Show IMPORTANT EVENTS review of f important events of home and abroad the political caI events of the week have increased the encouragement of the republicans caused by the maine and vermont elections the town elections in connecticut showed heavy republican gains while in the georgia 5 tate stale election the former democratic majority of over was reduced to and perhaps less big gain gains s are ara claimed by the populists pop ulisis lists the political situation in new york i ork continues practically unchanged judge gaynor has declined the democratic nomination for the supreme court there has been consid erable crable talk of a third state ticket by the leaders of the anti snappers but the rank and file of the independent democrats are said to oppose the movement mr morton and the other candidates on the republican ticket in new york were notified of their nomination and forme raly accepted G governor governor mckinley continued his bis western tour opening the republican campaign with a speech at st louis he made it a number of speeches in in Ki kansas ansas and was given an ovation at omaha the ohio democratic executive committee issued an address claiming that the tariff question had been settled and that the fight is now for free coinage of silver the administration democrats at Wag washington hington disapprove this stand the lexow committee investigating the police department in new york reassembled after a fortnights fort nights intermission and some sensational testimony was heard regarding intimidation by blue coats A movement has begun in chicago against houses bouses of ill repute postmaster hesing of chicago has ordered the parade and inspection of the letter carriers on sunday this was modified by acting postmaster general jones jone to be an inspection spec tion in the corridors or tn in front of the several post office stations considerable opposition had bad been made by citizens to the sunday parade A great deal of space was given in the newspapers to utterances by fitzsimmons the middleweight middle weight pugilistic gi listic champion and corbett the heavyweight heavy weight champion regarding a match which the former wants to make after a great deal of oba objection ec tion corbett agreed to meet the other and arrange terms for a fight A cyclone swept through arkansas causing several deaths at little rock and great destruction fifty corpses were washed up on the coast of florida victims of the recent hurricane the new york and baltimore ball clubs agan lugau a series of games for the he temple cup considerable excitement was caused in london early in the week by the sudden calling of the cabinet it was said that the meeting was to consider Fran frances attitude altitude in claiming a protectorate over madagascar and that this would be resisted the officials fici als however intimated that it was to provide protection protect ion for british residents in china in view of the excited state slate of things in that country the speculation cu lation was then mado made that it wag to check a russian alliance with japan and to keep her from profiting from a partition of china the massing of french troops at tonquin gave raise to the belief that france was wa not going to stand by idly while germany dispatches more war vessels to the scene the situation of affairs in the fast east has thus become one of absorbing interest and the fight between japan and chins china drops into insignificance A plot to assassinate asias sinate the sultan of turkey was discovered and frustrated tuc the condition of the czar continues bad and no hope of recovery is given reports of his death have been repeatedly circulated sir joseph was chosen lord mayor of london I 1 P A |