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Show NEWS SUMMARY. The civil tribunal of the Seine has granted a divorce to Countess Ester-hazy. Ester-hazy. Roland Molineaux has again been arrested by the New York police ou a charge of murdering Mrs. Adams. The United States may be called upon to arbitrate the differences between be-tween Great Britain and the Transvaal. Armed troops are invading the Andes province. Venezuela, under the leadership leader-ship of Cipraui Castro. The movement is believed to be local. Hundreds of people have been driven from their homes along the Colorado river and a score of casualties casual-ties have been recorded. The town of Linz near Ottensheim. Austria, has been totally burned. Four women perished in the flames and a number of people were injured. In Alexandria. Egypt, there have been twenty-one cases of the plague and seven deaths from that disease. Two new cases have just been reported. re-ported. The engagement between Prince Maxmillian of liaden and the Grand Duchess Helen, daughter of the Grand Duke Vladimir, has been definitely broken off. It is rumored in Rome that Count Nigra, head of the Italian delegation at the peace conference, will propose that the Pope have a permanent seat on the arbitration tribunal. Dr. I. N. Johnson, a member of the legislature from Easton, Fa., has been arrested, charged with perjury before the recent legislative bribery committee. commit-tee. He was admitted to bail. Rear-Admiral Charles Beresford, Conservative member for York City in the House of Commons, delivered a scathing criticism of the government's policy on "Drifting" in China. Princess Chimay, formerly Clara Ward of Detroit, telegraphs from Cairo that Janic Rego, the gipsy with whom she eloped and later married, is not dead, but is quite well in Cairo. John J. Lalor, a translator in the office of the director of the mint, lost his balance and fell from the second floor in the treasury department down the shaft, receiving fatal injuries. The Rev. Alfred Debarrit, who four months ago founded the Congregational Congrega-tional church in the city of Havana, has returned to this country for aid in his religions and educational work in Cuba. The president has approved an amendment to rule six of the civil service ser-vice rules, excepting from examination one assistant postmaster or chief assistant as-sistant to the postmaster at each post-office. post-office. Captain P. H. Bomus of the army recruiting station in Chicago, has received re-ceived instructions from the war department de-partment to enlist an unlimited number num-ber of men for service in the Philippine islands. North of Wichita, Kan., there is 130 I'eet of track on the Santa Fe washed out and a train is stalled. Five thousand thou-sand acres of lowland are under water. j The Arkansas river is the highest since 1877. It is learned at the state department that, while arrangements are making toward a modus vivendi for the regulation regu-lation of the Alaskan boundary question, ques-tion, a conclusion has not yet been reached. Secretary Long has passed on the armor ar-mor bids recently submitted, deciding to purchase a small quantity of armor and to let the next congress decide what shall be done toward securing the remainder needed. The Attorney-General announces his opinion that "the army reorganization bill fixing the maximum strength of the army at 65,000 did not include the enlisted force of the hospital corps, about 2,600 men, so that the enlisted force can be increased by that number." num-ber." The statement is made by a prominent promi-nent Cuban that certain Cubans have entered into a compact that in the event the United States does not turn the government of the islands over to them in a certain length of time they will apply the torch to every building in Cuba. Morris Foley, of New York city, suffering suf-fering from two bullet wounds and cuts in the head, accuses his wife and her daughter, Hannah Pool, of attempting at-tempting his murder, and the two women are in custody at Sheepshcad Bay. Maps and charts of Switzerland, left in the house in which Martin Meier of Chicago was found murdered, have, according to the police, furnished a clue which they hope will result in the arrest of the murderers of the agva Swiss. The senate committee on finance met in New York city Friday. Senators Sena-tors Aldrich. Jones of Nevada, Allison. Piatt of Connecticutand Burrows were present. The meeting was pra-t ical ly a caucus of the Republican membersof the committee. Mr. Moss read to Mazet commission a statement that of " r; G 1 complaints presented to the New York grand jury 2(71 were dismissed by that body, and of the indictments returned 2001 were dismissed with the consent or on the motion of the district attorney. |