Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-10
THE WEEK.

The worlds fair ia getting along very nicely,
but the United States court at Chicago says it
must be closed on Sunday, and this will probably
be done, SO that people who want to see the CO.
lumbus caravels, which are to be features of the
big exposition and are now on their wayto Lake
Michigan via the st. Lawrence must visit the
grounds on week days. BY reclamation William
Mckinley, jr., has been renominated for gov
ernor Of Ohio, and only in that state have po-
htlcal matters been at all disturbed during the
past week. OF labor difficulties there have
been but few, the more prominent being the
difficulty at Cincinnati, where 5000 furniture
makers were thrown out Of work, ana the
wages strike Of lace weavers at Patchosue,
L. 1. Bank runs and closed doors have been
frequent throughout the country, but none
OF the institutions affected we're of the solid
order; they we're used mainly for speculative
purposes. At Omaha the rather unusual pro-
eedure Of locking up cashier who wrecked o
bank startled several people who were possessed
of an idea that cashiers could not be arrested.
A tremendous fire destroyed the greater portion
of the town OF Fargo. N D., and throughout
the country there were more than the average
number OF blazes More notable than any Of
the other assemblages OF the week was the
quadrennial congress of the Loyal Legion At
st. Paul. The publication Of the Russian
treaty stirred up afresh questions OF interna-
tional comfy and Russian Judicial methods.
OF the deaths there were but few prominent,
but one of them-that of Edwin Booths gen.
orally regarded as q national loss.
OVER THE WATER.
Mr.. Gladstone is having more than q little
trouble with his home rule bill, great deal Of
obstruction having developed during the past
few days. Some Of the Irish members are dis
satisfied with many Of the amendments, and
with Interruptions want to compel the house to
look after nothing but the one bill in which
they are most interested, which led Mr.. Glad
stone to intimate very strongly that there were
other matters that needed attention. The Ber-
ing sea case 10 still moving along slowly in
Paris. the days being devoted to the speeches
by British counsel. Incidental to mention Of
Partisan happenings 1t may be stated that
the probabilities favor speedy reductions Of the
sentences Of tine prominent Frenchmen who
we're mixed up in the Panama canal scandal.
Emperor William is very quiet just now, says
nothing about the army bill and tries to pre-
vent his ministers from doing any loud talking.
The chances Of the bill do not, however, seem
to improve, for the Catholics of Alsace and
Lorraine have organized against it, Minister
William Walter Phelps Of New Jersey has re-
tired from his high office az representative of
the United States at Berlin, giving way to Gen.
Runyon, who is also Of New Jersey, but a
democrat Plunderers Of the Italian banks are
being vigorously prosecuted, SO there 10 likeli-
hood of severe encouragement for the BUSH
ness of bank wrecking in Humberts kingdom.
In two or three European spots there are
symptoms Of cholera, while in Asiatic Turkey
the disease 10 epidemic and fearfully fatal
IN WASHINGTON.
The events of the week have been overshad-
owed In the horror of Friday, when by the
falling in of the floors of the old Ford's Theater
building on 10th street, where some
500 clerks Of tho pension bureau Of
the War Department were at work, over
a score Of homes were made desolate and sad
because of the death of the bread winner. In
many other homes the shadow Of this great sor-
row was cast when loved ones were brought
back manned and crushed, but grateful to
have escaped with their lives. The movement to
celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the
laying of the corner stone Of the north wing Of
the capital was furthered by mass meeting of
citizens and the subsequent appointment
by the chairman, Commissioner Ross,
of a committee to make the necessary
arrangements for this celebration. The Court
of Appeals rendered a decision in the test Ii
quor case holding that the licenses under the
old law are good for the balance Of the license
wear.