| Show y NEWS NEWS R Ts Z t The president has appointed Evan L. L of Colorado consul at Tunis ie he e transport Grant arrived at Manila Ma- Ma nila aUa with the troops in good condition condition- I The deaths In Havana for February 1899 1809 are 51 per cent less than for February 1898 1808 Recent Recen t ad advices vices from Europe re regard regard- ard- ard ling log iron trade indicate that the latest trouble there is the scarcity of furnace coke ke Rev T. T II n. Barnes a temperance 1 evangelist has mysteriously disappeared disappear ed cd from Vincennes Ind and foul play is suspected The The personnel l of the British navy for r the coming year is to be increased Fy ry men totaling at a cost M Frank N. N Sheldon on trial for the these se second nd time for the murder of his wife Eva M. M Sheldon at Auburn N. N Y committed suicide in the jail In the battle that ended the revolution revolution l 1 tion in Ecuador were killed and several veral hundred mortally wounded rand nod also prisoners taken i Tacoma citizens indignant at the any nany recent robberies and ups hold-ups held a public meeting and decided to form a vigilance committee China hina is about to send a commercial mission to the European and American trade centers with a a view to the prof promotion pro pro- f l' l motion of Chinese commerce The international conference upon i. i the Punta de Atacama question has held beld its last session without arriving l at an understanding of the matter maUer President McKinley intends to carry carryout carryout carryout out the provisions of the river and harbor har- har bor lx r act regarding the canal as promptly as pos pos- sible Bible Under the naval appropriation bill biU the bureau of equipment is authorized to expend for coaling stations at different points where they may be desired There is grave danger of an armed collision between the American and Canadian miners in inthe the Porcupine river region over the Alaskan boundary question e the sewer system of the city of Mexico is completed it is prophesied that the city will wil have a lower death rate than any other city of its size siz in inI inthe I the world j Spain now requires General Rios to occupy the Caroline Marianne and v Pele islands before handing them over to Germany which is apparently the purchaser Severe fighting has taken place between between between be be- I tween the Turkish troops and the Arab tribesmen near in in the province of Arabia where an Insurrection is in progress r Th The government has revoked the order order or or- der canceling the charter of the transport transport trans trans- port City of Puebla and the vessel willbe will willbe willbe be fitted out for another trip from San Francisco Fraucisco to the Philippines According to a a. dispatch to the LonIon London Lon Lon- don Ion Times from Sydney N. N S. S W. W no fewer than persons perished in the hurricane that has just fust swept the northeast coast of Queensland The National American Boy whose object was to secure funds to build a battleship may ask an accounting account account- ing ng of the funds raised by Rankin Good rood of Cincinnati promoter of the scheme In view of the recommendation of mercy nercy by the jury Judge Gregory at Albany l N. N Y has suspended sentence on m Mrs Cody found guilty at attemptIng attempt- attempt Ing ng to blackmail the heirs of the late Jay ay Gould In Omaha Thomas Officer a 0 Council Bluffs Huffs banker lost a a roll of bills of-bills bills in the street The roll contained which he 10 had just drawn from the First National bank It slipped through a ahole ahole hole lole in his pocket The tour of the Tenth I through South Carolina was marked by y drunken rioting and shooting at people houses and aud cattle along the railroad At Henderson several per per- sons ons were wounded The administration is contemplating a change is some features of the government government gov- gov of Cuba It It Itis is probable that the he military government except the head will to a certain extent be replaced re re- placed by civil government The report that it is the intention of i Great Britain in view of future complications com com- which may arise out of the tho Eastern question to make Esquimalt zone one one of the strongest stations in her majesty's t S 'S possessions is denied The he London Telegraph expresses intense satisfaction at the unwonted ne one of ot a review of American troops Valetta island of Malta on ona ond a d Lieutenant-General Lieutenant Sir c len of Malta Malt J I t f |
