rV_

DC JPUfiUE SBIPi Htm Cues 00 a Vessel at Nor York

SUFFERERS ARE MEMBERS OF CREW. Bbtorr *1 (he Cases Make a Couptelt Chats •( laketioa Froa the Tta: at the First Mas al Djrbaa ta the Time at the ARfral la New Yart—The Crew were

New York (Special).—Three cases of bubonic plague are under treatment in ( Ofc Swinburne Island Hospital at quarantine. The sufferers are the first and second cooks and the second steward of the Prince Line steamer Saxon Prince, which just arrived from Durban, South (Africa, when on inspection of«t they were' found ill. An examination of the patients convinced Health Officer Doty that they had all the symptoms of the plague, and they were taken to Swinburne island. where cultures were made. The result pf the examination made confirmed the diagnosis made at the inspec-

tsop.

The first man taken ill. according to the report of Captain Jamison was the

• He first eo ' - ’

n the ship

aired to the

exposure of the first man at

the time of arrival. The crew wetV ashore at Dtsrban, and it is undoubtedly there that the disease was contracted. •The first patient is convalescent, but the other two arc still under treatment. All three men slept together in a small compartment. The total number of the crew is thirty-one. There are five passengers on board—a’ woman and tour

children.

The steamer will be sent to sea to dislarge the w-ater and sand ballast taken a board at Durban. She will ahen rc-

t Durba ITbTtrar e they n

turn to quarantine, when the passengers and crew will be transferred to Hofft

— •*- : !1 be held for

BAN*. ROBBERS FOILED.

white ild up

Oac killed. Aaotferr Wosided. aad the Third

is la Custodj.

Alvord. Tex. (Special).—Three ■seu made a daring attempt to hold

the cashier and rob the First National Bank of AJvord. 0ne of the woul^be robbers, Frank Martin, was 'killed, and another. Frank McFall. is desperately wounded, and the third, Qaude Golden, is in custody. The bank official; had been notified by Constable fohn Dobbs, oi Chico, that an attempt would be made to rob the bank. Deputy Sheriff Prior and Constables Ycary and Dobbs took positions in and

around the bank.

i Martin, McFall and Golden rode up , , , . . ,

to the bank about 3 o’clock, and Me- A masked highwayman held, up a stage • FaH and Golden entered the bank and Gram, p a , s . Ore., but got only $1$

tnded money. They were covered m the registered mail.

TOE LATEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER. ^ ,-iewasac. . > '■** • •; John Best, aged aS years, while insane, ran amuck in Lapeer, Mich. He wounded his mother, sister and a man

and kiyed himscIL

Express Mcssenfne Colson was kilL ed and three men injured in a railroad wreck on the Alabama Great Southern. The Board of Aldermen of New York ratified the Pennsylvania Railroad tunnel franchise by a vote of 41

to 35.

Thomas Tobin was convicted of the murder of Capt. James B. Craft in the Tenderloin district of New York. The South Pennsylvania Bank at Hyndman, Pa., was closed by order of the •Comptroller of the Treasury. The Board of Aldermen of New York voted $100,000 with which to buy coal for the poot 1 . John D. Rockefeller contributed an additional $1,000,000 to the University of Chicago. ^ Recent discoveries prove that the Russians occupied Washington State a century ago. Ohio's municipal code has been declared to be constitutional. The Hillsboriv (N. M.) Bank was looted of $.20,000 by robbers. There are 4,261 students at Harvard University. * Judge Gray temporarily stopped evidence before the strike commission of :orbitant freight rates by saying that tployers who cannot pay fair wa| ought to get out of business. Arguments were begun

THE MINERS LAST BLOW Seek to Prove the Existence of Aatkra* cite Monopoly. DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE ALL IN. Ckaimaa Gray Made the Aaooooceaeet that the Caataissloa Assatncd that aa Employer Canid Pay Fair Wares, aad II Not He WoaM Gel Oat al Ike Bastacu-Delcasc Will Slart Immediately.

Scranton. Pa. (Special).—The mine workers, after occupying nineteen days in presenting about 160 witnesses' closed their case before the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission Tfiesday. Tljp xfternoon session was one of the most important sittings the commission has yet held, because the question of whether the close relationship of coalcarrying railroads with the mining companies shall figure is the commission's effort to adjust the controversy, came squarely before the arbitrators. The decision of the commission, if Chairman Gray’s remarks can be so called,

was briefly this:

n • • • •

issions of the miners and

operators; that in carrying on the •Migation it assumes the coal companies can afford to pay fair wages; tha» if the'coal companies, in presenting their side of the case, maintain they

ne of arrival! "^THc' crew w^ /onvicted of bribery in St. Louis, was Jbihty'of the"^^"!* s'to do so" and - - sentenced to five years tn the pemten- t | 13 , Jjf a business cannot pay fair wagt

'"The Pennsylvania roundhouse atAVest t^'S..^ 0 !?:.

Philadelphia collapsed, burying a score of ^workmen and 31 locomotives, but

clerk, running Pittsburg, was

embezzling 51 letters. A popular reception

Cuban childn Universal Br

itce. a railway postal j p an ;, between Buffalo and , ec ti, arrested, charged with Th

•ccption was given r 1 on their arrival a Totherhood home, in

&

Diego, Cal

Benjamin F. Dcnnisson. treasurer ol th* American Baptist Publication Society, died at his home in Philadelphia. Col. John W. Ela, president of the Chicago Civil Service Association, died

in a hospital in Philadelphia.

John Keibel. a barber, of Rochester, N. Y„ died after hiccoughing for three

days.

Miss Freda Volquartr, of New York, was attacked by a bulldog, which .seized her by the thrpat and had to be strangled ould-' to death to release its hold,

tilled. 1 Txl' x McCloskey, for 40 years a door-

keeper of the House of Representatives, rs dangerously ill with pneumonia at his

home, in Brooklyn. N. Y.

John D. Rockefeller's dividend check for tfce last quarter of the'year on his holdings of stock in the Standard Oil

Company is for $4,000,000.

There was blizzard weather and snow throughout the West and New England, New York state and also Pennsylvania.

A masked ~

- J money. They were covei by Ycary and Dobbs, and ordered surrender. McFall made a movement • as if-to fire on Yeary, when the deputy shBt him through the head. Golden thereupon surrendered to Dobbs. Martin. who was holding the horses, on

hearing the firing, mounted and at- | a general it tempted to escape. Yeary and Prior ; the wages of t] Opened fire, killing hint instantly. crll Railway.

red mail.

Tiree large illicit distilleries were destroyed by revenue officers in the vicinity

of Dark Comers, S. C

Edward Morissey and James Tilton had a terrible experience in the icy

f Gn

loJlass on the Warptlh.

Seattle. Wash. (Special)-—A dispatch

I Dawson says: Much <

and apprehension prevails at Whitehorse aad points along the line of the new ■overnment trail over the report that band ' ’

id of'Hvuako Indians has taken the umrpatch in the region between the Little Salmon and Petty rivers. A store is reported to have been looted

A'bere were many witnesses before the Anthracite Strike Commission to testify to miners' grievances against the operators. President Mitchell was again on the stand and had a Jively tilt with

CoHf.se'f Toney.

The Pennsylvania Railroad Compai

now assured of enough vo‘

if York Board of Alderm tunnel franchise next Tut

.ompany

: if confirn

infirmation of the news of the out-_jt-is received he will leave here for Selkirk immediately-with'fifty men. It is stated that 150 to 200 Indians are in

the hostile party.

OypmaS to' OoM S-.aaSard. City of Mexico (Special).—The silver, question continues to be one of the great topics of public discussion. It is now certain that the silver miners and the farming classes will make common cause against the adoption of the gold standard. The miners argue that the . silver mines in gold standard countries win hare to shut down at the presSHt price of silver, while Mexican mines cannot continue to be operated: also that silver mining and agricultural interests have more claim on the projection of the government than railways or merchants. Meantime all prices are . being raised, and there is much anxiety ieh among the middle classed, espcc- " rage earners and salaried men.

Tears Froze os His Face. Auburn, N. Y. -(Special)—Last Sunday afternoon Willie Hingcr. aged five years, was sent on an errand by his ' l .He did not return, and Mpn- ) body was - found on the tun dry man Haley’s: home, city limits. Its clothing to the floor. Tears had

- -■ today evenii _ »me by the cold before be could ■rouse the household. The door leading to the piazza Where the body was found is little used, and the discovery was only made Monday. .Besides the ragaiar police force as special officers had. been searching for the child. 6re EaptreiM Utod Tw*. Cleveland, Ohio (Special)-—Two men were matantly killed, two oAert perhaps

lere seriously burned in an explosion of gas m the waterworks tunnel, too feet below the bottom of Lake Erie. The cause of the explosion; it is believed, was a spark from the joining of two electric light wires in the tunnel, thus igniting •he accumulated gas. The .bodies of

r away fran the scene of The cx00 by a rescuing party. x ,

FertipL

British Houye of Commons id. the Irish leader, .with

’leagues, who lor sometime,

‘.tendance and voted

majoritj

.brenti

resumed their alien with the ministcrialii jeet the House of 1 to the education bill.

Twqpty-four Macedonian workrac who were returning to their own com try, have been killed by Turkish froi

tier guards '—

r Dubnitzj

at Washington consider 1 the foreign warships did not fire the inhabitants of Puerto Cabellc 1 of shelling the fort did not cona violation of international law. ovement is on foot at Caracas 1c.

request President Castro to resign and to ask Vice-President^ Ramon Ayala to assume the presidency and form a cabi-

net without party tendencies.

Gentian officials 'state that Italy will

irticipatc in the blockade W Ver»

dTe"

stitute

A movement "is

participate in the blockade W Venezuela by agreement with the allies, and that the proceedings against Venezuela thus

become tripartite.

Lord Cranborne denied in the British House of Commons the the British commander was responsible for the sink-

ing of the A'cnezuelan ships.

. Secretary Hay has informed the Ger-

should not blockade.

The Allan liner Peruvian, .Captain Harrison, arrived at St. Johns. N. F., after a rough voyage, bringii^ ^

wrecked crew of the schooner Evidences are ra-~ : ‘-~ —

proposes qp invask

M. Philipp.

been reported, exercised

These points were brought out during :he two hours consumed by the min-

ting do — —•

ole of 1 iccific a

The mine workers sal on the evide

o shi

consumed by

ers’ lawyers reading documentary ci dences tp the whole of which the com—tcred specific and general ob-

sent ti roads

depend a great

. dencc they have to prew that the coal-carrying railrol flic coal —-— 1

recreating the revenues of the m properties. The miners wanted present this evidence in documentary form, but as objection was made to it and sustained by the commission with the above rulings, the matter was hpt pressed. Oarence S. Darrow and Henry D. Lloyd, representing the miners, said, after the adjournment, that they are well satisfied with the attitude of the commission, and will fight out the matter along the Ijncs indicated by the

S4IM18 FOR CHRISTMAS. Maoey Seat fnu This Coretry to People I

Foreifs Lands.

New York (Special).—Just $616,611 is now in the strongroom of the big ocean stcamers Kronprinz Wilhelm and Umbria, winds cleared for Bremen and Liverpool. This money is in the shape of 34442 postal money orders, drawn by the New York postoffice on 15 countries of Europe and sent home as "Christmas money” by former residents of those countries who now make the United

States their home.

_ The 1902 shipment exceeds that car- , - • ried away by the Umbria On December has been made tn q 0 f j as t year by $296,256. Never before imen of the South- has such a gigantic shipment of money

orders, either in numbers or amount,

been made.

In addition the regular mail pouches were packed full with Christmas pr for relatives and friends on the

side. This year's Chris 1 ceeds by many thousands

previous shipment

pesos'at the wattws cap.tal. | |ay BALT WAR soves

Ceasaiar Sen Ice Rtlorax

A bill was introduced in the House by Representative Robert Adams (Pa.) to provide for the reorganization of tire consular service of the United States. Provision is made for the classification •uls-general and consult, specify-

of const ing the 1 and for and thos

latt dre

-general and consult, tpccil. mber and salary of each class, examination of applicants •w in the service. Of the

those who fail to pass are to be ropped, but none can be wiled lor examination within six months from the date of the passage of the bill. Consulsgcneral and consuls may be transferred

by the President

extra territorial jurtsdi

New lasstwriioo Dale.

1 A joint resolution was introduced in the House by Representative David A. Dc Armond, of Missouri, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, providing that the term of tfec President shall continue until April 30, 1905, at noon, and thereafter April 30. at noon, shall be substituted for March 4. as the beginning and ending of the terms of the President and VicePresident, and thst the Fifty-ninth Congress shall end and the Sixtieth begin on January 8, 1907, at noon, and thereafter each Congress shall begin and end

on January 8 at noon. RtspoaslbOUes Divided.

Commissioner of Immigrat

P. Sargent argued bef Committee on Imerstat

Commerce that the Bureau of I mm it, lion would be greatly benefited and the j ! ' ' ' ’ ‘ more effec- I

Great Britain gad Germany Receive Secretary Hgy'e Note. PRISON BLOWN UP BY DYNAMITE rtttokr Balloar. However, Dcaics to the Britts* Partlaareal That the OoveraBeal Has Acted Hastily, aad Declares Thst the Halted States Ooveramcat Has Not Saxft sled Arbitral! os.

CHILDREN BLOWN TO PIECES. Haaae Dcaretished at Fort Lee, It A, hi tb» S

Explosion ol Gat Task.

j New York (Special).—Five childre I were blown to pieces and their mother

J 1 rob'ahly fatally injured by the e | of an acetyline gas tank ii

the house of George Phelurgi, a well-to- 1

f stoves m Fort Lee,*

government received

s goven submit t

drerf ther

xplotion cellar of'

do manufactur

N. J.

The house was completely demolished] by the terrific force of the exploding tank, and the rums in which the bodies

were buried caught fire.

Mrs. Phelurgi wat taken in a dying condition to the Englewood Hospital. Tljtc explosion took place at a time when the mother and her five youngest children, ranging in age from 2 to 9

ik.

rfuNy

and German subjects to arbitration. ; chl | dren , Tinging m , Secretary Hay s communication con- i years, were all in the house, cerning what would be considered a ) Mrs. Phelurgi escaped the worst peaceful blockade, sent to both Ger- of the , «plo*ion because she was I

m. w Great BHuta. ... ,.*>

ceivtd - rectly over the tank, were so fearfully It is understood the British govern- | mangled that it was almost impossible ment will call a halt in its forcil^e ac- ; to identify them. Two dogs which were tion toward Venezuela pending consid- J in-me house were tom limb from limb, eration of the proposition lor arbitra- The houses oq each side of the detion. I st roved house were partially wrecked by

the force of the explosion, the report of

tzoela pending consid ! i reposition lor arbitra-

After the capture and destruction ol Venezuelan vessels, the bombardment of Castle Libertador and the forts al Puerto Cabello and the blowing up with dynamite by British marines of the subterranean prison in the castle. I-ord

Cranborne. **■ J ~ *— : -

Parliamt

under foreign secretary,

o- j in t'arlianrent denied that the British ition Frank j commander was responsible for the the House sinking of the Venezuelan ships. He nd Foreign * »Iso declared that "no country has been ' ’ ligrto 1 —

MRS. U. S. GRANT DEAD.

■ Attack Of BroofldtU Brinjs oa Heart

F allart—Suffered far Years.

Washington/ D. C. (Special).—Mrs.

Grant, widow of President

Ulysi Gran

>tmas mail < of pounds a

RACED WITH DEATH. Suicide Wasted lo See His Children Before He

- Died.

Derby. Conn. (Special).—Orlando B. Feeney, a local butcher, raced with death

lit little daughters be-

morphine he had intent. A vietjm of

to bid goodby to hi fore succumbing frot

rialist majority to re- taken with suicidal intent. ’ A vietjm of of Lords' amendment melancholia, be took the fatal dose in hill- Bridgeport. He then was seized with

such a desire to «ee his daughters—Lillian, 13, and Norma, 8—he boarded a trolley ear and rode to this cil

hour's trip.

The journey was scarcely half completed when stupor began to overpower him. Fellow-pa»scqgrrs walked him up

.z. * be was with

Fd . _ _ and down the car and he was held

his face to the biting wind outside until this city wav reached, when he war. made to run to hjs home. He staggered into the room‘of the girls, kissed each goodby and fell unconscious. Dr. Paul Kennedy and Dr. G. R. Beardsley w quickly at his side, but b# died early n

ling.

It is said that Feeney was addicted to the use of morphine, otherwise he could not have remained unconscious for more than half an hour. He was 48 years old

s once more prosperous.

raanifesT that Colombia

km of Nicaragua:

spiritualist who, it hSS rcised for a .time a re-

the Czar, to' a

Stamp* Used as fuel

Washington. D. C. (Special).—By burning $t.000.000 in stamps the government employes kg the Bureau of Engraving and Printing were kept warm

. 3n <l 4 wiving of $tfcp in coal

bills made. Coal could nqt be had in

A, • 't.-'' - *ny quantity, and the engineers sug-

Rested that the millions of documentary stamps, rendered wothless by the repeal of the War ^Revenue Act. be used as

instead of bemg

native of Lyons. France, where he ... joyed the reputation of having wonderful

powers for enrihg people.

FfoaactoL

,Norfolk A Western has advanced •wages of too telegraph operators 10 pis The Widener-Elkin* syndicate de~ dares that Rapid Transit doesn't wanf United Power. Staodard Oil's increase in prices to middlemen means an extra te/yvv.oro profit, equal to 8 per cent, on the $100,ooaooo capital stock. ~ Predictions are made that 1A high Valley will cross par by February 1 or immediately after the annual ‘ meeting us

fuel in the furnaces. burned in the specially prepared furnaces. The idea was- adopted. While the tumps were being burned a gov-

ipector stc e tbit the

Qumaor Used Drastic Measures.

Charleston. S. C (Special).—An 1

to have an exhibition c

of bulls, dogs and chickens near Rock-

sBaasiroualy.

bulls, d

’till, York county, resulted

Governor McSweeney had instructed the iberiff to prohibit the fighting. The A warn of the show claimed that nothing ton an injunct ton from the conn coold

nop the animal fights. Th* '

epon caled on ' ~ '

ind chicto

immigration laws could be tually Enforced if the bttrea

trai

of Mr. Sargent said his'bureau must in rely largely upon the customs collectors for the enforcement of the immigration laws, p-hich arrangement, he said, is not satisfactory to cither the collectors or to his bureau, for the reason that embarrassment in occasioned to the officers called on (b enforce customs laws Mtd immigration laws at the same time. A Says Award Is Ezcesifoc. Salvador has applied for a reductio of the award, aggregating $500,000. made by the arbitration board which met in Washington last spring for injuries inflicted upon the Sslvaoo “ icrcial Company,an American • hrough the appropriation of the chise. The allegation is made that the award is excessive. The State Department has foe the last three weeks been earnestly considering this subject, but from present indications it has not changed its mind as to the justice of the award, which must be £*id over by next February at

the latest.

OM Way to Pretorru*.

take the place tier packages re-Postmaster-General

vestigate the many devices submitted to the department to take the place of twine in tying up lettt ported to the against the devices port states that whuv o»■ - long period of time, a direct saving might result from the substitution of a device which had been tested heretofore in the New England States, it would take more time in tying and untying the mail, and hence delay the distribution oi mail. Other . objections also are raised. A More Elastic Currency.

A bill was. introdneed by Representative Pugslev. of New York, the aim of which, as*the title states, is to "render the currency more clastic and sponsivc to the financial and cotnn cial requirements of the country.” The Comptroller ol the Currency, with the coiisent'of the Secretary of the Treasury, is authorized by this measre to issue circulating notes under main prescribed conditions. These rculating notes may be issued .to any agonal bank to the extent of onenth of the face value of Minds depos-

J. is

ure to issui certain prescribed circulating national b_, _ _ tenth of the face value ol Minds deposited by the bank with the Treasury, and are to be secured by approved notes, bonds or bills receivable, double in value the amount of ilsu Money to Fl|kt Cattle I A favorable report'was ordered by the House Committee on Appropriations on the bill appropriating Sze&ooo for nse in stamping out the fodt-and-mouth disease in New England' States. The bill also carries $500,000 to pay for rural free-delivery carriers and various smaller sum* for miscellaneous expenses of the Postoffice Department. Roosevelt Ootoz to Soa Frmachco.

f San of the navy monument to commemorate the battle of Manila, probably in May

WMh fh: Lawmakers. •mmissioncr Yerks,

ie B t

A decision by Cot

of the Internal Revenue Bureau, requires druggists and others who sell soda water and other drinks containing distilled spirits to pay special .tax

as liquor dealers.

The Eight-hour Bill was under consideration by the Senate Coqimittec

—1 E«f ^ *- v

and Labor, bu •cached. The 1

. of South Dato make October .31, the anniversary of the discovery ol America, a legal holiday. Senator Quarles introduced a bill to prevent trouts from forcing their rivals out of business by charging ruinous -rices for their products. The' I Me mate Commerce Commis- — '—an its investigation *>[

road com names.

The Senate deferred further consideration of the Omnibus Statehood Bill uotil after the Christmas holidays. The prospect* ol an agreement with Colombia for route ol internceanic canal are said to be encouraging. Quartermaster General Ludmgton argued before the House Committee on Naval Affairs in favor of continuing the transport service under the control of the War Deportment. A message from the President was laid before the Senate recommending the payment of mdemnhy to the heir, of nrrtain Italians killed in the Southern . . . : v . .

unday night, tart failure.

e yean

heart,

^ ,hi ‘

taining the Monroe Doctrine Death was ape to hear Premier Balfonr declared the United | Gram having suffered for States had not sngRested arbitration | valvular disease of He denied that the government had . , acted hastily. * h,ch aggravated by a severe atA significant point in the British Prc- ; !ack of bronchitis. Her age prevented mier's statement was that, in so far as ' Z cr tallying from the attack. Nellie the financial claims were'concerned, the i -ztam Sartori*. her daughter, was the British government was prepared to • ’Oi)' .one of her children with her at agree to a tribunal to assess them equit- j tiijie of her death, her three sons, ably, blit the crux of the matter was a i had ben summoned here, all being

t of th

'' 'ihipow

it ol the city.

There also were present at the bedside when the end came Miss Rosemary

Dr. Bish.

British s<

The issue ol the parliamentary pa- j L ,ae *nen the end ca pers has, to a considerable extent, but furtoris. a grariddau not altogether, abated the public im- >nc 01 the attending patience with the government. The w i ° trained nurses,

grounds of Great Britain's complaint ” ,,v against Venezuela are held to fully justify the employment of force to obtain satisfaction. The feeling agajpst |l)e

, for too r

government, howi linking itself to Gt

ing itself to Germany, wl supposed to be^urely fir

apprt , — tion on the part of <Sormany might endanger the existing friendliness between Great Britain and the United States. In this light many newspapers protest most strongly, and it is asked what would hanpeu should Germany try to defy the Monroe Doctrine and ob-

tain a footing in South Americ

In short, all the

mghter; Dr. Bishop, g physicians, and the

nurses. Death camd peace-

... ifferer retaining almost compete consciousness practically to the •nd. Word has come from Jesse and

f. Grant, two of the

.hort. all the opposrtiotl Ttewspapers. as well as many of those in sympathy with the government, contend that the friendship of the United 5tat«

son great hopes are enti Venezuela's proposal to arbitral' lead to an amicable settlement ol the difficulty. Cabling from Willemstad. Cnracao. a correspondent of the' Daily Mail says thef British flag is noyt-ffyisg over tho fort a: Puerto Cabello and that President Castro has granted amnesty to "El Mocho” Hernandez, Parades and other revolutionary leaders. Ftvt Powers Ustog Stroug Preiser*. Spain and Belgium hare *now joined in the pressure on Venezuela for the payment of daims, taking their places beside Great Britain. Germany and Italy. The Spanish Minister and the Belgian Charge d'Affaires yesterday presented notes at Caracas setting forth the daims, and stating that in the event other powers are pay) Spain and Belgium are entitled to the Samr-iavorable considera-

The Italian ented an ultit

Minis!

iter at Caracas preitum. and will leave the go on board a warship.

**n»ed a , capital to-day to go on boart

His uhimatnit} is couched in even strohg-

er terms than those of Britain and Ger-

many..

Senor Rcjas. agent of the Venezuelan rebels in Trinidad, denies that all the rebels are with President Castro in the •risis. He saH severe} hhtiles have just aken place in thtInterior and that 6.000 •evolutionists tinder General Rolando are

now marching on Caracas.

It is- now stated that both the British Iser Cbarybdis and the German cruisVineja were struck by Vene^elan cannon balls in the fight at Puerto

Cabdlo.

Jlysses S. Grant, two ol the sons now n California, that they have started m their way to Washington. The other von. Gen. Fred Grant, will hasten here Texas as soon as he receives a gc .telling ffiini of his mother's

mm. . ■ i

Mrs. Giznt has been i

. —gn. * ' 1 c-x

This strong Iqeling is an outcome of ; nessage X

•ehension that some impulsive ac- leath.

•’— — Mrs. Giznt has been in poor health

•ince her return early this fall from

t home at Coburg. Canada.

summer home at Coburg. Canada,

ntrg is a fashionable place for Americans. Europerns and diplomats. Last August Mrs. Grant was a little overaxed with anxiety over the details of the wedding at that place of her granddaughter. Miss Vivian Mav Sartoris. to Mr. Frederick Roosevelt ScoveL Early •n October Mrs. Gram's condition was »uch that her physicians advised her ■ -mmediatc removal to Washington.. She was brought here hurriedly on a sjiecial

rar. arriving on October 17.

Since then she has been confined to her bed most of the time. Her son, Gen. -Frederick Dent Grant, who has just returned from the Philippines to assume command of the Department of •he Texas, was here at the time and was a source of much comfort to her.

Palmer, Mass. (Special).—Judge W. W. Leach, of East Hampton, is dead from a peculiar cause. He was killed by a disease caused bv arsenic poisoning, the result of living in rooms, the paper of which was highly impregnated with arsenic A chemist, who examined the paper, says: "It was soaked with the poison and the dust falling off its surface, if inhaled by persons in the room, would’be very dangcrouqf Constant breathing in of the arsenical atmosphere settled in Judge Leach's system and produced conrtant irritation, thereby weakening the organs slowly, bupnruly ■

Gardiner, S ing of the ret

ed M

(Special).—The pass-

rcccrjl cold snap which clos-

Mainc rivers left those engaged in the ice industry on the Kennebec well

utisfied at 1'

nander, the most popular man in Venezuela, who, a prisoner by Castro's orders, has just been freed to join in Venezuela's defense. *r--ived' at La Guayra and Caracas. Wild lemonstrarions were held in ,hts honor. He made a speech, saying that Venezuela is the “Poland of South America."

Riverside. Cal

Mat

trvey

author

of ct

(Special). — James-

athes. a prominent Southern

d newspaper man. died here nptkin, aged 60 years. For

many years he was editor of the Memphis Republic Ledger and at one time was on the staff of the’ Louisville Courier-General. He was a member of the Paris Exposition Commission and h*d served in the Confederate army as

captain of volunteers. Young Burglars to Bt Hanged.

Lexington, Ky. (Special).—Earl ill 'Whitney, aged 17, and Claude O'Brien. . cr ’5^. m h, aged IS. young bnrgfort who. onOcto-' k ir A * ‘ to, murdered A. B. Chinn, a * —

.. fci. bed. were sentenced

excellent

harvest. The "freeze'’ is one of the best in a number of years. Everything is in readiness for the harvest. About *00.000 tons can be taken care of on thin river. While the Kennebec fields are tn excellent condition, those on the Penobscot are not np to what the dealer*

would like. Ninth “Boodler” Gets Nine Years

St. Louis (Special).—John H. Scbnettler, former member of the House of Delegates, was convicted here of bribery in conneition with the subqpban franchise deal and was given, four year* in the penitentiary. This is’ the ninth "boodle" case disposed of thus'for.”

JaD Delivery at Marshall, ft C

Marshall. N. C (Special).—Seven men escaped from jail at this place at midnight,by,sawing out the steel bah in the cell windows. The escaped prisoners include Henry Murray and Rice Hagan, both of whom are under charges of murder. There is ftl no

(race of the men. UVE NEWSY NOTES

Tbe National Hank of New York and the Western National Banlc New York

ns, have consolidated.

American Public Health Atsodaconrtadcd its convention in New

Not Boon* to Dave Doctor.

Atlanta (Special). — The Supreme Court of Georgia handed down a decision which to regarded by Christian ScieMistx as a vindication. A resident of Dublin. Ga, a Christian Scientist, refused to girt medicine to Ms tick child., The child died and the father was arrested and fined Uoa The caw was appealed to the Stale Supreme Court, which reversed the judgment of the

In a clash between the strikers and the solice at Marseilles several persons on xuh sides were injured. Troop* guard ill the approaches to the port. The Kbers and bakers ham