| Show 4 1 r ff r NEWS S The Norwegian government has negotiated negotiated ne ne- ne- ne a a loan loaD of crowns for military purposes purpose Collector of Customs J. J W. W Ivey at Juneau Alaska has been arrested on the charge of criminal libeL Preparations have been completed foi fot the dry docking of the second class battleship Texas at the Brooklyn rooklyn nav navy yard There Is very little serious sickness among the troops at antiago Santiago Everybody Every Everybody body is improving with the the- cooler weather The state of Texas has raised the th yel yellow ow fever quarantine and the quarantine quay quarantine antine inspectors and guards have been withdrawn The Thc war department has established a permanent paymasters paymaster's office In Huntsville Ala in charge Major of-Major C. C M. M Marsh and S. S II H. Tyler Charles II 11 Thornton of Los Angeles Angele committed d suicide in a St. St Louis hotel by bV shooting himself in the mouth No cause is known for the deed It It Itis is estimated that no fewer than thai people in the section in and around Santiago are learning English in addition to the school children Wilmington N. N C. C city authorities are bending every energy toward persuading per the refugee negroes who are in the woods to return to their homes Orders have been issued to push work vork on the monitors Puritan and Terror Terror Ter Ter- at Norfolk navy yard so that they will be available for service at short notice The miners employed in the vicinity of Silverton B. B C. C have rounded up all the Chinese laborers in the various camps and shipped them out of the district Advices from members of the Eighth Illinois volunteers colored now in Santiago province Cuba state that fully 30 per cent of the regiment is in inthe inthe the hospitals The Cubans around Guantanamo are going to work worle on the plantations Colonel Ray refuses to issue rations to I those who decline to work at 40 cents a 0 day the regular rate rater It is learned that the wa war wali with Spain has not delayed the surveys of the the Nicaragua canal to any appreciable extent and practically all parties have sent in their notes to be platted Ed Edward ward Zola a resident of Kansas City and a cousin of Emile Zola the champion of Dreyfus says that the report report report re re- re- re port that the French author is coming to this country shortly is untrue Owing to the great ill health of the New York volunteers now encamped at Honolulu that regiment will be sent home as soon soon a as the met method od of its transportation can be decided upon The board of and fortifications fortifications fortifications has decided to institute an in in of the possibilities of flying machines for reconnoitering purposes and as engines for destruction in time of war The winter plans for the postal service service ser ser- vice in the Yukon region are e completed t d dand and will consist of twice twice month a month service service service ser ser- vice via ia Juneau that is the regular route through h Dawson to Circle City sad end Weare Mr Chong Ki Ye conne connected ted with the household of the Crown Prince of Korea and eldest son of Chin Pom Porn Ye the minister from Korea to this country country country coun coun- try has been appointed an of the Korean legation The Unite Unite-d United St States tes last year commanded commanded commanded com com- more of the Samoan trade trade- import and export than export than any European nation and in the matter of exports to the islands stood second only to the nearby Australian colonies The record record record rec- rec rec rec- ord for the coming year will be watched watch watch- ed fd with interest The deaths at Holguin Cuba from smallpox average thirty a day for the the army and as many in the poorer Every hut but is i infected and women women women wo wo- wo- wo men children and men lie literally rotting to death without the care of even one doctor The poverty of the inhabitants is beyond description The Italian anarchist Luigi Luc Luc- client who stabbed and killed Empress Elizabeth of Australia on September 10 last has been sentenced to life imprisonment imprisonment im im- the full penalty allowed ved by the Swiss law for murder Upon receiving his sentence he laughed and cried loudly Long live anarchy death to the aristocracy British naval construction program for IS 1899 includes two battleships of tons each with very powerful armament and protection two cruisers of tons each two large largo torpedo torpedo- boat destro destroyers or and eleven leven torpedo boats bonts Hk A J 1 d x |
