Evening star., 1896-04-11
THE WEEK.

The House of Representatives adopted
the conference report on the Cuban reso-
iutions by PA to p; there were but ten more
votes against the report than against the
original House resolutions. After be-
Ing in retirement for weeks the tariff sill
yer bill was brought forward as a text for
speech by Mantle Of Montana. one Of the
five republican Senators who voted against
considering the tarin BILL The Senate COM
mfttee on territories authorized favor
able report ON the bill providing for a del
egate In Congress from the territory Of
Alaska. The House committee on military
aEairs decided to favorably report the reso-
luton revtvtng the rank Of lieutenant gen.
eral The Rhode Island republican state
convention named an uninstructed delega-
ton for st. Louis; the sentiment was for
Reed. The Oregon republican state con-
vention adopted O. resolution instructing the
delegates to st. Louis for Mckinley. The
Utah republican state convention declared
for free coinage. In a number Of the NUM-
cipal elections in Kansas the republicans
defeated the fusion tickets Ex-President
BENJAMIN Harrison was married at st.
Mary Lord GhuEsh New iopn York sm.h to Mrs
hired man. confessed to the mur-
der of the Stone family in Tall
madge. Ohio. Jackson w. Showalter Of
New York won the chess championship of
>~S SAAAeSu oldt dtCo ny ucledlluS Eull hefl-
eny Of Philadelphia. The big ship Blair
mere, while riding at anchor Off San Fran
cisco. Cal. capsized in a squall and sunk
SIX were drowned. The deaths of the week
included John A: Cockerill. the journalist,
OF apoplexy in Cairo. Egypt; Bishop Ryan
of Buffalo. N. Y: Governor Jones of Ne
vada at San Francisco; John pope. vice
president of the American Tobacco Com
pany
Foreign.
The OF
Knapp. the American missionary, from
Bitl1s' Armenia, is reported to be in line
with an agreement entered into between
estant and Catholic missionaries, and to
substitute for them priests of the Russian
church; the Turkish minister for foreign
anairs admitted that Mr.. Knapp was de-
olution continues in Nicaragua, with occa-
sionai encounters between the insurgents
and the government forces. The Spanish
government Is making preparations to
blockade the coast of Cuba should the in
surgents be recognized as belligerents by
the United States. The athletic contests
were fnaugurated at Athens; the prelimi-
nary trials resulted in victories for the
on briskly for the campaign In the Soudan;
Inc khahfa Is concentrating his forces at
Wady-Halfa. The expedition of the Rus
sian Geographical Society. equipped for
tAC SApiOidIlOn Oh CQe lrkutSk region or
Siberia. started from st. Petersburg. and
Will be absent three years. Two battalions
OF Chinese soldiers, while killing off officers
and men of another regiment were blown
into eternity by the explosion of a maga-
zine. Count Mattel, the originator of a
system of medical treatment in the devel-
opment of homeopathy, died at Bologna.
In the District.
The District appropriation bill was passed
by the House with clause prohibiting the
payment of any portion of the sum pro-
vided for charity in aid Of any institu-
tion or society under sectarian OF ecclesias-
tical control. In the House a resolution to
accept the Senate amendment to the free
to conference. Senator Mcmillan intro
duced bill in the Senate requiring the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad to abolish
grade crossings In the city and to elevate
Its tracks. A joint resolution was adopted
by the Senate directing the Secretary of
the Treasury to have the roof of the new
city post-off1ce building constructed Of the
best f1re-proof material. Consideration by
the Senate District committee of the dollar
gas bill was deferred in order to give a
nearing Thursday next to Mr. Winship
president of the Georgetown COMPANY
Thomas B. Kalbfus was elected chairman
OF the democratic central committee Prom
nent members Of the Union Republican
CluD resigned and steps were taken to
form new organization. Wesley Hall, a
mlddle-aged colored shoemaker was found
dead In his room. terribly mutilated; no
ciew to the perpetra tor. Fire from al, oil
stove broke out in the mail car attached
to cable train while on 18th street, and
before the flames could he extinguished the
car was nearly consumed. The annual
convention Of the National League of Mn
slcians was held. The deaths of Mills Dean
ana "A. H. LoWrey occurred.