Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-19
THE WEEK.

| THE WEEK.
The meeting Of Congress has been the en-
crossing topic at home and the action Of
that body Il eagerly awaited everywhere.
Senator Voorhees, introduced two bills de-
signed to relieve the country; one TO enable
national banks to issue notes to the par
value of the United States bonls which
they hold. and the other rep.ahns the Sill
but declaring for the principle of bimetal-
ism Senator Vest. representing the silver
men. will stand by a bill Cor free coinage
at the ratio Of 20 to I. The debate on the
repeal Of the Sherman silver bill continued
all the week In the House.
| Four notable bills were introduced In the
Senate, al follows: Mr.. Hin of New YORK
offered q very brief bill repeating federal
election laws: the repeal however. not to
pending under said act. Senator Butler In
| troduced a bill repeating the state bank tax.
MI. PETER Of Kansas introduced bill pro-
vding further issue Of $3oOo0o.ooo OF fiat
| money, exchangeable for government bonds
at par. Senator Chandler reintroduced his
bill Of last Congress, establishing additional
| regulations concerning immigration to the
| United States.
There have been no marked incidents
| bearing upon the financial situation, but The
course Of the markets have been such that
| thoughtful observers have declared their
| belief that the business Of the country has
passed the worst phase Of the protracted
| depression and that returning confidence
| will soon manifest itself in q general i'm
provement
| Abroad.
The decision Of the Boring sea tribunal
at Paris has been the chief event abroad
during the past week. 1t has had the sin
gular effect Of satisfying both parties in the
4 %l,o
Its claim to jurisdiction over Bering sea- vet
the regulations proposed by the tribunal
| Tor the protection of the seals are so
stringent that the American arbitrator
| and Mr.. Foster. the governments financial
agent. PROGRESSED to be satisfied that the real
ann OF this government had been attained
| canada, however. Is dissatisfied and their
sealers claim that they have been sa cri-
| nceo IN the decision Of the tribunal A
reign OF terror existed in Bombay until the
mintary was called out to suppress the
| rioting Of the Hindoos and Mohammes1ans
caused py fndignities being put npon one
| sect by the other. Numbers were Killed
many injured and shops were looted It
| was announced that the home rrlo hill
you'd be called up in the house of lords on
september l. Closure will be moved on the
reporting stage OF the bill In the commons
nrnn,,s rrio . MT John e. Redmond has
pIomiseo that the Parnellite members will
| support the bill. The unioalsts have re-
! peheo all OF Mr.. Gladstone's efforts to gain
concessions from them. The tariff war be-
Eaisn Germany and Russia continues. The
| haiser mas signed a decree adding 20 her
cent 70 import duties on Finnish products.
| Dr. White, the Russian minister OF finance
| threatened to resign II the tariff war with
| Germany Is abandoned The Snoni.h
government had intimated an in,enrion -
| require the payment Of custom duties In
| goid, but such a storm of disapnrovoI -oi :
loweu that the Idea was given up. Cholera
| continues to increase abroad Durino In a.
| week there were 121 deaths from, The d,s
ease In Naples. The disease has crept into
| ~ uI,ahy ana cases have been found in
E tnH suburbs OF Vienna. The sportsmen Of
! Europe nave been interested in the v,cht
races on the south coast of England. Amer.
ican interest was conferred In .he perforn,.
ances OF the American yacht Navaboe
wnicn went over to contest for the Cane
May and Brenton reef cups She has dis
appointed expectation so far the VaIkvrie
and Britannia showing themselves much
faster. The new German ambassaIi Tor TO
the United States Baron Won Sa,irina
Jeitsch. sailed for New York, while the new
Chinese minister arrived at San Francisco.
The recent socialist congress at Zurich
condemned the anarchists. The lserlin So
cialists and anarchists have in turn de-
nounced the Zunich congress.
At Home.
There has been little In the local happen
ings Of the week Of more than minor import
ance. A moderate fall Of rain was a great re-
lief and was appreciated by the residents
Of the city as well as those of the country.
A number Of topics Of interest were dis
cussed in the reports Of several Of the Dis
trtct ofhcials made during the week to the
District Commissioners. The nling of the
suit against Representative Breckinridge
Of Kentucky by Miss Pollard for $50 900
damages for alleged breach of promise and
seduction furnished a choice scandal which
has lasted the gossips all the week. The
news of the great triumphs won by the
District National Guard marksmen In The
rifle matches at Sea Girt came to thrill
| every District man with pride During the
number Of suffrage advocates looking to
demanding the admission Of the District of
Columbia into the Union as q state.
Minneapolis was a serious sufferer from
nre early In the week, thirteen saw mills
and sash factories and 40 600 900 feet of fum
Der being burned. A few days later 81
| Paul had fatal fire, but the money loss
was not 50 heavy. The trial Of Mrs. Sham
held the interest Of those who delight in
mysterious affairs. DR.. Buchanan of New
YORK was sentenced to be electrocuted for
poisoning MS wife His case was much
convicted on similar testimony. He will
die during the week beginning October n
More than the usual number of suicides
have occurred the heat. business failure.
| and other causes Temporarily unhinsins
mems intellect. The fatal trolley has con-
tinued Its career Of death, BROOKLYN having
been the scene Of most of the tragedies.
The most novel Incident at the Chicago
fair has been the strike of 400 college boys
who were employed as chair-pushers They
struck against a Is per cent cut in salaries.
Most of the sight-seers walked IN conse-
Quence. Minister James H. Blount arrived
| from Honolulu on his way to this CITY
The Virginia democrats nominated Con-
gresham O'Ferrall for govern and de-
| clared for bimetallism. but without taking
| q pronounced stand for silver. Mgr. SatoIH
celebrated mass In the New York cathedral
Archbishop Corrigan preaching the sermon.
The deaths Of the week have been Con-
gresham Chapman of Michigan at home
and DR.. Charcot and Carl Muller abroad
Quay Says the Senate IL Safe.
From the Philadelphia Times.