capita was si.93, as com.
pared with si.sS for 1906. and 81 .9i for
1908. Based ON protection In fore. the
expense for 1907 was si.ss per 81 900 as
compared with sl.32 for 1906.