Show NEWS SUMMARY italy has officially recognized the new republic ot of panama the cuban government has formally recognized the republic of panama A strike of carriage drivers and teamsters in st louis la Is threatened the typhoid fever ever epidemic at but ler pa Is still raging deaths being recorded daily fire on sunday destroyed the busi ness portion of 0 troy N Y acing damage charles W graves ot of des iowa Is charged with murdering his wife and burning her body A church choir at montreal canada went on a strike sunday because of adverse criticism by the minister the state department has ben bern officially fici ally advised of the recognition by great britain of the republic ot of panama A new railroad miles long from st petersburg to has hag been opened to traffic it will be extended to kleff and odessa scotty johnson who owns a largo ranch and herds of cattle near douglas wyo has been adjudged insane at sentinel butte S D where he was visiting japan Is negotiating tor for the purchase ot of chilean warships negotiations tiati ons with other south american governments tor for the purchase ot of warships aro are also in progress funeral services were held christmas day over the remains of sirs mrs ruth hoar the wife of senator hoar or of massachusetts at the residence of the senator in washington according to the spanish newspapers a project is on foot tor for the marriage of king alfonso to his cousin the princess maria del pilar of bavaria she is 13 years of age fire caused twelve persons to jump from the second story windows of the travelers home a small hotel at mich alich the thirteenth guest james beatty was found dead in the ruins brooding over his inability to purchase christmas gifts for his three motherless children joseph phillips a Hol hollowville lowvIlle N Y farmer murdered the children and then hanged himself in a neighboring barn the dead body of phillip F wenz secretary of the wenz shoe company of st joseph mo MD was found hanging by a wire from thet the root roof of an empty box car in the railway yards foul play is suspected the tartar general at kirin lepor reports t s that an indecisive battle has occurred between four battalions of chinese from mung chun and 1500 koreans who invaded chinese territory from kyeng chung in northeast korea at the request of the state department secretary moody sent a cablegram to rear admiral sterling commanding the asiatic squadron to dispatch a warship to korea to protect american interests there brigadier general funston virtually admitted in an interview in walla walla wash that fort walla walla would be abandoned following out the present policy of the war department not to rebuild antiquated posts not on main railroad lines reports have reached quitman ga of trouble at the village of barney eighteen miles east the sheriff with a posse has gone to the scene the trouble grew out of the killing of a negro desperado by a white man rioting Is feared A christian judge and two christian gendarmes gen darmes have been murdered by at Gui sInic in northern albania the victims were recently appointed to their posts in conformity conform alty with the macedonian reform scheme of austria russia former state councilor Ba ot of belgrade servia his wife and daughter were murdered on christmas by three men who broke into his bis house with the intention of robbing it at was the oldest and richest citizen of belgrade the volume of immigration at the port of new york continues to swell beyond the record breaking figures of last year in july august and september steerage passengers landed in now new york as against 00 in the same months of 1902 james aleick a chicago saloonkeeper who a few days ago choked his wife to death strangled himself in his big cell at the county jail with a handkerchief it Is now believed that insanity was not feigned but that took the life of his wife in an exchange of shots at brown alile tenn over a settlement of a few dollars tom white a young merchant was shot through the heart and john walter and henry jackson and andrew pugh the latter tour four negroes were seriously wounded the correspondent of tho the london dally daily mall at sydney N S W cables that the japanese go government haq hai placed orders for large 17 atles of I 1 pig lead with nith new south 11 wales concerns and that thai the presumption au 1 is th egui that this lead will be gusej for taio manufacture of bullets |