Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-15
THE WEEK.

Iuc Rouse Oh Representatives TOOK d
squirt this week and passed three appropri-
alton bills-the urgent deficiency, fortifica-
lions and Military Academy-and made fair
progress on the pension bill. Mr.. Cochran
secured record-making vote on the APP
preparation for the collection of the income
tax by moving to recommit the bill with in
structions to strike 1t out, but his motion
was defeated by 40 majority, the vote
standing 49-169. In the Senate an unsuc-
cessful attempt was made by Senator Gray
to have considered the bill striking out all
differential duty in favor of refined sugar,
and leaving all sugar dutiable at 40 per
cent ad valorem. A majority vote of ten
against taking up closure resolution. which
followed, indicates, it is believed. the inn
probability of changing the rules at this
session. The House banking and currency
committee held numerous hearings regard
Ing change in the system of issuing the
nations money. The views of many bank
ers were given. Mr.. Springer is to submit
banking and currency bill, which Is to be
pushed through the House. 1t will prob
ably fail in the Senate. The struggle ever
the bill to authorize railroad pooling was
terminated in the House of Representatives
by the passage of the bill by the decisive
vote of 1876 to ITO. Senator Bate from the
committee on military affairS presented
favorable report on the bill creating q ma
tional park out of the battlefield of Shiloh.
tornado did considerable damage in
Forsythe, Texas. The first shipment OF
oysters in crates to England was made
from Newport News, Va. Several large
oil producing companies in Ohio propose to
consolidate and form an opposition to the
Standard Oil Company. The Southern Ho-
tel, at Chattanooga, Tenn, was burned;
all the guests escaped but c. 8. Todd, who
was badly injured. A congress was held at
Los Angeles in favor Of a division OF Cal
ifornia into two states. Dr. Edward 81.
George Courtney was put on trial In st.
Louis for shooting Miss Minnie Schilling.
The California republicans will contest the
election of James H. Budd as governor.
The cruiser Minneapolis, the fastest snip
in the world. went into commission Thurs
day at the League Island navy yard. Elk
Gov. Tillman was elected United States
Senator from South Carolina. his majority
over all in the vote in the lower house of
the legislature being 1O7.
Foreign.
Sir John Thompson, the Canadian prime
minister, died suddt My while taking lunch
with members of the British cabinet at
Windsor, England. Only a short time be-
fore mis- death he had been sworn in 9s
member of the privy council. 1t is p
posed that death was caused by heart DIS
case. Prince Hohenlohe outlined his policy
as chancellor in the German reichstag, dwell
ling upon the necessity of financial reform,
the maintenance of the colonial policy, the
necessity of cooperation between the state
and religion. and declaring that the just
demands of the agrarians would be satisfied
eminent rendered their designations ow-
ing to the financial crisis. The colony will
likely be forced to default on the $25OOU
interest on the public loan due on Janu-
airy l. A crisis in the Italian ministry Is
threatened as the result of ex-Premer Clio
letti placing in the hands of the president
of the chamber of deputies important docu-
ments relating to the Bank of Rome scan
dals. with which his name had been con-
nected. The standing order committee of
the reichstag rejected the proposition to
prosecute Herr Liebknecht for recent ut
terances. The German government has in
structed the Hamburg chamber of COM
merce to investigate complaints that recent
impCrtationS of petroleum from the Stand
ard OIL Company are of an inferior quality.
Freiherr Won Berlepsch, the German min
lister of commerce, has rendered his resig-
nation owing to the fact that the ministry
has rejected bills which he had drafted.
Joseph Temp was elected president of the
Swiss federal council. Ten thousand en-
thusiastic Hungarians marched in the pro-
cession through the streets of Buda Pesth
in celebration of the signing of the religious
liberty bills by the emperor. Advices from
China state that Ii Hung Chang, the vice.
roy who was deprived of so many peacock |
feathers, has been restored to favor, the |
court finding that his services are indis- |
pensabe. Prince Adolphus of Teck, brother |
of the Duchess of York, was united in mar
riage to Lady Margaret Grosvenor, third |
daughter of the Duke of Westminster at
Eaton Hall, Chester, England. Advices
of the largest islands have nearly been de- |
stroyed by earthquakes and volcanic erup-
lions, and many persons have persisted. The |
United States cruiser Detroit arrived at
Naples with the Vatican relics that were
exhibited at the worlds fair at Chicago.
In the District.
The organization of the board of trade
for the work of the year was completed by
the appointment of the standing commit
tees. The enemies of the free public library
bill managed to have 1t referred to the
committee on public buildings and grounds
thus probably destroying it's prospects for
the present session. Frederick Law Ohm
stead, the landscape engineer, made a re-
port favoring the plan of street extension
as prepared by Commissioner Powell Re-
ceivers were appointed for the Columbia
and Fidelity Building and Loan Associa-
tons. The national conference of state
boards of health was In session during the
week. The last case left the smallpox hos
pital, and it was closed for the season. A
bill to locate the proposed municipal build
ing on Judiciary Square was approved by
the Senate District committee. Owing to
the announcement of reduction in the pay
of the employees of the Metropolitan street
railway. the drivers and conductors left
the cars of both branches standing on the
street: conference with President Phillips
sumed work this morning, after all travel
on the road had been stopped from 4:15
o'clock yesterday afternoon.