Show NEWS BOILED DOWN Emperor AVIlllam signalized his birthday yesterday by conferring territorial terrio rial tiles on all I ho regiments which hitherto hith-erto have borne no distinctions or names An express robbery took place about 7 oclock last nIght on tho Southern railway when the passenger train from Charleston reached a point about Hvo miles from Branchvllle S C Emperor AVIlllam has notified the Mayor of Rome of his Intention as a memorial of his cordial reception In Rome to send a bronze statue of Goethe to be erected In a public place there The French Chamber of Deputies began the discussion of a bill authorizing the completion o a number of projected waterways and canals Involving the watCrwas l expenditure ex-penditure of over GoO francs Officials In Copenhagen del that It has been decldd to take n plcbcscltc of the Danish West Indies after the ratification ratifi-cation by the United States of the treaty providing for the sale of those Islands to the United States Tho St Thomas D AV r correspondent correspond-ent of the Dally Mall declares that opin ion concerning the transfer of the Islands Is extremely divided The higher classes are against tho shopkeepers and artisans are In favor of tho sale Tho chief wltnesjj yesterday In tho trial of the charges growing out of the Cuban Cban postal frauds wns Inspector Gregory who testified to having Ilspecllr Gregory when tho frauds were discovered He estimates Neelys shortage at 5131113 estmates Rubo Ferns the fOImer welterweight champion won a decision over Tim Murphy ilur phy of Australia at tho American Alhlel lo club Chicago last night Tho fight was a disappointment both men being unusually un-usually wild In their delivery belnr Herbert D Bennett president of tho American District Telegraph company the Illinois District Telegraph company and the National District Telegraph company died suddenly at his home In Columbus 0 ycsterdaj of heart disease Three men of tho Second Field artillery were badly Injured ono fatally on tho drill grounds at Fort Sam Ilourton today The guncarriage was overturned while making an Into lino movement and tho three men were caught under It Tho Senate Committee on Interoceanic Canals did not make u report yesterday but decided to have hearings beginning next Monday The members of the Isthmian Isth-mian commission and such other witnesses witness-es as may bo desired will be summoned Tho Senate Committee on Irrigation yesterday yes-terday continued Its hearings of the subject sub-ject of Chinese exclusion rho time was taken up by representatives of the Federal commission of labor and the State of Cali fornia who submitted arguments In tho nature of n reply to John AV Foster I Is probable that somo Boer delegates will start from The Hague for America in the spring but unless there occurs 1 material Improvement In tho health of Mr Kruger it will be physically Impossible Impos-sible for him to be a member of this party par-ty tyAVhcn AVhcn tho United Mineworkers met yesterday an Illinois delegate presented a resolution raising the salary of the national na-tional president to 52500 a Yar The president presi-dent now gels 51SOO Many of tho delegates dele-gates It Is said favor tho resolution Final action was not taken acton |