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Show NEWS SUMMARY. Senor Cuestaa has been elected president pres-ident of Uruguay, The Carllsta In Spatu aro showing signs of reviving activity. Agulnaldo'a army Is disheartened as tho result of the recent actions. The queen ot Belgium Is gravely 111. ner majesty Is Buffering from bronchial bron-chial pneumonia. Germany Is said to havo renewed tho negotiations for the purchase of the Caroline Islands. President Alonzo's forces In Bolivia have again been defeated by those under General Pando. Many companies of the insurgents have retired because their officers skulk and won't lead their men. Tha Italian warships have landed marines at San Mun bay, China, thus virtually taking possession. Tho Chilean war office and tho military mili-tary authorities have definitely decided to reduce tho army by 5,000 men. The Chilean government, It Is said, contemplates the snlo of several cruisers cruis-ers to the United States and Ecuador. Baron Dandy, farmor president of tho Council of Ministers, has been appointed ap-pointed high steward of tho Hungarian court. Panic reigns in tho department of Oruro, Bolivia, nnd tho province of Cochambatnba has risen and joined the revolutionists. The latest news from Oebtt Is good. The natives aro returning to tho town. The coolies aro now willing to work at reasonable wages. Tho American military authorities In Cuba are attempting to mnko tho American soldiers teetotalers by stopping stop-ping tho sale of beer at pott exchanges. The house, by 77 to 103, has refused to concur in tho senate amendment to tho sundry civil bill, providing for tho construction ot a government cable to Hawaii. The leaders ot the rebels in tho prov-'nee prov-'nee of An Aoul (Nagan-IIoot), tho notorious no-torious desperate Nut, has been cap- , lured, fifty-two of his body guatd being xllled. At Owaley,Ky., John Hutchinson and sis family wcro trying to cross a itrcaui, whoa their vchlclo capsized. Mrs. Hutchinson and twochlldrcn wcro arowncd. A band ot 200 deserters from the 3panlsh army is now gathered near the French frontier, refusing to return to Spain, although the men have been pardoned. The senate has ratified tho extradition extradi-tion treaty with Mexico with a rotroac-dve rotroac-dve clause to cover cases that wcro inpunlshable because of the lapso of the old treaty. ' Hobson's promotion is tho greatest notorial promotion as a recognition of rallantry In the history ot tho naval icrvlco. It will make Hobson a captain st the ago ot 30. i It is tho opinion of members of tho jablnot that tho limitation placed on the prlco to be paid for armor plato frill result In a complete, stoppage ot ill new construction. The bubonic plaguo Is ragtag at Bom. Day with unparalleled severity. According Ac-cording to official returns, thcro wero )12 deaths last week, but theso quite underrate the mortality. The army bill as reported by tho lenato commlttco Increases tho appropriation appro-priation to tho extent of 81,302,000, making a total ot 834,430,000. The increase in-crease Is for pay to officers and men. It is rumored in Manila that a steam-r steam-r with 30,000 stands of arms and ammunition, am-munition, which was bound for the Philippines, has beon solzed in Japan-ise Japan-ise waters by tho Japanese authorities. Reckoning on the basis ot tho September Sep-tember reports of outputs, South Africa Af-rica will produce in the current year 170,637,373 of gold, which will placo South Africa ahead of all tho gold-producing gold-producing countries. At Bradford, Pa., Thomas Nolan, aged 18 years, son of a woll known oil producer, was shot and probably fatally wounded while trying to effect an entrance en-trance Intothehousoof former Senator Lewis Emery. Man guarding property did the Bhootlng. General Maximo Gomez has sent Governor-General Brooko a statement ot the number of men In tho army. It ts understood that tho total reaches 48,-00032,000 48,-00032,000 privates, 10,000 non-com-missioned officers and the rest commanding com-manding officers. The war department is Inclined to believe that under the new army bill tho governors of states aro doprlved ot all power of appointing voluntcor officers, offi-cers, ns the volunteers under tho law aro United States volunteers and not stato volunteers. The influential natlvesof tho Islands of Mabate and Tlcon request General Otis to send troops there. They say that COO men could easily subdue the rebols. Tho two Islands contain about 80,000 cattle, which constitute the food supply of the rebels. William Goings, an Indian sentenced to death for murder was not shot at MoAlester, I. T., according to the sentence sen-tence of the Indian court. Tho habcaa corpus Issued by Judgo Clayton of the United States court was served on the sheriff In time to savo Going's life. John N. Baldwin ot Council Bluff's, la., is out with a card repudiating an Interview regarding the United Statei senatorshlp. He Bays that ho is a firm friend of Senator Gear and will da nothing to injure his chances for reelection. re-election. It Is said that Senor Joso Guza, secretary sec-retary of justice In tho governor-general's advisory cabinet, Cuba, Is preparing pre-paring an amnesty decree for General Brooke's approval, releasing all against whom prosecutions aro pending for political offenses. |