The Springfield herald., 1909-05-07

The new Sultan Of Turkey is said
to bear remarkable resemblance to
his dethroned brother. His lips are
thick and slightly protruding; he has
the same curve to the nose and his
hair is untinged with gray, but in 9TH
er ways he shows signs of Times raw
ages.
The American Sugar Refining Com
pany of New Jersey and the New York
corporation of the same name, on the
29th ult., by the payment of about
100000. completed the. payment OF
fines and claims amounting to about
$a.O00,000 due the government on ac-
count of frauds on the revenue.
BY the breaking of rope fire es-
cape Miss jeanette Tandy of Vevay,
Ind, sophomore at Wellesley Col
lege, Mass, fell two stories and suf-
fcred serious injuries. Miss Tandy
was fulfilling the college requirement
that each student at intervals make a
descent on the fire escape.
At the Grant birthday dinner OF the
Union Club in Philadelphia, President
Taft paid an enthusiastic tribute to
the memory of General Grant as a
man, as soldier and as president. He
said that he believes that the spirit
shown by Grant and Lee at Appomat
tex is today triumphant.
The deposition of Abdul Hamid as
Sultan of Turkey, SO far as he person
ally is concerned, is not regretted in
England. For years English Gplo
mats have been fighting against the
intrigueS emanating from the Yildi2
palace and they never really knew
whether the Sultan was their enemy
or their friend.
William E. Corey. president of the
United States Steel Corporation, is try
ing to form big combination of the
copper interests of the country. Mr..
Corey and his friends recently called
together forty of the leading
copper men of the country and sub
mitted his plan to them. Practically
all favored the idea
In an address before the New York
bar Attorney General Wickersham
stated that the Shermon antitrust law
will be enforced by the Taft admins
tration. Rebates will be prevented SO
far as possible. The work of the
Roosevelt regime in this direction
will be carried forward with vigor
though by different methods.
The reign of Abdul Hamid III. ended
April 9th with his deposition and the
accession of his brother, Mohammed
Reschad Effendi, as Mehmed v. The
two houses of the Turkish Parliamen.
approved the decree of deposition,
which was read by the Sheik III Is
lam, chief of the Ulemus and supreme
Judge on ecclesiastical questions.
Severe earthquake shocks are re-
ported in Kameron, West Africa. The
d sturbances have compelled the col
onial German government to vacate
Ruea and remove temporarily at Du-
ala Buea lies ON the slope of the
Maron mountains at an elevation of
1000 feet. The mountains are vol
coric and 100 years ago some of the
craters were active.
A London dispatch says that Olive
Logan, the once noted American au-
thor, actress and lecturer, died in an
asylum at Banstead April 9th of
heart disease. Miss Logan had been
ar inmate of this institution since
January, when she was placed there
by the poor law guardians of kensing-
ton. Miss Logan was born at Elmira,
n. Y, April %, 1899.
The Areo club of Sarthe. Tenn. has
applied to the public officials depart
ment asking it to cooperate in the pre-
sentation of a work of art to Wilbur
and Orville Wright as Il souvenir OF
their flights at Lemans. 1t is proposed
that this shall take the shape of a
group representing the Wrights dis
covering the secrets of flight, by some
celebrated sculptor.