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Horace Scruby, Midway football star, who married a daughter of Mrs. Tufts No. 2. Scruby kicked Tufts out of Mrs. Roe's mansion on one occa sion, hus giving her some chance of hanging on to her money. 1 1 Then Mrs. Tufts No. l's rela tives heard of her plight in Lon don, and, sent fpr her. She has arrived and now wants the diyorce that Tufts secured while she was in the workhouse branded as fraudulent, and Mrs. Tufts No. 2, who by permission of the court, has dropped the Tufts from her name, is helping her right willingly. " It is in the suit filed by Mrs. 'Tufts No. 1 that Tufts is called "The Love God With the Gold Teeth." Tufts christened himself "The Love God," and the gold teeth part of the narne came because foe said that a vision tpld him eyery tooth1 in his head must be of solid gold, and forthwith proceeded to use some of the money collected for the poor heathen to that end. o o BITS OF NEWS Duluth, Minn. According to late returns, Duluth has, adopted commission form of gpvernmenf,' New York. Kaiserin Auguste Victoria reached port with one passenger dead two men injured and pari of rail destroyed as re sult of Friday's stprm. Indianapolis,: A, J, Beveridge, recent candidate for goyernpf on Progressive ticket, may be ex pelled from Republican club, i HOW WAR PQINGS STAND London. The signing of a peace armistice by Bulgaria, Ser via, Montenegro and Turkey has, been officially confirmed. Greece is left alone to fight the Porte. This did not seem tp wort ry the Greek ministers. The armistice is to last untiL g meeting .of the peace envoys, in London, December 13, , Meantimejthe armies are. to re main in their present -position, and Turkey to be allowed, to strengthen the Chatalja forts and rc-provision all the beleagured cities. . . , Constantinople. . Dish eart ened by the long seriesiof Turkish' defeats, the Princess Zekky, wife pf a high Ottoman official, burned herself to death in the courtyard of her home. The Princess had her servants' build a huge bonfire and threw herself in it before any. of thera could interfere. t i Calcutta. Mobara raedans throughout India are' .holding great mass meetings at which prayers are offered for the success of the Tjirks in the Balkan war. One hundred thousand Mos lems attended such a meeting. St. Petersburg. Three- Rus sian banksijayk advanced $5,0Q0, 000 on easy terms to. the Bulgar ian government and have agreed to subscribe part of another loan of $8,000,000 being arranged in Paris. London. Suffragists Resumed their playful pastime of pouring acid into mail boxes. Bajae-j-as-aaaflKateatsessasiaa