| Show NEWS NOTES The chamber of deputies In Belgium has rejected tho motion in favor of universal suffrage The Behring sea court of arbitration was in session six hours yesterday The proceedings were strictly private Even the secretaries were excluded The Worlds fair strikers all returned to work yesterday morning and in addition the force of landscape gardeners were increased in-creased to 2000 and everything went forward right merrily New Bedford Mass Advices are received re-ceived reporting the entire loss of the whaling schooner Leon S Swift and eleven men at the island of Mayo Cape Verde islands on February 19 A communication was sent the Senate from the president yesterday concerning the Behring sea case which set out in narrative form the proceedings taken up to date before the court 01 arbitration The city of Pawtucket and the town of Westerley held elections t day and the legislature now stands Republicans 51 Democrats 41 doubtful Chances are in favor of the reelection of Governor Brown The Postal Telegraph company yesterday yester-day elected the following board of directors di-rectors for the ensuing year President A B Chandler vice president W H Baker treasurer E C Platt secretary J Stephens Mr T L Cuyler completes com-pletes the board The total number of fourthclass postmasters post-masters appointed yesterday was 177 Of this number 114 were to fill vacancies caused by resignations and deaths and sixtythree by removals of postmasters Of the removed fiftyfour served four years and over |
