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Summary of the Week's News

The article presents news related to various political issues at international level. According to a snippet, in the U.S. House debate on the River and Harbor Bill on Wednesday, an amendment was adopted appropriating $500,000 for the improvement of Galveston Harbor and directing the Harbor Board to proceed at once to examine the plans, specifications and estimates for the improvement and report to the Secretary of War for his approval. According to another snippet, in the House of Lords the British government was at once assailed with conservative questions. Earl Granville, minister for foreign affairs, replied. He frankly stated that the government had left it entirely to general Garnet Wolseley to decide whether the British forces should proceed to attack Khartum at once or delay the attack.