Show abyssinian QUESTION italians having a hard alnio of li in Comb allne alne Men new york jan 7 A dispatch to the herald from st petersburg bays A dispatch from Ma says that the italians have retired from adolt to and were harassed en route by alie in an interview M eaid that the italians were in he thinks that a ery difficult position the report eliat the want food is not true biag manelik collects a per of the corn which ho acella in time of peace but has not sold for three years having hoarded it lor thia war retreat will make an difference in the attitude of doubtful tribes As for king cojac being an caery of kin Menelik that la untrue M leono lib says the italians hava now re d kilometres kilo metres and it will take men to beat the the opinion here is thai the abyssinian question is going t assume extensive proportions western society chicago jan 7 the western society of engineers will hold ita annual meeting and banquet at the auditorium wednesday evening J F wallace will probably be elected president unopposed at least engineers are expected to be present the society is making preparations to publish a bimonthly journal for scientific purposes say dont yon try do witta little early risers these little pille cure headache indigestion and constipation small but do the work jesse J driver burgist dur gist british sample ol 01 creel new kJan 6 A special to a local paper fro m washington says A more important issue than that over the venezuelan boundary may bo raised bosn between the united and great britain it recent reports from nicaragua ahall be confirmed by later developments tho substance of thee reports retained by important evidence is that british in teresta arc reaching out for the control of the nicaraguan canal and that tho government ia being ared to annul the charter to the existing corporation the reports of british intrigue in nicaragua which have been sent to the state de are likely to receive serious consideration before the transmission of the report of the nicaraguan commission to congress and may give a sensational turn to the expected special message of alie president on the subject the united states in case of controversies ver sies might be obliged to take its stand upon broader brounda gro unda and to object to any euch interference in anderic n affairs on the part of gret as it might consider proper in its own behalf if a british syndicate should persuade the nicaraguan ollic iala to annul the concessions to the american company and make new ones to a british company a question would bo presented different from that presented in venezuela according to president Clev elands definition of that question in the particular that the united flatea might leel callen WOW TO without regard to the attitude to the existing government of be country affected the united states it i he lived in such ft cabo boulo nt permit abo alon roe doctrine to be so narrowly as to justify thu ot european power in central americ i contrary to the interests of aba united states even with tho consent ot alie who temporarily might shape uio policy 0 the country in which each took place if the elvorta of british capitalists to escure the annulment of the american charter efem likely to produce tangible r suite the representations 0 a serious nature ire likely to be made by the bbate department to abo 0 both and groat britain against extension of british influence in the construction of tho canal nicaragua is now without a diplomatic in the united states but full reports of event in that country are comine to the s ate department through american consular officers and are already exciting the anxiety 0 the of the maritime canal company an chicago jan 6 A dispatch die patch irom BUI bays one oi the clove reet circle forgeries perpetrated hero for years haa just leaked out it cosla the nevada bank and it presents agomo new wrinkles in forgery to local experts december 10 b A II 11 a mer chandise chandi ae broker who had offices in the chronicle building and who had done some business through the nevada bank presented a chyck at that bauk drawn t bis order on tho crocker woolworth bank of this city for the check was drawn in woodland oal and holmead explained that he turned it in for collection at the norada ban k to nava tho trouble of identifying himself at the crocker wool worth bank As he biad an account at the nevada bank for several months and had deposited and drawn consider amo ruins thu cashier did not suspect anything the chieck appeared alt so the cashier put 2000 to credit and paid him in gold that la tho fast that has been seen of him or the coin when th check readied alio woodland bank through the clearing bouse inquiry was made at once as the only check drawn by this bank on ahn crocker bank near the dale of this bogus check was for 12 were put ou the check and a microscopic inspection showed had raised the 12 check to and had not only made eras urea so as to defy ant n inspection but bad lilon iu luu ir and biad made new perforations fo of |