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Show NEWS SUMMARY The Missouri Bcnato has unanimously unanimous-ly passed a bill providing for two-cent railroad fare. The bill Is almost Identical Iden-tical with one previously passed by tho (louse. Tho Missouri legislature has passed tho bill applying tho eight-hour law to all train dispatchers and tolegrnph operators who handle 'tho running ol railroad trains. Lottie Hawkins was stabbed to death with a pair of shears at Mound vlllc, W. Vn by Ada Cross, n potorl oub convict. Both women nro federal prisoners from tho District ot Colum bla. Official Information Is received by the Venezuelan legation at Washing ton thnt President Castro has at last submitted to an operation, as the ro suit of which his rccovory seems as 8U red. The patern and holler shops at Cramp ship yards, at Philadelphia, to gcther with four smnll dwellings nd Joining tho plant, woro destroyed by flro last week. Several firemen wero Injured. Tho first elections to parliament tin-dor tin-dor tho new Transvaal constitution will be held February 20, with every prospect of the Boers obtaining a use ful working majority In tho houso ol representatives. The motion to quash the indictment against Congressman-elect Favrot, charged with murdering Dr. Me teal r, has been sustained by Fnvrot'a suo cessor on the bench, Judge Brunot, nt Baton Rouge, La. The supply warehouso of tho Arizona Ari-zona Copper company at Clifton, Ariz., caught flro from spontaneous combustion combus-tion and the damage was heavy. The contents were valued nt $100,000, but were not all burned. While the minister of -Justice, Dr. E. E. Van Rnaltc, was standing in front of his residence at Tho Hague, a lu natlc fired live shots at him with n revolver, but missed him. The would' be assassin was arrested. Senator Patterson hns Introduced a bill providing tor the acquisition ot railroads by the government. Tho bill was ordered to He on the table, and II Is expected the Colorado senator will address the senate concerning it. The safe of the Bank of ElllsVllle 111., was cracked in tho morning and the entire contests, $3,000, were taken. tak-en. There were live men In the gang. E. W. Butler, who owiib the bank, gave chase, but the burglars got away. Governor Frank Hanley of Indiana, at Indianapolis, on the 12th, unveiled a memorial tablet to Abraham Lincoln. Tho memorial is placed In a local hotel, ho-tel, formerly known as the Batea house, where Lincoln spoke In February, Feb-ruary, 1861. A severe earthquake shock lasting several seconds was felt at Alhama, province of Murcla, Spain, on tho 12th. The coal mines at Bakmunt, Russia, caught Are while the miners wero at work. Forty bodies havo been taken from tho shaft. The people ot Nicaragua domnnit reparation from tho government ot Honduras for the Invasion ot their territory by Honduras troops, and have offered financial aid for a conflict con-flict with Honduras. Tho whole country coun-try Is- excited. Georgo M. Morton and wife, registering regis-tering from Now York, wero found dead In their room at tho Tampa Bay hotel, at Tampa, Fla., having committed commit-ted suicide. a A noto was found in tho room, saying they had killed tllem-selves tllem-selves by mutual consent. The senate has passed tho army appropriation ap-propriation bill, carrying $81,600,000. Tho amendment which permitted tho government to nccopt reduced rates on army supplies and permitted otllcors nnd enlisted men to accept reduced transportation, woro defeated. Tho scnato on tho night of tho 13th broko all records by passing bills at tho rato of fifteen a mlnuto for one hour and six minutes 991 hills in all. During tho procedure Senator McCum-ber McCum-ber wns tho only senntor on tho floor. Vice President Fairbanks presided. Pulajanes attacked and burned two towns In tho province of Occidental Ncgros nnd killed six members of tho coiiBtnbulory. Two American tench-ers, tench-ers, W. K. Bacheldor and Wnltor J. Leo, aro reported to bo missing. No cause Is known for tho sudden uprising. upris-ing. For tho first tlmo In many years, snow fell upon the streets of Moxlco City on tho 11th. Tho unusual conditions condi-tions have caused suffering among tho poor, who habitually go about clad In light garments nnd with bnro foet. Thn government is providing food and shelter shel-ter to hundreds. Professor H. Russell Burner, M. D., founder and proprietor of n sanitarium in IOB Angeles, and widely known throughout tho east and on tho Pacific Pa-cific const, was found dead at his home on East Fourth stroot from chloroform poisoning. His death Is believed to havo been accidental. Tho Kansas sennto has, by n vote nt 24 to 13, adoptod a resolution barring representatives of tho Kansas City Star from tho floor or gnllerlea of tho Bennte,. The action was takdn because tho Star printed nrtlcles commenting com-menting upon tho alleged pro-railroad tendencies ot tho senate. |