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Show v NEWS SUMMARY V " 1 Joseph Arthur, tho playwright, la dead In Now York, agod 57 years. Vlce-Admlral Sir Henry Grenfcll died In London last week. He was born In 1845. St. Vlaturcs collego at Uourbounals, HI., was destroyed by flro at night. Nono were Injured. Tho health department at Havana announces that no cbbcs of yellow fever exist In Cuba. Tho Calumet & Hecla Mining company com-pany directors have declared a dlvl-dond dlvl-dond of $15 per share. King Edward opened tho second parliament of his reign Mondny afternoon after-noon with tho customary ceremonies. Tho Japanese government has de-blared de-blared March 10 as tho date to bo celebrated cel-ebrated as tho anniversary of tho war. A modified form of quarantino goes Into effect ngnlnst Havana and nil Cuban and other tropical porta on March 1, at Mobile. Preldcnt 1'almo of Cuba says that ho Intends to recommend to congress nn Increase of tho present forco of 8000 rural guards to C000. The gold standard was adopted nt tho Algeclrns conference. Franco does not lndlcato any further policy regarding tho Moroccan question. Tho American steamer David has been wrecked on San Andrews Island, off tho Nlcnraguan coast. Tho crow; was saved, but the cargo was lost. "Tho senate has ratified the treatr-with treatr-with South America relating to quarantine quar-antine regulations. Tho treaty Is similar to that with European countries. coun-tries. The war department has received a cablegram from San Domingo, saying .that Harmon Caccrca has announced that ho will servo tho unoxplrod. presidential pres-idential term. Thrc'o men lost their lives fighting; flro In' tho Shaft of tho Old Dominion mine at Globe, Ariz., Tuesday. Twelve boxes of powder In tho tenth level burned without exploding. Tho united mine workers of Illinois havo unanimously Indorsed tho action of tho national convention at Indian apolis In demanding an Increase ot 12 per cent over tho present scale. Tho strained Franco-German situ-ntlon situ-ntlon appears to havo Increased somewhat, some-what, owing to tho disheartened tono of tho press, which, however, carefully careful-ly avoids stimulating tho war fever. Tho sennato has passed tlio bill auv thorlzlng tho purchnso of coal lands In tho island of Datan, Philippine Islands; Is-lands; also tho bill amending tho Philippine Phil-ippine tariff act on tcxtllo fabrics on shoes. Father F. E. I-eary, natlonnt chap-Iain chap-Iain of tho G. A. R., who Is 111 at hts homo In Chapman, Mass., with pneumonia, pneu-monia, la reported slowly sinking. His physicians hold out no hopo of recovery. re-covery. Returning to her flat to get her money Mrs. John Hanley met her dacth in Chicago In a burning npart-ment npart-ment house. Mrs. Hanloy had' gone from tho building with her son at tho first alarm. Tho correspondent of the London Dally Telegraph at Toklo says that flro In tho town of Talra, sixty miles southeast ot Fukushlma, destroyed GOO houses and caused tho death of thirty-seven persons. In tho British house of commons tho statement was mado that tho transfer of Port Arthur from Russia to Japnn does not affect tho status of Wei Wei, which was leased to Great Drltaln by China. Prlnco PIgnatelll Strongoll, aged 10, son of a lady-In-wnlting to Queen Helcnn, committed suicide at Naples by shooting. Ho was, to havo been married In a few hours to a daughter of tho Duko of Corlgllnno. J. Milton Turner of St. Louis, formerly for-merly American minister to Liberia, Is endeavoring to enlist tho Interest of Isth'mlnn cnnnl officials In tho employment em-ployment of negro Inbor from tho United States In building tho canal. Tho bnndlts who kidnapped Colonel Robort Mnnnlgan, tho Doming, N. M., ranchman, from a stngo near Silver City, N. M., aro nlleged to havo collected collect-ed $2,000 ransom monoy to dato, $1,001 from tho Colonel and $1,000 from ltta Bbn, yet them still hold him. It Is understood that tho union miners mi-ners will domnnd n 12 cent Increnso In wages In the Pittsburg district. Mitchell, when prossed nbc-t his ncnnlng when ho snld thoro would jo no strike, said that It applied to (ho bituminous coal situation. Efforts have been started at Seattle, Wash., to securo a shipload of wheat for Japanese famine sufforcrs, to bo shipped, If possible, on tho Great Northorn liner Dnkota, sailing March 12. La to Orlontnl mall advices show that nenrly n million peoplo nro starving. A forco of religious fanatics Is reported re-ported to hove Invaded and overrun a portion of Sokoto, Africa, from the north; to havo destroyed a French post near tho frontier, killing flvo French officers and cnpturlng two, and to havo overwhelmed a British dotachmor'. |