Show NEWS SUMMARY france will shortly withdraw 10 troops from china daring the past week rifles hav been surrendered by filipinos the act establishing provincial goi eminent in cebu has been passed two churches in chattanooga tenn were wrecked by the windstorm wed there were only six lynch ings IB georgia last year while in 1899 then were more than twice that many rumors of difficulties between chill and the argentine republic are pronounced to be without foundation peace and quiet have been restored i colombia the revolutionists having been driven to the interior regions serious riots have occurred at nich feroy brazil as a result of an evangel ical campaign against the catholics the consummation of the project t consolidate all the independent cereal plants of the country is now assured the government of uruguay haa de aided to permit friars who may coon from spain to establish themselves in uruguay A cage filled with natives fell down a deep shaft of the Golden hui mine johannesburg last week twenty six of the natives were killed the imports of wheat into liverpool last week were 90 quarters from atlantic ports 1 from pacific ports and 31 aiom other ports seventy thousand tons recently been imported from califor nia and australia into chile this i a marked increased over former im ports the scandinavian american stear nei kentucky is load og at brooklyn the first cargo of the season for st petersburg she will take there about 2608 tons of cargo alonzo J whitman formerly senator of minnesota convicted ol 01 passing a bad check in new york ha been sentenced to two and a hall years imprisonment the argentine government is alarmed by the announcement that chile ha opened a pass through the andes at every point leading into argentine territory the methodists are planning a tig orous campaign in the philippines bishop warren of the M E church haa arrived at manila and the native con verts are enthusiastic the salmon packers of alaska are preparing to begin the season s work within thirty days the fish it is expected will begin between may and june 1st gen who will have charge of the military escort on the day of president mckinley s arrival at san franc estimates that there will be from 10 to 12 men in line in havana rumors are prevalent that the negroes intend to take an ac alve part in politics and that an or is being perfected under the leadership of juan gualberto go mez the chilean government is awaiting information from the chilean minister in buenos ayres before a protest is made against repeated invasion ol 01 chilean territory by citizens of argen tina the denver republican says that upon the absorption of the rio grande western railroad by the denver rio grande gen william J palmer and col D dodge will retire from active railway life trustworthy chinese report that troops in large number are massing in the province of shan hi near the frontier ot the province of chi li well informed natives prophesy fur ther trouble the union iron works of san fran cisco through president Pies ident scott signed a contract with the navy department for the construction of the protected bruiser milwaukee the vessel will cost 83 the hawaiian house has killed a bill to make the old flag of the hawaiian nation the territorial emblem on the ground that it is not the rule for ter antones of the united states to have flags of their own the united irish league has resolved not to accept or acknowledge subscriptions to the league funds from any per sons identified with the addresses presented to queen victoria during her visit to ireland last year dispatches from chinese officials at hsian are publish ed by the north china dally news in which it is stated that li hung chang carries out the orders of the reaction ats under young lu in favoring russian control in man churl A J a bookkeeper in the first national bank of birmingham pittsburg pa was arrested friday last charged with the embezzlement of of the bank s funds he was released later on furnishing bail in the sum of the board of classification of the united states general appraisers has announced a becis on in the russian sugar case the board holds that the united states government was justified in imposing a countervailing duty on russ an sugar by reason of the imposition of the excise taxes under tl te hollander rev denue law the production of the island of porto rico has so decreased that the excise taxes do not produce the revenue which was expected by treas aurer hollander some of the london papers publish a statement that russia haa offered to reduce her indemnity cla to aou on condition that china biens the Manc hunan convent on and grants further concessions in connection with the siberian railway |