Show TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS II I I The Spanish cabinet has decided to abolIsh i > abol-Ish the ministry of the colonies I I il The lloatlng debt I of Spain was increased I during the month of January by 17101611 pesetas The third annual session of the National Congress of Mothers will open In Washington Wash-ington Feb 14 i A span of the bridge over the Mississippi I river at Muscatine la fell owing to contraction due to the cold Patrick Curry was Injured and four horses were killed I Mrs Maria Foster aged 109 years has died in the county hosoital at Salinas Cal She was born in Scotland on Nov LMt 17S3 and came to California with her husband hus-band in 1SK Mrs Angle F Newman of Lincoln Neb I one of the superintendents of the National II f al r Womans Christian I Temperance Union halls this month from San Francisco for the Philippines The Alabama house of representatives has without a dissenting vote adopted a resolution that the national Hag be hoisted over every schoolhouse in the i state and be lceat floating there I Sunerinten < Jent J A Greenwood of the i Kansas City public schools has been suggested sug-gested by friends rs a candidate for the ortice of librarian oiT congress to succeed I John llusfcell Young recently deceased Dr 1 S Ho > ne one of Chlcaso veteran vet-eran homeoptithists and a grandson of Dr John T Temple the first homeona thist physician In Cnlcago died yesterclav Dr Hoyne was the author of several well known medical she s-he United States transport Roumanian sailed from New York for San Juan Ponce and Santiago rkonfO board are a I large party in charge of Mr Rhodes superintendent sup-erintendent of national cemeteries who is going to exhume bodies of our soldiers at Wa cexhume Howa D Thomas Co of San Francisco Fran-cisco manufacturers agents handling carpets and matting have petitioned the United States district court to be adjudged ad-judged bankrupts They have scheduled I S1C9 liabilities assets amounting to 33953 with only The American Missionary association made nubile IK annual report A summary mary of receipts shows a grand total of 390171 Of this amount the state of Massachusetts Mas-sachusetts gave the largest sum J98230 with the state of Connecticut second with JG5112 Rev Alesandi McGavick pastor of St Johns church of Chicago has been presented pre-sented with a document from Rome appointing ap-pointing him bishop of Mecropoiis a see now in name only to be known a an auxiliary bishoo and directed to assist Archbishop Fechan Lord Charles Beresford Hero of the Condor the distinguished British naval I oflicer and statesman will arrive in San olcEr Frncisc on the Japanese steamer Amen Ilea I-lea Maru due Feb 11 and the chamber of commerce is arranging a public reception recep-tion to the Englishman The keel of the new battleship Maine will be laid at the Cramps shipyard on Feb 15 This date will be the anniversary of the explosion in Havana harbor of tho ship of that name The Cramps announce that efforts will be pushed to have the wIl I new battleship ready to be launched Feb 15 Maine 1SOO disaster the second anniversary of the I |