The Springfield herald., 1909-04-02

George Robertson, driving locomo-
bile car, broke the worlds record for q
gasoline car for five miles at Dayton,
Ohio, March 24th. Time, 2:45 1-5.
Admiral George F. Beresford, COM
mander of the British channel fleet,
hauled down his flag at Portsmouth
March oath, thus ending fifty years of
actual serice.
A Melbourne dispatch says that the
commonwealth government has de-
cided not to offer Dreadnought to
England, preferring to adhere to her
settled policy of defending Australia
Emperor Nicholas has conferred the
Order of the Grand Cross of Alexander
Nevsky upon President Diaz. The or
der is one OF the highest within the
gift OF the Russian sovereign.
In an automobile race at Dayton,
O., March 23d, David Bruce Brown.
the millionaire amateur driver, ran
his machine mile in thirty-three sec
onds, breaking the worlds amateur
record of 35 3-5, which was held by
him.
The Pope received Hart o. Berg. fl
nencial agent of the Wright brothers.
and said that when Wilbur Wright
came to Rome he hoped the daring
aviator would fly directly over the
vatican SO as to give Its occupants
chance to see the aeroplane.
The Panama libel cases against the
Press Publishing Company and Caleb
Van Hamm, one OF the editors of the
World. will not be dropped SO long as
he is district attorney, is the statement
made by United States Attorney Slim
son in New York.
The leaders of the Socialist party
and the Socialist newspapers of Park
comment with jubilation upon the out.
come OF the strike of the French teleG-
raphers and postmen. They call 1t a
victory over the government which
the government can never retrieve.
Mrs Grace L. Sanlsey has obtained a
divorce from John e. Sanliey. the eld-
est son OF the late Ira ID. Sankey, the
evangelist who became famous during
his tours with Moody. The Sankey's
were married in 1898 and have one lit
tie girl five years old.
Morocco Reliable news received at
Washington says that F'ez and the sur
rounding country, including the town
of Mequinz, some of whose principal
supporters in Fee, have deserted and
have Joined in the revolt proclaiming
the pretenders and holy war. The
situation in Fez is critical.
In support of the contention of lead
ing railroad officials that the present
railways for the transportation of mail
are far too. low, Julius Kruttschnitt,
vice president of the Union Pacific
and Southern Pacific system, has pre-
pared pamphlet making an exhaus-
tive argument for All increase.
A Telegram March oath from Nom
basa. British East Africa, where en-
President Roosevelt is going, says The
popular sporting season is at an end.
The records for the four months show
the killing of 40 lions, including two
maneaters, and 5000 head Of other
game During the season nine natives
and four white men were mauled by
lions.
At Russ, remote town In Laclede
county, Mo-, March 22nd, Rev. Martin
d Jackson, aged forty, shot and killed
Rev. Solomon Odell. aged forty-six
johnson is the Baptist minister of the
e;ghborhood, while Odell was the
Pr Presbyterian divine at Russ. They
Quarreled over business matters re
lated to rival telephone companies In
which they were interested.
Two hundred merchant tailors from
centers of fashion SO far removed from
each other as Portland, Me, and Kan
sas City, Mo, were present at the
opening of the American Style and
Fashion show in New York City. II
| appears that even the present freak
styles in coats are to be outdone the
coming season, coats being fashioned
with prppDunced ruryes at the htDg