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Show PLASHES PROM THE WIEES. The steamer Smoky City sank with her tow at Cairo, 111., yesterday. Another twelve-inch trim will bo sent to San Francisco for the Monterey. Six thousand men an' out on a strike at Bilboa, and there is much rioting there, Eden, the Dutchman, won the interna, tioaal mile skating race at London. Tibbut, the Englishman, was second. The President and Mrs. Harrison gave a "j'-.,"..u ium evening to congress aim tno Judiciary. Judi-ciary. The Chilean minister was present. The directors of the Chicago board of trade decided to take no action on the circular of the New York board of trade favoring peace with Chile. The Chilean crutser Presidentc Pinto, lies at Havre, ready to go to sea at any moment. SI Capitaii Pratt will not be in condition to sail before be-fore April. At a meeting last night at Philadelphia of the National Academy of .Science it was decided to -cud a relief expedition for Lieutenant Peary and party, to leave New York about Juno 1. The first consignment of exhibits for the. World's fair from Japan reached Chicago yesterday. yester-day. The receipt of the.-e goods give- Japan the honor of being the first foreign country to send exhibits. John I. Rigginof Philadelphia, brother Of 'ha United States sailor killed by the ChlleaJM, has engaged as counsel ex-Attorney-General bWr to press his indemnity claim for his brother's death against the Chilean government. The authorities at Bonner's Ferry, Idaho, eave arrested cine Chinese, who entered tho I Culled states from British Columbia, via Kootenai Koote-nai river. There is evidence that hundreds of Chinese successfully use this route. At Jeffersonvillo, Iud., Mrs. Frank Brown, while milking yesterday, was kicked to death by a stallion. Her husband missing her came to search, and as he was picking up the body the stallion kicked him. Ho lived but a short time. Senator Hawley has introduced a bill to establish a military post near Helena, Mont., upon the acquisition without cost by tlm United States, of 110) acres of land for the erection of the necessary neces-sary buildings; J.'MO.OOO is appropriated. Cardinal Ledochowaki has been made prefect pre-fect of tho congregation dc propaganda fldul, in succession to the. late Cardinal Simeoni. Cardinal Vaunnttelli becomes prefect of briefs and Cardinal Cardi-nal Ricci prefect of memorials. |