Show SHORT STORIES In San Francisco yesterday 300 employ cca of the Sprccklcn sugar refinery went on a strike All engineer of the Southern railway syMem have been xrnmlod an increase of wages amounting to at least 10 per 1 cent In J J3oston yesterday an explosion of gas in a loom at No 1i J Merchant row used 1 In ripening banannu injured a number of orsuiis I Great Britain In practically at war with Venezuela but there I It no disposition In London to regard the situation as particularly partic-ularly serious me united otaica cruisers uotron niont RomiMy and Cincinnati and three torpedo limits have entered the harbor at San Juan P R and are coaling A favorablo report on consular reform bill na one amendment to the diplomatic appropriation bill has boon authorized by the Senate Committee on Foreign Rela tloiiK The twomabtcd schooner A L Lee Hlll trw N V for Atlantic City was wrecked off the latter city The crtw after helng almost frozen was rescued by the lifesavers Tin steamer Empress of Indiawhich arrived ar-rived at Victoria D C yesterday from the Orient hail the largest silk cargo brought across the Pacific U100 bales vil utrd at over 2OCOCOO Thomas Fortune the distinguished col oCd man who hue been a leader In measures meas-ures which have tended In advancement of the nero race in I In San Francisco en route to the Island poniOBBlona of this Gov ernmont comjnlsslcned by President Roosevelt for a z term of sfx months A chaigo In 0 the command of the Pi clfic squadron vlll occur about Februarys February-s RearAdmiral Caseys Iwo I years tour of sea duly will expire January 2Sth next t lie will bo succeeded by RuorAdnilrul Henry Glaaa now In command of tho ciuco naval training station at San Fran Dennis Kllbrldgc a former momber o Parliament t was found guilty at the I Loln ser Anslzoa Dublin of incIting In a speech tho murder of MujGcn Noaros of county cst Month Tho prisoner who wns recommended to mercy by tho Jucy oentenccd lo eight months was tctence Imprisonment Impris-onment |