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Show CREAM Of THE NEWS 1 FROM EVERYWHERE j Vice-President Fairbanks delivered an address yesterday before the Y. M. C. A. of Indianapolis. He expressed the belief that fhe signs of the times point to better" bet-ter" things. The expected St. Bartholemew massacre massa-cre in Russia failed to materialize and the day passed quietly. Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte has ordered a court-martial for the trial of Midshipman Minor Meriiweather, Jr., In connection with the death at Annapolis of Midshipman Branch, following a flat fight between the two. Warsaw Is panic-stricken following the proclamation of martial law. There are rumors of Jewish massacres planned and there Is a shortage of coal and food. The distress Is increasing hourly. A plebiscite for and against the choice of Prince Charles of Denmark as the new King of Norway began yesterday and will continue through today. Henry M. Allen, an employee of the Government printing office at Washington, Washing-ton, gave himself up to the officers yesterday yes-terday and admitted a shortage of $2200 In the Printers' Beneficial association, of which he is the treasurer. Allen had written his wife that he Intended to commit com-mit suicide and tried to do so, but the poison failed to act. Andrew Carnegie has contributed $10,000 for the relief of the Jews In Russia. - George J. Kindle of Denver Is at Washington Wash-ington to file a complaint with the Interstate Inter-state Commerce Commission that the railroads are discriminating against Denver Den-ver In the matter of freight rates. El Paso Is making preparations to entertain en-tertain a large crowd at the forthcoming session of the American Mining congress. Ten thousand Jewtt gathered in London last night and held a memorial service for those who were killed In the massacres massa-cres in Russia. e Charles Denby. the new chief clerk In the State department, who Is back from China. Is of the opinion that the Chinese boycott docs not amount to much. Havana health officials believe that the yellow fever prevalent there was brought In by mosquitoes, found in a consignment of electrical apparatus recently sent to Havana from New Orleans. Hugo Black, a prominent ward leader In the Republican organisation at Philadelphia, Phila-delphia, has announi-ed thnt he will hereafter here-after stand by Mayor Weaver in his campaign for reform. Morris ' Jacobs, a physical culture instructor in-structor at Chicago. Inst night shot and perhaps fatally wounded F. H. Force, a painter, and accidentally wounded two other persons. Jacobs declares Force had broken tip his home. Robert Phillips of Des Moines. Ta.. unable un-able to get out of d"bt. committed suicide sui-cide yesterday that his family might have his life Insurance of $3). Gertrude O'Hara. IS years old. confessed con-fessed at MJneola. Ia.. yesterday that her sweetheart. Cleveland Poole, killed her father, who was murdered last August. Poole was arrested. Robbers who drove up to the Jewelry-store Jewelry-store of 8chuniann Sons In New Vork In a fine carriage yesterday shortly after the watchman had left, opened the door with skeleton keyr and carried off J10.000 worth of silverware. Representative Burton of Ohio, chairman chair-man of the River and Harbor committee, predicted yesterday that no general river and harbor bill would be passed by Congress Con-gress at Its approaching sesjlon. m m Chairman Knox of the Tammany Hall law committee yesterday said that every effort of W. R. Hearst to have the ballots bal-lots at the recent election recounted would be fought at every point. ' it is officially announced that Ihe Japanese Jap-anese legation in America has been raised to the rank of an embassy. Allegations that high officials In the Venezuelan Government deliberately attempted at-tempted to extort from the company the sum of MOO.fmO were made yesterday In a statement given out at New York by the Berniudex Asphalt company. In reference to the suit brought by the Venesuelan Government for S11.0H0.ft0i damages for assisting as-sisting in the Matos rebellion. James Speyer of New York has given to the trustees of Columbia university JSi.-OfiO JSi.-OfiO to endow the Theodore Roosevelt professorship pro-fessorship of American history and Institutions In-stitutions in the rnlversity of Berlin. Dr. Washington Gladden, moderator of the Congregational church, in a sermon at Columbus. O.. yesterd:iy announced that the tainted money question was settled, set-tled, so far as the Congregational church is concerned. Five thousand persons visited the armored ar-mored cruiser Prake. flagship of Rear-Admlral Rear-Admlral Prince I.ouis of Baltenberg. at New York yesterday. The Prince spent the day quietly. A competitive examination will be held In the navy yard at Washington In January Jan-uary to fill twelve vacancies In the grade of assistant paymaster In the navy. |