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Show V NEWS SUMMARY v Three firemen met death and nln wero Injured In a flro nt Camden, N J., that destroyed twenty houses. Tho British steamer Colne has faun dered off tho Dutch const. Twelve ot Jicr crow were drowned nnd seven Havcd. Tho Russian loan that will be issued after the Moroccan question Is settled will amount to 1250,000,000 and possibly possi-bly moro. E. Fatrell, a waiter on tho United States army transport Lognn, committed commit-ted suicide on March 8, by Jumping overboard. A battnllan of armed reserves havo been sent to Hyblsk, Russia, owing to fear of ngrnrlnn troubles In tho upper Volga region, Mrs. Mary McKlttrlck, believed to be tho oldest person In western Pennsylvania, Penn-sylvania, on Saturday celebrated hei 108th birthday. In consequence of tho failure of nil nttcmptH to form a now Servian cnbl net, tho old ministry, slightly altered will return to power. A hurricane has raged forhlrtcen days In tho Black sea. Great damage has been done, nnd In every port ship ping has been disabled. Tho German foreign olllco says thnt tho outlook at Algeclras Is so favorable that it is now considered Impossible to break off tho negotiations. Gcncrnl Grodokoff, commander of the Russian Manchurlnn army, has Issued nn order prohibiting Jnpaneso frorc passing north of tho Russlnn lines. Tho scnato committee on appropriations appropria-tions hns added an amendment to the fortifications appropriation bill provld) lng for a government powder factoryi j Tho house committee on naval affairs af-fairs has decided to make a favorable . report on tho Foss bill for tho establishment estab-lishment of naval militia by tho various va-rious states. I Tho Mobllo bay quarantine board has established a quarantine against tho city of Puerto Cortez, on account of tho presence there of one case of yellow fover. Jutlgo Alton D Parker of Now York, In an addross before tho Manufacturers' Manufactur-ers' club of Charlotte, N. C, urged southern Democrats to tako tho leadership lead-ership ot tho party. j By tho falling of a derrick In Washington Wash-ington nt the now addition being erected erect-ed to tho hotel nnlelgh ono man was killed, ono was fatally Injured and two others wero Injured. Tho steumer Slerrn, which hns nr-rived nr-rived nt Honolulu from Australia vln Samoa, reports that there has been no communication with Tahiti since tho recent disastrous hurricane. j In u collision nt South Omaha bo-tween bo-tween two street cars, Jacob Paulsen, employed In one of tho packing houses, was killed and seven persons injured, six of whom wero severely hurt. A now organization entitled tho Citizens' Cit-izens' Nntlonnl leaguo has been launched launch-ed in London. Tho primary object is combatting nil forms of stato or municipal muni-cipal socialism and municipal extravagance. extrav-agance. Tho reports of tho spcclnl commission, commis-sion, which Investigated In nineteen provinces In Russia tho agrarlnn disturbances dis-turbances which occurred last year,, show thnt the losses exceeded $115,-000,000. President Roosevelt Is now an hon-ornry hon-ornry member of the United Veterans, having been elected by tho camp at Poplar Bluffs, Mo. Tho organization Is composed of union und confederate soldiers. A census bulletin on tho preserving and canning industries lu tho United States for 1904 shows 2CS7 establish-. establish-. nts with n total capital of JG9.G9D,-31G, JG9.G9D,-31G, nn IncreaBO In capital over 1900 of 4G per cent. A storm In Rio Janeiro caused land-slides land-slides and floods. Twenty persona wero killed or Injured thero, and land' slldos nt Pctropalls, capital of tho stato of Rio Janolro, killed fifty persons per-sons nnd Injured many moro. John Aloxunder Dowlo, head of tho Zlon chruch, nnd his wifo havo pnrted. It Is declared that tho last mossago of Dowlo to his homo was Ignored, and that Mrs. Dowlo has thrown hor lot with tho ordinary followers of Zlon. A resolution offered In tho Republl-enn Republl-enn county convention In Now York railing upon Senators Piatt and Depow to resign tholr seats in tho United States sennto was quickly dofeatcd by tho adoption of a motion to lay It on tho table. A general strike of tho minors or tho l.ens, Franco, district Is threatened, threaten-ed, owing to their indignation at tho Insufficiency of tho safety and hygenlo precautions preceding the rccont mlno cutastropho at Courrloros. Several or-gnnlzntlons or-gnnlzntlons lmvn struck. Ocorgo Gould, tho crlpplod olghteen-year-old son of Mrs. Magglo Gould, shot nnd killed Joo Bush at his mother's moth-er's cabin, near Shlnglotou. Cnl. It Is alleged that Bush wont to tho cabin In an Intoxicated condition and picked tt quurrol with Mrs. Gould. I |