Show NEWS St MIARY the norwegian government has negotiated a loan of crowns for military purposes collector of customs J W ivey at juneau alaska has been arrested on the charge of criminal libel dr nancy guilford the bridgeport midwife charged with murder is being brought from england to stand trial preparations have been completed for the dry docking of the second class battleship texas at the brooklyn navy yard there is very little serious sickness among the troops at santiago everybody is improving with the cooler weather the state of texas lias has raised the yellow fever quarantine and the quarantine inspectors and guar guards ds have been with withdrawn dramn the war department lias has established ft a permanent paymasters office in huntsville ala in charge of major C M marsh and S 11 II tyler charles 11 II thornton of los angeles committed suicide in a st louis hotel by shooting himself in the mouth no cause is known for the deed it is estimated that no fewer than people in the section in and around santiago are learning english in addition to the school children wilmington N C city authorities are bending every energy toward per shading beading the refugee negroes who are in the woods to return to their homes orders have been issued to push work on the monitors puritan and ter at norfolk navy yard so that they will be available for service at short notice the miners employed in the ticino vicinity Y of silverton B C have rounded up all the chinese laborers in the various camps and shipped them out ol of the district advices advises from members of the eighth illinois volunteers colored now in santiago Ban tiago province cuba state that ully fully 30 per cent of the regiment is in the hospitals the cubans around guantanamo are going to work on the plantations colonel ray refuses to issue rations to those who decline to work at 40 cents EL day the regular rate it is learned that the war with spain has not delayed the surveys of the nicaragua canal to any appreciable extent and practically all part parties ies have sent in their notes to be platted edward zola a resident of kansas city and a cousin of emile zola the champion of dreyfus Urey fus says that the report that the french author is is coming to this country shortly is untrue owing to the great ill health of the new york volunteers now encamped at honolulu that regiment regime ut wilt will be sent home as soon as the method of its transportation can ie be decided upon the card board of ordnance and fortifications has decided to institute an in vesti destination gation of the possibilities of flying machines for reconnoitering reconnoiter ing purposes find and as engines for destruction in time of war the winter plans for the postal service in the yukon region are completed and will consist of twice a month service via juneau that is the regular route through dawson to circle city and weare mr chong K ki yet ye connected with the household of the crown prince of korea and eldest son of chin pom poin yet ye the minister from korea to this country has been appointed an of the korean legation the united states lat last year commanded more of the samoan trade import and export than any european nation and in the matter of exports to the islands stood second only to the nearby australian colonies the record for the coming year will be watched with interest the deaths at holguin cuba cub a from smallpox average thirty a day for the army aud and as many in the poorer quarters every hut is infected ind and women children and men lie literally rotting to death without the caro care of even one doctor the poverty of the inhabitants is beyond description the italian anarchist luigi luc client who stabbed and killed empress elizabeth of australia on september 10 last has been sentenced to life imprisonment the full penalty allowed by the swiss law for murder upon receiving his sentence he laughed and cried loudly long live anarchy death to the aristocrat arist aristocracy ocra cy british naval construction program for 1099 includes two battleships of tons each with very powerful armament and protection two cruisers of tons each two large torpedo boat destroyers and eleven torpedo b oats boats richard bichard guenther of wisconsin has ha been appointed by president mckinley to be consul general ot of the united states at frankfort germany and frank 11 II mason of ohio to be consul general of the united states at berlin german germany col hecker of the quartermasters department who returned from ila havana a week ago left washington Washing on the lath for the cuban city to complete the work which he inaugurated preparatory to the n of the I 1 american troops |