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Y. t HORRIBLE MA: IN SI Hundreds of I Children Killed Wounded i i jCSAH'STHOOPS: I i j Infantry and Caralry Chare? the Klo Labor Leader, at the Head of Thou: ?Mounted Cossacks Wreak Ter: Ambulances Prepared For tl Made Victims of the Goreri look Fi St. Petersburg, Russia.?The sacri I face lias been made. Thousands hav ! fallen, willing martyrs in the cause o j human liberty, in the belief that thei j blood will seal the doom of Russia; j tyranny and oppression. I j Not since the massacre of St. Barthol ! b mew's Day has a civilized communit; j {witnessed such a massacre as stain jthe latest page of Russian historj jits victims cannot yet be numbered, j The official estimate puts the numbe bf dead at 2100 and the wounded a 5000. [ The last act of the bloody drama wa i the deliberate slaughter of hundred of onlookers in the centre of the city 'After all the organized attempts of th insurrectionists to march to the Winte Palace had failed, a large body o rvvBoo/.i/-c. Txrnc tnrntvl InnsA hv the nu ' thorities against 50,000 people standini | in the streets, with orders to kill witiJ out mercy. The murderous command was oboye< I to the letter. The carnage which fol ! lowed has no parallel in modern rec j ord. The fierce horsemen cut dowi I with their sabres all withiu react! [ Those who fled were shot at with re ' volvers and carbines. It is said that the authorities com mitted this atrocity with the deliberat purpose of terrorizing not only SI I Petersburg but all Russia, and quench ing the ris>ing flames of revolutioi throughout the Empire. Never was there a greater mistake Instead of exciting terror, the mas sacre has already inspired a rage sue! as nothing but revenge will satisfy. This found its first expression ai hour ago, when a crowd surrounded ai old man in a General's uniform ridinj | in a carriage. They tore him frou the vehicle and killed him. Ghastly, indeed, would this day': work of slaughter have been if it hai been the result of a sudden outcall o the troops to save the city and its rul ers from an overwhelming force o: bloodthirsty revolutionists, but mor< horrible than the massacre itself is~th< story of how it was brought abotit. It was not the outcome of mad pas sion, but was a cold, deliberate plan o; .Russia's rulers. Every man killed wai carefully shepherded to his death. Every one has wondered why durinj the last few days the strikers were al lowed to meet and organize their peace ful demands in practical freedom. 1 might have seemed to be the dawn 01 more lenient treatment, but it was ii reality the Government's method o; collecting its victims, that its blo^ might fall more surely and mor< deadly. The police themselves proved this for they define their own position ii the following terms: j "We were forbidden to prevent anj spread of the strike or developmen of revolution. We were ordered t( stand aside, and it was left to gro^ ripe for the army." j Minister of the Interior SviatopolU Mirsky presented to his Majesty a night the invitation of the workmei ! to appear at the Winter Palace tb following afternoon find receive thei petition, but the Emperor's adviser had already taken the decision to sbo\ a firm and resolute front, and the Em peror's answer to the 100,000 workmei trying to force their way to the Palac j Square was a solid array of troops wh i met them with rifle, bayonet and sabrf j The figures of the total number killei 1 or wounded at the Narva Gate, th i Moscow Gate, at various bridges ani I islands, and at the Winter Palace varj ! The best estimate is 500. althoug: 1 there are exaggerated figures placin, | the number as high as 5000. Many men were accompanied by thei j wives and children, and in the confu I sion, which left no time for dlscrimina I tion. these shared the fate of the men. i The troops, with the exception o the Moscow Regiment, which is reporl ' f/v ^vrv thrAn'n rlrvxvn ifc arms TC I mained loyal and obeyed orders. The military authorities had a flrr ' grip on every artery in the city. A | daybreak guard regiments, cavalry au I infantry held every bridge across th frozen Neva, the network of canal tvhich interlace the city, arid the gate leading from the industrial sectioi while in the Palace Square, as th storm centre, were massed Dragoo regiments, infantry, and Cossacks o the Guards. Barred from the bridges and gates men, women and children crossed th Bath Iron Works Transferred. ! The Bath Iron Works was trans I ferred from George R. Sheldon, chaii I man of the reorganization eommilte i nf tho TTnifpd Stntps Shinhuildin | Company, to the Bath Ironworks Com i pany. Coroner Arrested. Accused of havinjr offered a bribe I : one of District Attorney Jerome's as , sistants, Coroner Moses .1. Jackson, c New York City, was arrested an placed under S2500 bail. The Field of Sports. I The Mildred won tiie tmru ice uo.i ' race on the South Shrewsbury for tb . Wentz Cup. There was a record attendance .1 I the automobile show in Madi30 Square Garden. The American League has Pigm^d new umpire for next season. His nam is "Toss" Kelley. One hundred and fifty thousand do lars' worth of automobiles have bee sold at the Importers' Automobi! Salon. f*c*i nnr JdAlinC F. PETERSBURG [en, Women anc I and Thousands I in Russia. FIRE ON CROWDS t >toU9 Mobs of Citizens?Father Gopon, th sands of Workmen Plea<ls to See the Czar rlble Havoc With Sword anil Pistol? le Car naze?Innocent On-L>o:tker9 lment'a Kercnse?Ominoa* Outur the Czar. i* frozen river and canals ou the ice b e twos and threes, hurrying to the Pal j. ace Square, where they were sure th Emperor would be present to hea r them. a But the street approaches to th square were cleared by volleys arv [. Cossack charges. Men and women, in y furiated to frenzy by the los3 of lovei ones, cursed the soldiers while the; s retreated. Men harangued the crowds, tellin; them that the Emperor had foiled thee r and that the time had come to acl t Strikers began to build barracades ii the Nevsky Prospect, and at othe s points, using any material that cam s to hand, and even chopping down tele graph poles. q Fighting meantime continued at va r rious places, soldiers firing volleys am f charging the mob. The whole city wa [. in a state of panic. Women were run g ning through the streets seeking los members of their families. Severa barricades were earned by the troops i Toward 8 o'clock in the evening th . crowds, exhausted, began to disperse leaving the military in possession. A i they retreated up the Nevsky Prospec i.' the workmen put out all the lights, i- The little chapel at the Narva Gat was wrecked. On Kaminostov Island all the light e were extinguished. There was a very dramatic scene a i- the Narva Gate when Father Gopoc a in golden vestments and bearing alof an ikon, and flanked, by two clergj ' men carrying religious banners, ap - proached at the head of a procession o i 8000 workmen. Troops were drawn up across the en * trance. Several times an officer callei i upon the procession to stop, but Fathe ? Gopon did not falter. Then an orde 1 was given to fire, first with blank carl ridges. Two volleys rang out, but th s line still did not waver. 1 Then, with seeming reluctance, ai t officer gave the command to load wltl * ball, and the next volley was followei f by shrieks of the wounded. J As the Cossacks followed up the vol 2 ley with a charge the workmen flei before them, leaving aboiit 100 dea< " or wounded. E It was evident that the soldiers dc 3 liberately spared Father Gopon. On of the clergymen by his side wa J wounded, but he escaped untouchei * and bid behind a wall until the Cos * sacks had passed. He was then spirit ed away by workmen. c At the Palace Square early In th J morning a considerable crowd of dem [ onstrators lined the railings of the Ad ; miralty Gardens and Bouievard. Thi - square itself presented the appearand of a military encampment. Several companies of the Pav'.ovsk: 1 and Preobrajensky Guards had pile* their arms, while the men were sittinj * around campfires or stamping on thi c snow to keep warm. Beyond the in I fantry stood squadrons of the Chevalie ' Guards and the Horse Guards, with out their lances, cuirasses or the usun ' gay trappings. 1 A whole row of ambulances drawr a up near the palace served as a grin e reminder of the stera business or j; har.d. s The order came at 3.30 p. m. to cleai v' off the crowd. The Colonel command '* ing the Horse Guards uttered a short Q sharp command: the troopers drew e their swords and advanced at a quicl 0 trot, and then broke into a gallop headed straight for the Moika. A Shrieks from the wounded resounded e Then came silence, broken only by th< cl galloping of ambulance horses. At the corner of the Admiralty Gar b dens the crowd persisted in refusins o to move on. Two companies of the Freobrajen.skj r Guards, of which Emperor Nicholas i- himself was formerly Colonel, wliicl l- had been standins at ease in front o! the palace, formed up and marched ai f double quick toward the fatal corner, t- Events followed with awful swift ness. The commanding officer shoutec Q "r>lsnf?rsf?! Disrrerst1.' Disnerse!" t Many in the crowd turned to flee, bul d it was too late. A bugle sounded anc e the men in the front ranks sank t( s their knees and both companies firec s three volleys, the first two with blanL i, cartridges and the last with ball, e A hundred corpses strewed the side n walk. Many -women were piercer f through the back as they were tryinc to escape. 5, So the work of terror went on until e 4 o'clock, when came the crowning Protocol at Santo Domingo, i- A protocol was signed at Santo Do mingo by which the United States e while guaranteeing the integrity o g Dominican territory, agrees to aid ii - preserving order, and assumes charge of the finances of the republic, with ; view to settling the claims against il Commander Dillingham Received. o Commander Dillingham was cordial tf ly received on presenting his credon j tials as special commissioner to th> Dominican Government. Sues For ?000,00(). Michael J. Coffey has sued the es tate of Hugh McLaughlin for $G00,()0C e alleging that his share of the profit in the sale of the old Nassau Iiailroa< , were held back. 11 n ' -Fight on Steamboat. a There was a fierce riot on a steamc ,e at a Brooklyn (N. Y.) pier. Fiftee: Chinese sailors were arrested. Indian Appropriation Bill Passes. ie The Indian Appropriation bill wa passed by th? United States Senate. Infamy. It was a deed which nlstory will record as Russia's deepest disgrace. The streets in the centre of the town i I were filled with ordinary citizens, i I women and children, drawn solely by i curiosity. The crowd was naturally ! the greatest at the palace end of this great thoroughfare, which is one of | the widest avenues of Europe. Suddenly, without warning, another ; I order to commit wholesale murder was j given to the troops surrounding the j palace. The Cossacks and the Dowager Empress'cavalry guards sprang upon the ! people with drawn swords. On and on the Cossacks pursupd their victims, in a perfect carnival of killing. ; Before half a block was passed their 1 swords were dripping blood and the pavements were crimson. As the circle enlarged finally the sol- j diers became somewhat separated and , * the rage of the populace found some : 3 Mump** nf rpvensrp. Thev fell upon ! every one wearing a uniform. There was reason to doubt that tbe : revolutionary spirit was dominant in j St. Petersburg before tbe day's occur- | rence, but tbe spirit of rebellion bums i * now with an imperishable fire. In tbe ! heart of the people a cry never heard in ! St. Petersburg before was raised by an j incensed and outraged city. This was j "Down with the Czar; down with the monarchy!" -u HOLD-UP ON FAST TRAIN. Passengers of "Spokane Flyer" Robbed ' of Watches and Cash. Y I [. Portland, Ore.?Passencers on the j e Oregon Railway and Navigation train , r No. 4, known as the "Spokane Flyer," j were robbed just after the train left the East Portland station, shortly after ! ^ 6 o'clock at night, by four masked i men. who boarded the rear platform of j J the last car, which was a sleeper. Tbe \ ] track enters Sullivan Gulch, a dark [ * ravine, a few hundred feet south of the i station. j '' * As the train turned into tbe gulch the ! ' ? four men entered the smoking compart- J ment and commanded the occupat;fs to ; ? throw up thftir hands. The roboers j proceeded to go through the passengers, ' e securing about $100 and a gold watch, j When the half dozen passengers had j been robbed the bandits became fright- , " ened and jumped from the train, dis- | appearing in. the darkness. A posse : s was sent after the robbers. \ CASTRO FLOUTS ALL NATIONS. t. e Breaks With Ministers of Other Powc I ?, ers, Who May Ask Us to Coerce Him. | ? Washington. I). C.?It was learned j that President Castro of Venezuela has j broken off diplomatic relations, not | only with United States Minister Bowen, but also with the other Miniss tcrs at Caracas. In the midst of negotiations with Minister Bowen, Presi* dent Castro suddenly left Caracas, jl? leaving negotiations at a standstill. 1- 1 rtnrr I j it eeuiueu piuuauie iuhl i/uj? uur i '* ernmenta would communicate with the | { State Department regarding the more : f of the Venezuelan Executive. England. | France, Germany, Italy, Spain and j '* Belgium hare claims against Castro, ! ^ and it was expected that these Gov- | r ernments would call upon the United \ r States to bring Castro to terms. 1 e REVOLT IN THE CAUCASUS. n Tiflia Reported in State of SiegeTurks Aid Rising. Victoria, B. C.?Captain Orlan Cullen, - representatire of the Imperial Marine 3 Association, of Tokio, received a cable i dispatch from Constantinople to the j effect that 1500 Circassians had revolt- j - ed and killed the Russian guard, num- j e bering 200. at Slavini, in the Caucasus. s and that Russians and Turk3 in large j 1 numbers were crossing the frontier into J !- the Caucasus to spread revolution in j . Tiflis Province. Tiflis City is practi- J cally in a state of siege, he said, and q communication is had only by dispatch i . bearers. i e* WIN'S CASE BY PHONOGRAPH, j 1 t I ( Talking Machine an Important Wit- i I T ness in a Berlin Court. I { I T London, Eng.?The phonograph has g appeared as a "witness in a case tried . in the Berlin Second Civil Court. Herr . r Jakobsen claimed a debt from Herr . Gerson on the strength of a verbal j 1 agreement which the defendant denied ; on oath. i j Thereupon Herr Jakobsen produced c x a phonograph and set it in motion. It j j repeated the conversation between the j \ two men, their voices being clearly . recognized. Judgment was immediate' c I i? _! T?l..h,.nn | 1J qIVCU iUl OUliUUOCU. . c j j r FINLAND RISING, TOO. j I : I t , Blaze of Revolt Spreads?Factory Em- ( ploves Quit. c j Paris. France.?CJrare news Las been * received from Finland, where the employes of all the factories were strik- . ? ing, and a general rising was feared. ( > j r Need Schools In Porto Rico. 5 The annual report of the Commit- j ! sioners ot' Education of Porto Rico j I f shows that there are accommodations t I for only one-fifth of the children of t school age on the island. a i Guard For Russian Embassy. 1 The Russian Embassy in London. Eng.. was being guarded by special no t lice patrol. . f I r > Frank Croker Killed. I Frank Croker, son of Richard C'rokcr. 1 died of injuries sustained in .an automobile accident at Ormond Beach, Fla. [ For National Automobile Law. f At the dinner of the Automobile j [, I Club of Aniprica. W. H. Page. Jr.. ad- ; I ,? vocated a national automobile law. ; a Sir Charles Wyndham Hurt. Sir Charles Wyndham. the English | actor, was run down by a car in New a f York Citv and his shoulder dislocated. ! r I f ? Revolt in Hungary. I j i Four men were killed by gendarme.? ] in dispersing a political meeting in j t Turopolya, Hungary. State Charities Board Report. The annual report of the Slate Board | ^ u of Charities was made public at Al- j bany, N. Y. j t _ I Newsy Gleanings. I. If you belong to tlie German army t s you cannot wear a monocie. * J Iowa provides a school teacher when only three pupils can be got together, r Three tons of Epsom salts and 1,000,- I s 000 pills were used in the hospitals of j ? r London last year. ? n The lumber output of the mills in r the Minneapolis district ilone iast year * was 71S,239,48l feet. It is officially stated that the con- , s sumption of horseflesh as food is in- ^ ! creasing rapidly in France. I f PROlSES AID TOTORKI Ef Czar Proclaims Plan For Shorte Work Day and Other Reforms, DESiRESALLTORETURNTOWORI I / Declares This to Be 4s Needful to th Good of the Country a* to TUpmuelvc ? Proclamation Issued by Persona Order of the Emperor?Threat of D? portsitlon Made by General TrepolT. St. Petersburg. Russia.?Governoi General Trepoff and Minister of F nance Kokovaoff issued a prociamatio which reveals the Government's pla for breaking the strike, not only hen but throughout Russia. The proclamation is conceived in paternal tone, and points out that hor est workmen, who want to better thei condition, should have brought thei demands to the Government instead o imsieu. uy ngnaiurs iuiu umnin ing with a movement which is nc confined to economic aspirations. It invites them to return to work promising them fn the Emperor's iiam a revision of the general law so as t restrict the hours of labor, the institu tion of a plan for State Insurance, am otherwise to meet their demands s far as the law will permit, and guai antees tliera protection against intei ference by agitators. It says: "Workmen should assist the Govern ment in its tranquilizing task on behal of the betterments of their conditions This can be accomplished in a singl manner?namely, by holding them selves aloof from fomenters of disturb ance, who are alien to the workmen' true interest and to the country's wel fare. "Let them return to their ordinar; labor, which is as needful for the coun try as for themselves, for without it they, their wives, and children rnus suffer distress: and. returning to work let lie people ?>e assured that thei needs are as near the Emperor's hear is those of all his Majesty's true snh iects; that only recently, of his owi free will, the Emperor commanded tha the question of workmen's insuranci be taken up with the object of secur ing them against disablement or sick ness, and that this measure does no exhaust his Majesty's anxiety for th< cvell-belng of the working classes, to it the same time the Emperor sent ai >rder instructing the Minister of Fi nance to draft a law shortening thi bours of labor and for the elaboratioi >f such measures as will legalize work men's discussions of their needs." The proclamation, which, it is an nounccd, was issued by the Emperor'i >rdcr, in its preamble recounts tbe ori ;in of the recent events, and declare! that evil-disposed- persons used tin workmen as their tools. leading then istray by false and impossible prom :ses. It says: "The result of this criminal agitatioi ias been breaches of theVeace, in vol v ug the inevitable Intervention of armec .'orce3. These evil-wishers have no : ?? ? ? ~ L , - ? /-U <7t rfi nlll 4"-i AI jeen reairameu e?eu uj iuc uiuivumci n which the fatherland is involved in f Ime of trying war, while the workmen :helr blind tools, have disregarded th< 'act that demands were baing made ii :heir name'Which had nothing in com non with, their needs, besides forget :ing that the Government always has ?hown and ever shows itself consider ite of their needs, and is now ready t< isten attentively to their just desires ind satisfy them wherever possible." This document will be followed eithei >y an imperial manifesto along th< same lines, in the hope of preventing he spread of the strike, or by specific iroclamations by the kical authorities ivherever strikes are in progress. Bj jromising to yierd the question of th< lours of labor, which are now legallj Meveu in Russia, the authorities be ieve they will meet the main griev tnce of the workmen. BRITISH SQUADRON COMING. Sew and Fast Cruisers Will Yisil American Ports. London, England.?The second Brit sh cruiser squadron, under command >f Prince Louis of Batlenberg, will sai! n February on an eight months' cruise isitinjf American ports among others. All the vessels are of the most recent instruction. It will be the fastes! iqundron that has ever left Creai Srituin on an extended cruise. Thf Drake, the flagship, has a speed oi wenty-four knots, while the Berwick Cumberland, Cornwall, Essex and an itlier can each make twenty-three cnots. CABLE SNAP KILLS FIFTEEN. }age in French Slate Quarry Drops Fifty. Feet to Destruction. Paris. France. ? mireen mea uavleen killed owiug to tii? breaking cf he cable supporting a cage in whicli bey were bcir#' brought to the surface it the Rennaissance slate quarry, near Ingen?. The cage dropped fifty feet. Agreement on P. R. R. After a short conference in Philadel>hia it was announced that an agreeneut had been reached between the 'ennsylvania Railroad and the disafected trainmen. Croker Coming Florae. It was learned that Richard Croker; ather of Frank H. Croker, who was :i!lod in an automobile accident in Florida, would sail for New York Cit.y ,t once. Yellow Fever Gaining. Yellow fever is gaining bold in Panir.ia in spile of efforts to check it. The niblic health report, issued at Washnirton. D. C.. shows ten cases since December 1. One death only is retorted. Havana reports three cases and wo deaths. Shot Wife by Mistake. Lndwig Weisse, of St. James. L. I., hot at a chicken stealing cat and lissed it, but the bullet passed through he wc.ll and kil!>d Wf?sse's wit\. People Talked About. One Mr. Baiiey, of Franklin, 111., has, birty-cvie children?fifteen pairs of wins, all boys, and one daughter. Dr. Tiilau, of Paris, whose death was ecently announced, has bequeathed >20,000 to a fund for providing old age ~ r ?? >t. Ilbiuild L\Jl nWlMUfU. A. ]>. Sharpe. tht only Republican 'lecteil to the Texas Legislature, is a mtive of Ohio, but has resided in [Texas about tea years. Speaker Cannon is now wielding a ;avel inade from a piece ol! dogwood vhich grew on the l'arm where lie was )Qrn tipo'' Onllfnrd N G j \ ' < -V I TUCKER DECURED GUILTY Decision in Notorious Murder Trial I* 1 ! Reached After Long Debate. j |Defendant, the Declared Murderer of K?? ^ bel Page in Weston, Macs., Last March ?Counsel Overcome at Verdict. ' j ?? e l/ Cambridge. Mass.?Chas. L. Tucker, ^ of Auburndale, at 10.10 o'clock at night was found guilty of the murder, in the first degree, of Miss Mabel Page in her father's home, Id Weston, on March' | 31 last. The jury were eight hours in reaching their decision. Tucker coln lapsed utterly when the verdict was , ' announced, and his counsel were un> ! nKla fn rnrfrA htm f/M? onmo i?mn * > MW4C WV I. V F i ? t UtLU i.Vl QV1U& A surprising feature was the effect ? of the announcement of the verdict upon the attorneys, not only for the 1 prisoner, but for the Commonwealth, i James H. Vahey, the senior counsel i for the prisoner, was greatly affected, . and when he. left the courtroom lie. met' Attorney-General Herbert Parker fat t- the corridor. The leading counsel'(or if the Commonwealth showed the result , j or the strain to such a deanree that he' threw his arms around Mr. Vahey'a e neck, and both men wept cm each oth< er's shoulders. k i Philip Mansfield, one of the associate j counsel for the youthfnl prisoner, be? c came hysterical and fell into the arm# of a reporter who had gone to the room' of the defendant's counsel to. secure an interview. Many spectators and friends of the prisoner wept bitterly when they 1 realized the young man's fate. mi_ _ t . .t.xit. *.1 m.1 .f_ - !. xne penally is* ueaui in me eiecinc e chair At the State prison In Cbarlesi town, about a mile from the scene of i- the trial. The convicted man win lie , 3 sentenced later. One of the dramatic incidents <pf the .trial occurred in the morning when, ) Attorney-General Parker having concluded his argument, the young pri?, oner unexpectedly accepted his const!- ; i tutlonal privilege of addressing the ; jury in his own behalf. Rising in his i cage, he asserted, at first trembling f and flushing deeply, but later with considerable confidence, bis Innocence of' 3 the crime. Judge Sheldon then deliv-? t ered tire charge to the jury. : Miss Mabel Page, who was forty-one .? years of age, lived in a small country/ t dwelling house with her father,. Edi ward Page, formerly a Boston nrefr chant, and ..her brother Harold. She i was stabbed to death with a knife on ' March 31, 1901. Bhsing his enaraina? J tlon upon the appearance of the wound i | found In the neefc, the only "wound at - ! first visible, the medical examiner reI ported that Miss Page had committed . j suicide, and it was not until an under* ! taker had discovered * other wounds . | that It tffts established that the woman 3 i Dad met death at the hand's of an as2 I aassin. * ' J i I The Governments case against - J Tucker included the charge that a slty of paper bearing the address, "J. Ll i Morton, Charrestown, Mass.,"' found - -beside tho body of Miss Page, wa* in L the handwriting of the defendant; that t a stickpin found in his pocket had been s stolen by him from the Page home, and t , Chat broken pieces of a knlfa'blafcfr , | found in his home were parts of thfr ? knife with which ho had stabbed Miss i Page. The evidence against Tucker was en tirely circumstantial. NEWS PASSED THROUGH. > Surprise Created by Reports the Russians Allow to Go Out. L London, Eng.?Amid thje horrors of r the recent massacre' are certain feat> ures of the situation in St. Petersburg ? which have begun to roceivc calm conslrtprntlnn. > The elaborate accounts of the massar ere which have been telegraphed by, - representatives of the German, French . 1 and English press confirmed a state; ment made a few days agobv an Eng! liahman who had jnst left1the Russian, j capital that the telegraphic censorship i for some time has been in abeyance. t ! and correspondents, if their name3 and i addresses were known, were at liberty to telegraph what ttey pleased. J i SAVES EDISON'S LIFE. > j Abscess in Mastoid Process of Famous y ; Inventor liemcved. ; i Orange, N. J.?'Thoma3 A. Edison, th& : inventor, rested comfortably at his j > home in Llewellyn Park after coming ] ! through a serious one-ration performed , j on bim. The operation was for the removal > ' of a mastoid abscess behind the left I ear. The abscess was close to the ' ? j brain, and there was danger of blood i poisoning. The discoveries made in : performing the operation indicated'that v : bad it been delayed longer the consequences would have been serious. , Sultaa-Warns Foreigners. The Sultan of Morocco, a spwuu \ cable despatch from Tangier said, has warned foreign subjects to remove from districts to which he has sent a punitive expedition. Singer Hangs Himself. Fritz Tasch, a member of the chorus >f the Metropolitan Opera Company; bf 1 N'ew York City, hanged himself in a >rcperty room as the audience was gathering for a matinee. Lou bet Asks For Cabinet. % President Loubet asked M. Rouvier co form a new Cabinet. The retention - - - ?*-? ? -* 4-V.zx ihA \f lr>. >1 .vi. L/eieuasc at LUV ucau ui iiiv. !stry of Foreign Affairs Is considered :ertain. No Light Bills to Pass. It was learned at Albany, N. Y., that , rhe Senate leaders have decided not to pass any New York bills for lighting )r other investigations unless Mayor vrcClellan aud Controller Grout aik for (hem. ' v ! Melvil Dewey Replies. Melvil Dewey. State Librarian, made Miblic at Albany. N. Y.. a reply to the' petition of New York Jews asking the * 5t:ito Board of Resents to remove him rom the ofiice'of State Librarian. Bryan Visits Roosevelt. | William J. Bean called on President | Aoosevelt at the White House and antounced that lie approved the Pre9iient's views on railroad rate legislaaon. Spy Gets Long Tern. II. P.. Collins, a Russian spy, was <encpnced at Tokio, Japan, to eleven. t | rears at hard labor. Police Inspector Suspended. | Inspector Titus, of the New York City police force, -v^s suspended on. charges