The Springfield herald., 1908-03-13
Miscellaneous.

Miscellaneous.
The death rate in New York for 1907
was lower than any OF the other large
cities of the world, being 1S.4S OF
which the greatest number was caused
by tuberculosis with heart disease
second.
One thousand blank money orders
stolen from Chicago sub-station are
being filled in and passed on mer-
chants in Indiana and Illinois.
The conspiracy case against Au-
gustus Hartje, JOHN Welshons and
Clifford Hooe, in which the defendants
were charged with attempting to
blacken the reputation of Mrs. Hartje,
resulted in acquittal on instructions
from the trial judge at Pittsburg. Pa.
While public school building in
New York was burning recently the
1000 pupils present marched out in
perfect order singing America"
Much excitement has been created
throughout England by letter writ
ten by Emperor William of Germany
to Lord Tweedmouth. head OF the
British admiralty The Kaiser is sus-
pected of having designs against the
English navy.
Two more automobile records were
broken at Ormond. Fla, when a car
was driven 100 miles in one hour and
IL minutes. Sc 1-5 seconds, and another
made a mile in 80 seconds.
A stock company with 100000 capi
tai has been organized at Salina. Kan.
to build an electric line to connect
/ fn iy,
March gales recently did consider
able damage in Kansas City and Chi
cago. One man was killed at Kansas
City by live wire.
A treaty of arbitration between the
United States and Mexico has been
agreed upon.
In the auto races at Ormond, Fla,
Emanuel Cedrino averaged n miles
an hour for 800 miles. breaking the
worlds record.
Flour milled from Chinese wheat is
underselling American flour at Hardin
and American trade in Manchuria is
threatened.
All the coal mines OF Iowa are ex-
when the present wage agreement eN,
pires.
The Chicago police have come to
the conclusion that Lazrus Averbuch
was alone in his attempt to take the
life of Chief of Police Shippy.
John Coe, clerk out of employ
ment recently applied at the Bellevue
hospital, New York. to be "OsleTized.'
He was placed in the psychopathic
ward for observation as to his sanity
The United States troops that have
been in Goldfield. New, for three
months keeping the peace between the
miners and mine operators have re
turned to their former station in Cali
fornia.
A Minneapolis, Mimi, undertaker's
assistant confessed to robbing bodies
in his charge and has been sentenced
| to the state prison.
The Retailers Commercial Union
composed of merchants of Iowa, Min
nesota. South Dakota, Kansas ant
Missouri. held its annual session ir
st. Louis recently.
The third of the Pennsylvania foul
tunnels under East river at New York
has been opened.
The government has concluded the
taking of testimony at Washington in
its suit to dissolve the Standard Oh
company. The work will shortly be
resumed in Cleveland. o.
The fire drill averted what might
have been a repetition of the Cleve
land tragedy when fire broke out il
a high school at Grand Rapids, Mich.
while 1000 pupils were busy at theil
studies. At a signal the pupils marched
out in perfect order and the building
was emptied in sla minutes.
The federal grand jury at st. Louis
has returned Indictments against the
Frisco Railroad company and Chap
man-Dewey Lumber company of Kan
sas City. for rebating.
Virginia has adopted the electric
chair as a means of execution in place
of hanging.
At Emporia, Kan, two boys have
been arrested charged with sending
threatening letters to a widow demand
ing money on pain of death. The let
tiers were signed BLACK Hand"
The first nag containing 46 stars
has been given to the Oklahoma His
torical society by act of congress.
Twenty-four railroad laborers were
overcome by gas in PENNSYLVANIA
railroad tunnel. Four died and ten
were taken 10 a hospital.
1t has been practically determined
that the battlCshlp fleet will return
to the Atlantic by way OF the Suez
canal.