Show LITTLE TELEGRAMS STERLING Ill Iii Dec 27 T. Lero Clifton Cutton Cut Clif ton yesterday received from the Chicago Northwestern m railroad a check for a a- alife life lIro pass on the tho road and a a. position post post- tion for life as the result of losing both legs In an fin accident two months ago Ho settled without the aid of attorneys NEW YORK Dec Der 27 Thirty Thirty of ot th the largest wholesale diamond firms In the tho Maiden Malden I Lane Jane ane district hav formed an as association as as- sedation to stop tho the sUn smuggling of Kerns especially diamonds and pearls The dealers dealers deal deal- ers s will operate co-operate with federal authorities authorities ties and will wll bring to the tho attention of customs officers an any large shipments of diamonds from abroad In connection with which they thoy have a a. suspicion of smuggling SAN JUAN P. P R. R Dec 25 J. J. J M. M DickInson Dickinson Dick Dick- inson American Secretary of war arrived Sunday on the converted yacht er or- Many Nany persons gathered at the wharf Tho The visit vl lt of tho the secretary has been boon tho the occasion of elaborate decorations ST. ST PETERSBURG Dec Dee 27 27 21 Col Von Ketten chief of ot tho the secret police pollee of ot Moscow Moscow Mos Mos- cow ha has hai been appointed to succeed Colonel Karpon Karpoff chief of or the tho secret police police po po- po lice of St. St Petersburg assassinated on December 22 Several attempts have been made mado against the tho life lite of ot Col Von Ketten who for tor many years has been hunting revolutionists 8 BERLIN Dec 27 Ernest 7 Ernest Mendelssohn Bartholdi head of tho the banking house of Mendelssohn Co died Saturday at Dresden en NEW YORK Dec 27 Dumont Dumont Clarke e. e president of the American Exchange National National Na Na- bank and one of ot th the most wide widely known bankers of or the country died last night at Dumont N N. J. J from pneumonia PHILADELPHIA Dec 27 27 Mrs Edward Edward Ed Ed- ward Moore Robinson wife of ot a Do member of ot the firm of ot Drexel Co and prominent prom prom- nent font In social circles died yesterday after an nn Illness of ot several months She was vaa a n dau daughter of the late tato Bishop Ivers of ot San Francisco SPOKANE Wash Dec 27 C. 27 C. C S. S Veer Veer- bees hees for Cor two terms territorial delegate delegato from Washington ton a n Democratic politician and one of or tho best known attorneys Jn in inthe n the tho state died at 4 o'clock Sunday morn- morn Ing He had been Ill only a few fow ow days His widow Is s a sister of ot Mrs H. H Z Wilson Wil Wil- son son wife of the ambassador to Mexico SAN ANTONIO Tex Dec 27 Eight Eight persons were Injured last night when a abig abig abig big touring car cor containing a family party turned turtle on Mission loop Joop the scene of ot many fatal automobile accidents W WASHINGTON oTc Dec 27 AdmIral Admiral George Dewey celebrated his seventy sec ond birthday anniversary Sund Sunday y Tho The day was wag pass pissed passed without an Any ceremonial and except for a 0 flood nood of ot telegrams and personal messa messages s of congratulation nothing noth ing disturbed the serenity of the Dewey household The Tho admiral has not beon been In especially 1 good health for tor some ROme time and therefore all observances were waived JACKSONVILLE pla Fla Dec 27 Six six persons pe ns were Injured yesterday when the tho big bh touring car car- owned by George Georgo M. M Is Lane of ot Chicago struck a a. curbing and turned turtle SAN FRANCISCO Dee Dec 27 The Tho Tho body of ot Miss Harriet Smith of ot Boston who wa Willi killed in an automobile accident near n ar Honolulu about two weeks ago reached this city yesterday on the liner Korea Stafford Smith of at New York brother of ot the dead girl will accompany tho the bod body east eaeL I NEW YORK Dec 27 rt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt a second cousin of Theodore Roosevelt Roose Reese velt volt died at Pelham manor aged 45 Hi OMAHA Dec 2 27 i. Dr Leonard J J. J Schneider a d dentist died Saturday of ot pollo a n. strange spinal disease which has been the tho puzzle and despair ot physicians here OKLAHOMA CITY Okla Dec 27 Six deaths and aud four serious accidents i mark the tho wake of ot in Oklahoma Three white men were killed by others ethers An Indian was run over and killed by a atrain atrain atrain train near Okemah a n negro murdered another at Ardmore and a woman whose name nama Is unknown was frozen to death near CUMBERLAND D. D Md Dec 27 Three miners were burned to death near Harrison Harri Harri- son lion Va Two other men who boarded at nt the same house are arc missing The police police po po- po lice are arc working on a clue Indicating the fire was started after atter a Christmas celebration cele cole bration by a man who had been ejected CAMDEN N. N J. J Dec 27 Christmas Christmas brought death and sorrow to two families at Malaga near Vineland N N. J 3 Mrs Mary Price was killed by a train and William Hageman in an heroic attempt to save her received injuries from which he died NASHVILLE Tenn Dec Slough 27 27 Slough J. J Fletcher millionaire owner of ot the Fletcher National bank of of Indianapolis Ind md Is III dead One of his daughters Is Mrs s. Booth wife of ot the author and playwright DENVER DE VER Colo Cob Dec Dee 27 More More than Red Cross Christmas stamps were sold Bold In Colorado according to reports re received ro- ro at headquarters for the tho Colorado state association for for- forthe or the prevention and control of ot tuberculosis Cash was real real- ired to the amount of ot 2420 SPARTANBURG S. S C C. D Dec c. c 27 M Miss s Myron Hicks ono one of ot tho the three women mall mail carrl carriers rs In the United States was tatal fatally Injured by a train Saturday MIAMI Fla Fia Dec Dee 27 William William J J. Bryan Dryan who is on en route to Cuba and South American points was sufficiently recovered from on his cold to stop at Fort Foit Saturday to inspect the state drainage work He is going for tor a visit to Cuba |