u * ! < 0ne Hundred Years Ago.
Russia and Sweden were negotiating
SL subsidiary treaty. |
The Haytian army under Emperor
Dcssalincs was preparing to ! march
against Santo Domingo. j
Holland was on the verge jof bank-
iTllptCV.
The Sac and Fox Indians,1 , ceded to
-the United States 80,000 square miles ,
600 of which tract was along the Mis
sissippi river.
,1 , Much discontent prevailed among
the Americans at New Orleans , occa
sioned by the former Spanish Governor
retaining his troops in the city to act
.4is a guard.
Seventy-five Years Ago. ,
Georgia refused to allow-the Indiana
to set un an independentgbvoi'nrnent
In that State. . , .
. Tho Senate rnt'Sod the 1-enties with
-the Indians which gove it the ( United
i : Statesj8,000,000 acres of Ifnui. '
Notwithstanding the great rejoicings
r.5it St. Petersburg over the peace of
/Adriaiiople , there was much dissatis-
1 faction because Constantinople had not
Ibcen captured.
A party of Choctaws attacked a
-camp of Osage Indians on t' e Cana
dian river and killed seven of then :
number.
tfifty Years Ago. I
Another Kaffir war was expected in
South Africa , as the English attempt
ed to interfere with the native polyg
amy practice.
One million and three hundred thou
sand dollars of the United States debt
-was redeemed at the Treasury Depart
ment , nearly $800,000 of which was the
tloan of 1S47.
Indians of Texas promised to keep
the peace and settle on the lands re
served for them in the State.
Two United States ships were seiz
ed at Havana for conveying arms and
seditious proclamations.
Forty Years Ago.
Reports were sent out from New Or
leans of successful raids made on
guerrilla camps by Union soldiers.
Secretary Stan ton announced Sher
man's occupation of Savannah , Ga.
There was much complaint of the
persecution of Jews in Rome.
Wilmington , N. C. , wafe being bom-
bardcd by the Union fleet.
Members of the Fenian brotherhood
in Chicago urged Avar against England
because of the St. Albans raid from
-Canada. They pledged a force of 5,000
men.
men.The
The Mexican Republicans defeated
-ihe Imperialists at San Pedro.
Thirty Years Ago. '
A raHread wreck in Oxfordshire.
England , resulted in thirty deaths and
j i mine explosion in North Stafford
shire killed twenty.
The Hoosac tunnel vras turned over
lo the Stale of Massachusetts by the
Guilders ,
The "mixed school" controversy in
New Orleans resulted in a street duel
H > etweeu former Gov. ; Warmoth and
Editor Byorly of the IJulletin , in which
the latter was killed.
There was much tormoil in Mexico
-over the government suppression of
the religious orders.
All the churches of Milwaukee. Wis. ,
.abandoned Sunday evening services so
that the people might attend a great
mass nicotine : for the relief of Nebras
ka grasshopper sufferers.
Tho Senate passed a currency bill
r providing for the resumption of specie
f ? ipaymont , free banking , the retirement
of greenbacks and fractional currency ,
-etc.
Twenty Years Ago.
Failures , due to the competition
which made no allowance for leakage
an casks , had so affected oil shippers
that half the wharves of London were
> closed.
A heavy fall of snow followed by cx-
ttrcino cold blocked railway traffic
throughout the Northwest.
The Mackay-Rennett commercial ca
bles were opened to the public at the
.joflices of the Commercial Cable Com
3 > any , New York.
len Yccrs Ago.
Mrs.Y. . \Y. Astor died at Cliveden
* rii ) tlse Thames England.
Tho Cook enmity , ill. , gmni jllry rc _
/ turned indictments against thirty-one
persons charging election frauds.
Northwestern ; md Burlington mail
" trains raced from Chicago to Omaha ,
< * the former \ , im.'ing by two minutes.
% \lio ! trains m .intained a ralo of about
i orly-faur n k-s an hour throughout
trip. ,
&r S > / - ' . _ . "
GOVERNMENT CROP FIGURES ,
Production of Corn nt 2,407,480,934 ;
AVlient , .I.,309,317 IJushcls.
The Agricultural Department has is
sued u bulletin giving the final figures
of the acreage , production and value of
the principal farm crops of tho United
States in J90J , as follows :
Production ,
Acreage. bushels.
Corn ! ) iV : { lr Sl 2,4 7.4feO,034
Winter wheat 2 JSai,8.Vi : { : { 2 , ! ) > , . J40
.Sju-hif , ' wheat 37,200,020 21J,4(54,171 ) (
Oats 27S42 , ( ; < > < . 8)4r ! ) ! ) o.r .72
Hurley .M4r ,87S i0,748n.-j8 :
Hye 1,702. < ! 7 : { 27,2.4rG.j {
lluekwheat 7U525 ! ) : in.OOS.IMG
Flaxseed 2,2GM , . G."i 2,4JOr : { ( 34
Hk-e G 2flO < ; 21.00G.03S
Potatoes : { ,01..G75 y.52,8W : , 00
Tobacco 'sOMOO * * GCo4Goi7K [ ; )
* Tons. * * Pounds.
That portion of'the report devoted to
the special investigation of the quality
and weight of the crop in the three lead
ing spring wheat States will attract the
most attention. Its showing of the
weight of the grain raided in the States ,
an compared with the final oflicial
> -eights a year ago , was :
1004. 1003.
Pounds. Pounds.
Minnesota r 2 > . " >
? orth Dakota 51 5G
South Dakota 50 58
Figured on the highest estimate yet
made of the production in the three
"States the loss in Hour producing capac
ity is below 13,000,000 bushels. On the
low estimates claimed for those States
the loss would , of course , be less. It
must be remembered , however , that the
loss is in the weight and not in the nuru-
ber of bushels. There will be the same
number of bushels to be handled whether
they are light or heavy.
A fair average of the weight of the
wheat crop fr inme time the records
were firstkept is about OT1pounds to
the bushel in the United Stares. Since
3858 it has ranged from 5G to 59 pounds.
In 1899 it was D0. : > pounds , and last
year was 57. pounds. The average in
France ranges between GO and 02 pounds.
SOUTH BURNING ITS COTTON.
Planters and Merchants Hegrin , De
struction of Kxce&s Supply.
Heroic measures have been decided
on by the farmers and merchants of the
Southern States to save the cotton mar-
kit. They will burn 2.000,000 bales of
the staple. Each State in the cotton
growing belt is expected to destroy its
share. Bonfires of the chief agricultural
product of Dixie soon will be lighted all
over the Southern States.
This remarkable course was decided
on after the growers received word of
the slump in the New York market. The
falling ofr in New York followed the
Washington report that o.QOO.OOO more
bales had been ginned in the United
States in 1)01 ! ) than in 1003. The IJHX'J
total was 8.7-rr , ( > (59 ( bales , and that for
this year 11.SI8,115.
The Southern men felt there was only
one way to prevent a further drop in
price , which would mean bankruptcy to
many. This was to relieve the market of
the oversupply caused by the large crop.
The cotton must be destroyed.
At Fort Gaine < s , On. , over 3.000 bales
were burned , and other towns report sim
ilar bonfires. There was much ceremony
observed in the burning. Farmers came
into Fort Gaines from all over the coun
ty to join with the merchants. From the
plantations and from the local ware
houses the bales were rolled into the
court hou < sc square , and after the mer
chants and farmers had marched around
it in procession the torch was applied. In
several other towns similar scenes were
enacted. It is estimated that more than
$100,000 worth of cotton AV.-IS destroyed.
It is said that the example set by Georgia
\\ill be generally followed throughout tho
cotton-producing States.
For a little while , anyhow , Mrs. Chad-
wick also will lead the simple life.
However , tne secret of those my-teri-
ons Mormon garments must come out in
tho wash.
Senator Smoot has only one wife , but
his fellow apostles arc willing to con
done this eccentricity.
Now that the Filipinos are to be al
lowed to borrow money they will begin
to feel quite civilized.
Mrs. Chadwick's incarceration in the
Tombs seems only the logical result of
her underground work in Ohio.
Wall street resrets the disturbance ,
but it feels that this year's crop of suck
ers should be properly trimmed.
It is reassuring to reflect that no im
aginable slump in stocks can ever make
Mr. Rockefeller's hair stand on end.
Doubtless the new medical books will
recognize Tom Lawson as one of the
lea-ling causes of nervous prostration.
Evidently the marriage institution is
not regarded as a failure in Utah , no
matter what the rest > f the world thinks
abjut it.
Gen. Stoesscl has sent word to Gen.
Xogi that unless the latter is more care
ful when he shoots he is liable to hit
somebody.
It is to be noted that complaints as
to unfairness in awards at world's fairs
generally come from exhibitors who re
ceived no awards.
If the Filipinos will take a lesson
finm American o\i oriencc they will set
tle the rebate problem first and bnild
the r.iilroads afterward.
While the stocks were falling , the sn-
srar trust , with great presence of mind ,
taisc'l the price of sugar a cent a pound
to maintain the equilibrium.
Scarcely lt > s alarming than the re
cent l.ill in slocks was the slump in.
Mi < . Chadwiek'.s securities. They fell
frcm several million dollars to nothing.
That life sentence for a 17-year-old
Chicago boy for boy-bamliting looks
toimli. bni it may induce otli'Vvs who
were thinking < ! ' adopting that calling
to remain at marbles.
Now that the cattle raiders have form
ed a combination in opposition to the beef
tru l , there is nothing for the plain
peopul to do but to get out of the way
as quickly as possible and let the two
lijht it out. j
The Japanese made valuable gains
at Port Arthur , when they took five of
the seven Keekwan forts. The engi
neers had driven two tunnels under the
forts. Two tons of dynamite were in
serted into the tips of these tunnels
and exploded. The forts were breach
ed and a select body of volunteers un
der septuagenarian Lieutenant Gen
eral Samejima rushed in. There was a
fierce had to hand fight for a few mo
ments , when the Muscovites' resistance
ceased. The .Taps captured five S.2
inch cannons , four smaller guns , and
four machine guns , together with a
considerable amount of ammunition.
One of the Keekwan forts taken seems
to have been a link in the chain of
inner forts. The other Russian forts
must be taken piecemeal in this way ,
until enough of them have been taken
so that they can be regularly occupied
by the Japanese and used for aggress
ive purposes against the remaining
groups of forts. When that time comes
the end of Port Arthur's resistance
will at last be actually in sight.
The same day Sunday the Japs
made gains on the other side of the
town in the direction of 203 Motor hill ,
but they were unable on this side to
reach the main line of forts. On
Thursday the Japs pushed their ad
vantage still further by taking some
of tftfr Russian works about Pigeon
Bay.
Bay.The
The Japanese also occupied them
selves in a series of gallant torpedo
attacks upon the battleship Sevastopol ,
the last of the Russian fleet. The Se
vastopol equipped itself with the tor
pedo nets of its destroyed sister ships ,
and many of the torpedoes discharged
at it were stopped by the nets within
a few feet of the hull. However , the
Japanese mosquito fleet finally suc
ceeded in disabling the great ship so
as to make it unseaworthy. There be
ing no dry docks out of reach of the
Japanese guns the Sevastopol cannot
be repaired.
When Admiral Togo satisfied him-
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JAPANESE RESTING BEFORE PORT ARTHUR. !
Ixote. The drum in the foreground is of course a Russian trophy , for that '
instrument is not used by the Japanese. |
self by personal inspection that the
Russian battleship Sevaspotol had been
so severely damaged that it could
henceforth be left out of account as a
lighting power , he knew that the heavy
work of the licet which he has com
manded for ten months before Port
Arthur was at iast finished. The more
powerful vessels of his fleet have now
been withdrawn , but the lighter ves
sels have still before them the less vi
tal , but nevertheless very important ,
duties of maintaining the blockade of
the city so as to keep supplies from
entering , and so as to keep the Rus
sian torpedo boats and destroyers
which still exist from making raids.
The long and exacting work of Togo
in the neighborhood of Port Arthur
has been finally ended with complete
success. If during the balance of the
war he keeps his work up to its pres
ent high standard he will go down to
history as one of the greatest sea cap
tains that ever lived.
At the outbreak of hostilities he was
confronted by a foe superior to him
self in tonnage and weight of guns.
Of the standard fighting units battle
ships Russia had eight and Japan six.
At the end of ten months' arduous
work the Russian fleet is wiped out.
The Japs , however , have not escaped
unscathed. At least one of their bat
tleships , the Hatsuse , has been de
stroyed by a mine. Another , the
Yashiina , was also injured , but there
Destitution in England.
The threatened severity of the winter ,
the increase of pauperism and the num
ber of tht unemployed combine to form
a problemvhicli is occupying the atten
tion of the authorities in London. Pau
perism is increasing to an larming de
gree in the metropolis. The figures for
the week show that 75,185 persons were
receiving indoor , and 43,291 outdoor re
lief. This is an increase of 9'il)3 ) on
the figures for the corresponding week
in 1903.
In the great cities of England the
s J $
f. & --\.3Zrf *
are reasons to believe that it may have
since been repaired.
Togo's purpose has been throughout
not to inflict the maximum of damage
upon the enemy but to cause him tho
maximum amount of damage compati
ble with the minimum amount of dam
age for himself.
The English newspaper critics have
bitterly criticised such tactics. They
say Togo should have sailed , right in
and sunk the Russian fleet when he
had the chance on Aug. 10. But the
event shows that Togo was right in
all. Had he closed with the Russians
on Aug. 10 he probably would , have
lost some of his own ships in destroy
ing the enemy , and had he fewer ships
than he now has the result of the bat
tle with the oncoming Baltic fleet
would be most doubtful , indeed , and it
must alwaj'S be remembered that if
the Baltic fleet is successful the war
ends at once , and in favor of Russia.
The two Japanese scout boats which
entered Singapore Thursday morning
reported that a Japanese fleet-of two
battleships , two first-class armored
cruisers and a dozen other vessels was
in the neighborhood. If the implica
tion was intended that this was a fight
ing force seeking Admiral Rojestveu-
sky's squadron we may take it for
granted that the Japanese scouts were
amusing themselves by trying to stir
ui > a panic among the Russian horse
marines who are now galloping at a
slow walk around the coasts of Africa.
The Russian and Japanese fleets are
still about 5,000 miles apart. By no
possibility could the Japanese hope to
reach the Russian squadron that came
through the Suez Canal before it joins
the squadron under Admiral Rojest-1
vensky's direct command , unless in- !
deed the former suqadron very rashly
ventures eastward all by itself. More
over , the Japanese are not apt to make
such a blunder as that of separating
their four remaining battleships. If
they go southwest to fight Rojestven-
sky we shall surely find all four bat
tleships sent on together , since their
strength is clearly in union.
The episode is a trifle naive. The
Japanese are not in the habit of vol
unteering to the world accurate ac
counts of the number , character , and
purpose of their fleets.
T
WAR NEWS IN BRIEF.
The Japanese fleet in front of Port
Arthur will go into dock 'for repairs.
The docks and a large section of Port
Arthur have been destroyed by Japanese
shells.
Thousands of deserters from Russia
are crowding London trying to reach the
United States.
Many of the Japanese troops Avill be
withdrawn from Port Arthur and sent I
to fight the Russian army near Mukden.
I
Gen. Stocssel has requested the Jap j
anese to respect Red Cross flags and
cense bombarding hospitals at Port Ar
thur.
Cossacks attempted to capture a Jap
anese battery near Mukden , but became
entangled in barbed wire and were re
pulsed.
The bluejacket belonging to the Rus
sian cruiser Askold. at Shanghai , who
brutally murdered a harmless Chinaman
while-disputing payment for the hire of
a jinriksha , was sent on board the As-
koU by the Russian consul. lie will be
tried by court marti ; .
unemployed are more numerous than ever
before. In I'irmingham there are 2.000
families in an almost destitute condi
tion. In Glasgow , Scotland , the corpora
tion in order to save people from starva
tion has guaranteed the employment of
men out of work at a minimum wage of
$2.50 weekly.
Marie Jeanne Caroff of Bretagne. 03
years old , was found on the Atlantic liner
La Lorraine , having gone abroad at
Havre as a stowaway. She was trying
to reach a nephew at Scranton , Pa.
THE YEAR IN BUSINESS ?
Fast TTVCVC Months lias Seen Lean and
Fat Period in Finance.
The year 1901 has been a lean and a
.fat period in finance. The first six
months were a continuance of the depres
sion which began in 190o ; the last six
have been marked by a decided advance
in the securities market , by the qnickc n-
ing of many of the larger industries > f
the country , notably the iron and lail-
way industries , while an enormous crop ,
whose value is the greatest ever known ,
has brought substantial prosperity to the
farmer.
The year 1901 has been peculiar in
several respects. It has upset the popu
lar theory that a presidential year must
be an "off year" in business. The 3 ear
1904 has also seen the marketing of a
bumper crop with scarcely any stiffen-1
ing of the money rate. Throughout tho
fall mouths the interest rate was iho
lowest it has been for several years. At
the same time the exports of gold ha e
been larger than the imports by $26,000-
000. The total foreign trade of the year
will be about the same as that of 1903.
Exports will show a small decrease and
imports a slight increase.
The year 1903 was one of compara
tively steady decline in the securities
market. This was the result of the nat
ural reaction following a period of in
tense speculative activity and much in
flation of capital. The country was glut
ted with stocks and bonds. There were
strikes in the iron and steel industries ,
and the iron output fell from 1,073,228
tons in June to S4GG05 in December.
The raliroads found it difficult to float
new bond issues ; the first Northern Se
curities decision was disquieting and the
disclosures of the high handed methods
of the shipbuilding trust produced a feel
ing that frenzied finance was being car
ried altogether too far. New enterprises
requiring large amounts of money were
postponed.
In May of 1904 the stock market
reached low ebb in the matter of prices.
Steel common sold at 8 % ; preferred at
5194There was a slight upward trend
in prices in June , but the volume of busi
ness on the exchange grew even smaller.
In July , however , the prospect of large
crops brightened the financial outlook.
The strike in the packing industry and
in the cotton mills at Fall River had
no appreciable effect on the speculative
revival.
In August steel prices rose and rail
road earnings began to increase over the
corresponding period of 1903. Increas
ing freight tratlic required the companies
to order thousands of new cars. The
blast furnaces began to work harder. The
increase in their output between July and
November was from 1,100,297 to 1,480-
002 tons.
The latter months of the year have
seen no labor disturbances of any con
sequence. Prices have been tending up
ward. New enterprises are under way.
And while speculative activity may have
outrun the general prosperity of the coun
try , it is looked upon as evidence of th.j
confidence in financial centers that the
period of decline is past and that a gen
uine revival of industry is actually in
progress.
THIS TEMPLE TO BE PRESERVED.
1
Fraternity Building : at St. T onis to Be
come Consumptives' Sanitarium. i
The Temple of Fraternity at the
ivorld's fair , erected at a cost of 803,000 ,
is to be torn down , crated and shipped
to New Mexico , where it will be re-erect-
ed as the largest sanitarium for con-
sumptives in the world. Its best term
of usefulness has just begun after stand
ing seven months at the exposition as the
club house of the thousands of fraternal
society members who have visited St. i
Louis during the summer from every
State in the Union. i
The immense project will be financed
by the National Fraternal Sanitarium
for Consumptives Association , a Missouri
organization , in which some of the prin
cipal men in the State are interested.
The total cost of transferring the temple
is estimated at 933,000 , exclusive of the
land on which it will stand. j I !
A request for the building has been
Wade to the fraternal orders of America ,
which erected the temple jointly , by the
iboard of directors of the National Fraj j
ternal Sanitarium , composed of thirteen !
{ prominent Missourians , including Mayor
'Rolla ' Wells of St. Louis and fifteen fra
ternal associations have already answer *
ed favorably.
In 1003 the gross income of the rail
roads of the United States was $1,908-
S57.S2C.
The sixteenth annual convention of
the National Association of the Railroad
Commissioners was held in Birmingham ,
Ala.
Ala.The
The imuicn e power house of the
New York Central now building on the
lludson , near Glenwood , is rapidly ap-
preaching completion. _ *
The Lake Shore is reported as ha
ing decided to abolish the pay cars asf
the means of paying employes , and will
hereafter pay the men by checks.
The steel rail manufacturers of Eu
rope am ! the United States have organ
ized a gigantic combination for the con
trol of the markets of the world.
The International Brotherhood of
Maintenance of Vv'ay Employes , at its
iifth biennial convention at St. Louis ,
has voted to abolish the strike benefit
fund , on the principle that workmen
should not be paid while on strike.
The American Shippers' Association
has filed an appeal with the Interstate
Commerce Commission against the en
forcement of the proposed uniform bill
of lading.
Every department of the Maine Cen
tral's earnings shows gains for the fis
cal year , 1901. total income from op
eration .mounting to $ l.i ! iT.,000 last year ,
as against $15,511,000 the year before.
Baltimore alone now handles half as
much grain as New York on the aver
age , and Philadelphia about one-third
as ranch , but both combined do not yet
Nevr York as a grain port.
PROMINENT LPISCOPAL BISHOP
CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY.
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1ST. KCV. irrilELBEKT TALBOT. LL.D.
lit. Rev. Ethclbert Talbot , one of th *
most prominent bishops of the Episcopal
church , is the central figure in u sensa
tional case that engages the authorities
of his church. ITe is charged by Rev.
Ingram N.Y. . Irvineith conspiring
with other bishops and laymen to ruin
him. Two years ago Rev. Mr. Irvine
had a quarrel with a woman in his con
gregation , the upshot of which wus that
Bishop Talbot unfrocked the preacher.
The preacher brought charges against the
bishop , which were dismissed by a com
mittee of inquiry. Now Rev. Mr. Irvino
comes forward with new charges ugainst
not only Bishop Talbot but several other
churchmen of high degree.
The charges upon which Bishop Ethel-
bert Talbot of the central Pennsylvania
Episcopal diocese will be placed on trial
have been made public. They are , in
brief , criminal libel , based on tho state
ments in the Upjohn letter , hnuiorality ,
false statements , the circulation of fates *
and defamatory reports , falsifying ,
breach of ordination vows and conduct
unbecoming a bishop. The charge of im
morality is defined as lying and all the
charges refer to the bishop's statements
regarding the life and conduct of the
Rev. II N.Y. . Irvine , formerly rectoc
of St. Paul's church , Iluntington , Pa.
Detectives are at work collecting new
evidence against Bishop Talbot , and if
the facts found warrant such action it is
said a new presentment may be rnado
when the trial is begun.
DOOM TO GRAND JURY.
Minnesota Abolishes System-by Heavy
Popular Vote.
Minnesota has followed the lead of
\Visconsn and North Dakota and has
abolished the grand jury system. By a
vote of more than 1U 1.000. Hie Legisla
ture is directed to adopt a constitutional
amendment eliminating it from the legal
machinery of the State. The hist Legis
lature , after convincing itself of the suc-
cess with which the two States named
were working under the plan , decided to
submit the question to the electors. The
vote is the result.
For some years there has been much
discontent over the workings of the sys
tem. Hearing only one side of the case ,
the prosecution , the grand jurors often
bring in an indictment on little evidence.
In many of these cases they are unfair
and work an injustice to the victim ,
Then the annoyance and expense of
bringing indicted persons to trial , only
to have the case "quashed" by the court ,
was an argument that carried much
weight. Just as frequently , when ques
tionable cases were permitted to go to
a jury trial , the defendant was dis
missed.
These conditions led the Legislature
to take action. Prominent attorneys ,
who appeared before it , contended that
the system had outlived its usefulness
in England , where it was created to meet
conditions long since gone , and never
should have been adopted in America.
No change will mark the trial pro
cedure under the new conditions except
that the grand jury will be eliminated.
The committing magistrate will bold tha
preliminary examination , and if the evi
dence is deemed suflicient the prisoner
will be bound over to the Circuit Court.
The county attorney then wifl file an
information with that court and the case
will be docketed.
The crown prince of Germany is a fine
violin player.
Emperor William of Germanyhas iiia
own codes , and his telegraph bills amount
to 515,000 a year.
Former Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii
will spend the winter in Washington , as
has been her custom for some years past.
Miss Ruby Cooke , daughter of Latly
Cooke of Easthorpe. England , & sail to
own one of the finest collection * * t5t"d6js {
in the world.
The queen of the Netherlands IH *
genuine and not a make-believo dMr | >
owner , for she makes money by selling
butter and milk.
Mr. Kato , former Japanese minister
at London , has purchased the Jtiefri
Shimbun ( newspaper ) of Tokio , and will
personally conduct it.
Queen Amalie of Portugal is nn ac
complished nurseholds a doctor's diplo
ma , and personally takes pact in the
management of certain hospitals.
Ham Nighi. the ex-emperor Annam ,
will shortly marry Mile. Laloo , daughter
of a judge of the Algiers appcU court.
The former sovereign lives at Algiers.
The C/.arina of Rusaia has written a
novel entitled "Princess Telia's Model , "
and said to be a graphic study of Rus
sian life. It is for private circulation
only.
only.The
Thewife of Prince Peter Mirsky , suc
cessor to the murdered Yon Pluhve a
Russian minister of the interior , ia near
ly six feet tall , and her muscular devel
opment is remarkable. The prince if
comparatively small man.