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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,
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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
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resident otf
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nsander,
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in Phil;
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two months
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covered w
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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. Nobody be
eves it
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Arthar, is
Department ut
of the
received