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.