Show NEWS SUMMARY compromise on the ship subsidy bill seems to be in sight the presidents special message on panama will be laid before congress december 17 the question of spelling undoubted ly will receive attention at the hands of congress this week the yellow fever situation in Is satisfactory there Is one case in havana and two in the interior during the past week eight terror ests have been executed at warsaw and eight others condemned to death A military raid on the iron works at russia re suited in breaking up an extensive organization in an explosion of gas in the bait more anrine of the parrish coal corn pany at pa two men were killed and alve others injured orders have been placed with the ship building yards for the construction of four modern torpedo cruisers tor the black sea fleet ot russia charles G washburn has been nom by the republicans to succeed the late representative rockwood hoar of massachusetts for the anex aired term with the coming of the new state of oklahoma it will require the cooperation of thirty one legislatures to secure from congress a call for a con convention J F culpeper former chief of police and widely known throughout the southwest was shot and killed in a pistol duel with a negro named brock at pine bluff arkansas the imperial budget presented last week adds 4 to the salary of the german ambassador at washington owing to the increased cost of living at the american capital A report made to congress by the governor of isea mexico shows that 26 voters in that territory favored joint statehood in the recent election while 14 voted against it A letter received at phoenix ari zona reports the stoning to death of an apache squaw by tribesmen one mile from fort apache the natives charged her with being a witch it Is reported that a side lead has been opened in the old comstock mine at virginia city nevada which bids fair to be richer than anything ever yet taken from that famous property lulu bridges an IS year old girl was arrested at los angeles and lodged in jail charged with having accepted a bribe at paris mo for leaving the town to escape being called as a court witness the chicago board of trade has decided by a vote of to to reduce grain commissions aiom c to c a bushel on orders filled tor outsiders and from c to for members the trial of harry thaw for the murder of stanford white the archi hect will not begin until march or april of next year unless district at torney jerome consents to rearrange his court calendar it has been determined by the provisional governor of cuba that christ mas gifts sent from the united states to officers soldiers and american em serving in cuba shall be ad bitted free of duty the agricultural chamber of west prussia has adopted a resolution em powering its executive committee to prepare to import chinese as farm la borers in order to relieve the pre sent of such labor As a result on the explosion of 14 boxes of blasting powder on the 21 level of the dumcy mine at hughton mich two miners were killed two seriously injured and a number over come by the gas and smoke A term of six years for the dent and the vice president of the united states Is proposed by sena tor cullom in a joint resolution introduced last week providing for an amendment to the constitution the biggest cavalry drill hall in the world is to be built at fort leaven worth kas the quartermasters de apartment part ment will soon ask for bids lor the erection ot the building which will be feet long by feet wide 0 formal split has occurred in the polish socialistic party at warsaw A majority of the party has been formed into a fighting organization while the minority has joined the peaceful socialists the two divi alons are now engaged in fighting each other with energy acting on reports submitted by the interstate commerce commission at torney general moody has directed that suits be brought against a large number of additional railroad corn panics for violation of the safety ap bllance law senator kittredge has introduced a resolution desiring an investigation by the department of commerce and labor into the lumber trade of the country to ascertain whether there Is in existence a trust or agreement among dealers A band of anarchists made a daring attempt to attack a small train between odessa and rus sia but were driven off by a military patrol the troops captured fourteen of the anarchists all of whom carried bombs and revolvers J G rawlans a baptist minister and alt moore a negro ere hanged at valdosta valdasta Val dasta ga for the murder of wll lie and carrie carter in july 1905 both stepped on the scaffold without a they stood upon the trap together and tell together |