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Show NEWS SUMMAJiY. Klondikert, are very much gratified at the excellent mail service that li in tTe.ct. General F.verrett F. Dutton Is dead at hl home in Sycamore, III., of heart disease, aged rj years. Plet Grobler, the Transvaal under oeretary ot state for foreign affairs, has arrived at Lourem o Marques. As now arranged only the first and third battalions of the Sixth regiment of cuvulry will bo sent, to the Philippines. Philip-pines. First Lieutenant Charles A. Barker, Neeond artillery, has been appointed treasurer of the Philippine archipelago by General MacArthur. That. the plague is spreading throughout Australia is the news brought by the steamer "Aorangi," in Vancouver, B. h. A number of photographic plates of the solar eclipse, taken by the Helen- j tists of the naval observatory have resulted favorably. A fire in the oil re lining and saltpeter dlstricL, Hamburg, destroyed property to the value of l, nun, 000 marks, including in-cluding many dwellings. Colonel Richards, who has been adjutant-general in Havana since the beginning of the occupation, has lately lliown signs of ov, rwork. Much-needed ruin has fallen through- j out almost t he entire south of Russia,! snd there are now excellent prospects for the winter and siimmur crops. London weeklies refer to Stephen Crane's death with sincere regret and 1 admiration. His name is generally coupled with that of Stevens. I Mayor Van Wyck of New York, testified tes-tified that all his interest in the American Amer-ican Ice company was purchased sub-lequeutly sub-lequeutly to his becoming mayor. Kx-Govcrnor Ontes shot, and killed a negro man at li is residence, in Montgomery, Mont-gomery, Ala., Saturday. The negro had killed Governor Oates's cook. Alexander McCarthy, his wife and , one child were murdered at Welvvyn, near Moosomiu, Manitoba, Friday night. A hired man is suspected. In St. Louis a movement to organize a company to compete with the fruit trust has been started by Baltimore, Boston and Now Orleans capitalists. j Iu San Francisco Friday Dr. Robert Locke, son of Rev. Dr. Locke of Chicago, Chica-go, committed suicide at the Occidental Occiden-tal hotel. Poor health is the cause. The Martin government in British I Columbia was overwhelmingly defeated de-feated as u result of the election for members of the Provincial parliament. The navy department is about to issue is-sue advertisements calling for propos- als lor supply uig lace-narueneu armor ot the best type for battleships now building. j Iu Oporto an explosion caused by mining fuses at the customs depart-ment depart-ment killed two persons aud injured thirteen. The explosion caused a pan-lo pan-lo in the town. Preparations have beeu completed for connecting tho various islands ol the Hawaiian group by Marconi's wireless wire-less telegraph system, all experiment3 having been most successful. The license on saloons iu Dawson has been reduced from S2.500 per annum to 11,500. A duty of S'J per gallon is as-sussed as-sussed on all wines, liquor aud beer brought iuto Yukou territory. j Communications have been actively passing during the week between Embassador Em-bassador Choate and Lord Salisbury re- I f ardiug China. It is uuderstood that while the British prime minister is seeking an agreement with Russia, he Is working at the same time for joint : action with the United States. ; Representative Long of Kansas has extended to the president an invitation to visit Wichita, luu , on October 1.1 A big reunion of veterans of the Civil war is to be held at that time. Captaiu J. G. Green has been detached de-tached from iu charge of the naval j reruiting rendezvous, Philadelphia, on the 15th iust., and ordered to th . command of the cruiser New Orleaus ou the Asiatic station. Alexauder McArthur of Welwyn, N. W. T.. his wife and two children , were murdered by a hired man named John Morrison. Wheu captured the murderer had shot himself through the . chest but may recover. I The Amerieau pavilion at Paris was closed four days last week for the im- proverrent of its internal decorations. : A large piece of statuary representing three wild bronchos forms a very striking centre piece. 1 Provisions in Pawson are a little j cheaper in some lines, but there is do : change in the cost of living, and board I and lodging at S200 a mot) th, eggs at S3 per dozen, oranges at St each and apples 50 cents each. j A cable company is arranging to lay i a cable to connect the mainland ol I 1 Sonora through Guymas with Santa j Rosalia, on the eastern coast of Lower California. It will be the first Pacific cable to Mexico, K'O miles in length, and will cost S250. 000. |