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Show CREAM OF THE NEWS A special cable dispatch from Madrid to the Prenza of Buenos Ayres announces an-nounces the death of Marquis Nocedal, whose nomination aa archbishop of Valencia Va-lencia aroused much opposition in political politi-cal circles. He was formerly In the Philippines and went to Spain on the conclusion con-clusion of the war. e C. M. Levey, president of the Portland A Seattle railway, was chosen president of the Astoria A Columbia River railroad yesterday; John McQulre, superintendent; superinten-dent; Judge L. C. Oilman of Seattle, vice-president, vice-president, and M.' P. Marttn of. Tacoma, secretary andltreasurer. The new directors direc-tors are C. if. Levey and M. P. Martin, Tacoma; L. C. Oilman. Seattle; A. D. Charlton and William Harder. Portland; John McOuire and F. D. Kuettner, Astoria. As-toria. e e At Laredo and Eagle Pass, ports, 100 aliens were excluded In March. The majority ma-jority were Japanese. Insufficient funds and disease, creating the likelihood of their becoming public charges, were the most frequent causes of exclusion. AD CREAM , . m. An Import an step to aid farmers haa been decided upon by the Buenos Ayres 'National bank.' The concession has resolved re-solved to accord big credit to farmers In order to avoid compulsory sales. It Is stated that no country exports In such haste as Argentina, thus causing disturbances disturb-ances in international markets. . Don Carlos Taft, former professor of geology in the University of Illinois, died of apoplexy yesterday at his residence In Chicago. Taft was born In Swansey, N. H., in 1S27. and graduated from Amherst college in 1852. He accepted the chair of geology at the University of Illinois tn 1870. and ten years later moved to HarL over. Kan., where he established a bank; of which, he was president until 1897, when he went to Chicago. I - t |