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News Condensed New York-Corporation Counsel Delaney has filed in the supreme court an amended complaint against the Empire City Subway company. the subsidiary corporation owned by the gas trust. He demands the return of $5,000,000. which he contends is due the city, and asks the courts to order turned over to the city for its sole use all the property which would enable the city to furnish its own light at minimum cost. New York-James B. Walker, of Chicago, a graduate of Oxford college, with many aliases and a long criminal record. was sentenced to five years for grand larceny. He pleaded guilty to stealing $1,300 worth of Jewelry from the home of Mrs. Viva Brewster. Paris-The official investigation into the cause of death of Gabriel Syveton, the member of the chamber of deputies who was found dead in his apartments, has resulted in a report favorable to suicide, according to the version of Mme. Syveton, wife of the deceased. New York-Claiming to have lost his fortune of $80,000 as a result of Thomas W. Lawson's attacks on Wall street interests. Frank D. Austin twice attempted to throw himself from the Brooklyn bridge. He was prevented by the police. Trenton, N. J.-In his inaugural address C. the incoming governor, Edward Stokes, counsels the legislature to revise and modernize the corporation laws, and urges the appointment of a commission to that end. Buffalo-A harmless run was started on the Citizens' bank, due, it is said, to the sending out of anonymous letters stating that "depositors would serve their interests by withdrawing their deposits.' New York-"Ike" Vail, for almost half a century known in this country and Europe as the "king of bunco men," is dead at the age of seventy. He probably "earned" over $1,000,000 in his palmy days. New Orleans, La.-The Athenaeum. the handsome club house, and the hall of the Young Men's Hebrew association and some surrounding property were burned. Loss, $100,000. Middlesboro, Ky.-A cable car loaded with seventeen miners jumped the track when half way up the mountain. Fifteen were seriously hurt, and two will probably die. Washington, D. (N. M.) Indians have arrived here to endeavor to secure congressional legislation preventing proposed territorial taxation of their properties. Topeka, Kan.-The resolutions introduced in the legislature inviting Burton to resign as United States senator were referred to the committee on state, which kills them. Paris-The Riviera has been visited by snow and unusually severe weather, causing great discomfort and damage. At San Remo flowers worth $1,200,000 were destroyed. Boston, Mass.-Senator Henry Cabot Lodge was re-elected for a full term and W. E. Murray Crane was chosen to complete the remainder of Senator Hoar's term. Astoria, Or.-The steamer Olympia has sailed from here for Moji for orders, which is interpreted to mean she is going to Vladivostok. She will carry coal. Harrisburg, Pa.-Philander C. Knox was elected senator for the short and long terms. The Democrats voted for State Senator J. K. P. Hali. Decatur, Ill.-As a result of the fire in the Decatur Coal company mine, six miners are dead and another is in hospital Tatally injured. Peking-It is reported that the dalai lama, who fied from Tibet. intends going to Kiakhta to negotiate with the Russian government. New York--Three summer hotels and six cottages of summer residents were burned at Rockaway Beach, causing a loss of $200,000. Baku, Russia-The strike in the oil fields is nearly ended. owing to concessions having been granted to the employes, Washington, D. C.-The thirty-fifth annual meeting of the National Board of Trade has begun here. Bedford, Ind.-By an explosion of dynamite two men were killed and four others severely injured. Augusta, Me.-Eugene Hale was reelected to the senate for a fifth term. Providence, R. I.-Senator Nelson W. Aldrich was renominated.
