Show NEWS SUMMARY A largo number of new cases of cholera nro reported In St Petersburg x burg every day Gory F Carroll on January 14 took tho oath of offlco and was sworn in as Iowas governor Two men were frozen to death and many persons suffered from tho cold wing to a gas shortage In Plttsburg last week An Incnoaso of tho navy 16 tho ox tent of 29000000 has been agreed upon by tho house committee on naval affairs Carrie Nation tho antl saloon cru fader was arrested nt Nowcastloon Tyno England last week while engaged en-gaged In a crusade on a saloon lAtest reports show that tho number num-ber of deaths In tho Lick branch mine at Switchback W Va as a result of a bas explosion will not exceed fifty nine p Juan Vlncente tho mall carrier between be-tween Rodeo and Durango Mexico was murdered on a recent trip and the mall bags robbed of 700 ti cash cashMini Mini Stevenson Democratic candidate candi-date for governor of Illinois In the recent election has signed a petition asking for a recount of all votes cast for that office The explosion of firedamp In the Auha coal mine at Veszprlm Austria lnntho drat resulted In tho death of fiftysix men Of 240 men entombed 184 were taken out alive Sweeping reforms affecting tho criminal classes In tho District of Columbia Co-lumbia aro recommended In a recent report transmitted to congress by President Roosevelt Secrelaity of Agriculture Wllsor declares that tho time will come when In this country trees will be us scarce as diamonds unless steps arc taken to preserve our forests During the recent trip from Manila k > f the transport Sheridan seven Japanese Jap-anese fishermen who wore found clinging to nn overturned boat were rescued and landed at Nagasaki Applications for pardon or commutation commu-tation of sentence have been filed by General Stoessel and Admiral Neba pjtoff who are now confined In the ortress of St Peter and St Paul After attempting to rob a public house In Omaha and shooting a girl who resisted an unknown highwayman highway-man shot and killed Patrolman L A Smith Tho gh1 will probably recover re-cover Tho Muvla do Oro Mining company com-pany In tho Urique district ofChi Illinium was robbed last week of 0000 by bandits who raided the office of-fice of tho company and dynamited the safe The general assembly of Ohio In joint session officially declared that Congressman Theodore E Burton of Cleveland should be tho successor of Joseph B Foraker In the United States senate James York a quarry worker of Maiikato Minn while despondent cut tho throats of four of his hl Ulren end then committed suicide bv hanging hang-ing himself Tho dead Jilldren ranged from C to II years old A Canadian Pacific freight train mn Into a snow slide at Three Valley Lake British Columbia the engine plunging Into the lake the engineer and fireman being pinned In th cabin of the engine and drowned Representative Charles S Landis of Indiana when asked about tho published report that ho had been offered of-fered the position of public printer said I am going home to live on my farm I would not accept that ofllce I Venezuela and the United States have agreed to the basis of a settlement settle-ment of tho disputes between them and a protocol Is being drawn up Presumptively the cases In dispute will be referred to The Hague for arbitration Charles S Cameron president of tho Tube City Railroad company who has been on trial at Pittsburg charged with attempting to bribe foi mer City Councilman William A Mar tln In connection with the passage ol franchise ordinances was found guilty Signs of renewed activity now that conditions aro becoming more settled since the earthquake disaster are noticeable jiverywhore In Messina Mes-sina Many persons who left tho city Immediately after tho catastrophe aro returning anxious to start life anew Heirs of George Washington ore urging before congress a claim 01 305100 as reimbursement for 3000 ocres of land alone the Little Miami river In Ohio which was granted to Washington but was lost by conflict lug grants made under the authority of tho United States Tho appeal from the recent do cslon of Judge Wright of tho District of Columbia supremo court In sen tcnclng Samuel Gompers John Mitchell Mitch-ell and Frank Morrlson to Jail for contempt will bo vigorously pressed by I laboring men and a call for funds IB to bo Issued shortly Iowa liquor dealers aro worried over the recommendation of Governor Garst In his message to the leglsla lure that tho tax on saloons bo doubled dou-bled and that 400 of tho 1200 collected col-lected yearly bo expended In building good roads Tho revenue would amount to 75000 a year After years of vain endeavor to obtain compensation for the loss 01 her kingdom Queen LIHuokalanl former queen of Hawaii appeared before tho houso committed In person per-son last week to press her claims Sho is now willing to accept 250000 In settlement I of her claims |