Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-13
THE WEEK.

The week prior to the republican national
convention at st. Louis Witnessed the as
sembl:ng of the leaders there and many Of
the delegates. A sensation was caused by
the refusal Of the hotels to accommodate
the colored delegates. but the hotels after
ward receded from their position. The ma
tional committee was controlled by the
Mckinley men. and so many contests were
decided in his favor that the report was
circulated that Mr.. Plat and his friends
had threatened to bolt the convention II
the six contestants from New York should
be seated. The financial plank continues
the leading topic among the political man
ayers and delegates at st. Louis. The
Maryland, Connecticut and Minnesota
democratic conventions met and voted
against free coinage Of silver. The Indian
territory democratic convention declared
for free silver. The first session of the
Fifty-fourth Congress adjourned. The
resolution for an inquiry into the circum-
stances of the award of the statue of Cen
eIal Sherman was defeated in the Senate.
The twenty-eighth National Saengerfest
opened in Pittsburg. Severe storms did
considerable damage in Illinois and Mich
lgan The golden jubilee of Archbishop
Elder of Cincinnati was celebrated there.
many prominent clergymen participating.
Lake City. a California mountain village,
was nearly destroyed by a waterspout. The
teen indictments against ex-City Treasurer
Nicholson, charging embezzlement and
malfeasaLce in Office. Oregon militia were
held In readiness to go down the Columbia
fisheries. Two persons were killed and two
injured in fire in Pittsburg. One hundred
and eighty cans of dynamite exploded near
Lilly. "a. killing one man and severely in
jur1ng six others. Clarence Thornton was
dubbed to death near Sandy Springs Nd
end four colored men were arrested charged
with the crime. The deaths of the week in
GUIDED Capt John G. Bourke. Sd Cavalry.
PhtIAdaInhi0 ov,lr 1>t~
Train near Grand Island, Neb., and ex-
Judge Isaac H. Maynard.
Foreign.
Inc johannesburg reform committee
leaders were released from prison. The
Marquis of Salisbury stated in the house
OF lords that Dongola was the objective
point of the present English expedition In
Egypt. Maj Burn Murdoch's cavalry capur-
ed the entire dervish camp at Suarda, and
now holds the whole of the Nile north of
tfat place. -Four Of the leaders of the
raid in the Transvaal were fined FOX OOO
and in default of payment to be banishad
niteen years. Misunderstanding. the new
Shah of Persia. was formally enthroned
at Ieheran: Mohammed Ali Mira. eldes.
son of the shah, was proclaimed heir-ap-
parent to the Persian throne. The advo-
cate general at the court-martial Of Cen
erai Baratien demanded that he be i'm
prisoned for ten years. The British cruiser
Bonaventure is reported to have lost sew
enty men by sunstroke The breach Of
promise suit brought by May Gore, the
actress, against Niscount Sudley resulted
IN verdict for the defendant. Mrs. Annie
Dyer, the baby farmer of Reading Eng
who murdered infants fntr,lsted to her
care. was hanged in Newgate prison. In
the bomb explosion at Barcelona, Spain,
on Sunday eight persons were killed. TWEEN
ty-one fatally hurt and eighteen injured
Jules Simon died at his home IN Paris.
In the District.
The District annropria ton hiIl l,ooop,o a
law Thursday, the last day of the session.
carrying total of 3d. O5, OS2 As for the fiscal
year 1867; in accordance with one of it's
provisions. the Vice President and the
Speaker appointed Senators Harris, Faulk-
her and Mcmillan end Representatives Pit
ney, Blue and Dockery as members of the
joint select commission to investigate the
subject Of the local charities and reforma-
tory institutions. Among the bills that
became laws on the eve of adjournment
was that permitting the lexington and
Belt street railroad companies to extend
their lines and to adopt rapid transit. The
Senate refused to interfere with the Sher-
man statue awards. Flag lay was ob-
served in the District Friday with appro-
pirate ceremonies in the public schools
and elsewhere. The committee on normal
and high schools of the school board re-
quested the resignation Of Principal Sites
of the Eastern High School, Another trou--
Bile arose in the Emergency Hospital con-
corning the conduct Of Dr. James Kerr,
the surgeon-in-charge, and as result
there was reorganization Of the various
wards of the hospital and DR.. Kerr's au-
thority was somewhat curtailed. The trial
of the Holt will case continued. Capt.
John G. Bourke. Sd US. Cavalry, who died in
Philadelphia Monday, was buried at Arl-
ington. The coroner's jury Of Rockville,
Nd. in the case of the assault on the
Buxton family. which resulted in the death
of the youngest child. held Sydney Ran
dolph for the murder.