Show NEWS SUMMARY the texas cenate has passed the malting a capital offense the taku harbor is open and steamers are expected to return there soon it is reported from china that 10 french troops will return home during athe month the british admiralty baa approved the scheme of build ng a big naval dock at port royal siedle bookkeeper of a pitts burg pa bank has been arrested for an alleged shortage of 36 the shipwrecked ere v of ten men of the schooner george bailey has been picked up by a german steamer the qi cen regent of spain has asked general azcarraga to form a new cab inet he may accept the charge russia and other power have addressed to the sultan of turkey against the macedonian dis orders jules coutre of rouses point N is under arrest charged with driving eight chinese from canada into the united states A boiler in the mill of jacob linde wood at creuset 0 exploded friday killing instantly four men and inbur ing several others there has been another battle be tween the rebel indians and the federal troops near tabi mexico in which the indians were defeated the russians it is said are taking advantage of the existing situation and are press ng li hung chang hard to rush through the Manc hunan convention oil has been struck thirty miles from carlsbad N M on the texas line at a depth of 80 feet which bubbles up from the bottom of the well like a spring germany recently appo anted salaried consul to central america ac credited to the state of nicaragua with a consulate to be established at managua rio jane ro police have arrested two italians and donate who sent a letter king of italy announce ing that a conspiracy had been formed to take his life the american government is the only government which has announced ita intention to compensate the chines for the land red to extend the ie gallon grounds one thousand dollars in diamonds jewelry and watches was wrested from a citizen within s abt of a chicago poa lice station last week the victim was a jewelry salesman the german government has in vested fully oa 09 in various enterprises terp rises in central america and ger man farms and plantations occupy more than acres the president has signed the army appropriation bills which contain the provisions relating to the relations of the united states to cuba and the government of the philippines military men in london now assure that the lapse of the boer arms can not be deterred many weeks since it will be cable for the burghers to obtain a fresh supply of war tenal the smallpox epidemic is spreading rapidly among the cocopah indiana near the mouth of the colorado riven fifty cases have been reported anu four deaths have occurred and many more is expected by direction of general macarthur D M carmen an american condrac tor who was taken into custody feb auary 5 charged with aiding the fill pino insurgents has been released on 10 cash bail fifty six claims of german employed emp loye of the transvaal railroad who bad been expelled from that country have been submitted to great britain who has declared herself to be ready in principle to compensate them for their losses there are at present in central america fifteen german consuls vice consuls and consul agents whose duty it is to look after the interests of at leat 4 german residents and busi ness firms there they are paid fees rebel activity throughout colombia aud especially around colon is increase ing an engagement occurred at cis pata nean Colon last week when the attacking rebels fought persistently but were ultimately driven off with heavy losses it is now rumored that in botha s negotiations with lord kitchener he has been anxious to know what would be his status when the war was over and this is said to 1 ave caused some delay in announcing the result of the pour par leurs the st petersburg correspondent of the london daily express says that karpovich the student who recently ehora the russian minister of public in st ruction M Bogo lepoff belongs to a nil hist society and was chosen by bal lot to kill him it has been ascertained in the charles ton navy yards that rear admiral W sampson is at work upon a volume of memoirs it will comprise a history of the span sh war from his point of view admiral bampton is non corn in the matter payne aged 40 ears shot his wife and arthur cady a neighbor of whom he was jealous in beloit re bently he then placed the revolver to his breast and killed himself in scantly mrs payne will recover cady was not seriously injured in the house a bill has been passed punishing by death imar for not less than five years the senate has passed a bill making the m penalty for this ame years imprisonment and it is now pend ae in the house |