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Show NEWS SUMMAEY High waters In France have cnused considerable damage to property. Mall advices from llatavla report the ambuscade and massacre of two companies of Dutch troops by natives la the Celebes. L. C. Smith, a night watchman and pioneer of Fresno, Cal., was shot and killed by a burglar as the officer was attempting to capture him. There havo been C4 cases of bubonic plague In San Francisco, there have been 37 deaths and 7 recoveries, and 20 nro now under treatment. On account of the illness of the emperor em-peror of Austria the king and queen of Spain have postponed indefinitely their projected visit to Vienna. Three trainmen were killed and much property damaged by the explosion ol an engine of tho Central of Georgia, which was standing near the station, of Reynolds, Ga. Four young men, all residents of Perth Amboy, N. J., wcro drowned In Darltan bay as tho result of their boat catching on flro, the boat being overturned over-turned In an effort to subdue tho flames. Jose Outlercx, aged 117, died last wock nt Ysleta, a few miles below El Paso, Texas. He drank whisky until he was 70, when he found It "was not good for a man," and quit, (lutlorez was never married. Hoy Heed, of Portland, shot and killed his wlfo, Sylvn Heed, In tho office of-fice of tho Hotel Hnvro, at Havro Mont., and before nny one could inter-fcro inter-fcro turned the gun on himself uud blow his brains out. It. D. Reynolds, owner of tho Reynolds Rey-nolds batik at Valtlez, Alaska, which closed last week, says the bank will bo able to pay all claims. Ho says tho liabilities are $55,000 and tho assets, as-sets, principally Valtlez realty, $92,000 An order directing Joseph D. Leo, a lawyer, to produce tho alleged marriage mar-riage certificate and n letter In which his client, Mno Wood, alleges Senator Thomas C. Piatt admits his marriage to her, has been mado by tho trial Judge. John Mitchell, president ' of tho United Mine Workers, entered the hospital at LaSallo, III., on Octobor 12, antl It Is understood thnt ho will submit sub-mit to an operation for appendicitis when his condition becoino.s more fa vornblo. Tho housing committee of the relief corporation of San Francisco has filed a report showing thnt permanent und fcubstnutlal homes have been built foi 1,382 rofugeo families, at a cost ol $512,CC7, during the past oloven months. lClkan Colin, a once prominent banker antl wealthy businoss man, was found on tho streets of Oakland, Cal., last week, In utter poverty nnd in iv dying condition. In tho past eighteen months Colin has been robbed of $150,-000 $150,-000 by swindlers. Joseph Wood, aged 10 yenrs, who was arrested on suspicion In connection connec-tion wltli tho murder of 9-year-old Kthel Novlns, whoso body was found in a thicket not far from her homo In KiihI Camden, N. J., admits having murdered the child. Plans that will convert Valparaiso, Chile, Into one of tho world's largest ami best ports have been accepted by a committee appointed by tho president presi-dent for the purpose. French engineers engi-neers submitted their proposal, Tho woik will tuko nluo years. Twenty carloads of mustard seed, valued at $35,000, will bo Bhlpped from Lompoe, Cal., to eastern points. In each car there will be 900 sacks, each weighing eighty pounds, Tho shipment Includes both yellow nnd rod vorlotlos of seed, nnd Is the largest on record. Tho body of Frank Meakln, son of the 12ugllsh millionaire ehluamakor, James Meakln, Is being held under police po-lice orders In tho medical department of St. Louis university, pending communication com-munication with kinsmen of tho dead man In England. Mcaklu died July 11 from Injuries received by a fall from a window. Peter Murray of Iliiona Vista, Colo., at the ago of 57, has gone to college. Ho Is a student at Jefferson academy, Washington, D. C, nnd the teachers Bay ho is one of their most diligent pupils. In his youth Murray had to work for a living nnd sacrifice ills schooling. Hundreds of lives wore endangered, thousands of persons wore thrown into panic, 125 electric cars used on several crosstown linos wore destroyed, de-stroyed, anil property loss to tho ox-tent ox-tent of $100,0110 was cnused by a flro in tho Fourteenth streot car baniB In Now York City on Oct. 9. The barge Saxon, lumber-laden, from Georgetown, S. C, to Now Yorlc stranded thirty miles north of Caps Hattcraa at midnight October 12, Th captain and two men of the barge were drowned, Ono man, Fred Lunt managed to reach the shoro and wai-plcked wai-plcked up by life savors. Abraham Huof appeared In Judge. Diiniiu's court on Octobor 9th at the time fixed for his sentence on the charge of extortion to which ho plead ed guilty. At tho request of Assistant District Attorney Cook, Huef's attorney attor-ney consenting, tho date of sontouco was postponed to Oct, 23, Assistant Secretary of State Adoo characterizes, as "an absurd canard'' tho report from San Francisco that Ilonduran land forces had captured a portion of Acajutla In September after a battlo with tho army of Salvador. Mr. Adoe said that Honduras and Salvador Sal-vador nro on friendly terms. Tho Amorlcnn Woolen company of Hoston has bought about 20,000,000 pounds of wool, about 20 per cent of Its annual requirements, which will cost, cleaned, $1,000,000 to $5,000,000. When the company's now woratod mills are In full operation, tho annual requirements wilt reach 125,000,000. |