Evening star., 1895-06-08
THE WEEK.

The vacancy in the Office of Secretary of
State caused by the death of Judge Gres-
ham was filled by the appointment of At
torney General Olney, while Judge Judson
Harmon. a prominent Cincinnati lawyer,
was appointed to succeed Mr.. Olney. The
President appointed William H. Pugh of
Ohio to be auditor of the treasury for the
Navy Department. to succeed c. B. Nor
ton, who was removed, and Edward A.
Bowers to be assistant controller Of the
treasury, to succeed the late Mr.. Mansur.
The convention of democrats at Springfield,
ILL.,, indorsed free coinage of silver at 16 to
1, and called for a national democratic
conference to act on the money question.
The republican state convention of Ken
lucky nominated Col. w. o. Bradley for
governor, and adopted a sound money, pro-
lection platform. The dam above Curtis
lake, Neb., broke, and the water, rushing
in great volume down Medicine valley, did
great deal of damage. Forest fires did
great damage in Pennsylvania, a number
OF oil wells at Kane being destroyed. A
caDleSram from Rome was read in the St.
Louis Cathedral announcing the deposition
Of Archbishop Kenrick, and the appoint
ment of Bishop kain, archbishop of St
LOUIS. provost G. c. Harrison established
cna1r at the University of Pennsylvania
by a gift of 100000. The committee ap-
pointed by the New Jersey senate to in
Vestlgate the state house frauds presented
us report accusing officials of collusion
WITH outsiders to loot the state treasury
Inc apology of the Spanish government
Ior the Alliance affair was received by the
state Department. Several important ar
rests were made in Chicago, and one of the
worst gangs of thieves in Chicago was
broken up. The sessions of the general
synod OF the Evangelical Lutheran Church
IN the United States began at Hagerstown.
Foreign.
The Spanish chamber of deputies adopt-
ed motion cenSuring the government
Inc ministers did not resign, but the re-
publicans seem determined to overthrow
the government The government authori-
ties at Havana claim to have information
that an expedition is being fitted out in the
bayous of the Mississippi river. The For
mosa republic has collapsed. the president
of the republic having fed. The formal
transfer of the Island of Formosa took
place at kee Lung on June 2. Great Bri-
tain rejected the friendly offer of the pope
locking to settlement of the boundary
dispute with Venezuela by arbitration. The
European powers are not satisfied with the
reply of the Turkish government to their
notes i'll regard to proposed reforms in
armenia, the sultan not agreeing to the
principle of the control Of the proposed re-
forms by the powers. The captain general
of Madrid was shot and dangerously
wounded by an officer of the Spanish
army, who had been refused the hand of
the captain generals daughter in MARRIAGE
the criminal was shot later.
In the District.
Representatives of the street railroads
that have not complied with the regulation
requiring cars to be equipped with tenders
and whee.-guards appeared in the Police
Court to answer warrants served upon
them; date was fixed for hearing the
cases. A map showing the extension of
the city streets over the section of the
suburbs between North Capitol street and
Eastern branch was approved by the
District Commissioners. During the
week the Washington Convocation of
the Protestant Episcopal Church was in
session. and also the Southern Tariff As
soclation of Fire Underwriters. In accord
ance with a request Of the President w H
Manogue, collector of the port of George
town, handed in his resignation. A system
OF furnishing food to prisoners at the Police
Court was inauSurated. One of the old
citizens OF the District, d. d. Carpenter,
died.. The Naval Lodge of Masons dedi-
Gated their NEW hall at the corner of Penn
sylvania avenue and 4th street southeast
Editor Chase of the Bee was released from
jail. where he had served a sentence i'm
posed on him in the libel suit of Recorder
Iaylor, and was given banquet in Alex
andria by the Northwestern Editorial As
Socia ton,