THE QUEEN IN DENMARK.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12420, 6 February 1906, Page 7

THE QUEEN IN DENMARK.

COPENHAGEN, February 4. Queen Alexandra has arrived in Copenhagen.

FRANCE AND VENEZUELA

CARACAS, February 4

The diplomatists at Caracas have protested against M. Taigny's treatment. AMERICAN INSURANCE REFORM.

(Received February sth, 9.51 p.m.)

NEW YORK, February 5

Tho Legislative Committee investigating the affairs of insurance companies has submitted a drastic report for the reform of American companies. It recommends annual dividend*;, the sottlumont of claims -within thirty days'of proof, the curtailment of extravagance in salaries, reform in investments, and & fair ballot for offices. Publicity ie demanded in order to secure policy-holders against devious management by subterfuge. Compar nios are forbidden to control subsidiary companies. THE JAPANESE NAVY. (Received February sth, 9.51 p.m.) TOKIO, February 5. The tonnage of the Japanese navy will have increased' to 400,000 by tho year- 1908. AMERICAN BOYCOTT REVIVED. (Received February sth, 9.51 p.m.) PEKIN, February 5. The failure of tho United States Congress to remove Chinese grievances has caused a. revival of the American boycott in' Pekin. Several Americans holding high positions in the Chinese service have been dismissed. HUNGARIAN POLITICS. (Received February sth, 9.35 p.m.) VIENNA, February 4. Count Andrasßy submitted to the Emperor Francis Jos?ph, the Hungarian Coalition proposals, reducing tho original demands for tho nationalisation of the army to a minimum, end merely desiring the King's declaration that his supreme rights over the army would henceforth bo exercised in accord with the wishes of the Hungarian Parliament. The Emperor Francis Joseph declined to accept the proposals and the negotiations wero ruptured. An absolutist regime is imminent. SOUTH AFRICA. (Received' February sth, 9.35 p.m.) CAPETOWN, February 4. A thousand members 'of irregular corps, tfho fought in tho -yar, met at Johannesburg end affirmed their adherence to the cardinal principles of the Constitution. Colonele Wools-.Sainpson and Karri-Davis spoke. THE HUMBERT FRAUDS. (Received February sth, 9.35 p.m.) ■ PARIS, February 4. Madame Humbert lias been conditionally released from prison. [Madamo Humbert lias the distinction of being one of the most audacious swindlem in history. Sho gave, out that she had been Jeft a fortune of four millions sterling, that thy deeds had been placed in a scaled safe,.and that two men named Crawford, nephews of tho man -who Jeft her tho fortune, -were proceeding against her in litigation. An a. matter ol Jact, although the Crawiords were mythical, lengthy legal proceedings wero actualiy taken, tho solicitor who acted tho Crawforda receiving his instructions and tees by 'letter. Madame Humbert borrowed money to fight the Crawfords, on the strength of t-ho securities in the cafe, and people trusted] in her so implicitly that tliey lent her £2,000,000. tVith the money thus rabed, the Humberts, husband and wife, and Mdlle. M. d' Aurignac lived in great style. They had more than one house in Paris. They bought a seat in tho country, purchased magnificent jewellery, decorated their residences with choice pictures, ran the"Hneet carriage horses in Paris, rented a prominent box at the opera, subscribed liberally to everything, and got themselves into the very cream of Parisian society. When creditors pressed for repayment of their loans a few were duly met out of fresh borrowings. But the inevitable came at last. A suit was directed against them, and the judge directed that the mysterious safe, which had been so often referred to in tho law courts, should be opened by officers of tho Court, in order to ascertain whether the defendants were really an substantial a« they represented. The result was to discover nothing but a few ecrapw of paper, an empty cashoox, and a tawdry jewel. The Humberts fled to Spain, where they were arrested. Madame Humbert and her husband wero sentenced (August 22nd, 1903) to fivo years' solitary confinement.]