Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-30
THE WEEK.

American continent took place at st. Louis;
In the tornado that swept through st.
Louis and East st. Louis, and other por-
tions of Illinois and Missouri, it Is esti-
mated that four hundred lives were lost
and 1000 persons injured; tornadoes and
heavy rain storms destroyed life and prop
erty in Iowa and Michigan. where the
killed will exceed two hundred and prob
ably twice that number were more or less
injured. At Victoria, B. c., an electric car
fell through bridge; it Is believed over
one hundred persons were killed; sixty-one
were found. The Supreme Court affirmed
the opinion of the court below. holding the
sugar bounty law valid. and overruing
Controller Bowler; the opinion was unani-
nous. The Supreme Court affirmed the
decision of the court at Philadelphia, which
found Captain Wibork of The steamer
Horsa guilty of violating the neutrality
laws; the decision finding the mate guilty
was reversed. The Senate defeated the
proposition to increase the beer tax IS
cents per barrel by the vote Of "a to q.
Ex-Governor S. d. McEnery was elected
United States Senator in Louisiana. The
vermont democrats nominated DR.. j. Hen
ry Jackson for governor; the platform in
dorsed the administration and declared in
favor of gold. The national convention
of the prohibition party was held at Pitts
burg; Joshua lowering of Baltimore was
nominated for President on platform de-
claring for prohibition only; the silver ad-
vocates and those in favor of other issues
bolted and nominated other candidates;
a hot fight took place over free silver,
which was finally defeated by 427 to 37.
The third biennial congress of the Central
Federation of Women's Clubs begun
in Louisville. Charles Warren Lippitt was
inaugurated governor of Rhode Island. Scott
Jackson was sentenced to be hanged June
80. At the Methodist general conference
in Cleveland the newly elected bishops were
consecrated. The deaths included Francis
ShOber member FOrtV-firSt
Forty-second Congresses, and at one time
secretary of the United States Senate; A.
C. Mellette, ex-governor of South Dakota;
Captain John Wilson, the hero of Look
out mountain. and Dr. C. P. Frost, dean of
Dartmouth Medical College.
Foreign.
The ceremony of browning the and
cZarina at Moscow was the occasion Of one
of the most brilliant royal displays ever
en- in Europe; the weather was fine; the
car issued a manifesto RENTING arrears
of taxation. reducing the land tax and
quashing all petty convictions; exiled GRIM
inals had third Of their sentences remit
ted. and life sentences were COMMITTED q
twenty years. Mr.. Breckenridge. United
States ambassador. gave dinner and soiTee
10 distinguished Americans in Moscow. The
Durgans in China again rebelled; they
vancing westward. Turkish soldiers con-
tinued their attacks upon the Christians on
the Island of Crete. Capt Plumer's forces
repulsed the Matabele after some sharp
hshtlnS near Buluwayo, South Africa.
In the District.
The bill to establish free municipal
library in the District was finally passed
by Congress- the conferees between the
two houses having agreed upon a com
promise whereby the sixth section. about
which dispute had arisen relating to the
financial nrsih fnr 10,
dropped from The bill. The House granted
the District day for local business Mon
day. probably the last of the session. and
three bills of Importance were passed, that
providing for rapid transit on the Eek
ington and Belt lines, that relating to tn.
rights of married women and that grant
ing the baltimore and Washington Transit
Company terminal privileges in this city
Trouble arose between the inventor of the
garbage crematory furnace at the foot of
South Capitol street and the contractor for
the collection and disposal OF the city's
garbage, and as a result the crematory
closed and the garbage problem was
feopened without settlement having been
reached by the end of the week The de-
sign submitted by Carl Roll Smith for the
proposed statue to Gen. Sherman in this
city was chosen by the commission in
charge of that enterprise. The corner
stone OF the new GonZaga Hall was laid,
with impressive ceremonies. The first an
nual convention of the Washington diocese
of the Episcopal Church was held, and i'm
portant business was transacted The first
Washington salon and art exhibition Of
photographs was held at the Cosmos Clue,
with exhibitors from all parts Of the coun-
try. The trial of the Holt will case was
continued before the Supreme Court of the
District Francis J. Kieckhoefer formerly
disbursing clerk at the State Department.
was arrested on the pending charge of al
legged embeZziement of official funds and
was finally released on bail in the sum
of S15,VO. Thursday afternoon a violent
storm broke upon the city, and did great
damage to the trees. besides partially de-
moiishing the Mt. Zion, colored Baptist
Church, ard causing several severe in
juries to persons. An unknown man at
Gaithersburg, Md, made a wholesale at
tempt to murder the Buxton family at
that place, and wounded four persons
seriously: two arrests were made, but the
crime was definitely fixed on no one; great
excitement prevailed; the injured persons
were brought to the city, and Friday were
confronted with one Of the prisoners but
without positive Identification following.
Irving Ford, convicted Of the murder of
Elsie kreglO May 3. was sentenced to be
hanged June rs. the motion for new trial
having been overruled and no appeal be-
ing taken. Policeman Michael Breen and
John I. Hoffman committed suicide