Show NEWS SUMMARY considerable damage has been done by torrential rains in central dellum bellum glum minister bowen la is expected to ar rive ive in the united states from venezuela ve 0 within a few lays days the house passed the bill for or the creation of a general staff tor for tho the army by a vote of to 52 it Is believed the postoffice post office at in bianola anola dl di miss aliss will bo be reopens reopened A and the negro postmistress given protection the strike at the guggenheim Gugg smelter I 1 at monterey mexico has been ended through the efforts ot of Goyer governor nor rayes two indianapolis factories employing men were compelled to shut down last week on account of 0 lack ot of tuel fuel professor robert koch contends typhus can be successfully through isolation as cholera Is it now looks as though there would bo be no legislation in tavor favor ot of statehood tor for any ot of the territories at this session ot of congress john hollins colored charged with attempting to assault ass ault a white girl was ivas taken from the train at drew 11 hilsa iss by a mob and shot to death 11 II C ot of north dakota has been unanimously chosen by the republican caucus to succeed himself as united states senator corbett has declared his willingness to accept the offer of 0 a san francisco athletic club to fight jeffries for the championship of the world three ot of the biggest coal compan companies I 1 es in the united states have formed an alliance which for all practical pur poses will be a combination it Is announced informally that the president shortly will approve dr lyons a colored preacher of 0 baltimore as united states minister to liberia an entire family ot of four people was wiped out by asphyxiation in chicago the tip ot of a gas let jet was found lying on the floor and the gas was turned on the initiative taken by the business men to aid the bank of venezuela in caracas produced a good effect in the country and the financial situation is less strained david thompson a black hills prospector struck a ledge ol of great richness and fell dead within ten minutes minute the joy of the discovery being b I 1 too much tor for him the latest advices advises from fez F ez say the pretender has reestablished established re his camp at fort heilan Il lilan about twelve miles from fez and that be is preparing to assume the offensive ane political crisis which has been prevailing in japan has resulted in a deadlock deablo ck on december 17 the lower house was suspended as a result of 0 an attack made by the opposition A hansu officer in pekin has received news 0 of a mohammedan rising at chang chia cala chuan this place Is very strongly situated between the borders of ghensi and Kal kallista Kalns lisua ua an important convention has been signed by chile and argentina governing the question 0 of disparity ot of their navies which Is regarded as definitely terminating the dispute on the subject an insurrection has broken out in choo chou shantung as a result 0 of the poverty stricken condition of the people of that section several boxers have been arrested for practicing their art at Nam hIng from the time of 0 cheleras cho ebo leras leres first appearance pe arance in lla Ala lolos bulacan province to september 1 1902 the total number ot of recorded cases was of which resulted fatally the mortality ty being 71 per cent the arapahoe indians in the vicinity 0 of lander wyo are in a starving condition not a day passes but a land lan d is in the town begging they I 1 dalbed no crops last season but allowed them all to burn up although they it had ad plenty of water as it seems they were too lazy to turn the flow en an the land the negotiations between the powers regarding the method ot of paying the claunese Cla inese indemnity are proceeding acceptance ot of the chinese proposal to pay in silver does riot not meet with the cordial approval ot of europe the locomotive firemen e employed by the chicago alton railroad have decided by a referendum vote to go on a strike to enforce the th e demands presented to the officials of the road december tor for an increase of 12 per cent in wages one man was killed half a dozen injured find and the wing of the house of correction partially wrecked ay iy iy abot t explosion of several sticks of id dm lie ite in no I 1 shaft of the new plant at holmsberg Holms burg a sub uth of philadelphia I 1 it IL Is said at the preach foreign office that there are arc no grounds for rt that france will join ili n the ie ITI of the allies on rry the french officials are lea with the present status claims of 0 france |