The Springfield herald., 1909-07-16


letic Club established new American
record of so feet. l 3-3 inches for the
hop, step and jump and two hops and
jump.
An appeal in behalf of absolute free
dom Of trade between all nations was
issued July 4th to "the citizens Of the
United States" by Tom L. Johnson.
Charles Francis Adams. James H. Dill
lard, David Starr Jordan and others.
The president declared in his speech
at Burlington, VT. that the Champlain
celebration would fill unique place in
history as the memorial Of renewed
expression of the amity between Great
Britain, France and the United States.
The United States Circuit Court of
Appeals, in decision handed down
at San Francisco. has sustained the
constitutionality of the federal enact
ments providing that cattle or sheep
in transit by rail must be watered and
fed every twenty-eight hours.
The United States government has
begun another suit In New York
against the American Sugar Refining
Company as a corporation. six Of Its
directors and two prominent lawyers.
The Indictment contains fourteen
counts, alleging conspiracy in re-
straint of trade.
Revolutionists. supported by por-
tion of the regular army stationed at
Barranquilla, on the 7th inst, deposed
General Rafael Reyes as president of
Columbia and proclaimed Gonzales
Valencia his successor. Reyes, fore
seeing the end of his reign, recently
fled to London.
On the third day of the celebration
of the three hundredth anniversary of
the discovery of Lake Champlain the
principal speech was made at Bluff
Point, NJ. Y, by President Taft. Ad-
dresses were also made by Ambassa-
dors Jusserand of France and Bryce Of
Great Britain.
General, the Marquis de Gallifet, for
mer minister of war of France, died
at Paris on the Sth inst. He was rs
years old and made brilliant record
in the Crimean, Mexican and African
wars. He commanded the troops
which put down the communists in
Paris.
The insurance commissioner of Mis-
sissippi does not want anything to do
with any matrimonial insurance COM
panies and has turned down the ap-
plication of one domiciled at Vicks-
burg, and which wanted to insure
births and marriages for small sums
as one of it's attractive features.
Charlotte Gialphe, who has been a
voluntary Yorkville Jail trusty" for
five years, was taken to Bellevue hos
pital, New York, insane, the prison
attaches say, because of the death Of
Reuben, the jail mascot, handsome
Maltese cat, which was the woman's
constant and only companion for the
last two years.
At Norwich, Conn, on the 7th inst.
Capt Thomas s. Baldwin, in the air
ship California Arrow. made success
full flight of twenty-five minutes. He
rose to an altitude of 1000 feet and
covered distance of five miles, pass
ing directly over the center of the
city, coming from the fair grounds.
two miles distant.
A force of experienced detectives
has been on guard in the vicinity OF
the New York Stock Exchange fol
lowing the receipt by the police of q
letter which threatened that between
Friday and Tuesday the exchange
would be blown up with dynamite.
The authorities finally concluded that
the letter was probably written by a
harmless crank.
An attempt to assassinate the Rev.
Joseph f. Gillis, a priest connected
with ST. Mary's cathedral, was made
at Burlington, VT. on the 9th inst. as
the priest was on his way to celebrate
mass at st. Marys academy. The po-
lice arrested Miss Beatrice Thompson,
an artist, aged forty, charging her
with assault with intent to kill by
shooting.
The Supreme Court of the state of
San Luis Potosi, Mexico, has con-
firmed the death sentence Of Dario
Gonzales, millionaire. who was con-
victed of the murder of his brother
in-law, Manuel Iturre. the wealthy son
of an American. The court also Is
sued decree requiring Gonzales to
pay to the widow of the man he muir
dered 100000 damages.
BY a vote of 224 to "a, the church
council in London, which was attended
by the leading bishops, clergy and lay
men of the Church of England, de-
clared that marriage to a deceased
wife's sister, recently legalized in
England, was contrary to the moral
rules of the church and to the prln-
ciples of the Scriptures. Further
more, the use of the prayer book In
the services solemnizing such mar
riages was reprobated in the strongest
terms.