| Show political contributions to be returned to insurance companies new york sept 15 states attorney general slayer arrived here today intending to interview members ot the legislative insurance investigating committee and its counsel regarding the political campaign funds contributed by the life insurance companies it was reported today that the attorney general had been that money so paid out would be restored to the insurance companies but that this would not necessarily prevent him from taking any action he might think proper NOTORIOUS CROOK DEAD he at one time traveled with circuses as a trickster new york sept 19 edwards a notorious cracksman was found dead yesterday in a stable the hick ot a horse had torn the fop ot his bead off r edwards was a member of the famous jimmy hope gang and was known as second story edwards he had been in jail 38 times several terms being for burglary he was also a noted trickster having traveled all over the country with various circuses and has often amused the i children by sticking needles and hot pina into his body and lass his widow and three children refused to claim the and it win be buried in the potters field GOLD COMING i paris sopt 19 the turn of the tide of gold toward new york is exciting the attention of bankers and other financiers who say that this restores the natural movement which hasteen has been abnormally reversed tor the basl two years partly due to the war in the far east officials of the bank of france when seen by the associated press stated that the shipments to the united states were the result of the usual conditions at this time of the year the bank itself has not made shipments but the official referred to the shipments made to lazard fredrea co as indicating the general tendency however the bank should not regard tho movement as to make serious inroads oa the french gold stock on account of the unusually large balance in the bank ot france THOMPSON MURDER new york sept 19 A reward of was offered yesterday by the new york times for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the murderer or murderers of jacob H thompson the exchange editor of that paper who was fatally assaulted on the evening of september 7 in hie room at the hotel st james the police are now convinced that mr thompson was murdered and that the motive of the crime was robbery an of the box in which mr thompson kept his valuables in a safe deposit vault showed that his atch and about in cash which he was known to have in hit possession and in which it was thought he might have placed the box aro missing CABLE communication ENDED new york sept 19 A caracas dis patch says communication of the coast cables of the french cable company with caracas ceased on september by decree of president castro imposing a line of five hundred bolivard bo livars tor violation of his order mr dodge is sailing for new york SIGNING OF TREATY st petersburg sept 19 the associated press was assured today that the emperors cruise will not involve delay in the signing of the peace all treaty an official copy of which with documents pertaining to conference is on he way here with the members of the peace commission who arrived at cherbourg Cher bourg last night the treaty is expected to be in st petersburg by thursday or friday I 1 he full text if he treaty is already kiowa to his majesty having been cabled from portsmouth but corn and scrutiny of the copies enit dofher an lp take alvo or ihie da the work 1 ed treaty will bo taken to Peter hoft for signature probably by count lams dorffi |
