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Show NEWS OF THE WORLD. Congressman Littlefield scored Sulzer (N. Y.) for anti-trust bill speech, and declared he himself framed the bill and President Roosevelt was not displeased; dis-pleased; conference report on army appropriation bill agreed to by the sen ate. $ Eight school children killed at New ark, N. J., and thirty persons injured by collision of trolley car and Lackawanna Lack-awanna railroad train; crossing gates Were down but ice kept brakes from working. City Electrician Ellicott in interview declared most Chicago policemen ought to be working on sewers, and cannot shoot a man twenty feet away; present pres-ent force of 2,400 sufficient to drive out all crooks. Taxation will be keynote of British parliamentary debates; London taxpayers tax-payers must carry added burdens from education and docks bill; only languid interest shown in ceremonial parade from Buckingham palace. j Passenger teamer Olive struck by-cyclone by-cyclone on Chowan river, near Eden-ton, Eden-ton, N. C, and seventeen persons drowned; six survivors clung all night to pilot house roof and were nearly frozen. - Protocol signed for arbitration of United States' claims against Venezuela; Venezu-ela; commission will consist of one representative of each, and umpire chosen by Queen Wilhelmina; Venezuela Vene-zuela import duties increased 30 per cent. Panama canal treaty threatened by Senator Morgan's attempt to talk it to death; executive sessions will be held every day and night to tire Morgan Mor-gan out; Panama company notified by Secretary Hay that $40,000,000 offer is accepted. Kaiser declareclby" London Spectator Specta-tor to be remarkable for quit wit instead in-stead of profound intelligence; his misunderstanding mis-understanding of American tempera- ' ment shows lack of deep insight; his I statecraft mercurial instead of slow 1 and strong. Austro-Russian demand on Turkey for Macedonia reforms submitted to Berlin, London, Paris and Rome cabinets cab-inets for approval; financial and administrative ad-ministrative changes chiefly sought. Including In-cluding appointment of independent governor. John Mitchell, president of the United Unit-ed Mine Workers' union, refused $4,000 offer from Chautauqua alliance for lecture lec-ture series. Indictment of Western Indiana railroad rail-road officials demanded by Father E. A. Kelly of St. Cecelia's church in inquest in-quest over Helen Connelly, killed at Forty-fifth street crossing: gates shown to have been out of repair. Over 600 Chicago public school teachers teach-ers absent this week because of illness, ill-ness, and substitutes cannot fill vacancies; va-cancies; forty gone from Burr school alone; pupils' attendance in some schools has fallen 50 per cent. Swedish famine has driven seven-tenths seven-tenths of all families in Soppero township town-ship to verge of starvation: no roads exist, and relief supplies must come eighty miles from Kurina or 11 miles by river from Mojarv. British parliament opened by King Edward; Duke of Roxburgh. Earl of Leitrim, John Gretton and Ronald Greville, in replies to king's speech, rejoices over friendship with United States. New York stock market influenced by approaching three days' holiday; Tennessee Coal & Iron net earnings for 1902 gained $1,432,958 over 1901; week'3 merchandise axports from New York $9,000,000 greater than for 1902. Six Union Pacific passenger trains buried in snow between Chadron. Neb and Lusk, Wyo.; regiment of cavalry en route to San Francisco on board one train; governor's mansion at Springfield, III., without heat. Bishop James Edward Quigley appointed ap-pointed archbishop of Chicago, will bid farewell to Buffalo clergy on March 2 and arrive in Chicago on March 9-welcoming 9-welcoming ceremony declined February grand jury told by Judge Horton that $1,000 was paid recently to grand juror for betraying secrets-investigation secrets-investigation probable; cases of druggists drug-gists charged with illegal cocaine sales to be taken up. . r4 teacher? P,ace on unassigned list by Superintendent Cooley of Chi cago for PrefemrnaT: ' books, under ru!P a mp-y t , ; after two wJ a.'hw'S ; course at normal hC'"1 sw ' teachers. s n"l Piann . ' k Samuel Gates. So'.nh tr-commission tr-commission irtf-rvh-m atr sault by Scully iron'& ff' ; teamster, who charul W ' ing without uni.-.n ,-,r ? m ,vih yet found. J- ass-ii!an.v- : Cuban treat v sio.'nT. , " which naval station jvar., , on north coast, and i';,,. Ihil IW f on south coast, ar- r,,-,.' anamav" to United States; ij.?, Permaa3 f nominated for new vn,.r- (-'ortC;' merce. ' 'T"tai"y of Z '" I |
