The Springfield herald., 1909-06-25


| hot oil.
Miss Jane Adams OF Hull House,
Chicago, is the president of the Ma
tional Conference of Charities and
Correction for 1910, having been
| unanimously elected at Buffalo.
The report of the Canadian insur-
ance department for 1908 shows that
| the United States companies do about
one-fourth of the business of the Do
minon.
Senator Daniel of Virginia will have
no opponent within the Democratic
party in his campaign for reelection
to the Senate for the term beginning
March 4, 1911. The time expired at
noon on the 14th inst, for other candi-
dates to announce their intentions.
After being under sea off the Jap
| anese coast for thirty-five years, gold
| and silver valued at 100000 has been
salved by Japanese vessel off Ura-
| gawa from a sunken German steamer
wrecked in 1874. The treasure was
landed at Kurihamato to be shipped to
the German government
Princeton University's one hundred
and sxty-second annual commence
ment was celebrated on the 18th inst
| before hundreds Of alumni and rela-
| tives of members of the graduating
class, which numbered 242. Earring,
| ton Reed Carpenter of Colorado was
| the winner of the New York Herald
prize.
No dogs, no booze, no drunkards,
and no loaded guns are to be allowed
in camp and no loud noise or talking
after 10 o'clock at night, according to
the rules and regulations drawn up by
| a committee for the new gold camp at
Pine Shadow, on the west side of the
Manzanos mountains in Priest canon,
New Mexico.
| For the accommodation of the thou
sads of turner's who will visit Cincin-
natl to celebrate their thirteenth gym
month, the people of the city have
erected model tent city In which to
house the Germans. Over 400 tents
will be used and prizes will be offered
for the best kept tents.
That it was illusional insanity tha.
caused John J. Murphy, a pig killer for
the North Packing company at Somer-
| vile, to become violent and attack and
kill five and wound three of his fellow
workmen on June 5. was the report of
two alienists in the superior court at
| Cambridge, Mass. Judge Lawton
| thereupon ordered Murphy sent to an
insane asylum.
Working in strictest secrecy In q
| windowless cement shop located at a
| lonely point in the woods, eight miles
| northwest of Medicine Lake, near Min
neapolis, j. Stewart, a retired railroad
| engineer, and S. Brownell, a farmer.
| are said to have invented and success
fully tried an aeroplane which prom
| ises to rival the invention of the
Wright brothers.
The Senate settled the zinc ore
| schedule by adopting an amendment
to the House bill providing for an in
creasing duty up to point where the
| ore bears 25 per cent of zinc. Zinc
| ore containing less than 10 per cent
| of zinc to be admitted free, between
| 10 and 20 per cent at Il cent per
| pound, between 20 and 25 per cent "
cent per pound, and above 25 per
cent l cent per pound.
The United Norwegian Lutheran
| church, in convention at Des Moines,
decided to establish pension fund of
at least 100000 for its pastors and
professors. Every pastor must pay an
initial payment of 5000 within two
years after his ordination and small
annual dues. In case he becomes too
i'll or feeble he receives $500 annually.
In case of death his wife receives his
pension as long as she remains unmar-
ried.
-Four persons were killed outright
and half dozen bruised and manned
three fatally-when one of the huge
750-horse power boilers exploded and
broke from it's foundation at the Den
yer Gas and Electric Company power
plant, Sixth and Lawrence streets. in
Denver. just after o'clock Tuesday
evening, the 18th inst. By energetic
work of the company electric light
and power service was fully restored
within thirty-siX hours. Meantime
many printing and manufacturing
plants suffered temporary inconveni.
ence.