The Springfield herald., 1909-11-05

broke the worlds speed record. He
travelled mile and 500 yards in one
minute and AZ Is seconds. This was
at the rate of nearly fifty-four miles
an hour.
A terrible cloudburst occurred In the
state of Tabasco, Mex, October rs,
destroying crops and forests. From
north to south, across the state from
the Mescalapa and the Grijalva rivers,
the entire country was left waste.
Only the high mountain villages and
plateau farms escaped from the rush
ing waters.
An enormous waterspout coming
swiftly in from the sea over the town.
caused serious damage at Genoa. It.
ally. on the 2Sth ult. Many houses in
the vicinity of the Piazza Del Popolo
were unroofed and many of the trees
in the square were uprooted. A large
number of persons were injured. but
no one was killed.
Some storm records were broken in
the recent Philippine typhoon which
crossed northern Luzon and the Cen
guet mountains. Eighteen inches Of
rain fell in nine hours and twenty-siX
inches fell in the twenty-four hours
the storm lasted. The Bued river
rose sixty feet. The wind gauge at
the observatory broke when the wind
attained a velocity of ninety-five miles
an hour.
Sixty-one automobiles, representing
thirty-four different makes. left New
York City October 25th on 10-days'
run to Atlanta. Ga. as participants in
the good roads tour promoted by the
New York Herald and Atlanta Jour
nal The contest is for trophies ag-
gregating $1,7OO and is open TO stock
cars selling at from $3.50 to $4,000 and
over.
With a view to stemming the tide
o: emigration which threatens to de-
plete the country of agricultural la
borers, a national subscription has
been started in Sweden to obtain
funds for loans to laborers left un-
employed after the recent big strike.
The loans are intended to enable the
purchase of small farms and Will be
made repayable within ten years. The
fund will be administered by the Anti
Emigration Society of Sweden.
The will of Francisco Ferrer, who
was executed at Barcelona for con,
spiracy against the government OF
Spain, has been published in Paris. 1t
charges the executor to continue the
publication of Ferrer's works on mod
ern schools and education. The tes-
tator stated that history would vindi-
cate his innocence. but he abjured his
friends not to bother about his men,
ory. as 'in this life only acts count
Four weighers at the port CT New
York made confession of fraud and
named the bribers, resulting IN con-
viction and punishment. For this the
weighers were promised immunity and
continuance in the service. The ac-
ton Of Collector William Loeb. Jr.. in
this case has been strongly denounced
by Federal Judge Holt, but is de-
Tended by the collector on the plea
that he could find no other method OF
stopping the frauds.
At College Park, Md. October 26th,
Wilbur Wright's two army officer stu
dents made their first independent
flights. Lieutenant Humphreys stayed
up twenty-four minutes and Lieuten-
ant Lahm thirty-nine minutes. Lieu
evening, circled the field again and
again in darkness. 1t was the first
time in the United States that
Wright aeroplane had been guided
through the air without carrying
either of the Wright brothers.
The Wisconsin University baseball
team. 16 strong, returned 'by the
steamer Tango Maru, reaching Victo-
ria, B. c., October 9th, after playing
series of nine games in Japan. Five
games were won. One game, which
went nineteen innings. was won by
the University of Keito. two to one.
The Wisconsin team was entertained
profusely, their sportsmanlike conduct
meeting with much appreciation.
Count Okuma, the sage of Mito, enter
tanned the team, breaking precedent
by shaking hands with all the party.
President w. C. Brown of the New
road, recently announced that the
management had entered upon a cam
paign of extraordinary expenditures
to meet extraordinary traffic de-
mands. The company had placed con-
tracts in the last few days, he said.
for $25,O0O,00O worth of new locomo-
tives, passenger and freight cars, and
intends to spend s6O.0OO,00O more
$S5 900 900 in all-in reducing grades,
Strengthening curves and laying new
rails, exclusive of s50,00O,000 terminal
improvements in New York.
A judicial opinion which appears to
be likely to overthrow the govern
ment's entire criminal case under the
antitrust law against the American
Sugar Refining Company and its di-
rectors, has been handed down by
Justice Holt of the United States Cir
cult Court at New York. Justice Holt
in dismssing the indictments against
Gustav L. Kissel and Thomas b. Har-
ned, connected with those against the
sugar company, declares that the op-
Grafton of the statute of limitations
invalidates any action against them,
nasmuch as the offense was COM
mitted more than three years ago.
A dozen of the Detroit baseball play
| erS are going to lay months visit