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Show NEWS SUMMARY. Jf The plague still prevails on the Islan 1 of lorinosa and I. cnuslug tha death of hundreds of persons. iv- Tlio Mexican senate hasnnanlmously " I adopted tlio now extradition treaty will, tlio United States 1 1 Hung Chang Is sal 1 to bo conferring confer-ring tvlth Marquis Itoot Japan regard log tlio trouble with Italy Numerous requestsnro receive 1 from various districts In the Islan I of Lubi for Implement an 1 seed, not rations. Die session of tho l'cnnsylranla ge era! assembly of 1893 has ncljnurned after being in session a little orer three months. Die gorcrnor of Alabama has Issue 1 a call for an extra session of tho legls laturo to repeal the constitutional contention act Itcrr Polack, n well known engineer and electrician, has dlscorerc 1 a means of telegraphing A) OJO words per hour over a single wire Ocnorat Henry, comcnin ling tho depirlinent of Porto lllco, has aslfcd to bo retire 1 of his present duty oil ao count of 111 health The Minnesota ltglslaturo tabled tho governor message urging1 tho recall from tho Philippines of tho Thirteenth Minnesota volunteers. The stone, reefs of Ilrazll we to be rnappc 1 out an 1 their relations to tho geological history of tho South American Ameri-can continent will be studied Orders have beenlssued forthoMnth lminnnes to return to the United States by tho steamer Meado via New York lor muster out at Camp Meade The Third Nebraska will bo mus tercd out May 11 at Augusta, Us, -Colonel llryaa will be Invited to review the rrglment before It Is disbanded According to statistics gathered re j-anllng the bubonlo plaguo it la est! muted there has been 250 000 deaths recorded In India since its beginning rho Tenth Unite 1 States cavalry, the colored regiment which did auch brilliant service In tho Santiago cam palgn, Is to hate another tour of duty In Cuba. Mhia Dell Clevcnger, who was shot by her cousin, 1 rnest Clevcnger, on the night of December 8, last, Is dead at Missouri City, Ma, of hor wounds Clevcnger Is lu Jill Tho Naval lteservo association ol Illinois veterans of tho Spanish Aracrl can wor, have resolved to offer tin government 2M men for tlio service la tho Philippine islands. After several conferences with tho minister from Venexuela, tho United State postoOlco oillctals liavo entered I into an agreement for a parcel postal treuty with Venezuela. Thn farm on which Abraham Lin--coin was born, two miles south ol Hodgcnvllle, Ky , has been sold U David drear of Now York and will probably bo converted Into a park Simon Ilotema, tho full blooded Choc tow Indian who was arrested on tin -ehargoof murdering a man and two women last week near Cold Springs, L T , has written a confession of his guilt The municipal revenues of Santiago liavo been reduced from 520,000 to 8,000 per month, and there liavo been Imltar reductions in other towns. Fubllo works nud schools must be stopped stop-ped Governor-General Ilrooke, In tho distribution dis-tribution of tho S3 000 000 to the Cuban soldiers, has determined to treat tho -Cuban officers as soldiers and gentlemen gentle-men and not endeavor to go behind tho rolls. At Carthage, Mo , tho Jury In the suit of Mrs. Olillllon against J D McCrills, ifortlOOO damages for tho murder ol her husband, rendered a verdict for 4J 000 damages In favor of Mrs 011-flllan 011-flllan Adolph Uohfold, the saloonkeeper whoso placo of business near tho l'rcsldlo was burnod by a mob of sol--dim belonging to the lourteenth United States Infantry, lias identified -four of the culprits. A party of young men at Dalton, Minn , put lemon extract Into tho gin gtr ale they were drinking and as a result re-sult Duffy Illorson and Martin Dahl are dead, while several others were made seriously sick The Kentucky law under which many negroes In the past two years have been sold on tho block for a term of years as punishment for vagrancy, has been declared unconstitutional by Judge Scott at Richmond A drink generally known as vino, which Is exceedingly palatable and Inexpensive, Is playing havoo with tho soldiers In Manila. A single drink un-fits un-fits a man for active duty for twenty-four twenty-four hours. Klforts are being made to suppress Its sale Authority lias been given the British representative at Apia to Join, If ho deems It advisable In a Joint proclamation proclama-tion tvlth tho other consuls ealllng upon the Inhabitants to abstain from hostilities pending the arrival of the Baraoan comiulstoner. Advices from Manzanlllosay that an American shell Bred last summer during dur-ing tho bombardment of the town by the United States warships, exploded last Sunday while being dug from the ground, kllliug thrco persons and wounding many others |