Show I SHORT STORIES At Poughkcepsle last night Wiscon sins varsity crew was the favorite for first place The Italian Chamber of Deputies has elected SIgnor Villa to be president of he House The law of compulsory Inquest which has hitherto existed only In south Germany is to be extended to the whole empire v Senor Mcndcz do Arlgo Spanish Em bassador to Germany will retire next week and will hereafter reside on ha own 6stales near Havana London Daily Express says It is ilghly probable that Harry Vardon I will contest for the open golf championship cham-pionship of the United Slates The Colombian Government has finally satisfied Itself that Nicaragua Js responsible for the revolutionary movements on tho isthmus of Panama Lady Randolph Churchills betrothed Lieut Cornwallls West has recovered his hcaltli and been ordered to the front The wedding has therefore been postponed A permanent automobile exhibition will open in Berlin next week Applications cations for space have been so numerous numer-ous that an enlargement of tho original area was necessary In Denver last night a Sulzcr Democratic Demo-cratic club was organized for the purpose pur-pose of booming the New York Congressman Con-gressman at Kansas City for the YlccPrcsl enc Wednesdays storm In northeast Nebraska Ne-braska swept overa region 100 miles square and immense damage was done In the aggregate At Lakelleld two residences and several barns were wrecked The Republicans of the Fifth Missouri Missou-ri Congressional district meeting in Kansas City nominated W B C Brown for Congress The nominee wis f gold Democrat and left the Democratic party In ISDU The Columbian of New Westminster Westmin-ster B Ct has a report that the Japanese Jap-anese fishermen of Stevcston are arming arm-Ing themselves with rifles Over 250 rules have been bought in Vancouver within n week by Japanese Writing to London Morning Post from WInburg Provost Battersby Franklin declares that the British soldier sol-dier though Just as ready to do or die is sick of the whole concern that Is to say of South Africa James Doran Co brokers In St Paul Minn do not expect to open for business today Mr Doran admitted tho report to that effect to be correct and explained that he went wrong on wheat at 78 cents He will fall for 5300000 A masked robber started through the Pullman car on the OmahaBIJllngs train on the Burlington after leaving York Neb yesterday morning He got two watches and 70 but took alarm pulled tho alrbrako and left the train before completing his work A series of strikes his been Inaugurated Inaugu-rated by Japanese laborers on several of the Hawaiian islands I is I reported report-ed that the Japanese have been told that they arc free American citizens now and that the American laws provide pro-vide that no worklngman shall receive less than a dollar a day Firm Foure Nationalist attacked the Government in the French Chamber Cham-ber o Deputies yesterday on the subject sub-ject of the changes In the general slat since the resignation of Giii the Marquis Mar-quis do Galllfet us Minister of War Gen Andre the new Minister of War replied the House approving hin statement by a large majority |