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Show NEWS SUMMARY. Tlio French senato lias re-elected Emilo Lobcrt president. Mrs. WUfoung, of West Superior, Wis., Is reported to havo been burled Alive. Tho United States gunboat Helena has arrived nt Port Said, and having coaled, proceeded on her way to tho Philippines. . Mrs. Emily .t. Mosely, who would ,havo been 103 years old had sho lived .until April, died at the Homo of tho 'Homeless at Utlca, N. Y. Major O. V. Uric, tho first treasurer of Ashland county, Ohio, died tho 14th Inst., aged 03. He was reputed to b tho oldest Mason In Ohio. English icapltaltsts who havo been Jbuylng up Cuban ruflwnys aro now In ISanta Clara province, and have Bccurcd most of tho Hues there. Tho Filipinos aro now engaged In 'considering tho preparation of a definite defi-nite proposition as to what they dc-jslro dc-jslro from tho United States. There uro now In Matanzas 17,000 ISpantsh troopn nnd In Clonfucgos 18,000. 'Thcso will probably bo out of tho Is-lland Is-lland by tho middle of February. I Tho Spanish transport Allcunto hai arrived at Malaga and tho French 'steamer Caroline at Cadiz, with Span-jlsh Span-jlsh troops from tho Antilles. ! Tho first detachment of tho Seventeenth Seven-teenth United States Infantry lofl 'Columbus, O., January 14, for Now ,'York, en route to tho Philippines. ' Senator PcrklnsofCnllfornla has been advised that tho authorities of Hawaii had given permission to bring 0.00C mora Japaneso laborers Into tin Islands. Secretary Long has decided to allow Admiral Sampson to undertake, acrulsa with tho North Atlantic squadron In bouthcrn waters for drills and ma. ncuvers. The Slnat (Jewish) congregation, .which was tho first In this country to hold Sunday services, recently celebrated cele-brated tho twenty-fifth anniversary In Chicago. Filipino refugees at Hongkong Insist that Agulnaldo will regard a lauding of the Americans at Hollo as a declaration declar-ation of war aud will Immediately attack at-tack Manila. Cecil Rhodes has arrived In London V"' " "Ifront Capetown. Thorols'consldefalilo" Interest In his visit, which Is connect-'ed connect-'ed with tho scheme of joining Cairo and Capetown by railroad. , Tho senato committee on rules decided de-cided to favorably report tho Chandler Chand-ler resolution for tho distribution Of 1 the appropriation bills among tho I various committees of the senato. I I Tho official report of tho mayor of Suntn Clara bIiows that In 1800 there woro 14.(1 deaths; 0037 deaths In 1B07, aud 4841 In 1803, being In three years a loss of 8(1 per cent of tho population. ' Representative Davidson of Wisconsin Wiscon-sin Introduced a bill amending the .oleomargarine law making the revenue itax 10 cents a pound when tho oloo-tmargartnu oloo-tmargartnu Is colored to resemble pure ibuttor. ' Tho Btenmslilp City of Macon, from 1 lot ton, has brought Into the port ol ,Savannah Captain Kcnnerty and tha crow, nine men all told, of tho schooner schoon-er Aloha of llalh, Maine, abandoned Saturday night, Tho surgpon general's ofilco of tho war department wants mora immune-nurses immune-nurses fur tho yellow fever hospitals in Cuba, and circulars will bo sent throughout tho south requesting applications. ' Tho Arlington hotel and sanitarium atMarlln, Falls county, Texas, burnod January 14. Loss about 800,000; Inaur-'anco Inaur-'anco 823,000. There were n number of Invalids In tho hotel, all of whom escaped es-caped safely. Tho body of James Faln,a prominent mlno-ownor, of linker City, Ore, was found dead on tho night of January 14 y In a snowbank near tho Ibex mine. Ho was overtaken by a blizzard In tho inounlulnH and perished. Albert E. Mussen, teller of tho savings sav-ings department of tho Merchants' ,bank, Montreal, has been arrested. There Is a shortago In his accounts which, It Is said, will amount to 800,000. Ills relatives aro wealthy. Senator Allison has practically decld. od to remain at tho head of tho com-plltcoon com-plltcoon appropriation, nnd not tako tho chairmanship of tho committee on finance, to which ho Is entitled by "v right of seniority. This decision on Senator Allison's part will mako Senator Sen-ator Aldrich chairman of tho finance committee and will promoto Senator ,Spooncr to the chairmanship of tho committee on rules. t The Spanish transport Chandornagor has sailed from Matanzas for Cadiz with 000 sick men on board, General Sanger has burned tho barracks formerly for-merly occupied by tho reconceutrados, In ordor to kill tho dlseasa germs. Representatives of all tho companies operating- bteamers between I'uget sound and southwestern Alaska ports, have agreed on a uniform passenger ! and freight rato toSkagway and Dyea.lt j bolng raised from 810 first class and 83 second class to 833 first class aud 815 second class. |