The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-07

British oficialdom 10 greatly troubled because two
more copies of the code OF confidential signals Of
the British Navy have disappeared from the Ports
mouth naval depot
castor Tissandier, tho French aeronAut 10 dead.
Originally 4 chemist, he devoted himself TO the
problem of directing balloons and rendered inn
putant services during the siege OF Paris His most
memorable ascent was made in the balloon Zenith.
in 1878. with Sivcl and Crocespinelr, when. after
reachng a height OF 26 ooo feet. the baooniss
became unconscious. and, on hing the ground
again. it found that Tssandiers two companions
were dea 1. He was So wears of age.
Some remarkable records of tumors given in
The lancet. The largest known is a uterine tumor
that weighed l"5 pounds, described by = doctor Of
Bucharest. Hunter removed weighing 40
pounds from woman whose weight without tho
tumor was NJ pounds. The largest solid tumor Of
this class weighed 80 pounds Tho record for
ian tumors IL held by Chinese patient. who had ono
weighing idg pounds; without 1t she weighed II
pounds There lisa New York of 14a pounds
and a German one NJ liG. For mammary tumors .
case ia On record where the growth in one breast
weighed ~ pounds and in the other 40 pounds.
Archduke Rainier of Austria has presented his
famous collection ~ Egyptian papyri to the Vienna
Horblbnothek. The collection comprises 10000
Greek, 30 600 Arabic and 5000 Coptic manuscripts.
Prof. karabacek who has had charge of the papyr
for fifteen years past. has been appointed director
OF tie library,
trial sl2o.OoO more than for the correspond.
ing month year Ago.whle the receipts from tee-
phones we're $bo.ODo greater. The budget estimates
from these two sources for that per cd were c1.
cceded by over $4,000.
Prince Nicholas Of MonteneIro's youngest dEugh.
ter the Princess Xenia. has been betrothed 10
Prince Nicholas, the third of the king OF Greece.
Celeste hogador, who, under Louis Philippe. was
the reigning belle OF the public dance halls. has APP
piled to tn French Government for 4 pension. She
MARI ed ruined nohcmAn the Comte de Ohabril-
Ian, who his relatives - get him out Of the way.
had apponte Consul to Melbourne, where he died.
The Countess returned TO France. where she tried to
make her way by writing novels and plays and by
managing theatres. without much success. She 10
now - years old. and bases her ella the dipln-
matte services ~ her husband nearly fifty years
She called herself Mega Tor from the Prince de Join.
yille's sei1ing tho town Of that name in Morocco,
which was famous exploit IN the Paris boulevard
in 1914,
Germany's last veteran OF the "FreihetskrieE"
against Napoleon has Just died at the age Of lO6
years at wugsst in pomcrania His name was
schmidt and h. fought in the great battle of Lcip.
zig and at Waterloo Tho Kaiser was represented by
an official al the funeral.
Albert Edward Of Wales got rid OF 80 pounds II
his too solid acsh at Marenhai this year. lie
weighed 2a7 pounds before taking the baths and !oT
when hc got through
Great Rritaiu's Pos once auth rites are consider
Ing the que. ton of ing away with postage stamps
entirely, and using some form Of AUTOMATIC cam
ocllug machine instead.
F,Iipp, Palull, who next 10 Domcnco Morrlu wa
regarded IN tly a. their best living painter 4 81
rrccItir A. naples, aged ~ years. Hisspo'iay was
Landscape. On' hall IN the National Gallery n
Rome Is given up to his pictures
Prussia'S ant, Polish campaign has reached M.
point Of forbiddlng tho teaching Of Polish TO ch.'
dren after they have LEFT school. by their own
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| Madame Lrmousn the adventures whose quarrel
over silk dress led to the discovery Of the sale
decorations by President Gr,yyS sou-in'lAw ",'-.n
and the resignation Of the President Ia dead. At
"honor Of tho army and III" acts OF generals "".'
i not sacrostnct in France dozen years ago, ~
generals were convicted of ptculation and pnn'""d
| though Greyys influence saved Wilson, the cher
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