The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-31
OUR FOREIGN LETTER

Leghorn, Italy, Oct. 31-Thanks to smart work by the police here the famous picture of Christ, by the six teenth century painter. Donenica Cresti Passigano, until recently in the chapel of the Misericordia Fraternity, not just yet An American recently offered $10.oOQ for the painting, but was refused. Three days later the picture was stolen. The police arrest a house to house search among his friends, discovered the picture in the home Of a fish hawker, packed and labeled for dispatch to America
 St. Petersburg, Oct. s1-More than II, coo serious fires were reported past summer. <
 In a report just published by the Ministry of the Interior it. is stated that from 1895 to 1910 there were more than a million fires in European Rus sia; 2,S00,0OO houses were destroyed, and the damage amounted to S750,000,-
 The chief causes of the epidemic, according to the official report. are . "carelessness in the handling of fire, which is connected with the great in crease of drunkenness; lack of water in the villages; and the primitive con struction Of the f1ues and chimneys, which are never inspected and never cleaned.
 Bergen, Norway, Oct S1--The tradi- tioreaI adaptability of the average sail with the birth of a pair. of twins on board steamer en route to Trond- hem. A young Wife was taken ill on board and as no women on board could be persuaded to act, the mate, after hasty perusal of. the ships medical guide, performed the accouch- ment so slxilfully that when the ship arrived at Christainund visiting doctor declared his services unneces- sary.
 Liverpool, Got. s1-A narrowing tale suffering at sea is told by three Of the
 cr1ceigr a Ssg h the the South Atlantic. They are in a hospit- al here. having been brought to Liver Paee eo e0 ner ne ao When sn1i the w ves eae sel began to sink, from sa leak, the e1ifeboat and gig were launched. The been heard from. In the .hfeboat were the captain, his wife and son, and 14 others. Four died the same night and had to row TO VI 200 miles before re they ue1 .eo could hope to sight land. One of the sailors composed a stirring chorus which they aang S ESngtantly t, to keep 5 up their heir epin @ kegs of water. one mag of bread, and half dozen cans of meat. These were all s; gone ,Ss seven days before z1 they they
 
 arrived they were in the last stages of exhaustion and had to be carried ashore, where all but six died. Three of these were too i'll to be removed when the "Oravia'' called.
 Odessa, Oct. s1-A remarkable scene was enacted at the funeral of the mo- torious bandit Kossovosky, recently killed here Some 200 Apachos, most of them wanted by the police. fnc1ud-1 ing several deputations from other towns, attended. The police stopped a motor car containing one batch of mourners, but the others made suc-t cessful plea to the chief of the secret police to allow them to pay their re- spects at the grave of their departed comrade. After the interment, how ever, the police, who in the meantime, surrounded the cemetery, bounced onl the funeral party and arrested 162 of the bandits.
 London, Oct. 31-"Every boy ought to be taught to box and wrestle,'' de- clared Rev. John Gower, the S2 year