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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.
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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 !
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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
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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