NEWS SUMMARY it is said that admiral schley bal announced that ho he would hava nothing toda to do with politics politic and would not accept the presidency as a gift the postmaster general lias has issued an order establishing domestic rate of postage between the united states stales and the philippine islands and guam the fla flag ov over erthe alic united slates embesi sy by London was half masted as atri a bilta of respect to the late garret A hobart obart ri vice rice president of the united states the report that baron fava the italian ambassador at washington will and be succeeded by admiral canevaro is authoritatively denied it is is not at all certain according to secretary long that admiral schley may not be ordered to south africa this being a matter dependent upon the situation the methodist missionary coms committee knitte e has made an appropriation of for the church in the philippines it is to be opened under the direction of the bishop of india the section about denison dellson Den lson tex Is in the early stages of a serious flood thousands of acres of farm land are u ader water families are fleeing from the bottom lands the des moines la ia city council has passed an ordinance prohibit prohibiting ing all 11 persons walking the streets after 11 Is in unless they can give satisfactory reasons wu ting fang the chinese minister has again entered a protest because of ibe the action of gen otis in too strictly excluding chinese from the philippine archipelago the paper trade is neu with a famine according to several ers era lower water in ID streams which supply the paper mills is bald baid to be the cause of the scarcity the war department is quietly at work on the problem of wireless telegraphy tor for the signal servi service co it has aias developed a system of its orvn and is not dependent on marconi secretary long has removed the mark of desertion from walter ryan of T muncie ind son of uon ron J IV ryan kyan referee iu in bankruptcy tor for that district ne ile deserted from a man of war while demented reports to the immigration bureau show that the total immigration to the united states during the last four months was 1152 an increase over of the corresponding period of last year of the sauto santo dognin domingo go minister of justice has stopped the sale of the late president heureaux neu reaux s real estate on the ground that it belongs to the government ern ment germans hold mortgages on the real estate the president will ask the incoming con confess congress is ress to pass an act retiring gen shatter shafter with the rank of major gen eral crest in the regular army he has already been retired with the rank of 0 brigadier general the state department and the nicaraguan government are exchanging notes eiith ith a view to bringing to a close the Blue bluefields fields incident growing out ot of the double taxation of american merchants at bluefields Blue fields the greatest excitement known in the history of georgia for years has been caused by the debate in the state assembly over the willingham Wll lingham bill providing for state prohibition A vote will be taken today the second trial of coaling a ship at sea by the united states steamship massachusetts and the collier marcellus Marc eilus was executed last saturday off of the lightship lights bip it was more 0 of a success than the first one A strike was begun last week by of the men employed on the chicago drainage canal near joliet the men have been getting per day and demand 81 the contractors say they will not grant the increase claims have been filed up to date on account of damages sustained by american citizens tit through rough the spanish war to the amount of and the president is expect expected li to submit a recommendation to congress in his message looking to the creation of a commission to adjudicate them arthur C kavanagh a native of johnson county neb who fought on the olympia in manila bay was tendered a public reception and presented with a handsome sword in tecumseh by the citizens of the town and county mine operators who have been selling coal in fit louis to the missouri kansas texas find and iron mountain M cotton belt bell railroads rail have been notified fied by the miners union to stop this sale or a strike will be inaugurated by the order secretary long will ask tor for three armored crul cruisers cru ibers bers of about tons displacement three protected cruisers ot of about tons tonn and a dozen gunboats gun boats of soo tons making eighteen ships in ill all the art armored nored cruisers will be enlarged Crook lyns london times announces that it is authorized to deny the statement recently made by a french paper that prince louis napoleon who Is a colonel in the russian army desired to join j oia the boors boers and aki emperor E nicholas for or pr emission