Evening star., 1896-02-29
THE WEEK.

By q vote Of sixty-four to six the United
States Senate adopted q concurrent resolu-
ton favorable to Cuban belligerency, and
requesting the President to interpose with
Spain for the recognition Of Cuban 1nde-
pendence; Senator Sherman arraigned Spain
and her general. Weyler. in scathing Ian
guage; other speeches were made by Mr.
Lindsay Of Kentucky, Lodge Of Massachu-
setts, Ca6ery Of Louisiana and Vest of
Missouri; the voting was simplif1ed by the
withdrawal Of conflicting amendments, so
that only three votes were necessary; the
first disposed of the resolution Of Mr..
White of California, limiting the action of
Congress to request on the. President to
grant belligerency; this vas tabled. 57-12;
the amendment of Mr.. Allen directing the
PRESIDENT to recognize the Cuban republic
as independent, met like defeat. 52-17: ac-
tlon by the House had previously been pre-
vented by Mr.. Boutelle's objection to con-
slderat.on OF the resolutions reported by the
foreign affairs committee. Quite a breeze
was raised In the Senate over the tariff bill !;
Mr.. MorrilPs motion to take 1t up was de-
1eated, y to 50; the republicans voting in
the negative were Cannon of Utah, Carter
and Mantle of Montana, Dubois Of Idaho
and Teller of Colorado; Mr.. Morrill, declared
that he accepted the vote as defeating the
tariff bill; it showed, he said. that the re-
In the Senate; Mr.. Teller protested against
the efforts Of Mr.. Morrill, to read the silver
senators out of the republican party; Mr..
Sherman announced thar he would not
abandon the tariff bill; Mr.. Frye added that
the tariff bill was dead-dead as julius Cae-
sar; Mr.. Carter made speech, in which he
used very plain words in denouncing what he
termed the movement to drive him and his
silver associates out of the republican party.
Ihe House passed the bill authorizing the
secretary of the Treasury to kill the Alas
kan seal herd if a modus vivendi could not
pc concluded for the protection Of the seals.
The House passed the Indian appropriation
bill. the sixth Of the thirteen general ap-
propriation bills, and sent it to the Senate.
The House. by 9s to "a. decided that none
OF the appropriations on the Indian appro-
priation bill for Indian schools should go
to sectarian schools. A general strike Of
garment workers was ordered In Baltimore.
Central train were indicted by the grand
jury IN Utica. A jury in Philadelphia
convicted the captain and two mates Of the
steamship Horsa Of filibustering New York
ter Crawford and 1.-THE Kid" who raided
the City National Bank at Wichita, Kan,
and killed the cashier were captured near
Fort Worth. Texas. and hanged. The vir-
gina legislative investigating committee
recommended reorganization of the
Staunton Deaf. Dumb and Blind Institu-
tion MISS Martha Overman confessed in
5an francisco that her charges against
rev, Dr. Brown were false, and that she
fabricated them for blackmailng purposes
The Rev. Joseph v. Johnson, DID, was
consecrated bishop of the Episcopal Church
at Detroit. The New York, PENNSYLVANIA
and Ohio railroad was sold for $1,000, 900.
The deaths included Professor William c.
husseil, ex-vice president of Cornell Unt-
Eers1ty; Gen. Lewis Merrill. Brig. Gen.
George w. Gile. Rear Admiral Joseph
fyHe. Henry c: Bowen, editor and proprie-
tor of the Independent; and William II.
Luckenbach, DID.
Foreign.
A rebellion broke out in Nicaragua; Mo-
motombo. On Lake Managua, was bonn
bs rded by a government boat and the in
hatitants fed in terror. A large number of
stores and warehouses at Johannesburg,
South African republic, were burned. The
motion for a second reading of the evicted
tenants bill was defeated in the British
house of commons by 271 to ia Dr. Jane
son and fourteen of his men were arraign-
ed in the Bow street police court. London,
charged with warning against a friendly
state A Turkish trade was issued per-
mitting Miss Clara Barton to travel in
Anatolia. Mr.. Curzon, in the house of
commons declared that the government
was willing to consider the matter of re-
opening the Indian mints If such action
could be made part of a satisfactory
scheme of currency reform. Arsene Hous-
saye. the French litterateur, died in Paris.
In the District.
A Jackson City coroner's jury rendered
verdict that Benjamin Hines. the negro
deputy sheriff who was engaged in the
raid on the gambling establishment Of
John c. Nelson. came to his death from
gunshot wound inflicted by Nelson; the
latter was held at Alexandria for hear
Ing. A plea Of guilty to involuntary man.
slaughter was made by Miss Elizabeth NJ.
Flagler who was indicted for shooting
and killing Ernest Green, a small colored
fine Of $500 was imposed. In the cases
pending against James o. P. Burnside
charged with embezzlement while disburs-
ing officer of the Post Office Department.
and who has been confined in the Govern
ment Hospital for the Insane since his ar
rest, In 1884, nolle presses were entered by
the officers of the government. Mai john
McElroy was chosen commander at the
annual encampment Department of the
Potomac. G. A. r. Plans have been pre-
pared for changing Metzerott Hall INTO
theater. Resolutions recommending an
extension of the sewer system the improve
ment of the Eastern Branch fats. the puri-
fcatfon of the water by sedimentation and
filtration. ETC., were adopted at meeting
OF the board of trade. 1t was announced
that the District Commissioners propose
hereafter to retain the work of street
sweeping under their own control instead
of giving it out under contract. W. n
Multer of West Philadelphia has been ten
dered the position of general secretary of
the Y. NJ. c. A. Of this city. The Evening
News Of this city ceased publication.
Among the deaths of the week were those
of Maj. Thomas P. Morgan, formerly major
of police and District Commissioner, and
of DR.. Smith Townshend, for fourteen
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