The Springfield herald., 1909-07-02
The Empire Steel and Iron Com

The Empire Steel and Iron Com
pany of Allentown, n. Y, has restored
the wages of its 1900 men to the scale
in effect prior to the ten per cent. re-
duction made last April
New York detectives have wrung
from Chun Sin, the friend of Leon
Ling, who is accused of the murder of
Elsie Sigel, an account of the strang-
ling of the girl by Leon, of which
Chun was an eye witness.
1t is understood that the government
has ascertained that the cash deposits
of Abdul Hamid, the deposed Sultan
of Turkey, in the Imperial Bank of
Germany, amount to $21,500,000. The
authorities are wondering how they
are going to get the money.
John r. Roberts, charged with mur
dering Mrs. Edith May Woodill of Los
Angeles, was surrounded in the house
of John B. McQuay at Coyman, seven
miles from st. Michael. Md. and re-
sisting arrest, was shot by officers.
The Russian senate has indicted
Theodore Nikitin, former vice minis
ter of agriculture. on the charge of
having plundered the government of
millions of dollars, as superintendent
of the vast forests of the Petchoria.
Mrs. Roosevelt and her children ex-
pect to return from Europe about No
vember 1st, having abandoned the pre-.
viously arranged plan of remaining in
Europe through next winter and jour
neying up the Nile in the spring to
meet Colonel Roosevelt.
All tho pomhnrc of tho pancaynlt
expedition, at present in camp on the
Loietta plains, in the Sotik district,
are reported in excellent health. The
| odore Roosevelt has shot another lion,
while very large, tawny- -maned lion
has fallen before the rifle of his son,
Kermit.
Charles r. Richardson, a Pittsburg
broker convicted of conspiracy in con-
nection with the alleged attempts OF
| Charles S. Cameron, president OF the
| Tube City Railroad, to bribe Council
| man w. A. Martin, has been sentenced
| to one year and three months in the
| penitentiary and to pay fine of $500.
Baseball follows the flag even In
| our hot tropical possessions. In the
Panama canal zone two leagues played
a series of games in the season Just
| closed there. At Colon the sport has
taken such hold on the people that
it is proposed to put up new baseball
park prior to the opening of the next
| league season.
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt and three
children, Miss Ethel, Archie and Quen-
| tin, are going on the liner Cretic to Gil
braltar and Naples to pass the summer
on the continent. The Roosevelt par
| ty Will spend month with Miss Ca
rev, Mrs. Roosevelts sister, at her
villa near Rome, afterward going to
France on a trip. planned especially
for Miss Ethel's benefit.
Silver was found few days since
by the crew of the government boat
Cataract, working in the Delaware
river near Fort Mifflin in an endeavor
to raise the contents OF the supposed
English treasure boat which was sunk
during the Revolutionary war. The
dredger Hell Gate" will be sent to
Fort Mifflin to raise the sunken boat.
The National Free Speech League
in New York City. Clarence Darrow,
| " Ho ilSuAeu III the u idi VI fhosSi, nay
wood, Pettibone, the western labor
case, will open at Chicago a branch,
to be known as the western headquar-
ters of the league. Austin ]. Lewis,
lawyer of the Pacific coast, is to or
ganize branches in San Francisco and
Los Angeles.
An earthquake. the most severe
shock experienced there in years. oc
CURED at 11:25 o'clock on the night
| of June 22nd, and almost caused a
panic at Grass Valley, Cal, and in
Nevada City. Many people rushed
into the street but no damage has
been reported. A second and lighter
shock came at 11:49. Reports from
Marysville, Chico. and ColfaX say that
those towns We're also shaken.
| Queen Victoria of Spain gave birth
to daughter June 22nd. The birth of
princess is particularly pleasing to
both the King and the Queen, as they
had hoped that this child, the third,
would be a girl. The first two chill
dren are boys, Prince Alfonso, born
May 10, 1907, and Prince Jaime, born
June 23, 1908. The Queen is a daugh-
| ter of the late Prince Henry of Bat
tenburg and Princess Beatrice, daugh-
ter of the late Queen Victoria of Gil at
Britain.