Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-01
TIM WEEK.

\ TIM WEEK.
OF pre-eminent public interest has been the
discussion over the proposition to investigate
the charges Of criminal embezzlement that have
been lodged against United States Senator W. N
Roach Of North Dakota. Senator Hoars reso
luton looking to such an investigation was the
! undoubted sensation of the American week. II
| il thought that IL official notice 10 taken OF
these accusations Q general drag-nst In
quiry will be commenced which may
prove disastrous to more than one
| senatorial reputation. In addition q
the trouble which the Senate has been having
| in connection with the Roach difficulty there
has been more or less disturbance a. to the
Offices which the democrats think their sup
porters ought to have, and which the repub-
iicans say they shall not have until the Senate
meets In legislative session about September or
October next. Several important nominations
have been received and acted upon by the Sem
ate, the most prominent being that of ex-Secre-
tary OF State Bayard. who will represent
the United States as ambassador at the
the court Of St James. Arrangements
have been made for publishing the
nection Herewith. Politicians and other fnan-
ciers seem to be satisfied with the President
decision to reconvene the international none
tary conference in May next. There has been
trouble in Nebraska over charges affecting the
secretary Of state. the attorney general and
these three high officials impeachment
proceedings will soon be in progress
The struggle between capital and labor
seems to have produced about the usual
quota Of disturbances. The coal miners
strike in the Monongahela region is off and
z havo rofu IN lint xhar>
probably will be for some time much diff
Guilty between the clothing dealers and the
clothing makers in New York city and be-
tween the Carriage and Wagon Manufacturer
Association and the members Of the Carriage
and Wagon Makers Union. Between the Chi
cago and Northwestern Railroad Company and
its telegraph operators there is friction, and
similar conditions prevail between some of the
employers and mill hands in the Fall River region
Serious damage has been done the ''Whitecap"
industry by the shooting Of two prominent be-
levers in that method of reform while engaged
in their missionary work in q rural district of
Georgia. Naval men and others interested in
American supremacy at sea have been delighted
with the performance Of the United States
cruiser New York. which in an incomplete state
and at its first trial succeeded in making 90 80
knots in one hour. Col. Elliot +. Shepard
editor of the Nail and Express. and Baron
Andrada, Brizilian diplomat OF some note
are the two persons who figured most conspicu-
ously in the neurology of the past few days.
EUROPEAN AFFAIRS.
King Humbert of Italy and the dynamiters
in Rome have attracted European attention
during the past week. While King Humbert
was returning from drive last Saturday even
ing a religious fanatic named Berardl threw a
heavy stone at him and narrowly missed doing
the monarch serious damage. Following this
have been a number OF dynamite Outrages, in
which human beings seem to have been spared
and la number of fine buildings considerably dam
aged. Fearing an outbreak the authorities have
ordered to the city large number of troops.
France has labored with three or four crises,
and another cabinet-that organized eleven
weeks ago by NJ. Ribot-has gone to pieces not
because it really had to, but because there
seemed to be desire among its members to
stand from under when there was q probability
of something very heavy dropping in connec-
ton with the Panama canal scandal An ad-
verse vote in the chamber of deputies brought
about the resignation of the ministry. In addi-
ton to little matters like this the French peo-
pie have been very much stirred up over the
accusation made by Mr.. Brandes, who was the
Paris correspondent of the Berliner Tdgbldt.
Mr.. Brandes charged that the son Of President
Carnot had received brides in connection with
the Panama matter, and for this he was e1-
PEELED from France. A crowd Of Partisan
hoodlucis would have done him injury had
they been less cowardly. and an attack was
really made upon Mr.. Brandes daughters.
The German newspapers have used some
pretty strong language in connection
with the affair. There is probability also
Of warm and pointed diplomatic correspond
ence over the action Of Gen. Dodds, the French
commander in Dahomey. who has expelled
from that country several Germans who were
engaged in supplying the Dahomeyans with
guns and ammunition to be used in the fight
the natives making against the Gallo
troops. The Count Of Paris has appeared
for a little while; long enough to issue
another manifesto calling on the mon
archists Of Franch to come right up and make
a noble effort to overthrow the republic and re-
instate the power the Count Of Paris 10 sup
posed to represent Home rule matters are
moving along slowly but surely in the English
parliament. 1t has been decided by the liberals
to push the home rule bill to a second reading
on the 9th OF this month. In answering the
protests of deputation Of London merchants
said that the views Of the money
interest were commonly opposed to ma
tional sentiment and that the proposed
measure WIS conservative, not revolutionary.
To answer this ana similar statements q num-
Der OF anti-home rule men are engaged in de-
hvering speeches at the more important centers
OF population in England, Wales and Scotland
Floods at Kaharkov and Kasan, in Russia, have
caused heavy loss of life and property. and
there is danger Of further great mortality in st.
fetersDurS, where IL Is stated very positively
that cholera has a strong grip on certain por-
tions Of the city. The death of the week in
Europe was that Of Baron Louis Hallay, Hun
garian politician of considerable note and in
fuence.
IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
Liquor license matters have been the most
fruitful topic Of local discussion. The Bush
liquor Casa test case-was decided against
the defendant, and so was another test case in
which the validity Of the mile-limit provision
was tried to the utmost; both de-
PENDANTS have appealed to the higher courts.
Colonel John NJ. Wilson has relieved
Colonel Ernst commissioner of public
buildings and grounds. and has assumed charge
of the business of his important Office There
were rumors of further purchases of local street
car lines by syndicate, but SO far there have
been no actual sales. Impressive holy week
services in the Episcopal and Catholic churches
have attracted large congregations.
The Fate of Pioneer.
The only full-hedged crinoline which has ap-
peared in the streets Of London WAS worn one
doy last week Inv a voup0 uoxpop NJ, A..