Show G 0 In III Promotion President lr HI nt Will III ho by tin Record Washington W Nov N v 9 Tho President today declared to Senator to Cullom ot of Illinois that In making the tho promotions 10 to the tho MII to tl become vacant he Ie would e governed entirely by the record It was his ls Intention to U promote norr whose who record records a showed th m to be most moat deserving of promotion on that neith neither er personal considerations pot hor QI would count Senator bad had callea on behalf of ot Maj who went Into the army from tram and Mai Maj a son Boa on of Gen Tho The latter was Gon Oen h tt rl adjutant during the Santiago Senator Sella tor Burrows of ot Michigan talked with the President today bout finan financial financial cial legislation Senator Sella tot is u i member of the finance committee of the Senate and Is strongly opposed d at athis this his time tUne to any ally further reduction ot or otlie the lie governments Income I do not be believe believe beHove lieve Hove said he that It would be b wise ts tl tinker with the revenues revenue until wo we know exactly what money will wilt be J needed If It wo ti are ore to build tha th Nicaragua canal ana aM provide liberal amounts for tor forthe the Im irn Improvement Improvement provement ot of rivers and ana harbors harbor It would be the height of ot folly tally at this time to slash the tIle revenue revenues Severe Severo Earthquake In Italy Brescia Italy NoV 9 Several under underground underground ground culminated this morning In a severe earthquake shock The Inhabitants were who and tied lied to the lie streets ts A number of at buildings were damaged but no fatali fatalities ties have hae been reported report d Battleship Mecklenburg rl Launched Stettin Nov No 9 The German battle batte battleship ship Mecklenburg was wan launched here today In the presence of the grand duke of at and the Grand Duchess Marie Ittle of ot Mecklenburg Schwerin 4 Killed d l Washington Nov No 9 Re ir r Admiral Rogers nt ut Manila today cabled sec see secretary of the tho navy na as ns follows Privates P George Inen and E Fl A killed In action near linsey e Saniar on the In t No further details of the action arc are given gln Appointed Treasurer of or meo Washington Nov No 8 The President today appointed Wm F P Willoughby of at the District of at Columbia treasurer of ot the Island of ot Porto Rico Mr Wll Wil Willoughby 11 will succeed Jacob Hollander of Maryland who resigned some time ago King I darll Birthday London Nov 9 The king Is lup spending his birthday at nt with the que queen n the Prince and und Princess of ot Wales aIes the rest resl of at the royal family There ther line hns been bern no II observance of ot the thi day with the exception of the he custom Dry nry or salutes nt at Windsor Wind lor and at the naval and military headquarters and the ringing ot of church boils bells rant Mall 1111 from Australia New N York Nov No IA A consignment ot of mall mail which left lett Sydney Australia Oc October October tober 15 for tor or londo England by the tho American route routt arrived In this city Ity at nt 1040 this morning and was dispatched on the steamship which left for tor London this afternoon The mall mail arrived on the Ventura nt at San Francis Francisco co November 4 and was carried across the lie continent by regular mall mail trains Ir The time consumed In the transmitting of ot the lie mall from Sydney to London will be about days a saving of ot four tour days over oer the Suez SUlZ canal route |