Show NEWS SUMMARY forty families have been driven f from roni their homes at ottawa ill by a hood flood at havana ill III the clerget levee on river broke compelling families to lee flee to higher ground there 1 is tt a rumor that Rk russia isia intends to ask turkey for a coaling station in the archipelago either in leanos lemnos imbros or mitylene marquis ito former japanese prime ministers min ilter in an in interview declares the rumors of war between russia and japan are unfounded newspaper reports four weeks hence the year allowed by the treaty of peace with ith spain tor for the inhabitants of cuba to decide w whether bether they will be cuban or spanish citizens will expire in constantinople there is great anxiety in official circles regarding the russian governments refusal to modify its demands re beardino regarding T ardino railroad conces in asia minor A dispatch to london daily mail from lourenco marques says that strong commandos comman doi are missing at warrenton where the free slaters are going to make a stand according to a dispatch to london times from buenos ayres it a revolution has broken out in entre rios the insurgents have occupied three of the principal towns of the province atleri At leru cru ill the illinois zinc company I 1 a factory and tile the peru plough works are in danger of being flooded with a prospect that a thousand men will be thrown out of employment the secretary of the navy has determined to appoint a general board to race tonce a month and consider getter general plans of campaign to be used in incase case of war dewey will be at the head the republican convention of the first texas congressional district decided that no nomination would be made for congress against thomas 11 II call ball democrat tile the present incumbent senator of Verni vermont ont lias has introduced trod a bill providing for the prevention of the adulteration of food it authorizes tile the creation of it a bureau of chemistry in the agricultural department patrick E egan an declares de clarea that only fifteen per cent of the entile population of ireland want victoria Victor laas as their queen or who have any other feeling for her than one of coldest indifference if not actual hatred serious floods are prevailing in tile the northern nor thern portion of illinois by the overflowing of the illinois des plaines fox sangamon and kankakee Kanka kec rivers much live stock and property have already been destroyed the three ringleaders ring leaders of the mob two students and a clerk who attacked british consulate consulato at bordeaux france have been sentenced to short terms of imprisonment and fines and to pay tile the costs of the prosecution the central union of germany industrials dus trials has taken fallen steps to forestall the american exhibitors of machinery at paris in their pu to hold a special exhibition it at moscow at the close of the paris ekpo expo exposition the deaths in the city of mexico in 1899 were and taking the population at a fair estimate of this shows allows a death rate of over 41 45 per 1000 about the same as that of bombay the births were only general joubert said to it a press depre tentative Benta reuta tive at pretoria the courage 0 of f the british soldier is beyond question they rushed the kopjes and in trench ments in a tearless fearless manner but wore were not a match for the mausert ma users which simply mowed them down dowil the toronto ont oat board of control unanimously passed a ru resolution solution that in view of tile the conspicuous bravery of the irish troops in south africa tile the irish flag be displayed on oi o i the city hall of toronto on st patricks day dav stories to the effect that the quarter su mast asters erb department and the commissary department of the army are purchasing millions of collais worth of supplies for the equipment and sustenance of the army in australia china and japan is emphatically y tie denied ate d at tile the war office may alay a chinaman bora bor j an del t the he british hag flag become a citizen of the united states is the novel question the a authorities guthorl ties in a have to decide A lone celestial has applied to the county clerk to make his declaration of his intention to become a united states citizen in boston francis truth head of the divine healing association which bears lila hit name anti and whose advertisements have been spread over the whole country is under arrest cli charged arged with using the th mails tor for fraudulent purposes the file copper river expedition left seattle last week on tile the steamer st paul ant lor for valdes besides captain abercrombie and his hi eu engineer ineer corps of forty three men the vessel had a nome expedition led by L L bales michael J dady tile brooklyn Bio oklyn politician lias au option on a controlling Irit interest in tile the newspaper la lucha of havana and will probably close it mr daily has an important contract act with tile the city ot of 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