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Show NEWS SUMMARY. Forty families have been driven from their homea at Ottawa, 111., by a (loud. At Havana. 111., the ller-et levee oo the Sanjjfamou river broke, colonel li ii-j 301) families to tlee to higher ground. There is a rumor that Russia intends to ask Turkey for a coaling station in the archipelago, either in Lsmiiou, Imbros or Mitylene. Marquis ho. former Japanese prime minister, in an interview declares "The rumors of war between Cassia aud Japan are unfounded newspaper reports." re-ports." Four weeks heuce the year allowed by the treaty of peace with Spain for the Spanish inhabitants of Cuba to decide whether they will be Cuban or Spanish citizens will expire. In Constantinople there is great anxiety in official circles regarding the Russian government's refusal to modify its demands i-epai'diug railroad conccs sious in Asia .Minor. A dispateli to Loudon Daily Mail from Loureneo Marques, says that strong- commandos are massing at YVar-rentou, YVar-rentou, where the Free Staters are going- to make a stand. According- to a dispatch to London Times from Buenos Ayres a revolution has broken out in Kntre llios. The insurgenta have occupied three of the principal towns of the province. At Peru, III., the Illinois Zinc company's com-pany's factory and the Peru Plough Works are in danger of being flooded, with a prospect that a thousand men will be thrown out of cmplopinent. The secretary of the navy has deter- mined to appoint a general board to meet once a month aud consider general gener-al plans of campaign to be used in case of war. Dewey will be at the head. The Republican convention of the first Texas congressional district decided de-cided that no nomination would be made for congress against Thomas H. Ball, Democrat, the present incumbent. incum-bent. Senator Proctor of Vermont has introduced in-troduced a bill providing for the prevention pre-vention of the adulteration of food. It authorizes the creation of a bureau of chemistry in the agricultural department. depart-ment. Patrick Egan declares that only fifteen fif-teen per cent of the entire population of Ireland want Victoria as their ojueen or who have any other feeling for her than one of coldest indifference, if not actual hatred. Serious floods are prevailing in the northern portion of Illinois by the overflowing of the Illinois. DesFlaines, Fox, Sangamon and Kankakee rivers. Much live stock and property have al- ready been destroyed. The three ringleaders of the mob, two students and a clerk, who attacked British consulate at Bordeaux, France, have been sentenced to short terms of imprisonment and fines and to pay the costs of the prosecution. The central union of Germany Industrials In-dustrials has taken steps to forestall the American exhibitors of machinery at Paris in their purpose to hold a special exhibition at Moscow at the close of the Paris exposition. The deaths in the City of Mexico in 18'JO were 17,7811, and taking the population popu-lation at a fair estimate of 100,000, this shows a death rate of over 15 per 1,000, about the same as that of Bombay. The births were only 1-1 , : 1 1 0 . General Joubert said to a press representative repre-sentative at Pretoria: "The courage of the British soldier is beyond question. ques-tion. They rushed the kopjes and in-trenchments in-trenchments in a fearless manner, but were not a match for the mausers, which simply mowed them down.'' The Toronto. Out., board of control unanimously passed a rusolution, that, in view of the conspicuous bravery oi tbe Irish troops in South Africa, the Irish flag be displayed on tbe city hall of Toronto on St. Patrick's day. Stories to the effect that the quartermaster's quarter-master's department and the commissary commis-sary department of the army are purchasing pur-chasing millions of dollars worth of supplies for the equipment and sustenance susten-ance of the army in Australia, China and .lapau, is emphatically denied &t the war oifiee. May a Chinaman born under the British flag- become; a citizen of the United States is the novel question tha authorities in Seattle have to decide. A. lone Celestial has applied to the ;ounty clerk to mal;c hisdeclaration of his intention to become a United States citizen. In Uoston Francis Truth, head of the Divine Healing-association which bears hif, name, and whose a Ivcrtisements have been spread over the whole country, coun-try, is under arrest charf-ed with using the mails for fraudulent purposes, j The Aliercrombie Copper river expedition expe-dition left Seattle last week on the steamer St. I'aul for Valdes. Besides Captain Abercrombie and his engineer corps of forty-three men. the vessel had a Nome, expedition led by L- L. Hales. Michael J. Padr. the Brooklyn politician, poli-tician, h;is an option on a controlling-interest controlling-interest in the newspaper I-a Lueha of Havana and will probably close it. Mr. Dady his a. i important contract with the city of Havana as t- severs and paving. |