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The authorized capital stock is $50, 00O,-
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killed 200 cannibals as a punitive meas
ure.
The danger of war between Russia
and Japan is regarded as more immi
nent.
State department officials deny the
probability of war between Russia and
Japan.
Berlin police forcibly dissolved an an
archist meeting in honor of the Chi
cago executions.
Five lives were lost in the wreck of
the schooner Edna and Emma near ST.
Pierre, Miquelon.
Ministerial supporters elected Col
ombo president of the Italian chamber
of deputies by 1913 to 179
A German punitive expedition in the
Cameroons, west Africa, is said to have
recently killed 200 cannibals
Great Britain has acquiesced in the
American desire for assurances regard
ing the open door in China.
A large Russian fleet intends winter
ing in Nagasaki harbor, and some re-
monstrance by Japan is probable.
France demands indemnity from Chi
ma for the murder of two officers IN
Hainan and has arrested the project
Russia is endeavoring to secure
another loan in Germany, having failed
to effect one anywhere else in Europe.
The wife of Daniel Dupuis, the
French sculptor, killed him so she
would not die first and then killed her
self.
Colonel Ore of the insurgent forces
made an attack on Pisco in the de-
partment of Lima. but was utterly de-
feated.
A leading reason for the cars re-
cent visit to Emperor William was the
desire to urge the securing of a Rus
sian loan in Germany.
In the French chamber of deputies at
Paris the rightists and anti-Semites
criticised War Minister Gallfet on ac-
count Of his treatment of the army
Gen. Castro, leader of the revolution
airy movement in Venezuela, took Puer-
to Cabello after killing or wounding
$50 persons in an attack upon the town
Lieutenant G. c. Wood, who has died
from wounds received at Kimberley,
was a grandson of Jefferson Davis and
great grandson of President Zachary
Taylor.
The Hamburg American liner Patria
caught fire in the English channel
The Russian steamer Ceres rescued the
$50 passengers. The crew remained to
try to save the ship.
Captain Raymond of the steamer
White Cloud, which foundered on the
way to Manila, has just been arrested
in Hong Kong for taking the vessel to
sea in an unseaworthy condition.
The Belgian steamer Belgique found
cred off the Casquet rocks, near Alder
ney Island. Eighteen persons, includ-
ing the captain out of a total crew Of
twenty-six, are believed to have per-
ished
There is belief that clash between
Russia and Japan is likely. The Rus
sian clutch on Chinese commerce and
territory excites the Japanese, who
think their army and navy could de-
feat the cars.
At Montreal fire destroyed the biscuit
and confectionery warehoues of Niau
e Frere and adjoining buildings on
Notre Dame street. Loss. 100000
One fireman was fatally burned and the
chief seriously injured.
The Bank of Spain report for the
week ended Saturday shows the follow
ing changes; Gold in hand. increase
2, 900 pesetas: silver in hand, decrease,
/ .29S 600 pesetas. Notes in circulation,
increase. $4,000 pesetas.
Hurry orders have been received by
the builders of the japanese battleship
to complete the vessel as rapidly as
possible. The new ship will be one of
the largest a1oat It is believed that
these instructions are the result of in
creasing tension between Japan and
Russia
George Cooper, who in 1892 was SEN
fenced to ten years imprisonment for
having killed his wife at Douglas. Isle
Of Man has just been released, and
finds himself in possession of a fortune
estimated at nearly $1,000 O00 Both
his father ana father-in-law, who were
always convinced of his innocence,
died during his imprisonment, leaving
him large properties
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