Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-06
THE WEEK.

THE WEEK.
Elections were held in Michigan. Rhode
Island and Wisconsin during the past
week. resulting In republican success. It Is
said in Chicago that q new telephone COM
pany, with a capital Of $16OOO0,OO0, is FORM
ing. The republicans gained a complete
victory in the Chicago municipal election.
George B. Swift. their candidate for mayor.
was elected by plurality of 10000. In the
teEth congressional district of Illinois c. w.
Prince. republican, was elected by 1900
plurality. Navigation between Detroit and
other lake cities has begun. 1t is said the
raisers of cattle in the west are preparing
to fight the dressed beef combine. The
American Sugar Refining Company Will en-
ge ge in distilling spirits. In business cir
Giles there appears to be a better feeling
generally, probably in anticipation Of an in
creased trade with the arrival of spring.
William Lake was killed by electricity at
the Auburn IN. W state prison for murder
ing Emma Louise Hunt. grocery and a
saloon were wrecked in New Orleans by an
explosion. and a number of people were
killed. The Indianapolis grand jury began
an investigation of the row in the Indiana
senate chamber. j. Hurt, mayor of Casper.
Wyo., shot and killed William Milne
sheep owner, at Casper, In that state. Hurt
claims that Milne was intimate with his
wife. The board of engineers to survey the
route of the Nicaragua canal will consist OF
Maj. VIM. Ludlow as chairman; Lieutenant
Commander U. T. Endicott and Mr.. Alfred
Noble. Prominent New York republicans
issued an address demanding the adoption
of the reform bills. Five men held up and
robbed the passengers Of a Rock Island
tain at Dover, Oklahoma. reunion OF
en- the battlefield of Shiloh. Fifty colleges
were represented at the annual meeting of
the American Republican College League
at Grand Rapids. Mich. The citizens COM
mi tna n VI dan, OF
Garrison specific charges against the city
and county government, and an investiga-
ton will be begun Immediately. Marshall
E.. Price. young blacksmith of Harmony.
Caroline county, Nd, was arrested. charged
with the murder Of Sallie Dean. David NJ
Stone, for forty-four years editor OF the
New York Journal Of Commerce, died In
Brooklyn of heart disease.
Foreign.
The celebration of Bismarck's eightieth
birthday was taken up with enthusiasm
throughout Germany: the effect has been
a revival Of patriotic sentiment favorable
to the present regime, and tending to ar
rest the Generalization resulting from the
spread of socialistic doctrines. Gen. Low.
with 14OOO men, started from Peshawur
for Chitral to relieve DR.. Robertson, the
British resident. and his 400 men and re-
store order; at the Melandri Pass the Brit
ish drove 1900 of the enemy from their
positions; Chitral lies on the road from the
Pamirs southwark into India; the ruler. or
mehtar. was few months ago assassi-
mated by his brother. the Amir-ul-Mulk.
who was recognized by the Indian govern
ment; thereupon Sher Afzul, his uncle. and
Umra Khan, a freebooting chief of Jandol.
invaded the country and put to rout the
ruler. King oscar Of Sweden and Norway
has no end OF trouble with the Norwegian
radicals, who form a majority In the parlia-
ment of that country; Norway wants sepa-
ration from Sweden: the quarrel has been
going on for years, and the Swedes are
willing to fight to maintain the union. The
case of Oscar Wilde against the Marquis Of
Queensberry was withdrawn in court: sub
Wilde was arrested. The Mexi-
can and Guatemalan governments have
settled their boundary contro-
versy. The Chilean government placed an
ship of 5000 tons. An association to pro-
tect the German gold standard was formed
in Berlin. The bill for the disestablishment
of the church In Wales passed its second
Doucet. perpetual secretary of the French
Academy. died in Paris. The Irish land bill
passed Its second reading in the house Of
commons. M. Hanatoux, French minister
Of foreign affairs, In a statement to the
senate in reference to the Anglo-French
situation in Africa, said that France wanted
to know where Egyptian influence ended
and British influence commenced In the
Upper Nile country. but he concluded that
the two great nations would find means to
their interests.
In the District.
w. F. Gardner, a colored prisoner. while
attempting to escape from Constable Rich
ard Ross in the vicinity of Rosslyn, was
shot. The first services of the new Dupont
Circle NJ. E. Church were held on Sunday
In the church building, at 18th and Massa-
chusetts avenue. and the cornerstone of
the new Protestant Episcopal Church at
Brookland was laid. The work of the CEN
trail relief committee being completed, at a
recent meeting it was directed that the
should be notified of that
fact. The report Of the treasurer showed
that the receipts amounted to about $751;
600. including the $4,000 appropriated by
Congress- leaving balance of 81 GOO Sew
eral successful burglaries were perpetrated,
evidently by professionals, and r. A.
Golden was assaulted by highwaymen in an
alley near his stable. By recent decision
of the Court of Appeals the District is de-
clared to be the owner of the reservation
known as the ''Haymarket." The Presi-
dent and his family removed to their coun-
try home. Woodley. Under direction OF the
Commissioners, plans have been completed
for the new smallpox hospital. to be
erected near the present building. The
death of Rev. John T. Delaney occurred.
Hattie Berkeley, a girl thirteen years old,
was killed by falling from a bicycle under
the wheels of passing wagon. Dr. S. c.
Busey was badly injured by falling through
the open door of the elevator shaft in the
Concord apartment house. A reception
was given to Rev. Wallace Radcliffe, DID,.
of Detroit, Mich, the pastor-elect of the
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, at
the residence of John w. Thompson.