The Springfield herald., 1908-11-13

American soldiers will hold polo
and military athletic meet in Mania De-
ginning January 5th.
President Charles w. Eliot OF Har-
ward University has made no explana-
ton of his resignation, but 1t is under
stood that having served forty years
and arrived at the age of seventy-six,
he feels that he is entitled to 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
somawhat-perhaps from $2S to $24
ton-and that railroads have agreed
to place heavy orders.
Since election, reports come OF FAC
tories reopcned and increased FORCES
set at work at Palmer Falls, N. Y, Or
ono, Me-, New Hartford, Conn, Fall
River. Mass, Pawtucket, r. 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
CT, th 1DVS
of the Japanese Russian war
The British battleship Invincible,
the last addition to the British navy,
in a trial on the 9th inst, under seven
| tenths of her power, attained speed
| of twenty-five knots an hour. 1t Is
| expected that the new vessel. when
working under full power, will reach
a 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
Venezuela for the next week. Ru-
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 result of a feudal war at Cam
pom Junction about 20 miles west of
Jackson, Ky, Islow Allen, aged 20
years. was shot and killed Monday
night; Alvin Graver, aged %, was
badly injured and Clarence Sherman,
who did the shooting, was shot in the
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 the
Pennsylvania Tunnel & Terminal Rail-
road Company in Philadelphia Monday
there was awarded to the Westing-
house Electric & Manufacturing Com
pany contract for the electrification
of the Pennsylvania terminal in New
York, and the lines in New Jersey and
Long Island connected with it. The
initial amount of apparatus required
will aggregate $5.O00,OO0.
American Rhodes scholars got two
firsts and two seconds In the varsity
freshmen sports at Oxford November
9Th. R. Il. Blake of Tennessee won
the long jump with 10 feet inches,
and C. S. Spaulcing of Arizona was
second with is feet S1s inches. G.
e. Putnam OF Kansas won the ham
mer throw with 143 feet 5 inches,
breaking all freshmen records. r. e.
Blake was second in this event.
A tabulation of statistics of fifty-five
societies reporting to the national fra
ternal congress for 1907, including
nearly 100000 members, shows a
lapse ratio of S5 per 1000, the smallest
proportion reported since 1899. The
death ratio was S.S1 per 1000, or sub
stantially the same as the average for
the past ten years. The management
expense per capita was $1.93, as com
pared with $1.S3 for 1906, and $1.91 for
1905. Based on protection in force the
expense for 1907 was $1.39 per 1000 as
compared with $1.32 for 1906.
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