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Show foreign News in Brief LONDON, July 9. Charles Groves, the veteran actor, died at Potborough today, aged Gi years. He achieved the success of his career In J89D as Gregory Goldfinch Gold-finch In "A Pair of Spectacles." ST. PETERSBURG, July 9. During the past twenty-four hours 15S new cholera cases and 53 deaths were reported. Mine. Kryzhanovskaln. the wife of a prominent official, died today from tho disease. ST. PETERSBURG. July 9. Emperor Nicholas loft St. Petersburg this morning to attend the celebration at Poltava of tho bicentennial of the battle In which the Russian forces, under Emperor Peter the Groat, overwhelmingly defeated the Swedes under Charles XII. NAIVASIIA, British East Africa, July 9. The government officials this morning closed the public road which runs from Nairobi to Fort. Hall, the capital of Ke-nia, Ke-nia, owing to tho lnvuslon of that, district dis-trict by man-eating lions. Several natives na-tives within the last few days have been killed by these animals. PARIS. July 9. M. Callaux. the minister min-ister of finance, who was struck in the face as ho was leaving the senate chamber cham-ber yesterday, by Charles Bos, a forme;-deputy, forme;-deputy, fought a duel with his assailant this afternoon on the Bols Vlncennes. Tho weapons used wore pistols, and after a harmless exchange of two shots, the duelists left the field unreconciled. ST. PETERSBURG, July D. M. Szies-tunoff, Szies-tunoff, a reporter of the Bourse Gazottc and other St. Petersburg papers, was today to-day sentenced to death by a military court on the charge of robbing a teamster. team-ster. Prior to this robbery, he was sentenced sen-tenced to eight years penal servitude for attempting another robbery. The authorities au-thorities say that the robberies were committed com-mitted to provide revolutionary funds. PEKING, July 0. At the meeting of foreign bankers In London last Wednesday, Wednes-day, it Is understood here that the European Euro-pean bankers offered to the American representatives a uuarter of the Hupeh section of the Sze-Chucn railroad loan of S27,r00,000. or, in lieu of this participation participa-tion In the Hankow-Canton railway loan, The Americans, however, claimed the right to participate in the latter loan, and a disagreement resulted, the meeting adjourning ad-journing without further plans being proposed. POLTAVA, Inly 0. The hopes of those who wero expecting an important political poli-tical announcement today, In connection with the celebration of the second centennial cen-tennial of the battle of Poltava, were disappointed. dis-appointed. Emperor Nicholas this evening even-ing spent two hours among 2100 peasant delegates, wjio had assembled here from central Russia, Informally conversing about their needs, but he avoided all reference ref-erence to political problems. The most significant feature of the festival was tho spirit of loyally exhibited toward the emperor em-peror in the heart of Russia. LONDON, July 9. The Austrian embassy em-bassy here today announced the engagement engage-ment of Prince Miguel of Praganza, eldest eld-est son of Duke Michael, the pretender to tho Portuguese throne, to Miss Anita Stowart, daughter of James Henry Smith of New York. Prince Miguel was bom September 22, 1S7S, and Is the son of Duke Michael, the pretender to the Portuguese throne, by his first wife. Princess Elizabeth Eliza-beth of Thurn and Taxion, whom he married mar-ried Jn 1S77. Miss Anita Stewart Is the daughter of Mrs James Henry Smith, who was formerly the wife of William Rhlnelander Stewart. Mr. Smith died while the family were traveling In Japan two years ngoi leaving mi estate estimated estimat-ed at about 530,000,000. |