The Springfield herald., 1912-03-08
GEN ERAL.

Never before In the history. OF New
York has there been such an epidemic
of robberies as within the last fort
night.
Presidential preference primaries
are not proving as popular as had
heen anticipated. Only seven states
will hold such elections.
Mrs. Abigail Morrill,. 1O3 years old,
celebrated her birthday recently at
Newburyport, Mass. She is in good
health and retains all her faculties.
Almost the entire $3S.OOO,0O0 left
by John w. Gates goes to his widow.
Mrs. Dellora Gates. 1t was learned
when the will of Mr.. Gates was filed
for probate at Geneva, Ill.
Indiana leads all other states in
good roads. Its total mileage OF Inn
proved highways Is 24.955. Ohio comes
next with 24.1O6. New York is third
with 12,7S7.
For the first time in the history of
heavier-than-air flying, man leaped
from an aeroplane at Jefferson Bar
racks. st. Louis. and descended 1900
feet to the earth in parachute.
james Weaver, prisoner in the
Madison county. Ala, Jail, stood at the
bydrlnt in his cell and drank himself
to death. Fellow prisoners say he
drank not less than three gallons OF
water.
After. escaping from the Kansas pen
iten.iary. reforming. marrying and liv-
ed at Bonneville, Ark. and will be re-
turned to the Kansas penltentiary to
serve out his term.
The Missouri Supreme Court denied
the writ of custer asked by the state
against the Missouri Pacific, Iron
Mountain and Wabash railroads, the
Pacific Express Company and the
American Refrigerator Transit Com
pany.
Unprecedented prosperity is being
enjoyed by the Philippine islands.
principally as result of free trade be-
tween them and the United States,
and the cry of hard times" there no
longer can be raised, say the members
of the Philippine commission in their
report for 1911. The United States has
shared in this prosperity by increasing
it's exports to the archipelago to $40,
100000. or more than $12,5OO,OOO dur
ing the year.
Because 100000 British coal miners
| hov OF ha 10
American coal for shipment to Eng
land has increased to the limit of
transportation facilities. Meantime
coal operators in various parts of the
ing several hundred thousand men
| April 1. New York coal dealers have
notified their customers that they fear
a strike and have advised them to
prepare for it.
The Central and South American
tour of American secretary of state
has begun auspiciously with big vel
coming crowds at Colon and Panama.
Knox went ashore at Colon from the
armored cruiser Washington and was
met by government officials.
Carrying with them more than $780,
| 900 they have earned by giving con-
certs in seventy American cities, for
| ty boy musicians, who left Melbourne
| for tour around the world last Au-
gust, started from New York for Eng
land recently on board the Celtic of
the White Star line.
The storm which brought heavy
| snow to the Middle Lake region and
rain and thunder on line south Of
the Ohio river, is moving rapidly east
ward. Snow is falling from the Lake
Erie region on the north to Kentucky.
and below the snow belt there is rain.
Mrs. Alice G. Rycroft of New York
won verdict of $4,000 against Hem
ny Clay Pierce. the oil magnate, by
Jury in the Supreme Court. She
charged that Pierce had obtained pos
session of her securities, valued at the
amount sued for. and had converted
them to his own use.