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Show Cream of the News News has been received that Capt. Taggart is dyinjfinthe Philippines. The Illinois Supreme court gave Chicago Chi-cago libertv to prosecute 600 suits against the Chicago Traction companies under which $2,000,000may be assessed. Nine men at work in the mine of the Cambria Steel company, at Johnstown, Pa., were killed in an explosion of gas. . . Fierce fighting has occurred at Eka-terinoslav, Eka-terinoslav, capital of the department of that name, 250 miles north of Odessa, Bussia. The statement made by Secretary Taft that all arms surrendered by the Cuban insurgents would be put where they would do no further harm, was verified when the Cuban artillery spent yesterday afternoon throwing these weapons' into the sea from the outer bastion of Morro Castle. |