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Show NEWS SUMMARY. Mount Vesuvius is in eruption. Prince Chun hasofEcially concluded his mission to Germany. The health of Abdul Hamid, Sultan of Turkey, is said to be failing. Sir Joseph Dimsdale, M. P. who is engaged in the banking business, was elected Lord Mayor of London Saturday. Sat-urday. In San Francisco the blockade of the grain fleet has been broken and a fleet of seven vessels is on its way east and to Europe. It is again asserted Ta well-informed circles at Caracas, that President Castro Cas-tro will declare war on Columbia at the end of the mouth. The Nebraska M. E. Conference, by . a vote of 96 to 5, declared in favor of aemitting women as lay delegates to the general conference. William Loeb, Jr., who recently has been President Roosevelt's private secretary, has been appointed to the post of assistant secretary. The California Cured Fruit association associa-tion and the California Packers compa- ny have agreed to dissolve relations and proceed independently. , - The signal office of the war department depart-ment now has direct telegraph communication com-munication with Fort Egbert, Alaska. The lines were completed on the 24th. It is reported that Turkish and Albanian Alba-nian troops have come into collision at Belopolje, Old Servia, with the result that fifty-four were killed and wounded. George B. Cortelyou, secretary to the president, has left WashVgton for Canton, to settle the estate and adjust some personal affairs of the late President Presi-dent McKinley. It is asserted that the German garrison gar-rison in Shanghai and the German troops who are guarding the railroad beyond the Kaio-Chou boundary will soon be withdrawn. A statement prepared at the internal revenue bureau shows that the total receipts from the war revenue act ' alorre duTrngtheinonlu of August, 1901, were, 85,499,277. State guards have arrived at Madi-sonville, Madi-sonville, Ky and the Reinecke coal mines resumed operations again with a full force, and there is no sign of interference in-terference by the strikers. The Episcopal people of Hawaii are strongly in favor of their church being placed under the jurisdiction of an American bishop, and of the American church being established there. Emperor William and the Berlin City Ouncil are again at outs. The difficulty arose in connection with the proposed construction of another tram way across Unter den Linden. French officers say that the two powers pow-ers most benefitted by the recent events in China are France and Great Britain. The latter has strengthened her position posi-tion and increased her influence. The official return just issued shows that the South African concentration camps in Angustcontaiaed 137,819 persons. per-sons. The deaths numbered 2345, of which number 1878 were children. In reply to an inquiry from the collector col-lector of customs at San Francisco, Acting Secretary Spaulding has held that drawing back cannot be allowed on goods shipped to the Philippines. Mr. Kruger has just received reports estimating the rebels in the field at 15,000. Probably this is a greatly-exaggerated number, but the Boers are still getting many recruits in Cape Colony. The American Tobacco company wants five factories in Great Britain, and, having acquired Ogden's, it is now after Gallaher's and Player's, two of the largest tobacco manufacturers in the world. The attorney-general has rendered an opinion to the interior department sustaining the authority of the Cbero- kee Indian nation to levy a tax of 20 cents per ton on prairie hay shipped out of the nation. R. Von Bennigsen, governor of New Guinea, has arrived at San Francisco, en route to Europe on a six months' leave of absence. He says that the resources re-sources of the colony are showing a steady but slow development. London Daily Express says it understands under-stands that when the war in South Africa is over King Edward and Queen Alexandra intend to visit the colonies and India, and that while in India his Majesty will be crowned Emperor of India |