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Show NEWS SUMMARY. A new speed record of eighty miles an hour was recently established on the Union Pacific. In Berlin it is rumored that Emperor William has instructed the Kiel Yacht club to challenge for the American cup. The president has designated E. W. Bloomingdale of New York as a member mem-ber of the William McKinley memorial association. Captain Tilley, commandant at Ti-tuila Ti-tuila American Samoa, has been suspended, sus-pended, pending inquiry into charges against him. A new locomotive is being built in San Francisco, which has the engineer's engi-neer's cab in front of the engine, where an unobstructed view of the track is possible. The election for all officers in Cuba except president will be held December Decem-ber 21st, next, and that for president will take place February 24th, Cuba's national holiday. Professor George Edgar Vincent of the University of Chicago is mentioned most prominently in New York for president of Columbia university to succeed Seth Low. Phil Sheridan, only son of General Phil. Sheridan, is reported to be seriously ill with typhod fever, at the West Point Military academy. He is in the cadet hospital. The imports of specie last week at New York were 860,151 gold and 8133,-779 8133,-779 silver. The exports of silver from that port to all countries aggregates 8681,470 and $2000 in gold. The United Fruit company has made public its report of operations for the fiscal year. The report shows a sh rink- age in the total income of 8555,921 as compared with last year. The anniversary of the beginning of the great Chicago fire thirty years ago Wednesday, was commemorated at a banquet given by the Marquette club at the auditorium in Chicago. - Sailors were enlisted in the United States naval service during tue year to the number of 9890, making the total men in service,. 18,825.' From this number there were 3158 desertions. The spinners at Fall river have voted that their delegate to the textile council coun-cil shall insist that only a unanimous vote shall bring about a strike. This means that the spinners oppose a strike English capitalists are concocting a plan to consolidate a large number of the weaker oil wells at Beaumont, Tex. They do not purchase "gushers" but prefer wells that respond freely as "pumpers." The floods of Monday, following supposed sup-posed volcanic action in the Pacific, destroyed a large quantity of flour and other merchandise stored at San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua, as well as much export timber. The Indian bureau officials estimate that the number of cases of smallpox on the reservations throughout the west is between 100 and 150. About five deaths have been reported during the past week. A royal decree issued in Madrid orders or-ders the paymentn gold of all taxes or interest upon bonds', shares of dividends, divi-dends, and on redemption by -companies who are to pay their shareholders and bondholders in gold. Resolutions against the reckless admittance ad-mittance of undesirable immigrants to the United States were adopted Saturday Satur-day at a large attended meeting of the Merchants and Manufacturers' Board of Trade of New York. The total of British exports and imports im-ports during the past year is the greatest great-est volume of business ever transacted by any country ' in the world, and amounts to nearly 880,000,000 increase over the preceding year. President Wheeler of California university uni-versity has recommended to the board of regents the appointment of George W. Shaw. Ph. D., an assistant professor profes-sor of agricultural chemistry, in charge of the beet-sugar industry. Venezuela is said to be planning another an-other invasion of Colombia, . Troops are being organized at Maracaibo under un-der the command of General Vicente G. Sanchez, commanding the Venez-nelan Venez-nelan garrison at that city. John C. Williams, a well-known newspaper correspondent of Washington, Washing-ton, has been appointed secretary to the. United States delegates to the congress of American republic to meet in the City of Mexico October 21st. |