Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-27
THE WEEK.

Much of the news during the past weel
has been connected with the criminal caree
Of H. H. Holmes. who Is imprisoned IL
Philadelphia, charged with conspiring t.
defraud an insurance company out Of $40.
COG: his crimes extend over wide distances
including operations in Fort Worth. Texas
st. Paul. Chicago. Toronto, Boston, In
dianapolis and st. Louis; since the finding
Of the bodies of the two PitZel children II
Toronto last week, bones. jewelry ant
articles of wearing apparel have been found
in the building erected and owned BY
Holmes in Chicago. which seemed to indi
cate murders committed there: the mum
Der of mysterious disappearance of per
sons associated with Holmes is phenom
email, AMI the detectives are confused by the
multiplicity of clews continually being dis
covered. The BaEnack Indians whose home
Is on the Wind river. Wyoming. having
gone off of the reservation to hunt game
have caused a panic among the settlers II
the Jackson Hole country adjoinilg. and
Gen. Coppinge-, with a detachment OF
cavalry, has been ordered to the scene, tc
protect settlers. and force the Indians tC
return to the reservation: repeated rumors
have been circulated as to the massacre OF
settlers, none of which thus far have been
confirmed. Throughout the west successive
heavy rain storms have flooded streams
and caused great destruction of property In
the form of bridges. corn fields and buildings
on low lands; Silver City, New Mexico, sus-
tanned severe damage from a freshet. Re
ports over a wide range Of territory in the
west indicate q general prevalence of smut
in the wheat which will materially decrease
the output. Strikes in the iron regions Q;
northern Michigan have continued, with
upward of 10000 miners idle and interrupt
ing trade. Strikes OF lesser size have &C.
CURED in the Shamokin region. in Pennsyl-
vania. which are likely. if continued, tc
lead to enc Of gigantic magnitude.
Foreign.
The tragic features in the foreign news
of the week just closing were the sinking
of the Italian steamer Maria p. in coli-
sion with the Ortesia at the entrance Of
the Gulf of Genoa. by which $50 lives were
lost. the rout of the Spanish regulars at
ManZanilla, in which Gen. Campos was
wounded and Gen. Santocildes killed. The
funeral of Stambouloff at Sofia was con-
verted into riot; all Europe is aroused
by the ASA sSination of the eX-premicr, and
it is likely from reports received during
the week that Prince Ferdinand Will be
depCsed in consequence of his alleged re-
SpoESibility for the violent death of the
eX-premier. Early in the week Spain be-
gan arrangements to send 2oUW more
troops to Cuba. During the week the Brit
ish elections continue TO be topic Of gen.
eral interest on both continents The res
toraton of Lord Salisbury seems to augur
a recpeEng of the difficulty over the
Venezuelan boundary; seizures made by
the Venezuelan authorities this week have
afforded ground for tilrea tened retaliation
es have hrongbt intin,a,in,, W M i'e,,
ing interest in England in the subject of BIZ
metalllsm. The Salisbury ministry is re-
garded however, as immovaby in sup
Nv, ~. bnr;ann 49, ~ 80 1'iei si'ee ~
tarna,inn,I at"rr, i i,aS 80 ~ an IN
zion of The island of .rrinid,d nb;loI -
zjI cI,ins to Ia bar tarri,n. ~. 80,
ra,inn,I .ao.ronhic,, o,,[r ne i'ei :
brilliant onenirr IN ton,i,, - m l.i,'e a
YORK da;iverirf, the anrnaI idros, 'Ne u
In the District.
United States statutory law and rho Fox
inston and Scholars, Home p,;,ro,5 ~, a,.,
IA, ..,,e-.,,., 80 ~ al
80. WIN eaeh o''er or SUI
pieHiacy' with the odds apparently in favor
of the law: in the preliminary Police Court
struggle where Vice President Scno.,f ,,..,s
Oh, rea, n,t.h ,,s..;,.-
maintenanca of noIas ia - - ny 'ne
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habs,s cnr,i,,s NJ 's SeS up ';I d writ OF
fors 1ndoa 80 ~ 20 ~ l VIII appeir ne
tha District ,Jn,d.v Up IN. Aout 81
Il, W., EFFORTS r. sbota ~. ~, nc. - .iie
Vas tho noti+ic,t,oa Nv me ~ NY atiis S
mssioners to the $50; y tne Dts.rlc. Com.
If the trn1lsv nnfa. ~. Na ,ot Iotipiny INA.
we're not taken down u,iti,in tan 49, ,ha,.
would he removed Inv the autbnritiss IT,
hardest b,ow vol raca;,.1 ~, W., ne 9
trolley however vas tba, Ga,;,ar,a I,,rir,o
this week when il becama nI.inIv s,me NJ, ,.a'
that the undarsround alsctrc t,s.a r
which has bren instaIled on tha OR .tran:
lire Of the NaTr,noiita, noya ane gu salss'
plete success Exniorat,on nf W. Aou, IN,
tunnel by Star renortar IN corenaa, ,,,i.
the army engineer of1icers wbo ba'-a ;,,,,,,a
date charge Of tha woris of irnat;rntins
revealed the nrohahiI;tr NV 1. ~;
uses ior winch IL was planned "Wednesday