Show NEWS SUMMARY the spanish minister of weyler read a bill tn the senate tuesday making military training in spain obligatory fire at denmead hampshire haa destroyed bud anan s airship which was built to rival the airship ot M santos durmont the revolutionary steamer liberia dor Is reported to have been sunk by a venezuelan gunboat while under re pairs at porto colombia the steamer knight companion from portland ore for yokohama Yoko homa is ashore in the china sea near japan all the crew and passengers f are saved the ice blockade on the upper co lumbia river has been broken and steamboat tiar which has been in for ten days past will be resumed dr U W poster mayor of boseman bo seman mont died at st marj s hosp tal in Minne apol s minn last week of heart trouble t ad been at the hospital about six weeks the united states embassy lans has been officially notified tl at prance has accepted ti e invitation to pate in the st I 1 0 is expos tion which is to be held in 1903 san juan P R police have closed all the gambling houses in tl at city with a few exceptions they were american estabi and had been runn ng openly the miss ionar es frightened out by the late trouble in china are return ing to their posts and foreign mer chants caal n the outlook for fiade im provement pro s very favorable representative griffith of indiana has introduced a bill providing for coupon currency in that tie email sums in multiples of cents nay be conveniently sent by mail queensland a parliament has been dis solved and the premier I 1 obert I 1 cilip has issued an election manifesto vole ang queensland s with the result of the australasian federa tion the norwegian steamer dudley was wrecked on alie mexican coast near vera cruz to which point she was bound from port arthur with a cargo of feet 0 pine lumber all were saved the president has exercised clemency in the case of lieutenant james I 1 nowell sixth artillery convicted in the philippines on duty and sentenced to be dismissed the sentence Is set aside new york chamber of commerce has adopted a memorial to congress recommending a reduction 0 the tariff duties upon cuban sugar and tobacco to be followed by reciprocal tariff arrangements with the island the state department is advised that owing to a change in plans the ang of slam will not visit the united beatea this year the cause assigned is the unexpected return of the crown prince of siam in the autumn the iowa 1 ouse ot representatives haa memorialized congress to pass the lacey bill to inde unify states for pay ments made on account of the purchase of swamp lands at 81 so an acre this includes 1 acres providing for sale 0 in the treaty danish west indies is a provision that belonging to the the congregations danish national cl shall remain in possession of the churches which are now used by them together with the parsonages appertaining thereunto there is a possibility that the crown prince of japan may visit the united states before long lie has long expressed a w sh to travel in america and europe and 1 as now taken the necessary preliminary steps of comma his desires to his majesty the emperor the cost of building operations in new york city in 1001 was nearly double that of the previous year ahe total estimated copt in the city in eluding new structures of all classes and alterations to ol 01 1 buildings was loi 1900 the total was 88 46 the census bureau has issued an ad vance bulletin on the manufacture of oleomargarine in the united states it shows that the number of establishments indrei sid si d fi in t velve to twenty four berwein 18 and 1000 with a total capital invested of 3 an increase of 3 per cent admiral bowles duet ot the cava bureau of naval construction in a statement bufore the house corn cittee expressed himself strongly in favor of building warships n government navy yards and urged ll 11 at he be given authority to construct one or more vessels in the government yards the chinese are al at lien asin Is manufacturing cannon and small arma which fall very little short of being aa good as thos of A bencan ure and this even without the super vision of the europeans and ameri cans A crusade has been opened in new york city by of the board of health with a view to bricf about strict observant ob on 0 sanitary rules in barber shops sponges are placed un der the ban the use is ordered of powdered alum the growth ot our agricultural aa well as other exports to china it ia predicted will be a phenomenal one and include many classes of canned and dried goods from our orchards and preserved products pio ducts from our farm and ranches the legislative executive and ju dacial appropriations for numerous branches of the government service has been completed by the house corn cittee on lotions it carriea s 25 oi about half a million below the estimate V |