The Springfield herald., 1908-09-04

William j. Bryan visited Salem, ILL
nois, his birth place, August 26th, and
was greeted by the largest crowd ever
assembled in the town, to whom he
made political speech.
Employers OF negro labor In Spring
field, ILL.,, are being threatened by
anonymous letter writer's, who seem
to represent some kind of an organ
ization in sympathy with the recent
riot.
David E. Thompson, American am
bassodar to Mexico, was run down by
a bicyclist In tire center Of the City OF
Mexico Tuesday and suffered frac-
ture Of one arm and contusions Of the
face.
Preparations for the celebration OF
Count Tolstoy's eightieth birthday
on September 9th, are strongly disap-
proved by the Russian government,
and some authorities are bringing
pressure to bear to check the plans
for the celebration.
The forces of Abd-El-Aziz, Sultan Of
Morocco. have been defeated in the
field by the adherents of his brother,
Mulai Hafid, who has been proclaimed
Sultan at Tangier, and is said to now
cities of Morocco.
After stormy closing session of the
National Fraternal congress at Put In
Bay. Ohio, the uniform bill, which is
modelled after the fraternal insurance
law Of Ohio was finally passed and
will be recommended to the state leg
fslatures this fall.
The fastest time from Cherbourg to
ha Nf
miles was made by the steamer Kron
Prinzessin Cecilie, which arrived in
New York Tuesday. The time of the
passage was five days, eleven hours,
nine minutes, with an average speed Of
1925 knots an hour.
Rain to the amount Of 432 inches
fell at Wichita, Kansas. in twelve
hours on the night of August 26th.
breaking the previous record for the
heaviest rainfall, which was 4.07
inches June 81, 1894, in twenty-four
hours. The most severe electrical
storm the city ever experienced ac-
companied the rain. Property loss
will amount to $4,000.
The North German Lloyd steamer
Kaiser Wilhelm II. has established
new record In time elapsed and aver
age speed for any vessel over the long
course, $3.50 miles, from Sandy Hook
to Plymouth. She made the distance
i'll five days, nine hours and fifty-seven
minutes, and averaged for the dis
tance 231 miles an hour. The best
days run was $50 knots, which was
accomplished two days in succession.
The appeal in the Colo
RADIO land fraud cases will not be ar
gued before the United States Court
of Appeals at Chicago next November
as was intended. The government Of
ficials have determined to await the
decision of the Supreme Court rela-
tive to the recent decision of Judge
Lewis. of Denver, holding that Grim
inal prosecutions cannot be instituted
by the government under the coal land
act.
Richard Croker of New York has
been made an honorary burgess of
Dublin. The roll is limited to dis
tinguished persons who have rendered
service to Ireland. or to the cause OF
liberty at home and abroad, and the
rames of three Americans precede
that of Croker, General Grant, Edward
Potter. captain of the ship Constitu
ton. which brought relief to Ireland
in 1880. and the late Patrick A. Col
Inns. who was at one time mayor Of
Boston.
According to advices received by
the Y NJ. C. A. at New York American
sailors of Admiral Sperry's round-the-
world fleet will not be permitted to
break the hearts of the Japanese gel
sha girls if the Y. M. c. A. of Japan,
the native Christian churches and the
missionaries are able to prevent it. Re-
ligious organizations in Japan are
protesting against the old style of
Japanese hospitality. which is ex-
pected to include introduction to the
geisha girls