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Show NEWS SUMMARY. It is said that Admiral Schley has announced that he would hive nothing to do with politics, and rvould not accept ac-cept the presidency as a gift. The postmaster-general has issued an order establishing domestic rate of postage between the Uuited States and the Philippine islands and Guam. The flag over the United States embassy, embas-sy, London , was half-masted as a tribute of respect to the late Garret A Hobart, vice-president of the United States. The report that Baron Fava, the Italian embassador at Washington, will retire and be succeeded by Admiral Ad-miral Canevaro, is authoritatively denied. de-nied. It is not at all certain, according to Secretary Long that Admiral Schley may not be ordered to South Africa, this being a matter dependent upon the situation. The Methodist missionary committee has made an appropriation of $5000 for the church in the Philippines. It is to be opened under the direction of the bishop of India. The section about Denison, Tex., is in the early stages of a serious flood. Thousands of acres of farm land are under water. Families are fleeing from the bottom lands. The Des Moines, la., city council has passed an ordinance prohibiting all persons walking the streets after 11 p. m., unless they can give satisfactory reasons therefor. Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese minister, minis-ter, has again entered a protest because of the action of Gen. Otis in too strictly strict-ly excluding Chinese from the Philippine Philip-pine archipelago. The paper trade is threatened with a famine according to several manufatur-ers. manufatur-ers. Lower water in streams which supply the paper mills is said to be the cause of the scarcity. The war department is quietly at work on the problem of wireless telegraphy tele-graphy for the signal service. It has developed a system of its own and is not dependent on Marconi. Secretary Long has removed the mark of desertion from Walter Ryan of Muneie, Ind., son of Hon. J. W. Ryan, referee in bankruptcy for that district. He deserted from a man-of-war while demented. Reports to the immigration bureau show that the total Immigration to the United States during the last four months was 115,286, an increase over that of the corresponding period of last year of 30,544. The Santo Domingo minister of justice jus-tice has stopped the sale of the late President ITeureaux's real estate on the ground that it belongs to the government. gov-ernment. Germans hold mortgages on the real estate. The president will ask the incoming congress to pass an act retiring Gen. Shatter with the rank of major-general in the regular army. He has already al-ready been retired with the rank of brigadier-general. The state department and the Nicaraguan government are exchanging exchang-ing notes with a view to bringing to a close the Bluefields incident, growing out of the double taxation of American merchants at Bluefields. The greatest excitment known in the history of Georgia, for years has ben caused by the debate in the State Assembly over the Willingham bill providing for State prohibition. A vote will be taken today. The second trial of coaling a ship at sea by the Uuited States steamship Massachusetts and the collier Marceilus was executed last Saturday Satur-day off the lightship. It was more of a success than the first one. A strike was begun last week by 200 of the men employed on the Chicago drainage canal near Joliet. The men have been getting SI. 75 per day and demand 82. The contractors say they will not grant the increase. Claims have been filed up to date on account of damages sustained by American citizens through the Spanish war to the amount of 825,000,000, and the president is expected to submit a recommendation to congress in his message looking to the creation of a commission to adjudicate them. Lieut. Arthur C. Kavanagh, a native of Johnson county, Neb., who fought on the "Olympia" in Manila bay, was tendered a public reception and presented pre-sented with a handsome sword in Tecumseh by the citizens of j the town and county. Mine operators who have been selling sell-ing coal in St. Louis to the Missouri, Kansas & Texas and Iron Mountain & Cotton Belt railroads, have been notified noti-fied by the miners' union to stop this sale or a strike will be inaugurated by the order. Secretary Long will ask for three armored ar-mored cruisers of about 13.000 tons displacement, dis-placement, three protected cruisers of About 8000 tons, and a dozen gunboats of 800 tons, making eighteen ships in all. The armored cruisers will be enlarged Brcoklyns. Londoo Times announces that it is authorized to deny the statement recently re-cently made by a French paper that Prince Louis Xapoleon, who is a Col-oneA Col-oneA in the F.ussian army, desired to join the Boers and asked Emperor Nicholas for premission. |