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Show NEWS SUMMARY A large number of new cases of cholera are reported in St. Petersburg Peters-burg every day. Gery F. Carroll on January 14 took the oath of office and was sworn in as Iowa's governor. Kwo men were frozen to death and many persons suffered from the cold ' wing to a gas shortage in Pittsburg last week. An increase of the navy, to the extent ex-tent of $29, 000, 000 has been agreed upon by the house committee on raval affairs. Carrie Nation, the anti-saloon crusader, cru-sader, was arrested at Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, last week while engaged en-gaged in a crusade on a saloon. Latest reports show that the number num-ber of deaths in the Lick branch mine at Switchback, W. Va., as a result of a gas explosion, will not exceed fifty-nine. fifty-nine. Juan Vincente, the mail carrier1 between be-tween Rodeo and Durango, Mexico, was murdered on a recent trip and the mail bags robbed of $700 ii cash. Adlai Stevenson, Democratic candidate candi-date for governor of Illinois, in the recent election, has signed a petition asking for a recount of all votes cast for that office. The explosion of firedamp in the Auka coal mine at Veszprim, Austria, resulted in the death of fifty-six men. Of 240 men entombed, 184 were taken out alive. Sweeping reforms affecting the criminal classes in the District of Co-l.imbia Co-l.imbia are recommended in a recent report transmitted to congress by President Roosevelt. Secretaijy of Agriculture Wilsor declares that "the time will come Vvhen in this country trees will be as scarce as diamonds, unless steps are t:tken to preserve our forests." During the recent trip from Manila vt the transport Sheridan, seven Japanese Jap-anese fishermen who were found clinging to an overturned boat were rescued and landed at Nagasaki. Applications for pardon or commutation commu-tation of sentence have been filed by General Stoessel and Admiral Neba-gjtoff, Neba-gjtoff, who are now confined in the .'ortress of St. Peter and St., Paul. After attempting to rob a public house in Omaha and shooting a girl who resisted, an unknown highwayman highway-man shot and killed Patrolman L. A. Smith. The gill will probably recover. re-cover. The Muvia de Or6 Mining company, com-pany, in the Urique district of Ch' huahua, was robbed last week of $G,000 by bandits, who raided the office of-fice of the company and dynamited the safe. The general assembly of Ohio, in joint session, officially declared that Congressman Theodore E. Burton, of Cleveland, should be the successor of Joseph B. Foraker in the United States senate. James York, a quarry worker1, of Mank&to, Minn, while despondent, cut the throats of four of his children, and then committed suicide by hanging hang-ing himself. The dead children ranged from 6 to 14 yeatfs old. A Canadian Pacific freight train ran into a snowslide at Three Valley Lake, British Columbia, the enghn plunging into the lake, the engineer and fireman being pinned in th cabin of the engine and drowned. Representative Charles S. Landis, of Indiana, when asked about tho published report that he had been offered of-fered the position of public printer, said: "I am going home to live on my farm. I would not accept that office." Venezuela and the United States have agreed to the basis of a settlement settle-ment of the disputes betveen them, and a protocol is being drawn up. Presumptively the cases in dispute will be referred to The Hague foi arbitration. Charles S. Cameron, president of the Tube City Railroad company, who has been on trial at Pittsburg, charged with attempting to bribe former for-mer City Councilman William A. Martin, Mar-tin, in connection with the passage of franchise ordinances, was found guilty. Signs of renewed activity, now that conditions are becoming mort settled since the earthquake disaster, are noticeable everywhere in. Messina. Mes-sina. Many persons who left the city immediately after the catastrophe are returning, anxious to start life anew. Heirs of George Washington are urging before congress a claim of $305,100 as reimbursement for 3.000 acres of land along the Little Miami river in Ohio, which was granted t Washington, hut was lost by conflict ing grants made under the authority of the United States. The appeal from the recent decision de-cision of Judge Wright of the District of Columbia supreme court in sentencing sen-tencing Samuel Gompers, John Mitch- 11 and Frank Morrison to jail for contempt, will be vigorously pressed by laboring men, and a call for funds ! is to be issued shortlv. Iowa liquor dealers are worried j over the recommendation of Governor , Garst in his message to the legisla-lure legisla-lure that the tax on saloons be doubled dou-bled and that $400 of the $1,200 collected col-lected yearly be expended in building good roads. The revenue would amount to $750.00 a year. After years of vain endeavor to obtain compensation for the loss of her kingdom. Queen Liliuokalani. former queen of Hawaii, appeared before the house committee in person per-son last week to press her claims. She is now willing to accept $250,000 In settlement of her claims. |