JOINT PACT OF POWERS! © NEWS IN SHORT ORDER. The Latest Happenings Condensed for Rapid SAW THE FAIR IN A RUSK. [KILLED IN STREET DUEL! MIRSKY'S DELICATE TASK. | Zemstovs' Memorisi Presented By Him te ATTACKS ON PORT ARTHUR Strenuous Dey in St Forteen Treaties of Arbitration Have Been Signed. THE EFFECT IS WORLD WIDE. Text of All the Treaties Practically Identical With That of the French Treaty With Great Britalo-—A Number Signed With the United States France, Austria and Russia Nego- tiating Other Treaties. Paris (By Cable). —Reports reach- Foreign 14 of arbi far been signed between the various pow- The texts of all the treaties are practically ing the Office show that treaties have thus tration ers of Europe and by America. identical with that of the French trea ty with Great Britain This ramification of si is considered as international the effect of most A DASTARLY CRIME Attempt to Fasten Murder Charge on 20 lone: cent Man. the best imprisonment knowledged that a he. The then d sued against Woodstock, umbus Bow Fountain, charging them nation of perjury. Stand en were arrested and We ed with perjury Lattimer, inent Woodstoc k, wa hot returning CARE agains smissed and ex-Mayor Stand and ( merchant down at he shout a vear ag ENOUGH ARSENIC TO KILL 59. Jealousy Alleged to Have Prompled Poisonieyg of Women. Ky. (Special) —A created throughout Owingsvi ie, sat mountam pn Menifee county Mrs. Julia Graw, wife of a wealthy farmer on charges of poisoning Mrs. Martha Yi cum, ag % and Mar and Emma Botts, young women. cat mg the death of Mrs, Yocum and the serious illo While being taken to a Frenchburg Jail Mrs a small bottle to her lowed the contents before che be prevented. Physicians saved life after Hours of labor. The bottl contained digitalis Mrs. McGraw says she is determined to commit sui cide, and is being closely guarded te prevent the threat being carried out Mrs. McGraw had prepared a big pot of coffee at the Botts home. of which Mrs. Yocum and the three! Misses Botts drank. All became ill and after horrible suffering Mrs. Yo. cum died. One of the Botts women is still suffering from the effects of the poison. When analyzed the cof. fee pot was found to contain sufficient arsenic to kill 50 persons. Suicide on a Raliroad Teale Altoona, Pa. (Special). -~A map sup- posed to be H. C. Sollenberger, of Chambersburg, Pa, attempted suicide on the Western Express of the Penn- sylvania Railroad by shooting him. self in the head. The attempt was made between Gallitizin and Cresson, He is dying at the Memorial Hospital, Johnstown. His railroad ticket was from Chambersburg, Pa, to Sterling, IL tru He . od # LD ig 5% : of i Yi i { ed years, Clara ess of the other ICiims cell ir McGraw placed ips and swal- £¢ uld het Reading. Domestic, M Delcasse, minister, the French foreig: protested in the Chamber of De puties agaist the criticism of the Franco-Russian alliance in the re port of the committee on the foreign budget, Continuous heavy rains with the inspection of the Panama Canal zone by the American congres sional party. The members had a conference with President Amador Samuel Gompers was re-elected the American Federation Labor, only one legate in th Francisco co i leader, voting Mrs. Rosie | i wat shot and ki | her husband, t | married but The body of | Of le : d WOOUSs 3» sel ' ¢ resident otf Of San agains nsander, 11" led in Phil; y whom two months x 1 ME Mass covered w ml icester, lered Forcige. nts made riot riot demonstra ire the Strassburg st to y 4 atue and front Deg Paris against memory of Joan of the Chamber ite 5 alleged insult the Ar he Bulgarian it ASHIMC 3 that been has ons 10 ba ordered Souvarin, the voe Vremya, of agtocracy must of the gover: an statesmen are he art of government The English committee in the case of Alof edit Pete remain and ev veteran St rab of who inquiry deck, for the | served a term | places practically the | the miscarriage of | judge, Sir Forrest five years, blame upon for justice the Fulton Premier Combes announced in the position in the East was not due tq the French protectorate over the re The Russian arisy budget for the coming year is estimated at $116.« 000.000, an increase of $11,250,000 The naval budget provides for an appro priation of $50,000,000, of which $17, 517,500 is for shipbuilding. A treaty between Peru and Brazil has been signed looking to the peace ful settlement of the boundary dis- putes between the two nations and the adjustment of claims arising ou of the boundary line disputes James Wilsom, arrested at Liver pool, charged with stealing stock cer- tificates valued at $30,000 from Ed ward Breitung, a banker, of Mar- quette, Mich, will be held for extra. won, The Swiss Confederation has signed treaties of arbitration with the United States, Great Britain and Italy. Louls, | The Defense Works Outside Riblung of the Russian Gibra'tar a Sweeplog Movement, Japs Executing Parapets ng against have reced Jap: Attacking Sungshe Forts { By 1 okio Imperia sued the {oll Cable) 1114 1% “The work for attack having | been nearly completed against Sung Mountain, Port Arthur the | Our and was made on the aiter of November 26; but, owing to the enemy's stubborn resistance, our object has not vet been accomplished “The fighting «till continues.” Generals Nakamura and Saito, lead. ing specially trained bodies of swords men, charged into the Russian forts | and engaged the Russians in a hand to-hand and bloody encounter. The result of the has not been learned noon 1arges A Jealous Woman's Crime. Birmingham, Ala, (Special), Mrs John Kyser, shot and mortally wound- ed Miss Nellie Edwards at her home in Woodlawn, a suburb of Birming- ham. and while on a street car re. turning to the city, shot and instantly killed herself. Both Mrs. Kyser and Miss Edwards are well known. It is said that Mrs, Kyser was jealon of her husband who, it is alleged, was formerly engaged to Miss Edwards Three Sent:oced to Death. ¥ Both Sides Have Employed a Brilliant Array ol Counsel and the Case Will Be Hard Czar, >t. Peters Stirred This Section of North Caroling of Slayer Wounded. DROWNED FROM A ROWBOAT. Four Men Were Being Ferried From Hurom te Sarmis. NeTe Eno ves A Darieg Escape From Jail N 1 ag § * x alte ¢ Three Brothers Marry Three Sisters Falls. W Nelson, An Sere $ arew Views commission cretary of the Treasury Shaw sent rovernment gold life-saving med honor Michael J York patrolman Secretary Mort anced the Lake Bluff cite had been for the training station Lakes A court of wiquiry has been appoin ed to investigate the recent ground ing of the momtor Wyoming In his annual report Rear Admiral George A. Converse, chief of the Bu. reau of Navigation, dwells upon the gliders ty mann selected on the Great 3 {= 4 i ase signed to ships The Interstate Commerce Commis. ¢ion has ordered an investigation at Chicago of the conditions of the uni. form bill of lading Senator Elking will urge the passage of a bill providing for a differential rate on goods imported in American bottoms. President. Roosevelt has expressed the wish that members of the Cabi- net be not requested to deliver ad- dresses. Prospects for peace in the Domini can Republic are improved. Secretary Hay signed an arbitration treaty with Portugal. The American-German Arbitration Treaty was signed by Secretary Hay and Baron Sternburg. and A to the te % iD ’ party honeymoon brides w £ n a World's Fair for a Columbus, O. (Specia An abar with com te Ooi donned counterfeiters’ plete outhts for ufact spurious silver been dis covered in a thicket near Ballit Park In all 18 dies were secured, together with a quantity of supplies. Alemn- randa found with the tools show that | approximately $4,000 were made be. fore the camp was located, on which the counterfeiters figured to realize a profit of 02 per cent. Investigation proves that the operators disguised themselves as women, and eo avoidod suspicion the man dollars, has Tried to Blow Up Foundry. Cimcinnaty, O. (Special).-A third attempt to blow up the plant of the Newport (Ky.) Brass and Iron Foun dry with dynamite, has been made, considerable damage being done to one of the buildings. This foundry is one of those covered by the injunction of Judge A. Thompson of the United States Digtrict Court, restrain ing strikers from molesting employes of the works. The plant has been in. closed by a 12-foot fence, and the non-union men live within this stock: ade. LAWSON IS SUED. A New York Lawyer Lays Claim 1c Damages. atter was "all Greek” ¢ Gigantic Stingray Stops Steamship. Special) A gigan ws ¥ 3 rought the 1 dd «10 The speed and Mazatlan t a week age Criticised By Russians, rg (By Cable) A from 1 spe cial dispatch entsin, stating that si! at Chetoq pri ted the American CON. warned the State hae Washington of the fall of Port with considerable criticism. the allegation being made that the dispatch was prompted by a desire 10 help the Japanese war loan. Carnegic’s Big Gite London (By Cabie).—A provincial paper says Andrew Carnegie has pur- chased, or is about to purchase, for $1.750000 Lea Park, the late Whit aker Wright's estate in Surrey, with the object of establishing a national convalescent home FINANCIAL. One Philadelphia firm Saturday bought 10,000 shares of United States Steel common . Jersey Central has ordered 25 pas~ senger coaches and five baggage car from the American Car & Found Company. Boston gossipers say that H C Frick may replace H. H. Rogers i Amalgamated Copper and other Standard Oil properties. 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