Show NEWS SUMMARY joseph arthur the playwright ie dead in new york aged 57 years vice admiral sir henry brentell Gr entell died in london last week he waa born ao 10 st Vla tures college at Bourboun aia billj was destroyed by alre at night none were injured the health department at havana announces that no cases of yellow fever exist in cuba the calumet becia mining corn directors haie declared a dial bend of 15 per share king edward opened the second parliament 0 his reign monday after noon with the customary ceremonies u the japanese government has declared march 10 as the date to be eel as the anniversary of the war A modified form of quarantine goes into effect against havana and all cuban and other tropical ports on march 1 at mobile Prel dent of cuba says that he intends to recommend to congress an increase of the present force ot rural guard sto the gold standard was adopted at the algeciras fcoite rence france does not indicate any further policy regarding the moroccan question tbt american steamer david haa wrecked on san andrews island off afie nicaraguan coast the crew waa saved but the cargo was lost the senate has ratified the treaty with south america relating to antane regulations the treaty ia similar to that with european coun tries x the way department has received a cablegram from san domingo saying that harmon caceres haa announced tha he will berye the pres ident lal term I 1 three men lost their lives fighting fire in the shaft of the old dominion mine at globe ariz tuesday twelve boxes of powder in th tenth leve burned without exploding the united mine sot illinois have unanimously indorsed the action of he national convention at indian apolis in demanding an increase ot 12 per cent over the present scale the strained franco german alti atlon appears to have increased some what owing to the disheartened tone of the press which however careful ly avoids stimulating the war fever the sennate has passed the bill aur theorizing thor izing the purchase of coal lands in the island of batan philippine Is lands also the bill amending the phil tariff act on textile fabrics on shoes father if E leary national chap lain of the G ac R who is at afa home in chapman mass with monia Is reported slowly sinking ills physicians held out no hope 0 re covery returning to her flat to get her money mrs john met her baeth in chicago in a burning apart ment house mrs had gone from the building with her son at the first alarm the correspondent of the london dally telegraph at boklo says that fire in the town of taira southeast of fukushima destroyed houses and caused the death ot thirty seven persons in the british house of commons tha statement was made that the transfer of port arthur from russia to japan does not affect the status of we wel which was leased to great britain by china prince ll Str aged 19 son of a lady in waiting to queen helena committed suicide at naple by shooting he was to have been married in a few hours to a daughter of the duke of J milton turner of st louis for merly american minister to liberia Is endeavoring to enlist the interest ot isthmian canal officials in the em loy ment of negro labor from the united states in building the canal the bandits who kidnapped robert mannigan the deming N M ranchman from a stage near silver city N M are alleged to have collect ed 2 ransom money to date from the colonel and 1 from eon yet them still hold him it Is understood that the union ml ners will demand a 12 cent increase in wages in the pittsburg district mitchell when pressed abo t his meaning when he said there wo ild be no strike said that it applied to the bituminous coal situation efforts have been started at seattle wash to secure a shipload of wheat for japanese famine sufferers to be shipped it possible on the great northern liner dakota sailing march 12 late oriental mall show that nearly a million people are starving A force of religious fanatics Is re ported to have invaded and overrun a portion of sol oto africa from the north to have destroyed a trench post near the frontier killing five french officers and capturing two and to have overwhelmed a british detachment henry M moore widely known through his connection with the na and international work of the young men s christian association and other religious enterprises and an as socrate of the late dwight L moody died at northfield mass tuesday aged 75 years the house of of ohio by a vote of 91 to 16 passed the jones bill backed by the ohio anti saloon league which provided tor rou local option by petition in stead of by elections and thus places the initiative exclusively in the hands 0 the temperance people |