The Springfield herald., 1909-04-23

Fire at Rochester, n. Y, on the 18th
inst destroyed property of the esti-
mated value of 100000.
Harry Jansen of the Pastime Ath-
letic Club, won Marathon race at
Celtic park. Long Island City on the
11th inst, in which seventeen anna
teurs competed. His time was 2:47:17
The Pullman Manufacturing Com
pany has 600 more men on its pay
rolls than at the low point last year.
1t has. however, 1000 men less than at
the high point prior to the financial
depression.
1t is reported at Gloucester. Mass
that President Taft and family will oc'
cupy house at Manchester part OF
the time during the coming summer
thelr arrival depending on the length
OF the present session.
Acting under orders from President
Roosevelt. Victor d. Brenner of New
York City, sculptor-medallist, who
designed the Roosevelt-Panama canal
medals, has designed head OF Pres
Ident Lincoln, which will appear on
the new pennies that are to be Issued
soon.
At the celebration of the eightieth
anniversary of the birth in New York
of General William Booth. 1t was an
nounced by Commissioner Thomas Es-
till of Chicago, that the founder of the
Salvation Army is planning another
trip throughout the United States and
Canada next fall.
Turkish troops at Constantinople re-
volted on the 18th inst. and made vio-
lent demonstration before the parlia-
ment building against the committee
of union and progress. They were only
appeased by the resignation of the
grand vizier, Hilmi Pasha, and his cab
met, after which they cheered the
Sultan.
The Cunard Steamship Company,
like the German steamship lines, has
suffered so heavily from the depres-
sion in the shipping trade that it will
be unable to pay dividend. The
number of third-class passengers
landed in the United States in 1908
was only 335,OOO, as compared with
1,116,000 in 1907.
The estimated loss by fire in the
United States and Canada in the
month of March, according to the com
piler of the Journal of Commerce, ag-
gregates 1875, 400, or about s3,000,-
900 less than for the corresponding
month of last year. There We're six
fires causing an estimated loss of $780,
600 or over in each instance.
The Alaska syndicate, composed OF
the Guggenheim interests and j. p.
Morgan & Co, has bought the Bonanza
mines in Alaska, said to be the richest
copper deposits known. The price
paid to the Alaska Copper and Coal
900 less than that at which they were
held before the recent depression in
the copper trade.
At the seventh session of the Inter
national Railway Congress, held in
Washington, d. c., in 1905, 1t was de-
cided to hold the next session in Swift
zerland, provided the government of
that country would give its consent.
This formality having now been COM
piled with, it is officially announced
that the next session will be held at
Berne, Switzerland, Jluy 3-16- 1910.
In the religious riot at Velardina,
Mexico. thirty men were killed and
many more injured. The parish priest
led a procession for the annual burn
ing of Judas, which had been prohib-
tied by the authorities, and a thousand
of mis- followers attacked the mayor
and police who tried to stop them.
Troops were called in and the priest
arrested and placed in hospital, be-
ing in a dying condition.