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Show ft NEWS SUMMARY. ft Indications point to an oarly settle- HA' mont o( tbo Venezuelan dlniculty. F f London exports dcolaro that tho pros- ont silver agitation will not benefit the H white metal. H J A bill has been introduced by Sana- V S tor Banna providing bounties and an Hf nuitlcs for cx-slavcs. ft-4 It' is predicted that 100,000 farmers o) m all nations will Immigrate to Canada B during tho next year. H Montreal street car strikers have m becomo belligerent, stoning cars and Mm jq injuring several persons. H J As tho result of a quarrol, Policeman H M Grant Walko shot and killed Pollco H mad Hildcrs at Bristol, Tcnn. H A bill has been introduced in tho H i Pennsylvania legislature to banish cai ' I toons from Pennsylvania newspapers. H Mary Ann Mills, tho oldest woman K , ' n Canada, is dond at her hpme in B-P" Woodham. Sho was in her HGthyear. 1 Maine cotton splnneri go on a strike, . asking for higher wages and tho abol H jj Ishmcnt of tho practlco of teaching ap- H 1 prentices. H sk Turkoy Is preparing for troublo by T engaging transports to convoy troops H V to Macedonia, whoro a revolution is B . x threatened. J A noted Pronch marquis advocates L o Franco-American alliancoand asserts Wi that France should back up tho Mon f roo doctrine. Two thousand St. Louis trainmen dcolaro they will go on a strike unless a raise of 20 per cont in tholr salaries Mi" ' -8 forthcoming. H U Louis Mandoll, a Now York junk Hw l dealer, was killed by mysterious asHas K e'n8 who crushed tholr ' victim's head m with an iron bar. f Tho United States quarantine offlclals ft have declared Manila to bo free from cholera, thus ending tho quarantine, BMB I which has lasted nearly a year. JHk President Roosovolt declines to arbi- Hl trato the Venezuelan matter and tho K uaso will now go to Tho Hague. The ' blockado will bo raised at once. 11 TV Orders have been recolved at tho Hi -. United States Armoryat Springfield, Hj , Mass., to rush the shipment of 100,000 m , 'c Krag-Jorgenson rillos to arsenals over Lk?pountry. H Vft ' Tangier says a special courier from B Fez has brought a renewed report tr at H y tho pretender to tho throne, Buhamara, V'. -iB boon captured. F A joint resolution has been Intro K V, duced In tho house by tho ohalrman of H tho judiciary committee, proposing an V amondmont to tho constitution, pro Km blbltlng polygamy. H Walter Tripp attempted to kill his B former sweetheart, Nelllo Tannor, and Sj then committed sulcldo at Duluth, SJ Minn. Tho woman was seriously H wounded but will recover. Vj Six hundred carpontsrs and joiners H -j In tho Wyoming valloy, Pennsylvania, BBm' aro on strike because the building con BV tractors refused to grant them an in HBV crease from $2.50 to $3 a day. H Tha Washington Post publishes a M story to tho effect that Admiral Samp- H son took treatment for paresis a year boforo he was put In command of tho B fleet and ordered into Cuban waters. Vm, jr Milwaukee firemen breathe fumeB of B IM nltrlo acid while fighting fire tn stamp H ', factory with fatal results for four flro- H, men; nine others are seriously ill B1 through breathing the poisonous gas. H l While a sleighing party of young ft $, pcoplo were crossing a street car track B , At Winona, Minn., a car, running at TflVM' mk P BPccdi crashed into tholr sleigh. mmm) . rpno party consisted of two mon and H"' eight women, and all wero injured, two BS of thorn may die. H Threo children have mysteriously H died in ono family at Lauder, Man. H Whother death was caused by accl H dontal poisoning or dlptheria has not Bvj yet boon ascertained, but an invostl H cation is being asked for by citizens of HS- tho town. B Through a mistake Charles Pltzglb- H bon and his wlfo arc dead at their H homo In Columbus, Ind. Fltzgibbon H took home a quart of what ho H thought was alcohol, but which later H proved to bo wood alcohol. Both H drank It. m Tho houeo committee on ponslonshas H authorized a favorable report on tho H sonato bill to lncroaso tho pensions of H all Mexican, war veterans from $8 to H $12 per month. Tho number of Moxl- BV can war survivors on tho pension rolls H is 3,000. H Tho navy department is unwilling to H allow Constructor Ilobson of Morrimac H fame to rotlro, ovon upou resignation H outright. Tho reason Is tho pressing HV need of tho construction corps for BS tho service of just such officers as Mr. HvJ Ilobson. H In answor to tho Spanish minister's HSj offor to sell, tho navy department has HH concluded to purchaso a certain pro H portion of tho heavy ordnance now in H place in tho fortifications of Porto Rico, H Btlll tho proporty of tho Spanish gov- H eromont. |