Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-21
THE WEEK.

The topic of the week has been the inter-
probation by this government of the Monroe
doctrine, embodied in a message sent by the
President to Congress, accompanied by cor
respondence between Lord Salisbury and
Secretary Olney upon the pretensions of
England to territory claimed by the republic
of Venezuela; Representative Hit pre-
scented a bill appropriating 100000 for
commission to ascertain the true boundary
between Venezuela and British Guiana, in
accordance with the Presidents suggestion;
it passed the House and later the Senate
unanimously and without amendment in
both cases. Senator Chandler of New
Hampshire introduced a bill proyid-
irg an appropriation of s1O0,oO0,GiN for
a heavy incl ease in the national arma-
ment: this was followed by PROPOSE
ticns authorizing the Secretary OF War
to purchase a late device Of heavy
battery and for report on the Feasibility
Of equippins for service the old ship Con,
stitution; Senator Hill of New York added
to the suggestion of defense by asking i'm
mediate consideration for a bill making ex-'
eonfederates eligible to service in the army
and navy. The approval of the Presidents
position in resisting the entertainments of
England on American soil, even If it led to
war, was widespread, and war talk has been
common; the effect of this was seen in the
London stock market where the prices of
American stocks fell; the decline was COM
municated to the American stock markets,
and a big drop occurred all along the line;
several brokers suspended. and large de-
mands were made for gold for foreign ac-
count. The President in special message
to Congress directed attention to these de-
mands and urged that action he taken be-
fore taking the holiday recess to protect the
treaSury's gold The Senate agreed to a
resolution introduced by Mr.. Davis, calling
on the President for information as to Brit
ish or Canadian occupation military
civil, of any part of the United States terri
tory or Alaska. Forty persons were killed
| in an explosion in the Egypt coal mines at
Cumnock. N. c.; within tWenty-foHr hours
after similar explosion occurred in the
Dayton mine, near Chattanooga, Tenn,
thirty men being entombed. The 1notormen
and conductors of the Philadelphia street
car lines decided to go on a strike for in
creased wages. shorter hours and the priv
1lcSe of belonging to the Amalgamated AS
sociation of Street Railway Employees.
In a fire on the Atlanta exposition grounds
| one man lost his life and several others We're
injured. Governor Werts of New Jersey re-
fused to grant reprieve to Theodore Lam
bert, the Camden murderer, who was
hanged Thursday. The second floor of a big
clothing store in Minneapolis collapsed, and
Gale Walters, a clerk, was crushed to death
There was a big blaze in the business sec
ton of Denver. The San Francisco police
authorities decided to close all the pool
rooms in that city. Four workmen were
fatally injured and nine others badly hurt
at Mid Valley co!lery, Shamokin The
ceaths of the week included Charles d. At
wood, one of Americas foremost architects
and designers; DR.. Samuel Fleet Speer a
widely-known writer on medical subjects;
Joseph G. Bradford, on the retired list of the
member of Congress from the second West
Virginia district