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THE WEEK'S NEWS. TUESDAY, DEC. 1. General Brooke testifies at Wood hearing; charges latter with insubordination, violation of rules and inciting Cubans—Death of Dr. Lindsay, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal church, Boston—Former City Attorney Salsbury of Grand Rapids, Mich., names several aldermen, state representatives and newspaper men as receivers of boodle in great water conspiracy deals—Colombia still hopes that Reyes' mission to Washington to regain isthmus of Panama will be successful—Fire in railroad coal sheds at Boston cause $115,000 loss—Three negroes, implicated in a fatal shooting, lynched at Belcher, La., in presence of 1200 people—Stockholders of the National Hamilton Bank of Boston vote to go into voluntary liquidation—Federation of Labor decides not to enter politics—Brooklyn Academy of Music burned. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 2. Receivers in bankruptcy appointed for property of John A. Dowie at Zion City, on petition of three creditors, who allege that Dowie is insolvent and has made preferential payments; receivers go to Zion City and take possession—Miss Sophia P. Merrill, clerk in Salem, Mass., postoffice, charged with robbing the mails—All employes of state hospital at Tewksbury, Mass., declared free from blame in report of investigators of poisoning—Mayor Ashley of New Bedford, re-elected 10th time. Heavy apple shipments glut English markets—Boston coal market normal as to supply and prices, but business is dull—Rev. George A. Cooke of Medford, Mass., seeks trial of Professor Bowne of Boston university on charges of heresy—Epidemic of glanders at West Point—Cuban legations to be established at Rome and Berlin—New restrictions against American Jews who visit Russia—King Edward to open parliament with full state ceremony—China prohibits recruiting of laborers there for South Africa—Denial of report that British warships are going to La Guayra—Japanese student, suspected of planning to kill Marquis Ito, is arrested—Rich copper mine said to have been discovered among the Himalaya mountains. THURSDAY, DEC. 3. Dowie calls on his followers for $1,000,000 to pay off indebtedness hanging over Zion City and himself; gets less than $1000—Thomas McCabe slashes Hattie Gilmore with razor and kills himself at New Haven in fit of jealous rage; girl will recover—Confirmation of story of murder of 10 sailors of ship Benjamin Sewall of Bath, Me., by savages off island of Formosa—New canal treaty signed at Panama by foreign minister and members of junta; no amendments made—Hackmen and drivers of the Boston Cab company strike—Storm prevents the government trial trip of the new protected cruiser Des Moines—Public bequests amounting to $24,500 in the will of George O. Smith of Lexington, Mass—Sam Parks very ill in Sing Sing hospital—Odell lays reform plan before New York city Republicans—Mill strike at Tilton, N. H.; weavers resist reduction of wages—Maine game commissioners declare that the new hunters' tax is a success—Fever epidemic at Butler, Pa., more serious—Colorado miners appeal to President Roosevelt to check state action in Telluride; a human finger sent to General Bell—General Bates reports miners' revolt against the state in Colorado; militia necessary; but federal troops not needed at this time—Coal strike at Springhill, N. S.—Queen Draga's sisters to sell her jewels—Ottawa university building destroyed by fire—German impressionist artists refuse to exhibit at St. Louis—British house of lords decides that women cannot become lawyers—Kieff university closed for a month because of renewed student disorders—Chinese officials expect the whole of Tibet will be handed over to Great Britain. FRIDAY, DEC. 4. British cruiser Flora strikes a rock in northern Pacific and will probably become a total wreck; no lives lost—Plan of inmates of prison ship Southery at Portsmouth, N. H., to escape frustrated by marine lieutenant's discovery—District attorney attaches about $20,000 worth of property belonging to the defaulters in the smuggling cases at Boston—An old man and his wife murdered at Buffalo; suspect under arrest—Swedish ship Dharwar ashore near Ocean City, Md—New York ministers strongly opposing marriage of divorced persons—Ear bought for $5000 successfully grafted upon the head of a western mine owner—The Cedric takes 1500 steerage passengers from New York; largest number on record—Indications that Heinze will not oppose other of the Amalgamated bills before the Montana legislature—Dowie orders the arrest of all who enter Zion unless they have "Zion in their hearts," or are federal officers—General Wade reports that the castigation of Sulu Moros was necessary—Insane son of former minister from Salvador deported at San Francisco—General staff for navy recommended