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Square. Immediate neighbors Duke of Manchester and Lord Farquhar. London. Music Hall Artists' Fed eration won victory when Henry Tozer announced that Jack Johnson, negro pugilist, will iofe appear to night as billed. Southampton. Henry C. Hawker is making second attempt to win $25,000 offered for 72-hour hydro aeroplane flight around 1,600-mile coast of Great Britain. Constantinople. Louis Heck, act ing vice consult, on orders from U. S. embassy started for Armenia to in vestigate murder of Rev. Charles H. Holbrook of Lynn, Mass, an Ameri can missionary. New York. Health, customs and immigration officials swamped when liners arrived at quarantine with 2,733 returning tourists and 5,007 steerage passengers. Before night other steamers expected with 2,000 cabin and 4,000 steerage passengers. Vienna. Reported that powers have agreed to accept Prince of Wied, nephew of Carmen Sylva, Queen of Roumania, as ruler of Albania. Albany, N. Y. Tammany men hope to force crisis in "twin gover nor" situation on Wednesday night by having Acting-Gov. Glynn send to assembly message dealing with direct tax, for which provision must be speedily made to prevent state from "going broke." Kansas City, Mo. Because . they sneezed two burglars who attempted to rob laundry are in jail. Washington. Stomach pump re covered wedding ring Herman Lewis was charged with stealing. He swal lowed it. Seattle. Superior Court Judge Humphries placed permanent ban on sale of Socialist newspapers or other literature in downtown section of city. Minneapolis, Minn. George S. Bren, after trying seven methods of murder on his wife, is in jail and suit for divorce is pending. Wife alleges he put dynamite in stove, tried to '-mis ipfiW in .' s'f v,i ! make her drink carbolic acid, used her as target for revolver practice choked her, set fire to the house while she slept, tried to brain her with stick of wood and attempted to cut her throat. Jefferson City, Mo. Eight more convicts received commutation of sentence from Gov. Major.because of their work on good roads days. The Hague. -Cablegram was sent to Pres. Wilson by Hague peace con ference thanking him for his attitude toward peace and asking that U. S. government leave Panama Canal un fortified. New York. Shabbily-dressed man knelt beside Mrs. J. J. O'Connell while she prayed, picked up her handbag and walked reverently out. Was caught. New York. A black eye caused Rev. Dr. Len G. Broughton of Lon don, to apologize to congregation of Madison A v. Reformed Church. Said he got it playing tennis. Milan. After spending 38 years in prison under life sentence for mur der, Erasmus Vassale was cleared by conf ession of relative of slain man. Constantinople. Turkish women wearing apparel in any way suggest ing European workmanship have been brutally beaten and locked up since Balkan war. Mexico City. Serapio Renden, member chamber of deputies and a Madero adherent, executed on charge of plotting assassination of Huerta. London. Rev. Lyle D. Woodruff, Ohio missionary, will present to Britr ish office denial that Bulgarians com mitted barbarities in Adrianople. Chauncey, O. Tons of dead fish litter banks of Hocking river. Be-; lieved sulphur carried down from mining districts by creek during heavy rains responsible. Washington. John Cunningham 93, inmate of National Soldiers' Home, wants to go to Mexico as volunteer if war is declared. 'London. Estimated that the Bal kan wars cost nearly a billion dollars.