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uafnet turtle ca Vancouver tsl,rs a
u and six men on board. including AZ
-Nander Mclean, OF Carne1ci. n faus
we're drowned ''''-''
King Alfonso OF Spain i ksep,nv ,hs
eoad between san Sebastian and Bar.
sitz twhere Princess Enl is stayiuxl
warm with his automobile in vooinx i,
hr.de-e.ect.
lne dowagsr empress Of China has
'ent 70 the American legation at Pekfn
l num Der Of wedding presents for Mlsi
Alice Roosevelt. Consisting OF costly
jewels. silks and ermiue robes.
Ihe remains Of Thomas Mast the car.
tooniSt ard former United states consul
AZ Guaya1uii, Ecuador. ~ho died therv
81 yellow fever. arrived in New York on
board the steamer Finance from Colon.
Cnarles Herry Fancher. a prunIneu,
New York banker. died at his home in
fonkers after two yslrs Illness follow.
ing stroke Of paralysis
James Names. alleged 10 have been
implicated in the conspiracy by which
TIE Bank of Liverpool. England wzs
cetrauted Of ss)e.eo0. upwards uf four
years ago. and for whom the police OF
the world have been looking ever since.
WIS picked up. by mere chance. on the
street in New York and x being held for
the English authorities.
Thirty-eight rescued persons Of those
Who were on hoard the iiI-fated steamer
Falercia. wrecked on Vancouver island.
are accounted for. leaving the probable
ceath list iis. OF the many women aud
children On board not one survive.
The senate interoceanie canal CON-
miftee drew from Theodore p. Shonts.
chairman Of the Isthmian canal COM
mission. the admission that be cnutin-
nes to draw si2,oNs annuity from the
Clover Leaf route as its president
The Cuban seulte. by acclamariou.
passed bin spprupriating s25.sOo for
the purchase CT a wedding gift for Miss
Alice Roosevelt. as an Indirect means
OF testifying their love for and appre-
citation Of the efforts in behalf Of Cuba
u President Roosevelt.
All worlds records for the kiloneter
ard for the mile we're broken in the
futcTnb-le tournament al Ormona
Oayt-uI. Fin Fred Marriott. driving his
eigar-shapsd steamer. covered the kilo-
meter in Is % seconds. ard the mile in
IS Is seconds.
Policeman John A. ScolIard. Of 81.
Louis. slSperde,. under charge OF uube-
coming conduct in living with a woman
not his wife. shot himself in preferences
70 appearing before the board to an
sver the charge. infiicting a wound that
srcved fatal several hours later.
The proceedings AZ Tacoma. Wash,
against Fred T. sherman. charged with
paving a tr.be % Mayor Wright IL euu-
nsetion With paving contracts. we're
dismissed on the ground that the charge
was not sustained by evidence
The New England States limited on
the Vermont Central railroad was
wrecked al Bolton. VI. by some mis-
creant tampering with a switch Sil
ears left the rails and we're practically
demolished. hut fortunately no one vzs
seriously hurt
Acting Governor Fred W Parks d
Colorado found IL necessary to call upOr
the adju.ant general to enforce an or
der granting a pardon To girl confined
in the state home for dependent chill
Gren. the board OF control refusing tc
recognize the order.
Six women lost their lives in a IRE
that partially destroyed the Richardson
hotel n Lowell. Mass. A large number
who we're injured were removed to hos
pitaIs.
Secretary OF the Navy Bonaparte
has announced the dismissal from the
naval academy Of Stephen Decatur
Jr.. OF New Hampshire. convicted b.
court-martial OF eountsnancing haz
ing
The Ohio senate, by unanimous vote
passed the Rathbun two-cent fare bill
Railroad men are indignant at the re
porting and passags Of the bill with
out a hearing having been accorded
them
The bank of San Luis Obispo, Cal
has been closed on account OF its be
ing unable to meet the demands Of its
jeposftors. President Critrenden o
the bank claims that the institution i:
perfectly solvent
District Attorney Jerome. in the
course of the Hapgood trial in New
York. placed in evidence letter from
former President Grover Cleveland
who had been given an honorary sub
scription to -Fads and Faneies," stat
ing that be had examined the publica
ton and thought it ~an admirabls
book"
Latest reports from the vicinity OF
the wreck of tine steamer Valencia on
Vancouver island. Indicate loss OF
about 100 lives Those who have sur
viyed are In a dpelorable condition as
the result of exposure OF 20 who
were rescued from a life raft by the
steamer City of Topeka. none were
able to help themselves, and nine al
the Darling River telegraph hut were
unable TO stand
The will of the late Marshall Field
makes specific bequests aggregafing
SIS. Sos 900. including 5000. 600 for the
Field Columbian museum and $1,000
600 To his daughter. Mrs Beattie, OF
Leamington. England. The residuary
estate is left in trust for the descend
ants OF Marshall Field. Jr., who died
November q last, TO be kept intact IN
til the eldest reaches the age OF 81
years. The widow Is given 81 l.0oo, ,0oa
and a life interest in the Field home
The preliminary examination OF Z
O. Finsrad and Louis c. Coughener. OF
Los Angeles. Cal, before the Mexican
court al Santa Rosalie. resulted in
their being bound over to the higher
court for trial on the charge OF hav'
ing murdered r. W. Rutherford and [
W. McMurray at Finstad's ranch. near
Diaz, Mexico.
Mary Mccall. the 1s-year-old daugn'
ter OF a Northern Central track walker
living at Clark's Ferry. Pa. saved two
messenger trans from running into an
| immense boulder which rolled down the