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VOL, XI. FOUND DEAD BElflW CUFf The Wife of a Yale Professor Killed by a Fall. SHE HAD BEEN IN ILL HEALTH All thy I'niTrrait.r Turned Onl to Search t'nr Hr*. IVck?She \V?> Much AITcctfil by th? llrennt Sulrliln of a Friend ? A Bfliol That She M n? Temporarily l)rr;iuc?d?She I.ejivc* Two Children. N<*w *Iaren, Conn.?After wandering for hours weighed down by ;i cloud of mental depression xlu> could not shake off. Mrs. Tracy Peek, wife of the von erable head of Yale University's T.ntin department, lost her life by a fall of srv. afy-live feet from the palisades at Morris Cove. She long had been ili, and either took the plunge deliberately or in her dazed condition lost her foottillir. The inebllieh.ill'i in I/. . - <? n nil II MIC I had lapsed for weeks lends color to the assumption that she sought ? ->r own I If-. tier liod.tr lay undiscovered for hones, although hundreds of Yale students mid many of the faculty joined in a search. It was found hy (lilhert Van Sickles, an Hast Haven fanner, who drove past the palisades. For fifteen hours the search had been kept up for the unfortunate woman. It was liegun by Professor Feck when his wife did uot return from a shopping tour, continued during the afternoon by his intimates and neighbors, extended during the evening by two private detective*. and ended In the morning after a general alarm bad been given and the entire police force of New Haven alid n thousand Yale students had joined the hunt. Mrs. Feck's body was identified by rhnrl-.'R Francis, Freshlent of the Vale Football Association, who came upon the Hast Haven farmer just after lie had made his discovery. The body was taken to a New Haven undertaker'A and Medical Kxnininer Rartlctt said that Mrs. Feck's skull hud been fractured by the fall and that one of her legs was broken. Secretary Anson Fbelps Stokes. Jr., and Professor \V. I- Phelps, of Yale, organised Hie entire academic department in tile morning into a searching party, assigning sonic sections of the , ... .urn im nuiKims io sipians or ironi t in ? ?? to twelve men. Recitations were abandoned, and for a radius of twelve miles Hie country was scoured. All day Ions most of the students kept up their search, for it was impossible to reach them in the remote districts by telephone and inform them Mrs. Peck's hotly bad been found. Nearly all the facility either assisted in the search or in organizing the students. Mrs. Peek had been in poor health for several months. Six weeks ago a close friend of the family. Captain Frank CJ. I tea eh committed suicide by dinnting himself through the head, anil his tragedy is said to have made a deep impression upon her. Mrs. Peek was fifty-three years ohl. She was born in Hadleieli. Rntiand. and come to Brooklyn. N. Y.. to live when a girl. She was married to Professor Peek there in 1871. lie was then a professor at Cornell, but was appointed professor at Yale the next year, and lias remained there since ilien with the exception of lours to Kurope. lie was formerly head of the j American school !n Rome. She lenvos one son. Tracy, Jr.. who | Is In business In New York City, and j me daughter. Miss Teres!tin. a Smith j 1'oilego graduate, who lives at home. ! | SHOT AS RODBER BY MISTAKE. A Stnlloil Agi-nt In N? vr If iimpatilrr Stint l>eu<t liy it I'nlirrmstn. Plymouth. N. IT. Captain ?ieorge IT. Colby, station agent here, was shot by mistake and Killed by Policeman l.ewis C. Mills about midnight. About 11 o'clock p. in. the railroad station here was entered by two masked men. | rrno ueui up Thomas McCnu.gli, who was in charge. They ransacked 1 lio money drawer and then made their escape, going up the rallrond tracks toward liivermore Falls. Captain Colby was notillrd and hoarded a light locomotive, in charge of Fred Smith, to pnrsne them. Meanwhile Pol- "man Mills had been notified, and. with Engineer Pike, of ihe "Cannon Ball" train, took a team and drove toward Idverinore Falls along the highway. They reached the bridge at Idvorniore Falls nnd there alighted. Mills going down toward the railroad track, revolver In hand. His story of the shooting Is that as he reached the track he saw a man holding a revolver. The men cried ont. "Hands up!" nnd Mills, thinking it was -?ne of the burglars, fired twice. It was immediately discovered that Mills had shot Captain Colby. Captain Colby vns one of the hostknown men In* thl9 State. He twice represented this town in the Legislature. He leaves a widow and four children. JEWS TAKE UP PRAIRIE LAND. FtrtT->tx >'a?nlll*? Quit the Ghetto la Chicago. | Chicago.?From the cramped life of < Chicago's (Jhctto to the prairies of North Dakota Is the Journey taken l>y llfty-six families within the Inst year. The Jewish Agricultural Aid Society, of which Adolph Loeb is President, accomplished the transition. The 30*2 persoi"3 who make up these families have taken up 1S44P acres of ' land, representing with Improvements a total value of $40,000. The direct loans made by the society amounted to more than $13,000. FOI MORMONISM IN POLITICS Startling' Admissions Made in a Debate in the Senate Ho Mormou Con Anplre to Political ? Position Without ilis Coimout or the Flrat Presidency. Washington, I> Polygamy anil Mormonisin 111 politics occupied tlie attention of tlie Senate for nearly three hours a few days ago. The question arose in connection with the assertion that Morinouisni lias obtained a strong foothold in Arizona ami New Mexico, and that there should lie a prohibition of polygamy in tin* neinlimr stntnii.w.i hill. Tlu? discussion of the operations of Mio Mormon Church in I'tali was especially interesting to a large nuniher of Senators because of the recent election by tlic Legislature of that State of Apostle Keel Sinool as I'nitcd Slates Senator. Many facts were brought out that may prove valuable if an effort Is hereafter made to prevent Mr. Smooi from taking his seat. The interest was heightened by the recent introduction by Senator linnsbrongii of an amendment to the Federal Constitution prohibiting polygamy. Mr. Dubois, of Idaho, declared that, in I'tali no polygaiuist could occupy any high political place without the consent of the First I*residency of the Mormon Church. The same intluenee. lie said, was exercised in New Mexico and Arizona. He said that Idaho could control the Mormon people in that State. If the Mormon people should openly, through their First Presidency, he said, interfere in the polities of Idaho, he would guarantee to take the stump and disfranchise every Msrmon in one camp..igu. Mr. Teller said the Mormon Church is all-powerful, and that whenever it speaks til rough its First Presidency the great body of the Church resound* to the demand that is uinde. C ~0\ LEAVES THE PRINCESS. ! Itelatloui llPlnrrn ttie I'uir Snlil t<i lluva Bftn Kroknt Oft. Geneva. Switzerland. Tito legal ad- 1 visor of tho forinor frown Princess of Saxony iias ninth* tiu* following announoomont: "M. Li iron will leave Geneva this evening for Brussels. ! where he will join his family. M. I Gir'on has broken ofT all relations with ' the former Princess in order not to impede her reunion with her children." | The sudden end to the royal romance ) is said to 1m* due to the refusal of the ' Saxon t'ourt, inllueneed by the Km- 1 peror Francis Joseph, to consent to a. { divorce. It Is reported that tlie former | Princess sought her father's pardon in order to get permission to see her i children, hut was refused everything i unless she quitted M. Glron. ller parting with M. Giroti is said to ' have been very affecting. ROOSFUFI T RPtrilCPC ta ? ddi-to ?-r-r . . ?. wuw? I u nnuillANIt riii> Venezuelan Qumllon to llr Ilefeired to tlic llttc?<* Court. Washington, P. <\ President Koosevolt lias declined the invitation of the ! allied powers to arbitrate the question is to whether they shall rceeive preferential treatment in the settlement of their elalnis against Yer.cz oula over the other eredilor nations. When he j reached this decision he instructed Secretary liny to dispatch a note to the British Embassy at once advising the British Ambassador to that effect. The matter, therefore, now will lie referred to The Hague Tribunal. This will result in the Immediate raising of the j blockade. The preliminaries wit It reference to the signing of the protocol, referring i matters to The Hague for arbitration, | will now In? considered. . THE HILL OF TARA SOLD. Seat of Ancient frlt.Ii Kinc* Urines tit,- 1 r.oo nt Auction. Dublin, Ireland. The historic 11111 of Tnr/i was sold nt auction, and realized die sum of Sis.r.oo. The purchaser was a woman, whose name was not announced. Until the sixth century Tarn was the chief seat of the Irish kings, and a pillar six feel high is still pointed out as the coronation stono. Tlicn It was also the Druids' headquarters and the site of King Cortnack's splendid court. The last Important gathering on the Hill of Tarn was In 1843. when a gigantic meeting was held there under the auspices of Daniel ?'Council, who urged the repeal of the Union. CAPTAIN HOBSON OUT. &e<retary MooUr Accept* the Naval Conutriict !-'* Kraivnatlon. Washington, 1>. C.?Naval Constructor Itichiuoud P. Ilohson's resignation has been accepted by Secretary .Moody, who has written Mr. llohson as follows: "Tho Department acknowledges receipt of your resign, tion, tendered January 20, loo.**.: also your telegram, February r?, 1003, declining to reconsider the same. "Your resignation from the United Stales Navy is accepted to take effect on February 0. 1903." rardoa For Cole Yonnirer. Colo Younger, who was paroled from Stillwater (Minn.) Penitentiary two years ago with his brother "Jim," has received n conditional pardon from the State Pardon Board, wldeh will adndt of the former bandit returning to his old home iu Missouri. Younger will probably he ordered never to return to Minnesota. IT MILL, 8. C., WEDN DOBLIN ALONE TO BLAME J House Naval Committees Report on Lessler Bribery Charges. No Kviilfiirf AsaiiiHt Qiiivk or llie ttol. luml ttoat Compony?Won'l Fmor More Submarine Craft. Washington. P. 0. A majority of the Committor on Naval Affairs of tlir House agreed upon a report oil the Ijosslor bribery charges in relation to the Holland suhinariiie boats. The following are the findings: "1. That the charge made by Mr. T.ossler that an attempt had heon made to corruptly Influence his action respecting proposed legislation is SUStnlll.t.l I." .. ?i n,? nil- mi"u\ r, sum aiu*inpv. in (ho opinion of (ho committee. having been made by one I*lii 1 ip Dublin on his own initiative nn?1 responsibility, with tho idea of making money for himself if he shonhl tiini Mr. Dossier corruptly approachable. "J. 'I'lla t I here is no evidence to sustain the charge of an altcmnl by Dent- j iiel K. tjufgg to corrnptly influence a I member of the Committee mi Naval Af- ! fairs respecting proposed legislation ! pending before said committee and tlic 1 louse. That there ;? no evidence to sustain the charge of an attempt by the Holland Submarine Hunt Company or any of its agents to corruptly influence a menihcr ?>;' the ConnnitSce on Naval Atrairs respecting proposed legislation before said committee and the House. *111 view of the foregoing we recommend that tlie clerk of the committee be directed to certify to the Attorney tieneral of the United States a copy of the testimony taken at the hearing, with a request that he take such action as the law and the facts warrant." A minority report also was made. It was signed by Representatives Kit chin. (Item.. N. C.,) Vnndlver, (Pern.. Mo.,) and Roberts. (Rep.. .Mass..) and differs front the majority report .inly in respect to the first conclusion (?i? litis point it says: "The charge that an j attempt was made to corruptly intlu- j er.ee a member of the Committee on Naval Affairs respecting proposed leg islation ponding before the House is not sttslalni tl." Ity a vole of nine to six the committee decided against the iiropositioti to authorize additional submarine torpedo boats All sides united in the finding against Dublin. There was not tin* slightest opposition to that feature of the report. There was also substantial una- ' niinity on the idea of viudiealing J Quigg. The theory advanced in the committee's report is that Dublin him- | self invented the idea of approaching j T.essler and bribing him. EANK CASHIER A DEFAULTER. Slii>i-taK? t>> <? llalltmnrK limtltution l)lacnvereil While Official \Va? Dying. Baltimore, Md. ? .Tames Valentine \ Wagner, cashier of tlie National Ma villi, llflt.t- I.. 4?,t? "I* 1 - " IUIH ill j , n 1HI llicu a ICW lays ago. left his accounts much involved. While on his death he<l the batik officials math* the discovery that there was something wrong, and further Investigation brought to light the fact that some of the collateral for loans is missing. Experts were at onee employed to ir.nlto an examination and until they complete their work the amount of the shortage cannot lie ascertained. President I.ittlg, of tile bank, said there were irregularities, but that lie thought j tlie cashier's bond was sufficient to in- , drninify the liank. The cashier was bonded in the sum of Siio.OOt). lie was one of the best known bank officials in ; the city, having been with the Marine lie. 11k thirty-seven years. It is believed lie must have spccu- I lated. ALU IS* NEW DEMAND. Two-tliird* For Themif Irm ; On e-ttilrd I"or Venezneln's Other Creditor*. Washington, I). C.?At a conference of the Venezuelan negotiators tlio Krit- I Jvh Ainbnsador presented to Mr. Bowen a counter proposition from the allied powers providing that two-thirds of ,lie thirty per cent, of the customs Vfcoipts of the two ports of Ha (iuayra aud Porto Cahello lie turned over to the aliies, and that the other claimant nations content themselves witii the remaining one-tliird of the thirty per cent, until their claims are satisfied. Mr. Bowen promptly rejected the proposition and asked that the question of preferential treatment he referred to The Hague tribunal and the blockade of Venezuelan ports raised at once. findfif.v fluntnr. Jr., Arqulttrit. Recording to a telegram received at I.ouisvillc. Ky.. from Guatemala City i>y William liunter from bis father. J>r. (lodfrry Hunter, formerly ITdted States Minister to Guatemala. Godfrey Hunter. .!r.. was acquitted of the murder of William Fitzgerald, of (trend llnplds, Mich., in Guatemala City, several months ngo. The message says thirty-eight witnesses swore there was a conspiracy against the life of young Hunter. TJin Suiutr.T < tvll tlllt l>Rilr, The Sundry Civil Appropriation bill, as reported to the House of Representatives. at Washington, by Representative Cannon. Chairman of the (louse Committee on Appropriations, carries an aggregate appropriation of S7N,tM)7.020. which is js.S80.132 loss than the estimates and Sl7.3o3.N70 more than the current appropriation. The committee recommends an appropriation of S3.003.000 for the relief of distress in the Philippines. Murderer Ra?e?d *t U'i?hla(lon. For the murder of his sweetheart. John Sinclair, colored, a one-legged man. was hanged at Washington. l>. C. r T A iL/JLy ESDAY, FEBRUARY i JVEWSOF^TEE WEEK WASHINGTON ITEMS. The President nml Secretary nay arc said to have abandoueel hope of ratilication of the Alaskan boundary tt'eaty. The Navy Department ordered warships to Houduras to protect American interests threatened by a revolutionary outbreak. The State Department received word j that Sierra, the hold-over President of Honduras, ha/1 turned over his otllce j to a council of Ministers, and that Bonilla had delcarcd himself President at Amapaht. The President sent to the Senate the nomination of .lolin T. MeDonough to I he Associate Justice of the Supreme | Court in the Philippines. I The Senate Judiciary Committee j voted to recommend the rejection of I tlu> nomination of William Sr. Byrne. I in vn.in.L-.. ? .... in * ? nr> ..I.III. Illl WIMIII'I Alinnipy ?f Delaware. The I" 1111Oil States Supra 111c Court took :i recast for three weeks. oru ahoptkh isi.axus. The United Slat or quarantine oflioinls declared Manila to bp froo from oliol- | era. thus ending tlio quarantine. which ' lasted nearly :i year. The total of the rem.ited oases since the out break was j i::o."0.:t. with Sli,deaths. The Philippine (Government extended the time for the payment of the land tax and remitted the penalties for failure to pay in seven impoverished provinces. domkstic. It was 2."?0 years ago that the first municipal government was Inaugurated in New York City. Hovs and girls confined in the State Reform School at Ogdeu. Utah, tried io burn the institution, hut failed. For the murder of ltn.sip Iltggins. colored. Chancy Hurley, colored, was hanged at St. i.on is. Mo. (Governor Cummins, of Iowa, decided not to call a special election to fill the vacancy caused by the deatli of Representative Rumple. Assassinated by two unknown Mexicans. Charles P. Joddart. a well-known vatiehmau. was found in his cabin at j (ioddard Station. Ariz. . u ii i (> Kijecrinc run wntcit she supposed wnH empty. Mrs. John Newell was killed anil her two sons seriously hurt at Class. Ohio. Mrs. Ann Wait, a sister of the late Kopvosrntatlve floor pre West, was suffoealeil during a tire which destroyed her residence at Ballston. N. Y. She was seventy-live years old. Former United States Senator Henry | L. Dawes died at his home, in Pitts| field. Mass., aged eighty-six years. J. Edward Addicks announced his withdrawal front the race for the United States Senate in Delaware provided both Republican factions meet in caucus and agree upon two candidates for the Senate. In attempting to drive through a swollen stream, near Oxford. N. C.. Miss Ethel Royster was drowned. After a long debate in the New York Senate at Albany the nomination of Captain Joseph M. Dickey for State j Railroad Commissioner was confirmed, i The Oregon Senate adopted a eon- { current resolution inviting the President to visit that State in his trip to the coast this year. Five thousand employes of the sugar i refineries in Brooklyn. N. Y? were ! inrown out of employment by 1 ho shut- | tins down of tin* plants, which oflicials j deny Is to bp indefinite. Franklin 1*. Roberge, a veterinary j surgeon. brought suit at New York City against the estate of Robert Bonner for $ 100.0(10. said to be due him for professional services. At the meeting of the trustees of Poluiebia. at New York City, announcement was made of the receipt of $120,000. including one of $100,000 from the Due do Loubat. The commission appointed to choose a site for New York City's new postoflicc discovered that it had no power ; to act. The Indianapolis (Ind.l grave-robbing cases were called in court. Dr. I>. .Tosenli Alexjuifl.c Imlmf c..?? -' thirty-nine men under indictment to | he placed on trial. The lirst Nome ndvices over the ice arrived at Seattle. Wash., being more than three months on the way. The population of Nome was 1200 less than last winter. FOr.KION. I CJerinany decided to readmit the Jesuits in return for the Centre party's support in passing the tariff hill. The British Hoard of Agriculture revoked Hie prohibition against the entry Into Croat Britain of live cattle from Argentina and Uruguay. The Turkish Ambassador at Paris, Salili Munir Bey, was summoned to Uonstaminopie to explain the attitude of France in regard to Macedonia. A French company asked permission lo establish a wireless station at St. Pierre, X. P., to connect with Cape Un Hague, in France. The disastrous effect of the prolonged drouth in New South Wales was exeinplilicd by the stock returns, which showed a shrinkage during 1002 of J HI 000,000 sheep and 275,000 head of | cattle. Several thousand uiiouipiuyvd pfrl sons looteil bread wagons and were charged by the gendarmes at Valladnliil, Spain. A deputation representing the T.ondon and Northwestern Hallway will | visit America soort to study American railway methods. u, 190:;. OPPOSE ALASKAN TREATY Some Senators Take the Ground There is Nothing to Arbitrate. A Summary of It* T?rm??Tito IJuoktlona to Br IlerideO l>y tlir KotinOnry I.inr 'lrilnii.nl. Washington, D. t\?There was some discussion in the exeetitive session of tlie Senate with reference to making public the treaty recently negotiated by Secretary Hay and Sir Michael Herbert for a settlement of tin* Alaskan boundary dispute. Article 1. of the new treaty provides that the boundary line tribunal shad be immediately appointed and sii. d consist of six impartial jurors. Hirer to bo named l>y the President am' three by tlie British King. All questions must receive ;i majority vote of the tribunal. Provision is insole for the appointment of other jurists to till vacancies ami for oliieers of the tribunal. including scientific experts atul a iron ts. Article li. provides that a written or printed ease of the two parties, and other documents, correspondence and evidence shall bo submitted to tbe two parties within two months of the exchange of the ratilieatious of tliIs treaty. Two months afterward the counter ease may he submitted, hut the tribunal may extend the time if it so desired. Provisions also tire made by the presentation of copies of evidence and arguments. Article 111. provides that the tribunal shall consider in the settlement of the questions submitted to its decision, the treaty between <treat Britain and j Russia of 1825 and the'treaty between I the United States and Russia of March j 50. 1867. It is provided that the lirst meeting I of tlie boundary tribunal shall lie in j London. The derision is to be made as soon as possible after the arguments ! are eoucluded, and within three i months, unless the President or the j British King, by common accord, et- | tonus nio time. As soon ns a decision has boon sent to the contracting parties each shall send one or more srientitie experts to lay down the boundary line in accordance with the decision. Should there he a failure of the majority to agree on any of the points submitted, the respective (lovernnients are to he in- 1 formed through the agents. While there was no discussion of the terms of the treaty on the tloor of the i Senate in the executive session, sotno ; conferences among Senators were held with reference to it, and the fact hecame generally known that the agreement could not be accepted without opposition. The Northwestern Senators manifest especial opposition, taking the ground that there ?s nothing to arbitrate; that the terms of the treaty of 1 Sli.'i are clear, and that if there should chance to lie a decision against the 1'nitcd States litis country would not 1 accept the result. DOUBLE MURDER OVER A DOC. Father unit Son Shot Down? Wanted l'ay For llarhorlne a Setter. Columbia. S. fl.?-tame* Unitonrc ..r.,1 his seventeen-year-old son Samuel were killed seven miles from Florence hy William King. who found his lost setter dog at the Jtodgcrs iiott.se. The elder Rodger* asked for sonte remuneration for caring for the dog. which had come to his place a week before. I'll pay you in lead." said King, . drawing ins pistol, and shooting. "If yon shoot papa you'll have to : shoot tue," cried the hoy running up. ! whereupon King shot him dead and j thou lircd three more shots at the] father. "You've killed my baby!" screamed . Mrs. Rodger*. "I'll kill the whole family." said : King, snapping the smoking pistol in her face. It was then empty. King left word with his wife that lie would i not be taken by the Sheriff. TWO WOMEN HANGED IN LONDON They Walked to the " rnfToSd l*:ialrii-d nud j Showed Great Nerve. London.?Amelia Sach and Annie Walters. "baby farmers," wore hanged in Hollown.T jail. The women were recommended to mercy on account of tlieir sex, tint the Home Secretary was unable to grant the usual reprieve. The women walked to the scaffold unaided and displayed remarkable fortitude. This was the first hanging of a woman iu England since March, 11KK). William Iteduiond Heir nurd. William Redmond. Nationalist Member of Parliament, who was sentenced to six months' imprisonment last November for a speech lie delivered seven months previously in Wexford, Ireland. was released from Kilniainhnm .Tail, after having served only half his sentence. Mr. Redmond says ho does not know why he was released, but he certainly docs not thank the Government, who lias kept him in jail for really nothing. Former German Naval <>(firet'# Suicide. Lieutenant Ludwig Earth, a former oliicer of the German Xuvy, committed suicide in his room at the Annex Hotel In Knoxvillc, Teun., by shooting himself in the head with a revolver. He had been in ill health for some time. Two letters were left, one to his father, who is said to be a wealthy man of Bremen, Germany. Bnrth was sis officer en the German gunboat Irene, which was at Manilla during the Spanish war. Whole Crew of Twenty-four Loft. All the crew, numbering twenty-four . men. of the Norwegian stentnor Avonn. I from New Orleans, which went ashore at Leinvig. Denmark, wore drowned NO. 47. SPORTItiO BR-VITJ^S. <4nc hundred trotting horses have been sold for S.'tO.HOO nt New York I'ity. I)?mroil has signed Charley Carr. wlio playetl first base for Jersey City last year. One of the first foals of 100.1 Is a eolt by Dan I'ateli. out of Cedar Belle, IMIC.V-. T. J. MeCafTerty will have a string of , eighteen horses on the big tracks this spring. A race olreuft for pace followers is i>i.-iiiii?<i ny tl?e C"y< I ill? Asmiciutiou. The horsemen of llfli'Iicstor, N. Y.. are now enjoying the delights of a speedway. Tile stock <?f thr? Metropolitan -lockor Club has been increased from $40d,(Mio to $"100,000. Syracuse. V Y.. is planning a go-asyou-please race for March 10 to 21, Ifoi ited to fiftern starters. Tom Heed, former champion qnnit pltelicr of America anil Kngland. died at Scranton. I*a.. the other day. Willi the conclusion of the mid-year examinations at the colleges 'varsity sports are taking" on renewed netivit.' . The Abbots. 'J.ICIV1. and all tlie other horses of John .1. Scanned will be in the bands of the well-known trainer. John Kelly. Morris Wood, the American champion skater, has created three new records. at sevt nty-tive. 1 (K) and 220 yards, on Verona I.nke, N. J. The Hoard of (Sovernors of the Amateur Athletic Cnlon has refused to countenance the proposed European tour of college athletes. After ninny attempts at llio Now Orleans (I-n.) race meeting, the colors of tieorge C. Bennett have been carried to victory by The Scout. Tlie four-year-old MoChcsnoy. declared to be the Western clminpion. won the Merchants* Handicap, at New Orleans. Ha., carrying 122 pounds llrnzil to Occupy Acre. The Brazilian < Jovernincnt has decided on the military occupation of Acre, the disputed territory at the headwaters of the Amazon; troops have been ordered to Acre. Mid a naval squadron sailed from Ulo Janeiro to proceed up tno Amazon. M AltorDry-UeiK'rnl Kmiciii, Attorney-tieueral McClurg, of Mississippi, has tendered his resignation to tioviTiior I.onglno, giving ns his reason t lie desire to resume liis private law practice. IlUrlpllnltig tint Finn*. Dispntelies from Iiclsingfors, Finland. anuounee that tlie Czar has decreed severe disciplinary measures for all Kiulanders who failed to comply with their military obligations In 1002. These total 11.TPS men. French N?vnl Founder. The French torpedo boat destroyer Kspignole lias lomderod in lifteen fathoms of water oft Cape Isirdier, about thiriy-ilvc miles east of Toulon. Fnulce. Anotlier destroyer has gone ashore ifl the same point. CotiTlrt Flctil* Oft I'oUee. Dan Kane, a Missouri convict, who escaped from the penitentiary in Jefferson City. Mo., went direct to his old home in Sedalla. and in a boarding house bragged of liis escapade. He Was cornered l?v iinlieemon imi """ a desperate fight escaped. Crime* Act linn I.lftrd. The proclamation issued Inst year placing thirteen districts in Ireland under the Crimes act and maintaining seminary jurisdiction by the magistrates is revoked. MiniMter Hurt K.sicn.. Charles Burdctle ilart, of West Virginia, has resigned as United Slates Minister to Colombia and will be succeeded by Arthur M. Beaupre, of Illinois. at present secretary of legation at Bogota. The latter office will he filled by the appointment of Allian CI. Snyder, of West Virginia, now ViceConsul at Ciudad Porfirio Diaz, Mexico. Dentlm of riagu* at Mr.znC in. The deaths from plague at Mazatlnu, Mexico, in January numbered lfio. Another ?f Washington'* Servant* I>ea?l. Another of Gccrire Washington's body servants lias joined tlio silent majority, lie died at Washington. 1>. C. He was Charles Moten. a negro-Indian lialfbreed, and lie said he was 118 years old. Motcn said lie was at the bridle vein on one of the occasions when the Father of His Country wanted his horse held. Germany Spentl* Million* In China. The totnl cost to Herniany of the China expedition up If# date is 00!?, and the further requirements are estimated at 500,000. Sporting Brnvltie*. TT. E. Temple lias been elected Captain of the Columbia freshman lacrosse team. L>r. Julian Chase, of Providence. R. I., has been elected President of the American Automobile Association. George H. Keteham, owner of CrcRceus. lias purchased The Con*merer, a stallion with n trotting record of 2.121/.. The Corinthian Yacht Club, of New Haven. Conn., has appropriated to build a new club house at Morris Grove. Sea V/ater Kills Gerrr.o. Typhoid germs d'e after u fcv. days* exposure in sea water.