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FAMOUS ACTOR'S WILL
Sir Charles Wyndham has left fortune of £197,035. He bequeathed his portrait as. David Garrick, by Pettie, to the Garrick. Club; the gold jewelled box pre- sented to him by King Edward and Queen Alexandra to his daughter, Mrs. Bower; the diamond ring, presented by the late Tsar Alexander III. and the gold cigarette box presented by King Edward and Queen Alexandra to his son; his thea- trical souvenirs and presenta tions, household furniture, etc., to his wife; and various annuities to other persoNS.
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STUDENTS TO BURN JAPANESE-
- MADE GOODS. Peking. May 18-The students of all the institutions in Peking have for the past two or three days been making an organized collection of all Japanese-made goods in their possession and will go through the ceremony of burn- ing them at the Temple Agriculture this evening. correspondent witnessed some of the student collectors at work and saw many students give up their new straw hata which had been inade in Japan. The movement is baving the support of the girls' schools. which
likewise gathering up for burning all the Japanese articles that they possess.
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RETURNED FROM WAR SERVICE. Thirteen men from Shanghai who have seen service during the war returned to Shanghaï” on by the Empress of Asia. They were Messrs. A. P. Car, of the P. & 0 EO. Cumming, exchange broker, R. W. Wells, of Messrs. Maitland & Co.: Major M. H. Logan, of Messrs. Palmer & Turner: Messrs. C. G. Macdie, of Messrs. Gibb, Livingston & Co.; G. A. Turner, of Messra. Ilbert & Co.: A. M. Wilkie, of Messrs. Butter- field and Swire: J. J Paterson, E. H. McMichael E. B. Clarke. A. F. Campbell, and R. A. Brand and D. Ferguson. Shanghai Pilots* Association. Seventy
other Shanghai men are expeeted in about a fortnight.
MORE WEATHER STATIONS... Father Algue of the Manila Weather Bureau says that the liberality of the Legislature this. year will permit the building of some 90 more weather jobservatories in the Islands during the, present year. Now there are approximately 60 stations from which observations and reports are made to Manila. About 200 stations will adequately fill the needs of the Islands. särs the director, and these will be constructed and equipped within | a year if present plans materialize as they seem certain to do now. A complete list of the location of the new observatories will be completed within the next month. The Philippine weather reports go ll over the world, and in scientific circles abroad. Father. Algue en- joys far more appreciation and) distinction than is accorded him in Manila.
DETAINED IN THE TOWER,' The Daily News understands that the Rev. Everard Digby. better known as the "Fighting Parson," has been detained at the Tower of London. He is the
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