The Springfield herald., 1908-10-30

Detroit American league teams has
been abandoned.
The lend anniversary of the found
ing of Princeton university was OBJ
served at Princeton, New Jersey, on
the z2nd inst. with appropriate exer-
cises.
A fortune of 100000 awaits the re-
turn of Daniel B Russell OF Melrose,
Massachusetts,, who has been missing
since 1886. He is son of Daniel Rus
sell, who died January 23. 1907.
The Roosevelt prize for the three
mile running race at Paris Sunday
was won by Keyser, French runner.
in Is minutes and 16 seconds. He also
won the event in 1906.
The Aero Club Of France has de-
cided to organize big aeroplane
meeting in the autumn of 1909. when
the Grand Prix d'Aviation will be COM
peted for. The value OF this prize ia
$4,000, and there will be other awards.
Thirty earthquake shocks were ex-
perienced In the Zwickau region, Sax
ony, Wednesday. They We're accom-
panied by thunder-ljke reverberations,
and the people were greatly alarmed.
There was al other severe shock Thurs
day.
]. Halwood OF Lexington, Ky, has
sold to Ed Alvery Of Louisville, Pin
kola, the famous derby winner, for $6.-
900, and Friend Harry, by Orlando, for
$4,000. The latter Is a half brother OF
Jeff Bernstein, for which horse large
offers have been refused.
Brig. Gen. John Elmer milford,
through whose efforts as an agent for
the exchange of prisoners during the
Civil war more than 10000 Union SOL
diers were restored to their homes,
died Monday at Montour Falls, N. Y,
aged seventy-nine years.
The Vermont Legislature Tuesday
reelected Senator William p. Dilling-
ham for another term of six years and
elected Former Gov. Carroll S. Page to
fill the remainder of the unexpired
term of the late Senator Redficld Proc
tor. Both are Republicans.
Duchess Alexandra Victoria Of
SchleswiG Holstein, daughter of Prince
Frederick, duke Of Schleswis- Holstein.
was married in the chapel of the I'm
perial palace at Berlin, Thursday, the
22nd inst, TO Prince August William
of Prussia, fourth son of Emperor Will
liam.
At Newark, New Jersey, October
25th, Frank l.. Kramer, the champion
bicycle rider, broke his own worlds
record for twenty-five miles unpaced
in competition at the Vaisburg track.
riding the distance in 57:%G 35. His
previous record made in 1901 was
57;52 As.
One of those freak fires that are
the continual bane of the insurance
man is reported from Paduca, Ken
lucky, where a fire starting from a
match carelessly thrown in dry grass
resulted in the burning of an orchard
Of 5000 apple trees, valued at several
thousand dollars. The orchard be,
longed to Mrs. Mary Chesterfield.
Before crowd of several thousand
Tuesday, the Chicago worlds cham
pions defeated the Detroit American
league champions at Terre Haute, to
1. Before the game Mordecai Brown
was presented with an elegant silver
service by the citizens of Terrc Haute
his home city. Cobb carried off the
batting honors with four singles in four
times up.
The franchise under which the
Cleveland, Ohio, Municipal Traction
Company is operating street railway
lines on a 3-cent fare basis, was de-
feated by majority of $40 in the refer
endum vote Thursday. The total vote
was more than $1,000. 1t is alleged
that the public We're dissatisfied with
the service given by the operating
company.
Seventeen of the woman suffragists
who were arrested October 18th dur
ing the "storming OF the House OF
Commons" on charges of dsorderly
conduct, have just been sentenced in
the Bow Street Police Court to terms
of imprisonment varying from three
weeks to three months. The women
were offered the alternative of giving
bonds for their good behavior. but
they elected to go to jail.
In a despera fight, prolonged for
hours, which occurred Friday near Ill
gan island of Mindanao, nine Filipino
laborers and their superintendent, also
a native, were killed by the marauders
and four other natives were wounded.
The bodies of the dead Filipinos were
mutiated by the Moro band in most
horrible manner. Before being driven
off, the Moros succeeded in firing the
plantation stores, which, with their
contents, were destroyed.