Semi-weekly herald., 1910-01-20
TELEGRAPH NEWS.

TELEGRAPH NEWS.
The Bank Of Brussels Saturday di-
vided among the daughters of the late
King Leopold, the $360O.OOO left them
at his death.
The election of Theodore Roosevelt
Harvard 80, as president of the Har.
ward Alumni association, succeeding c.
w. Eliot. president emeritus of Har.
ward university. has been announced
In the British elections held Saur.
dag. II JInionlsts were returned to
parliament 80 Liberals, Laborltes
and 8 Natlonalsts The Unionists
gained 16 seats, the Liberals 3, and
the Laborites /.
Russia is now the greatest wheat
producing country in the world. hay
ing yielded last year the remarkable
crop of 7s3,0O0,00O bushels, which is
not only the largest crop ever harvest
ed by any country. but also exceeds
that Of the United States by 26,0U0.
600.
Fire in the plant of the George C.
Whitney company, Worcester, Mass.
the largest valentine factory in the
United States, did damage estimated
at 100000 The almost complete de
struction of the plant means an almost
valentineless st. Valentines day for
the country.
William f. Curtis writes from Lon.
don that Otto Belt, who has made mil.
lions in the diamond mines of South
Africa, has endowed the University OF
London with 81 800, 900, the interest of
which is 10 be used to maintain thirty
fellowships for medical research. The
endowment is in memory OF Alfred
Belt, brother of the donor.
Representative G. j. Diekema of
Michigan has announced his candidacy
for speaker of the house of representa-.
| tives to succeed Uncle Joe Cannon at
the end of the present session. Speak.
er Cannon has. however, made It plain
he has no intention of reslgning. Wal.
ter l. Smith of Iowa. Marlin Il. Ohm
stead of Pennsylvania and James r.
Mann of Illinois are all mentioned as
candidates.
The senate OF the Illinois Legislature
pasted the Barr commission bill which
provides for the commission form OF
government in municipalities outside
OF Chicago, by vote of 81 to /. FROM
canvass of the house members dele.
gates from the cities interested think
there is no doubt of the measure
passing the house. This form of mu.
nicipal rule is certainly growing pop
uiar.
With $1,000 in the bank, Elias Cep.
nick. tailor who deserted his wife
and eight children in New York two
years ago, deGanily refused to avail
himself of the offer Of Judge O'Sulli.
van to suspend sentence II the desert
er would deposit $1,000 with a charit
able organization in New York for the
benefit of his family. He was Satur.
day sentenced to state prison for a
! year and fined $1,000.
A seal ring of rare design. set with
diamonds and rubies, Is the lone clew
on which the police hope to establish
the identity Of a man who, after tum-
bling In the game OF life from what
was evidently wealth and refinement
into the gutter. was killed Saturday
in Chicago by falling head first into a
manhole while trying to get warm
| from the steam which came from an
underground exhaust.
Declaring that labor unions are do.
ing great deal Of good for the public,
DR.. Frank ]. Warne, of the New York
university last month addressed the
| students of the University of Penn.
sylvania. and showed how this work
| was being accomplished. Labor un.
IONS" he said. "are a check to poverty
Each year they distribute about $780,
100000 In death and sick benefits,
strike benefits and unemployed insur.
ance."
Testimony consisting almost wholly
OF alleged sensational scenes and Incl.
dents OF New York's Bohemia, with
Howard Chandler Christy as a central
| figure. was submitted Saturday In
GAINESVILLE. o., in the legal battle be.
tween the artist and his wife for pos
session of their child Natalie. Inter
est was added to the proceedings by
Mrs. Christy taking the stand. Mrs