Show J P NEWS SUMI RY RI The Tho French senate has re elected mlle Emile Lobert president Mrs of West Vest Superior Wis is reported to have been buried Alive ali ve The United States gunboat Helens Helena has arrived at Port Said and having coaled proceeded on her way to o the tho Philippines Mrs Emily 1 r Mosely who would have hav been years old bad had she lived until April died at the Home of the Homeless at Utica N. N Y Major G. G W. W Urie Uric the first treasurer of Ashland county Ohio died the aged 93 lie He was reputed to be bethe bethe bethe the oldest Mason in Ohio English capitalists who have been buying up Cuban railways arc are now in it San Santa ta Clara provi province nce and ba have ve secured most of the t e lines there The Filipinos are now engaged in it considering the preparation of a a 30 definite nite proposition as to what they desire desire desire de de- de- de sire from the United States Th There e re are now in Matanzas 1700 Spanish troops and in Cienfuegos These will proba probably ly be bl out of the island island is is- land by the middle of February The Spanish transport Alicante has hai arrived at Malaga and the French Frencl steamer Caroline at Cadiz with Spanish Span ish troops from the Antilles The first detachment of the Seventeenth Seventeenth Seven United States infantry left lefi Columbus 0 O. January 14 for New Nevi NewYork NewYork York en route to the Philippines Senator Perkins of California has been advised that the tho authorities of Hawaii had given permission to bring more Japanese laborers into the islands Secretary Long has decided to allow Admiral Sampson to under undertake take with the North Atlantic squadron iq in southern waters for drills and ma The Sinai Sinal Jewish congregation w which ich was the first in this country to hold Sunday services recently celebrated celebrated celebrated cele cele- the twenty-fifth twenty anniversary in Chicago at insist that Aguinaldo will regard a landing of the Americans at Iloilo as a of war and will immediately attack attack attack at at- tack Manila Cecil Rhodes has arrived in London from Capetown There e is considerable interest in his visit which is connected connect ed with wilh the scheme of joining Caire and Capetown by railroad The senate committee on rules decided decided de do tided to favorably report the Chandler Chand Chandler Chand ler er resolution for the distribution of oj the appropriation bills among th the various committees of the senate The official report of the mayor of ol Santa Clara shows that in 1896 there ther were 1416 deaths deaths in 1897 I and in 1893 1898 being in three years a loss loss of 86 per cent of the population Representative Davidson of Wisconsin Wiscon Wiscon- sin introduced a bill amending the tha oleomargarine law making the revenue tax 10 cents a pound when the oleomargarine oleomargarine oleo oleo- margarine is colored to resemble pure pura butter The steamship City of Macon from Boston has brought into the port of Savannah Captain Kennerty and the crew nine men all told of the schooner schoon schoon- er Aloha of Bath Maine abandoned Saturday night The surgeon generals general's office of the war department wants more immune nurses for the yellow fever hospitals in Cuba and circulars will be sent throughout the south requesting applications The Arlington hotel and sanitarium at Marlin Falls county Texas burned January 14 Loss about insurance insurance insurance ance There were a number of Invalids In ia the hotel all of whom escaped escaped es- es safely The body of James Faina prominent owner mine-owner of Baker City Ore was found dead on the tho night of January 14 in in a snowbank near the Ibex mine lie lIe EIo was overtaken by a blizzard in the mountains noun and perished Albert E. E Mussen teller of the tho savings sav- sav ings department of the tho Merchants' Merchants bank jank Montreal has been arrested There is a shortage In his accounts which it itis is s said will amoun amount t to Us His relatives are wealthy Senator Allison has practically decide ed sd to remain at the head of the tho committee committee com- com on appropriations and not take tako takohe the he chairmanship of the committee on finance to which he is en entitled titled by right ight of seniority This decision on Senator Allison's part will make Senator Sen Sen- ator Aldrich chairman of the finance committee and will promote Senator Spooner to the chairmanship of te committee on rules I err r 5 t k r Eo II |