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The Famous Druca Case
London, December 5.
A verdict was given against Mrs Druce in the famous Druce case, the jury finding that Druce died im 1864, and his will with codicile was duly executed. Central American Canals.
New Yoek, December 5,
The Isthmian Canal Commission recommend that the Nicaraguan Canal, costing 190,000,000 dollars, be completed in eight years. The Panama Canal will take a decade and cost 144,000,000 dollars plus 100,000,000 to purchase the concessions. Queen Wilhelmina and her husband.
The Hague, December 5,
Queen "Wilhelmina, at a dinner prior to her illness, rebuked her husband s inattention. The Prince who had been on a shooting excursion, was slightly under the influence of drink, lost his tempsr and insulted Wilhelmina. The latter's Aide-de-camp censured the Prince and a duel with swords followed the dinner, the Prince wounding the Aide-decamp dangerously. The Prince in a later duel over the same affair slightly wounded another courtier.
Accident at a Theatre. Paris, December 5
Owing to a mistake of the mechanists of the Varieties Theatre, Paris, eight artistes while rehearsing fell from an unsupported scenic staircase, and several fractured their ankles.
Anti-German Demonstration. Bsrlin, December 5,
Students at Warsaw destroyed the c-cutcheon over the German Consultate and stoned the offices of the Consuls department. Students at Limberg made an anti-German demonstration.
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 6 December 1901, Page 4
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