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teen declared. died. on the nth, at
WeStplains. Mo-. aged s5 years.
The navy department received
cablegram from Rear-Admiral Rody-
ers. At Cavite, on the 18th. announcing
that Sergeant b. McSwiney. of the
marine corps. was killed in action at
Balangiga. Samar. on the I'd inst
An agreement has been reached by
which the hkin- or provincial duties.
now collected by the provisional gov
erument in China. will. on the tiisso-
luton of that authority, revert to
the control of the foreign customs.
Washington Gill. for many years
engineer of Richmond. Va. and later
superintendent of construction of the
bridge across the Missouri river at
ST. Charles. No.. died at his home
in Kansas City. Mo-, aged 50 years
An increase Of the salary of the
minister to Persia froEa 5000 to
S1,0oo has been recommended BY the
senate committee on foreign rela-
tions- The post is said to be one
If the most expensive in the diplo-
matte service.
The Kingston (Jamaica) Daily Tel
egraph gives prominence to n report.
circulating in official circles there.
that an American syndicate is max
ing tentative inquiry with the view
of acquiring control of the Jamaica
government railroad.
Gen Maxine Gomez arrived at SAN
tiago de Cuba, on the 10th. on his
way to Santo Domingo He was given
great demonstration 4 large crowd
had assembled. with bands of mu-
SIC The municipal police and fire
men also turned cut to welcome him.
Commander Booth-Tueker of the
salTation army took the oath of al
iegiance as a citizen of the United
States in New York city on the 18th.
He said that he was already half
American as his ancestors were vir-
ginians. and he had long since adopt
"a thlS 1s his country
Thirty-Two Japanese laborrrS. i'm
ported from Wyoming and California
BY the Victor Fuel Co. To work in
the Chanlsr coal mine at Coal
treek- Col arrived there on the Iith-
All the miners employed there went
on strike as n protest against the
action OF the company.
H. T. Briggs cashier of the Nebras-
sa State Bank of West Point. Neb..
died on a Burlington train near Me-
Cook on the llth- Briggs was identi-
Red with state politics for years and
was n man of considerable wealth
He was on his way TO Boulder, Col,
for the benefit of his health.
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Jones has given formal notice that
the new leases of the $4,000 acres of
kiowa Indian lands in Oklahoma.
bordering on Texas. will take effect
April l, as originally proposed An
effort had been made to have the
date postponed some months
King Edward and Queen Alexandra,
Prince and Princess Charles of Dem
mark and Princess Victoria occupied
box. on the night of the 18th, at
the performance of Arizona at the
Adelphi theater.. London King Ed
ward expressed himself as greatly
Pleased with the performance.
The Berlin foreign Office. on the
18th. pronounced incorrect the state
ment rabled thence that Germany is
on the point Of presenting an uIti-
matum to Venezuela On the con
trary. the outlook is improving. and
friendly settlement of the ques-
tions in dispute is most probable.
At meeting Of rhe Norconi wire
less Telegraph Co. in London. on the
18th, IL was announced that the di-
reetors of the company had insured
he life of Mr. Marconi for $4,000
u was elso reported that the Lioyds
had exclusively adopted he Marconi
system in connection with their sig
nal stations
At Detroit. on the 10th. Cashier
Frank C. Andrews was placed under
arrest on a warrant charging him
with taking over n million dollars
lron the City savings bank without
.ae authorization of the directors
lie was arrested in the Office of the
Detroit Trust Co.. arraigned and re-
leased on $4,000 bail
Judgment by default for $4,000
against Prince Euiwha. the second
sen Of the king Of Corea, was entered
os Chief Justice Bingham. in the
circuit court for the District of Co
iumola, on the 14th- The plaintiffs
are woln Bros 4 Co., of New York
city and Philadelphia, who sued ON a
promissory note made by the prince
The Industrial council Of Vienna
resossed, after long debate, ON the
18th, to postpone a decision ON the
reports Of the various committees
appointed to consider the best means
ol meeting American competition un-
WI European con snercisf politics
erystaiize sufficiently to indicate the
most effective method for meeting
that competition
Reports from WiIlemssad, Island
oi curacca. on the 18Th, said. 1t is
reported here that the Venezuelan
,nsnrssnta who had concentrated On
soiomotan soil have crossed the
aso1iier Of TaehIrs ard sre moving
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