| Show sought death by knife and fire philadelphia sept 21 george finklestein a former lodging hoase keeper of this city tried to end his life today in a horrible manner stein had been accused by the police of permitting illegal voters to register from bis establishment and had been virtually driven out of business he blooded brooded over his misfortunes and sought death by knife and fire ha was found in his room in a lodging house with his throat and wrists cut and his head lying in a fire that ho bad made of a pile of newspapers physicians say he cannot recover experienced lany TRANSFERS new york sept 21 having been passengers on the different on whish they were bucce transferred 1002 persons arrived here today in the steerage ot the steamship oral waldersee these passengers were the first party ot emigrants to bo subjected 0 o the cholera quarantine regulations which were recently applied to steerage passengers leading hamburg and the enforcement of these caused the numerous transfers they embarked originally at hamburg on the steamer moltke but at haven where they want aboard the steamer bul caria and were detained on 1 aliat liat ahle eight days anally ithe bulgaria transferred them to the graf walder international PEACE CON GRESS lucerne switzerland sept 21 the international congress at its session itogay approved the report of ita committee favoring a between france and germany by the of closer commercial relations SPANISH SWINDLERS chicago deot 21 A letter received yesterday from madrid Sti aln by juli us avenue may aaddie spanish government in running down the spanish prisoner gang of swindlers lers whose ach ld wide over a period of several 11 be turned over to slower tile coneal esth iti iet that the madrid to be from a friend who ia bifi spanish prison for requests help to ro cover ln payable to sa to be hidden in a secret in a valise which aith pieces of luggage lias been sel aw by ts in order to 1 lioney the letter it will or mr noth enburg to go tb spam and pay the registry fee and as a reward one timed ot the Is promised to atri tho prisoner signs only R and enjoins air not to write in reply but to telegraph to a trusted servant whose address is 4 hiloray segundo madrich Madri cd spain then follows the above all for suDer for reasons answer by telegram ana not by letter |
