Show THIS FROM WASHINGTON President and Mrs McKinley entertained enter-tained the members of the diplomatic corps at a slate dinner at the Whlto ilouyc last night Covers were laid for tscvont eight persons ViceConsul Murphoy at Bremen report port Lu the Var department that vigorous vigor-ous efforts are being made by tho aittncn Illes and people of thai city and community I communi-ty to arrest the progress of ihu plague rho report of the Philippine commission commis-sion will consist of four or more volume tho firht of which Is devoted to the character char-acter of government lo ho established In iho Philippines afler peace and order are restored Kow that the Senate has ratified the Samoan Sa-moan treaty Secretary Hay Intends to fxclwngo tho ratlllcatlons at thw earliest possible moment thus confirming the t tlo of lie UnIted States to absolute ownership own-ership of the Island of Tuluilla Secretary Gago has approved a set of regulations prepared under the supervision super-vision of SurgeonGeneral W man of tho Marino hospital service for the provontlon of the Introduction of the bubonic plague Into tho United Stales and Its dependen des tlH present Congress IH expected to glvo a medal to tho heirs of Jlnym Salomon Salo-mon In recognition of financial aid given by him to the country during the revolutionary revolu-tionary war Tho medal Is regarded as a compromise of a claim for OOOOU which has been before Congress alncc ISIS The Stall of Missouri by Its Attorney I GiMierul E 13 Crow made application In tho Unltid Statc Supreme court yesterday Uni day and naked J leave to mi a bill praying for an Injunction aqanlxl the Slate of Illinois linois 0 and the city of Chicago to restrain drainage tlipin from canal operating the recentlyopened |