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Show XKWS SUM MAIM. Itollvla and Peru have nlgned a gee. cral arbitration treaty. The rigorn of the Alaaka winter la ' driving people from the Interior poInU to the coast, Scotch whisky. II la aald, la now being be-ing made In New York and exported In Inrge quantiliea to South America. The atate department announc.ee that fleorge Helmrod, of Omaha, Neb., haa been appointed conaul at Apia, Samoa. It la rumored that the plague exlate at Hamsonn. Turkey. In a severe form. A rigid Inspection nf ships haa been established A committee of Cbhnnahan been aent to the United Htalea to ask for reel-procliy. reel-procliy. which meana a atcpplng-atone to annexation. Another step In the policy reinforcing reinforc-ing the custom, dutlea by abaolule prohibition, of foreign-made goode haa been taken In Iluasla. It la announced that the United Blnlee and F.ngland will participate unnfllelally In the fi.herlea exhibit at 8L Petersburg next aprlng. Corslcana, Tex., oil proilueera have been notified of a reduction or 10 cenla per barrel In light crude oil. Thin brings the prlco lo (10 cents per barrel. The Yukon river at Hkngway froxe over entirely on Novemlier l. filedgee and horses have been pressed Into service ser-vice lo establish overland transportation. transporta-tion. In Valparaiso II Is declared that the recotit rumors of war between Chile and the Argentine Kepiiblln were due to apectilalora who dealred to Influence (lie mnrketa. Consul-denrrnl Osburn nf the United States, died at Apia. Samoa, on October Octo-ber J7, after a short Illness. Ills body will be brought to the Culled Hlatea for Interment. In Mexico City, American rneldenta celebrated Thanksgiving day by a apodal apo-dal ball, which waa numeroualy attended. at-tended. President Dinx waa among the Invited guesta Hugar la being aold at (1 MM on the dorlia at Havana, when It cannot be ralaed In the Interior for less than 13.70. Not 10 per rent of laat year'a tobacco crop haa been aold. The engagement la announced of Mlaa Helen liar, eldest (laughter of Becretary of Stale llav, to Payne Whitney, Whit-ney, second non of William C, Whitney, formerly Secretary of the Navy. The Pan-American congreaa will be ' asked to arbitrate the existing quea- . tlnne between Peru and Bolivia, -af the congress declines so to act, then''Saw-''' Mexico or the Argentine Republic The financial distress of Costa Rica la Increasing. The country la unable to meet the Interest on ila rorelgo' ln-debtedneaa, ln-debtedneaa, and la experiencing dlfil culty In paying Ita publio emplnyeca. Ban Joaquin county, California, lo experiencing unprecedented weather condltloua, oak and other aluide tree have begun to put furth new oboota and new leaven, aa though It ware aprlng. Dlacuaaing tbe preaent condition of iron and atoel, the Iron Age naya that nothing baa occurred to indicate any danger of an early subsidence or the f real activity which characterized the Iron and ateel trade. Lepem In Hawaii have written to Honolulu papera charging the board of health wllh neglect and mlsdemeanoro lo connection with their aupply or rood nd water. They ask for a atate com-tlsslon com-tlsslon to Investigate. A combination to oontrol the Anchor aire fence buninesa of the territory rent of the Mlnslsnlppt river In being Jorraed with John W. Oaten aa Ita prob-able prob-able head. The headquartera of the roncera will be at Omaha. ChlartCj who have been refuned trnn-llt trnn-llt thrrmgh the United Htalea to a for-oltjU for-oltjU Country by the collector at a port of Miry have, according to a ruling of the r' Vasury department, 00 appeal lo ja Secretary of Hie Trenaury. according to a Berlin dispatch to ' aondon Dally Mall, Count von lluo'.ow, the Imperial Chancellor, haa aucceeded In perauadlng tee Pan-German party ' rr ahelve Ita Intended Chamberlain Interpellation In-terpellation In tho lirlchatag. The ateamer "John K. Speed," bound from New Orleana to Cincinnati, with 7900 tona of freight on board, atruok aome obatruclion In tbe river a abort dlatnnce below the Mumphla bridge Thursday and aunk. No Uvea were loaL Crary Snake, who led tbe rebellion lent npring agulnal the Government, la ' the chief cauae of the Creek council trouble. The Hnnke bond will aend a strong delegation to Waahlngton to proteat agaluat the doedlng of Creek landa. ' William L. Merry. United Blataa Mlnlater to Nicaragua, Salvador and . Coala Rica, la In dally conference with Dr. Fernando Sanchez, the Nlcaraguan Mlnlater of Foreign Affalra, concerning concern-ing the matter of tba Nicaragua) eaoal. John Ilelnrlch, who pleaded guilty to the charge of picking the pocketa of membera of tha late Preaident McKin. lay' party during their vl.lt to Lo Angelea laat May, baa been sentenced to serve three yeara In Han Quentln prleoo. : |