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j THE HUMBERTS tiB Madrid Police Capture the Precious Gang ol French Swindlers. THEY PROMISE REVELATION^ Will Rival Um Tummamm Br*ndit?'TUf 0*7?All Cl>Mll, From Miapghna Powa, ?Bm 1Kb tirmmtma* Bass L*f History Wu mUTPoM?il?-C?t 19,000,000 From tka Omm. Madrid, Spa la,?Mme. Humbert,otber members of At Humbert family, and If. and Mine d'Aurlgnac, the brother and aJatcHn-law of Mme. Humbert, Vn nntnplnni in rannpptlnn rbrftli tfca great safe frauds in Paris, are been arrested here. They had been in Madrid since May 9. The police made a clean haul of the whole family. Mme. Humbert, her husband; Bra Humbert and the three 4*Aurignacs?Bomain, Em lie and Ma* Tie. The prisoners protested that they were the rlctlma of Infamous proceed logs, iuey lumieucu iu gci ci cu with certain persons In France, and aid they had come to Madrid direct from Paris. , Tbe police made an Inventory of tbe contents of tbe apartments and found a parcel of jewels valued at 12000, a couple of lottery tickets and about $115 la cash. Seals were tben attached to tbe bouse and tbe wbale family were remqved to jail and were placed at tbe disposition of the French Ambassador. The police suspect tbe Humberts of bavin; disposed of Important papers while delavln* the entry of tbe officers. The family tried to escape by the windows, but failed, as the bouse was surrounded. According to published interviews, Frederick Humbert declares that the revelations to be made by the family will rival the Panama scandals, and show he and others were the victims of robbers who exploited them. He says that all classes in Paris, from Ministers down, will be involved. Mme. Hum bert claims to have in Paris documents which compromise prominent personages. % I | Paris, Prance.?The news of the arrest in Madrid of the Humberts and M. and Mme. d'Aurlgnac. the brother and sister-in-law of Mme. Humbert, has caused something of a sensation, because the general public had come to believe that the police did not care to And the biggest swindlers of the age. It tad been reporteed that some powerful political Influence waa protecting the band, and the sensation caused by the swindle had almost died away. On May 10 the safe of Mme. Humbert, at 65 Avenue de la Grand Armes, was opened by the authorities and found to be empty. All Prance was waiting In breathless anticipation, for the band had lied a few days before, aad must hare gone directly to Madrid. The empty safe waa supposed to contain ^20,000,000 left by Robert Henry Crawford, an American millionaire. This rast sum waa supposed to be held In trust by Mme. Tberese Humbert who, under Mr. Crawford's first will, was made bis sole belr and who. on the strength of her title to this vast estate, had borrowed about 912,000,000 from bankers, money lenders and others in France and Belgium. The greatest of swindling games the world has known puts In the shade all the stories of Dumas and Gaboriatu The story of a bogus heritage has been befors the French courts for nearly twenly-flre years, during which time the author of the bold invention, Mme. HnmlMrt, the daughter of a Toulouse Unen merchant, and daughter-in-law of ML Humbert, once Minister of Justice, had succeeded In borrowing the enormous fortune. She was reputed to be one of the richest personj in France Im and Der family htm in regai styie ana 9P\ was much courted by the highest soW .etety. The bubble was burst by Le Matin and the attacks on the family were said to be blackmail and were resented by all Paris. The paper kept on and Insisted on an investigation and Anally the family disappeared. The gigantie swindle was made possible by the law. which provides that civil courts are permitted to seal up m ' property in litigation without examination or maklnf any Inventory. The history of this great fraud began with the death of Mr. Crawford, supposed to be an Imaginary person, who is said to have died in 1878. In 1883 Mae. Humbert bought the house, which later contained the safe, the Chateau dea Vive Eaux, near Kelun, and the Coioran property, near Narbonne. Then she produced a copy of ?n alleged will of Crawford In which ft*,* she was named as the sole legatee of the estate valued at 120,000.000. Then he brought out another document which stalled that the property be divided Into three equal shares for the benefit of Marie d'Aurigttac, her infant niece. Henry Crawford and Robert, wKX with the rrovlsion that enouch money be Inveated In France to provide an Income for Mme. Humbert of fOOOO a month. Not Ions after that ahe produced another document, which wax an agreement that all the property be sequestered In the care of M. and Mme. Humbert until the child ahould come of age. when she was to ninrrj one of the ru. MMu. AU. t?i^. vramuruB uuu iuuh mine nitr luuuiitrit. It wu on the strength of thoso documents. after tbe courts bad placed a i?al on the safe supposed to contain 11 tbe fortune, that the Humberts went out and borrowed right and left. She hired a lawyer, who had nothing else to do but negotiate loans. Several bankers were taken in to the tune of 9500.000 apiece, and one was out an even million. , A CENTENARIAN'S HERITAGE.' Of Hto tea's estate.* Philadelphia* Oct* IMII. Philadelphia. Pa.?Tb^mns Gould, who is 101 years old, has fallen heir to $2T>00. Contrary to tbe usual order of things, however, in this case a father Inherits froui bis son. Register of Will* 8!nser granted let? ters of administration to tho eentennr Ian. Tbe old man doe* not look to be within thirty years of the age he gave. His son. John S. Gould, died intestate on December 28 a year ago. Sporting Brevities. , Many of the students at Columbia bnve taken up fencing. Prince of Endurance bns won the Palmetto Sweepstakes at the New Orleans race track. II. M. Tichenor & Co.*s Flocarllne has won the Preliminary Derby Handicap at tbe New Orleans race track. L Yale bas issued a call for heavyBk weight wrestling contestants for the Hft wrestling matches to be held In March. It is announced that Major Taylor, tbe colored bicycle nicer, bas started BbBK (or Australia, where be will race all Ef^GLAND'S PR^MfATE DEAD Archbishop o?jCanterbury Had Been Ui/Tor Some Time. HI* follipM at Klag Edwartl'e CorouaXton a Warn Ids or Hli Knd-Chlof ' Kvaata or HI* Life. London.-The Most Rer. Frederick Temple. Archbishop of Canterbury and Primate of ail Foliar ?, who had been ill for mdic time past, ia dead. The Arclibfehop pasaeu away peacefully in the presence of his wife and two *onz. Ilia <loafh n'dci nTnaoto/l for a rim a flnv? Tbe Primate died of old age. Tbe pathetic scene in Westminster Abbey at tbe coronation of King Edward was one of the earlier indications or hi? failing strength. Then came the col v/r ^ ' AFpMBISHoP of C^terburV lapse In the House of Lords at the end of a vigorous ?pooch in support of the Education bill. He had not left his bed since. He will be buried at Canterbury. The Bishop of Winchester is considered likely to be his successor. The Most Rev. and Right Houorahle Frederick Temple was born in 1821. He was educated in the grammar school at Tiverton and at Balllol Col- , lege.. Oxford, taking his degree of B. j A. In 1812. In 1869 Mc Gladstone nom i Inated him to be Bishop of Exeter, a position to which he was elected despite opposition. In 1885 he whs appointed Bishop of London, and in VI U Wl UUUH, ncui IV IUC uuuov Wfc W neighbor. where they spent the night. They returned In the morn log armed with a shotgun. Wesley had gone into tbe bouse and finding no one there, went to bed. When his brothers opened tbe door be raised himself in the bed. They aimed tbe shotgun, and the eontents lodged in Wesley's face, killing him instantly. ATTEMPT TO WRECK .THEDRAL. Scrap-Ira* Bowk Exploded Kmtranc* mt $t? Pater's. Qraara. Genera. Switzerland.?A dynamite bomb was exploded at tbe entrance of St. Peter's Cathedral. Tbe doorway was damaged, but not seriously. Tbe outrage is *um>o*ed to bare been per petrated by an Anarchist. The bomb was tilled with scrap-iron. The clumsy manner In which the bomb was placed saved the Cathedral from serious damage. Windows of neighboring houses were shattered, and an inmate of an adjacent house waa thrown out of bed. PriMM of Sum; la Geneva. The Crown Princess of 8axony is in Geneva. Switzerland, under the name of Fraulein von Oben. Her brother. Archduke Leopold Ferdinand, and Professor Giron arc at the same hotel. The Archduke ha# assumed the name of De Buriano. Format Declaration or War. For the purpose of -ormall.v legalizing the blockade proclamation, the Government or Trinidad nan issiteu a special gazette containing a declaration of war agaiu.st Venezuela. Child A reused of Less Majeste. A Polish school girl named I\o|>et lias been sentenced to fourteen dnys imprisonment in Inowrazlau. province or Poscn, for lese majeste in baviug thrown a brooch containing Emperor William's picture to the Moor and hav* ? ?> I* Itn/vAiOma :ng muuijnrvi u|iuu it. ^u< u uiumn.? were presented to tbp pupils of the schools when His Majesty visited Posen. aii r>n st kmxtiiu. i?i?. A tire In the business section of Kaozrllle. Tenn.. has caused a loss estimated at $500,000. 1800 wis made Primate of all England. In 1876 Dr. Temyle married Beatrice Lascelles. He bad two son*. Frederick Charles, twenty-three years old. and William, twenty-one years old. Tbe Archbishop in 1800 published the first of tbe seven "Essays and Reviews," which caused much comment. In 1861 be published "Sermons Preached in Rlgley Chapel. 1856-60." EARTHQUAKE DISASTER CROWS. Fmra That Sit* of Aadijaa, Haitian Tark?*Ua. Umr tab*Id*. Ashkabad, Russian Turkestan.?Tbe i worst of the earlier reports of the re- 1 cent earthquake disaster at Andljan j underestimate tbe loss of life. A telegram from the scene of the catastrophe > puts the number of victims in the ua- I tlve quarter of tbe town at 4000. Tbe State Treasury, c6ntaining 0,000.- ; 000 rubles, is in tbe ruins, and excava- j Hons to get the money are carried on under tbe supervision of a strong cordon of police. Tbe water In the wells has disappeared and a general subsidence of tbe site of the town is feared. The shocks continue with increasing violence. The Russian population Is camping at the railroad station, where 000 cars are placed at the disposal of i the populace. The local government j officials are quartered In cars. Sheds ! for tbe destitute are being built. Free soup kitchens have been started, and officials are aiding tbe departure of Kw iiUfalKitHnir f<\rw 1 4u|? lUUOUKAIIlll UJ llirva iuumu^ ?ww( money and free railroad tickets. i HOME-COMING BROTHER SHOT. Vu Tkkn For * Burglar sad Killed by Brother*. Brantford. Ont.?Wesley Watson, of Detroit, wan shot and Instantly killed by bis brother Samuel at Mlddleporr. 1 about twelve miles from this city. Samuel and James Watson ran the farm near Mlddleport. and the third brother. Wesley, lived In Detroit. The latter camo home unexpectedly at night. It is supposed to spend the ; Christmas holidays. His brothers, j both men over thirty years old, heard him approaching the house. They were recently attacked by burglars, and feared that they were about to j repeat the experience. They ran up stairs, anu, getting out ! - ?l~.l ?. tk. n I MARCONI'S GREAT TRIUMPH He Sends Complete Wireless Messages Across the Ocean. WORDS FLASHED OVER 2000 MILES tk* lamior Aimucn That h? Baa Bmi Coaplttilr SmmnM la EatablUklil Canmaaleatioa Batwaaa Cap* Intoa and Cora wall, Ksilaad-Old a ad jr?w VaHdi United by EUctrlclrr. Halifax, K. 8.?After eight experiments conducted with tbe greatest secrecy Marconi announces tbat be lr?s solved tbe problem of wireless transoceanic communication and bas successfully transmitted wireless messages from tbe shores of Canada to tbe coast of England. Tbe formal announcement of tbis achievement was made by the Inventor himself when hi said that tbe wireless messages had bf<?n successfully transmitted and torw arded from tbe Governor-General of Citnada to King Edward VII. of Great Britain and tbe King of Italy. Prior to December. 1901. the greatest distance covered by wireless telegraphy scarcely exceeded 100 miles. Early in that year Marconi visited Newfound land, and from Signal Hill commenced experimenting with Cornwall, and on December 12 and 13 faint signals of the letter "8." repeated several times, were caught by ear only with the aid of telephones. Later on Marconi, on board of the steamship Philadelphia, bound for America, succeeded in establishing communication with Cornwall, a dintan "e of 2100 miles. The following message was sent bj Marconi: "Glace Bay. C. B. "Hon. W. S. Fielding. Minister of Finance, Ottawa: "Regret you were unable to visit station here. Governor-General seut me message for His Majesty. King Bd ward, which I have already been able to transmit to England by wireless telegraphy with complete success. Should be glad to send short message from Canada to Government if desired. I leave here very shortly for my Cape COd station. MARCONI." Ottawa, Ont?Wireless telegraphy as a means of communication across the Atlantic la established. There Is no longer any doubt about the value of Marconi's system as a means of transmitting messages over lone distances without the use of wires. The Italian Inventor's efforts have been crowned with a success that seems to be complete. A telegram was sent from the station at Table Head, Cape Breton, to the station In Cornwall. England. It was a message of a congratulatory character, addressed by His Excellency the Governor-General to His Majesty the King, and bad been at the Table Head station for some days awaiting transmission whenever communication shonld be satisfactorily established. The instruments at Poldhu, Corn* wall, and Table Head were brought In complete magnetic sympathy, and the message of Lord Mlnto was duly trans mil tea. nu ucniencf Jit-wiuiu^ij received the following message from Marconi: "Glace Bay. K. S. "To Hit Excellency, the Governor-General, Ottawa: "Have tbe honor to inform Tour Excellency that yonr message to His Majesty has now been transmitted by me from Cape Breton to Cornwall, wireless telegraphy, and has been forwarded to Its destination. "MARCONI." Text of the message of Lord Minto to Hia Majesty Is not available. Being addressed to the King it can only be made public by His Majesty's express command, but. as stated, it is understood to be a brief message of a congratulatory nature. To Mr. Marconi's telegram Lord Minto replied: "Ottawa.?To Marconi. Glace Bay. N. S. Delighted at your message, just received. Warmest congratulations on your splendid success. MINTO." The news of the successful operation of wireless telegraphy from the Canadian shore to that of the mother* land was received In Government circles with feelings of elation and a certain degree of national pride. Inasmuch as it was from this country and its UUferuuieui nurcvui rrtcnm um substantial encouragement on this sid? of the Atlantic in the form of a grant of $80,000 toward the construction of bis station at Table Head, in consideration of which reduced rates are obtaincd for Government messages and his system is to be worked in connection with the Government telegraph system In sighting ships. Hon. W. 8. Fielding sent a telegram of congratplation to Marconi, and Sir Richard Cartwrlght. acting Premier, has cabled to England congratulating the British people on the new method of communication between the two countries. , CATTLE DISEASE MASTERED. Its Lniir Dum fits Kpreadleg, Say* Bterttur WlUon. Washington, D. C.?Secretary Wilson believes that the danger of the spread of the cattle foot and month disease from New England to other States has pasted: A careful investigation by the Government experts has failed to reveal a single case of the disease In Connecticut, although that State was Included In the general order Imposing the quarantine. "In a few weeks." said Secretary Wilson, "we shall have destroyed every animal Infected with, or exposed to, the foot and mouth disease." 14 Colossi Lynch For Ttimob. The Grand Jury at London has found a true bill against Colonel Arthur Lynch, the Nationalist member of Parliament for Galway. who. it is alleged. served with the Boers m tne late war. and who wan accused of high treason, and committed. Prliw of Vilm'i New Hon. The Princess of Wales gave birth to a Hon at London. Both mother and child are doing well. The latent arrival makes four sons and one daughter of tlie Prince and Princes* of Wales. Stayer of Bankor Flih Cnlltf. Cluilty of manslaughter In the second degree was the verdict returned at v V~-l, I? ?l._ Anu? rtf 1'l.n naa 4lVW 1UIIV \JiKJ III iuta viinv ui *uv uun Sharkey, the private detective, who was charged with the murder of Bauker Nicholas Fish. The Jury supplemented the verdict with a strong recommendation for inercjr. The punishment is from two to fifteen years. British Ambuwdn to Italy KmI(S). Sir Pbillip Currie, who has been Brltlab Ambassador to Italy since 1896, has resigned on tbe ground of ill bealth. f DYING FROM STARVATION Famished Finns Eat Food That Hungry Horses Reject' ZUiat Bala th? Crept aad Cat OC the apply of Fltk?Mlllloms to Bo Kiptadtd For Bollof. St. Petersburg, Russia.?Before the spring thousands of Finlanders will Wvc died of starvation. Thousands are now living npon bread made from unripe rye and barley, which hungry jhorsee refuse to oat. Thousands are living upon bread baked from the barley busks and straw. Between 400.000 and 500,000 persons are literally starv* lng at present. Before the spring, unless Government relief Is adequate, a great proportion of these will have died. In 1867. when the crops failed, the famine was not as Imd. and 100.000 persons died of starvation. This year. lailMOA A# IKA /IMAMS AU OUU1UUU IU IUV IUIIUI c VI iur V?V|ia the rains have spoiled the fishing. 80 complete is the devastation that thou* sands of birds have starved to death, unable to find sufficient to sustain life. The average grain crop gathered in Finland is valued at $31X000,000. The estimated value of the 1002 crop is $20,000,000. While this loss Is distributed throughout Finland, It is almost total In the northern third of the country, where are the provinces of Uleaborg, Kuoplc. Vasa, St. Michael and portions of Viborg. Peas and beans generally have failed and the potato crop has not been gathered, The bay lias rotted or been swept away by floods. The disaster is due to the late spring, the nearly con urinous cmliy rains ana ine eariy irrai. which was recorded on August 10. In the north there have been only half a dozen days when it did not rain. The present crop failure is the worst that has been experienced for the last fifty years. It Is hoped, howerer. that better methods of communication will facilitate the work of relief and avoid wholesale deaths by hunger and typhus. There are al! told about 500 parishes in Finland. One hundred and ninetyfour of these parisheii are now nearly destitute. The Agricultural Board hag received reports from 140 of the 194 parishes, showing that 100 have food supplies to suffice them until Christmas only. The unripe rye and barley which the people are forced to use make a bitter bread, while the bread baked from barley husks and straw, mixed with a little flour, contains little nutrition and is extremely unwholesome. Count Bobrlokoff. the Governor-General of Finland, foreseeing the famine, issued an appeal for help from Russia. A voluntary relief committee was or ganized by Finlanders. wirn urancnea throughout the country. The AnploAmerican Church here is aiding this committee. The Senate has decided to spend $375,000 on public works in Finland to relieve the suffering, and has appropriated $500,000 for grain to be sold to the people at coat. Beside* this $75.000 will be expended In encouraging cottage Industries. The provinces and certain cities of Finland have voted for relief work' money amounting In all to $500,000. The voluntary relief committee has received $125,000, but it is understood that all this sum has been already expended. The Russian Government has drawn np a comprehensive plan for feeding the people who are starving as a result of crop failure, and of relieving the distress which is at present widespread throughout ten governments of European Russian and some districts of Siberia. The sum of $3,331,500 already has been expended In relief work, but further great sums will be necessary to support the populace^ of the afflicted districts and enable them to resume iaiuiiu? iu mu sjinug. ftleeplo* StckncM ftprmda. The School of Tropical Medicine ha* Just issued a report on the sleeping clckness, which is now devastating Uganda. Africa. Though It was discovered only a few years ago it Is computed that the disease has already killed from 20,000 to 30,000 people, and is spreading to new areas with Increasing virulence. Its extension to the north will be of the greatest menace j to Egypt. The only scheme yet devised for the prevention of the spread of the disease Is the isolation of new case:*. Newly Married, Kill* Heraelf. Mrs. Carrie Demars, known as one ot . the handsomest women in Toledo, Ohio, j a few days ago was married to C. D. 1 Smith, of Clyde, N. Y. Two days later ! she was found dead In a room in the Union Station. She had committed suicide by shooting. A revolver was at her side, also a note telling where her relatives could be found. In one of her stocking* were $230 and Iter marriage certificate. No motive is known for lier act. AasrchUt Shoots Anarchist. Mis* Voltairine Le Cleyre. an Anaf> cbist and teacher of languages *vt Philadelphia. Pa., was phot and mortally woundpd by Herman Helscher. a former pupil. Fleischer is in custody. When arrested Helscber's only explanation was. "We were sweethearts, she and I. She broke my heart and deserved to be killed." The shooting occurred on the street in broad daylight, and was witnessed by a score of persons. City to Porehaaa Old Landmark. The Board of Estimate and Apportionment of New York City ha* approved the plan for the purchase of Frounce's tavern, one of the city's historical landmarks, which was used by Washington as a headquarters. Pilgrim*' Lac din* Calabratad. At tne ceieoraiion in iue rum Church at Plymouth, Mass., of the 2SJd anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrim* two handsome mosaic windows, representing rivil and religious liberty. w??re presented by Joseph A. Burr, of Brooklyn, on behalf of the New England Society, of that city. Convention for Woman 'mlTric*. The Vermont Constitutional Convention adjourned after framing nine amendments, including one for woman suffrage. PromlMBt Pmpli. The Sultan of Jahore intends to make - ? - * - J *?., tmm 1AAI a TOUT in IIIU uuueu OIUII-.I in i.<vn. Lord Rosebery's oldest daughter. Sybil, is engaged to Mr. C. Scott, of tbe Scots Guards. Samuel (tampers was re-elected President of the American Federation of Labor without opposition. Benjamin Kidd, the economist, thinks South Africa is a richer country than the Western United 8tntes. Tbe death is announced of Dr. Avlion. the French physician, who dlscortred an alleged cure for creeping par* ilysls. Hi EVENTSOFTHEWEEKi CBC^B ? lou1shI VAxniRomN ITEMS. HRhnB It wa* announced nr tbe War Dc- IHhhB partmeiit thnt General Chaffee will be- BMfflgMUB come LJeutennnt-Genpral of tbe Army Sh? mHkM when General Youug retires. flnH Tbe funeral of Mrs. U. 8. Grant took BmJbBH place In Wanhingtou. attended by tb?* ffWnMBW President and a larse number of ofil^r|HBH Vlncennes, Ind.. la a candidate for arJ**?^ESEJB tbe bonor of having an American war- indee^H^^V Hhip named after her. An energetic delegation from that place called on anTnrMB|^MB Q/tA?.>?aH IfAAilw HtifliA ?ka* aitaaAa. OCl l CMIIJ MVUUJ IU UAgtr I UMi tlOD '"JiBH JUMnQ Borair acid in now mixed with the HHJIbIs&KKR food of the "poison squad" instead of t^EHBBgQB beins administered in cap?ules. tBMBgflWBHj The Interntate Commerce Commis iuu urniu aiKuiuuuio t/j iniiiuuu uiuu' agers in support of increases in freight rates. Representative B. 8. Blackburn, of flSHBgroflS North Carolina, vr.ta married in Washingtoo, to Miss Louise Levaun Parker. flRMMttHilg Tbe President nnd Mrs. Roocevelt HHHjmBjl gave a state dinner at tbe White House EHBRwMBff In bonor of tbe Cabinet. Tbe Navy Department approred Admiral Dewey's orders for tbe dlsposltion of bis fleet, so as to avoid an undue concentration of warships off tbe HHgBHHB Venezuelan coast. pSBsSSSSsKS ovn ADOPTED ISLANDS. Advices from Manila atated that tbe bands of ladrones barrassing the rural population of tbe Islands are in many instances led by negroes, who bare been discharged f-om the army and Hjj^EBQS^EB are 'employing their military knowl- [EB^MKSSaBa edge in drilling the ladrones and or- HnngH| ganizlng them in a crude military way. Tbe Hawaiian volcano, which was HHnraH&B active recently, seemed to have com- mHMjjflKH pletely subsided. awBSBMBEnffl Tbe industrial condition of Porto nfinHBRHS Rico was n?ver better. A relentless warfare is being waged against ladronism in tbe Philippines. DOMESTIC. The 120.000,000 fund being raised byBHHHB the Methodist Church nsTts twentieth H|HKRSnH century offering was completed. fiMWdHN Burglars secured $5000 in cash aDta^HHHHBMH cuccks irom aimer s urujj more, ui 'af'|UQnNH Icy Junction, Iowa. Charged with embezzling $10,100 receiver of the,Lion Model LaundrwflffiHHBnBR Company. C. L. Shaw was arretted al^RUHH Cleveland. Ohio. Fire Chief Croker was officially dcH^nHH clared out of tbe New York Fire part men t and Charles D. Purroy stalled in the office. awBiHHBI The body of Mrs. Ulysses 8. GrniABfflH3jH9&M was laid in a sarcophagus beside tbi^^^H^H9^^EH of her husband in the tomb at RiveiH^mHHS^Hj side Park, New York City. fflnHHRUS Four masked men who attempted t^RflHflHH|H| dynamite the safe In tbe bank at WhlflMHSSffiSH River, Ind.. were scared away befotHBBBnflBHB accomplishing their purpose. Tht? Congressional seat held br J. HHHIHSH Butler. Twelfth Missouri District. wflHHKH be contested bj George D. Reynold*. At a dinner of bankers In Chlcaj^BHBHffl^HH Secretary Shaw made a speech advJBnHHHgHM^ eating a credit currency, protected a tax on the circulation taued 'BwHKWM! banks. HnHflgSHa Eighty coal bargee at ClQcinna^HnB^HHKHfflB Ohio, were swept from their moorlnfl|^HflH^H^fi| and most of them sunk. ^HnDHH The bank at Clarence. 11L, was eMMSBRHSHB tered and $3000 taken by burglars. ^RB^HbhHQBhb Hosea M. Knowlton, a former Att<fl|9H9^HH& ney-General of Massachusetts. vHSHHnH was stricken with apoplexy receutH^nNHHBBfl at his summer home at Marion, is dead. Senn Hall, the new building for tHHaHHRH medical department, of Chicago versity, was dedicated. flOfflMnHH The Kentucky Court of App^HHhBKQBBmrH granted James Howard a new trlHnM^HHBBHB Howa-d la under sentence of life prlaonment for tbe Goebel nVJft jf Tbe United States Steel Cory^wU jaHgljflHB announced tbe purchase of tWUnlon juBHsSu and Sharon plants. Involving! bond issue of $45,000,000. 8 nBHH Suit was begun in Trento?N. J., ?^HgGHGB against tbe Asphalt Trust for Kale of its property and securities, tbe floceedn to apply to the payment offls gold f certificates and tbe defaultecAterest thereon, amounting all told B more ^!hRHH| than $32,000,000. nf tBMB The cabinet of the expositiB at 8t. two^BH9H| Louis. Mo., was completed btthe ap- yodMtpflBjB pointment of William I. BucBoao as intaHRSBEBH Director of Explosion. I palHHBQHj The Rev. S. A. Archer, a 6a 1st min- abl^H^R^Sn Ister. was killed at Decatur.^la., by up Casey Hollard. In a quarrel oi a load theH^HHra of wood. roixiox. tmBSSBM hrlifl H The foreign trade of Geri my for eleven months of 1902 ghowe Imports ,miflilBuiBi of 40,044,216 tons and expor of 31,- h.?!HEn8|HH S92.382 tons. German Socialist* expect to in seats cae^HnraH in the Reichstag, although'Tbe chance of^H8B9B9| of exercising privileges in tl House will he curtailed. ASggEHH The Italian budget statfcent for hos^ESKraX 1901-1902 showed a surplusjl $0,500.- all 000 after an expenditure off *3,400,000 on railroads. $2,000,009 on Itie China expedition and placing $2&D0,000 in the sinking fund. | Qa4BRMHEg Tho hnnklnsr firm of J. & J. W. Pease, | gmmBiW of Darlington. England, Assigned for VMjMHBBHI tlio benefit of the creditors. It was es- ng.-J^^^^HS timated that the linbllitles amounted eplflBmBMj to $-J.500,000. V'MMfig The' Hamburg - American liner Deutschland arrived at Plymouth. Eng- *oBHsHRia land, with her machinery disabled. It an<^^^^HIn will take four months to repair the HHUSHf g damage. The largest battleship in th? airman J| Navy was launched at Kiel. 8h> was christened Brunswick by the Vrlnce ""aRnln Regent of Brunswick. | or(^H^OTHi H Nearly 1000 persons were kllk'd by ^KK?Sm the earthquake near Andijan, lirpart* ment of Ferghana, in Asiatic Russia. tlu. bankl^VI Fold Marshal von Petriech was ap- (Jr.int City, iql pointed Austrian Minister of War to quart of the dM succeed Baron von Krlegbammae. College, at .\fl Iiussla is pressing China to assent to have hecnH to the establishment of customs and eent. pure. 'a9 postal services under Itussian snjier- has quietly liJJ vision at the principal stations of tho eality. Mauchurian Kailroad. j Three tnore earthquake shockx were I n?lir?B felt at S:in Jose. Costa lilca. Dis- ' Railroads jNH patch; s from Cartago stated suhterra-1 f,,nt. ailvancBH uean rumbling hud Ik-cn heard there. | :,D'' steel. IH yucca Alexandra acted as godmother I fflj nt the christening of the infant sun of ( im the Duke and Duchess of Manchester i?11#inn v Kn at the Chapel Iloyal, St. Jaiues. Lou- |flhor or.TnrJBH The Madrid Ileraldo said that Don * Carlos purposes to renounce his claim f ! ' s to the Spanish throne In favor of his * flfi son. Dou Jaime. tlcLet ggg i'i>? 12ii Rtimli><rnth annroved . the tariff hill in the form in which it ,,ay passed its third readiuj; iu the ltelch- 0 , ?BR staff. ?r,,Ie 18 French authorities dropped the caw* . against M. Jean de Bjdaewaki, a friend ? ' ax of Mrs. Ellen Gore, being convinced i ?rmilffli that her death waa accidental. ' ?e' "jfcfiBME