Evening star., 1896-10-31
THE WEEK.


Partisan bitterness marked the last week
Of the political campaign. On the arrival
Of Mr.. Bryan. the democratic presidential
candids te. at Chicago. as he passed through
the streets from the railway station. sew
eral eggs were thrown at his carriage: two
college students were arrested, but the
prosecution was dropped. Bourke Cochran.
while speaking for sound money at Norfolk.
Va, was repeatedly interrupted by political
opponents, but succeeded in finishing his
address. Generals Palmer and Buckner,
the gold standard democratic candidates,
we're grossly fnsulted while making a tour
through Missouri Mr.. Bryan spent the
week In speaking in Illinois, addressing
which he started on his return to Nebraska,
speaking in Wisconsin and Iowa on the
way. Secretary Carlisle delivered five
speeches for sound money in Kentucky,
and spoke to large gatherings. Secretary
Herbert addressed his fellow citizens in
Alabama on the same subject, while POST
master General Wilson expounded the
money question In West Virginia Bets
were made In New York. Chairman Cam
pau OF the democratic campaign committee
issued q statement comprising the views
oa STATE chairmen. and predicting Bryan's
success Robbers terrorized the people liv-
ing at the Sac and Fox agency. Okiahoma
terrltory, and secured several thousand
dollars worth of booty Legacies aprre-
satIng *4.oO,WO were left to the University
proprtates $5OO,OOO for new buildings There
was run on the gold in the San Fran
CISCO subtreasury. but all demands were
promptly met. Money reached an extreme
vi loe per cent on call in New York. Loan
dpie 1unos were scarce. the banks strength
enlng themselves to provide for the Novem-
Der interest disbursements and for nm
usuaI ca!s; Fire destroyed two grain ele-
oa',o, oa.ors OF the Pacific Company In Chicago,
pios1on of gas at a -colliery of the I.ebiph
ana Wflkesbarre Coal Company. at wilkes
parre' caused number of deaths. The
Iealns n OF the week included George Sharpe
Duryee, commissioner of banking and IN
surance Of New Jersey, and DIR. Il r Mr.
doch, a prominent physician and eY.nresi-
oent OF the National Association Of Roll
road Surgeons. Va
Foreign.
An attempt was made in Consta ntinon,a
10 assassinate Mgr. Bartolomeos. the locum
'ehehs OF the Armenian patriarchate, The
assassins were seized by the prelate's es-
etrt. Ii Hung Chang was appointed
munster OF foreign affairs of China. and
was ordered to be punished for presuu,ine
10 enter the ruined summer palace while
r,satlng the dowagcr empress. Heavy rains
caused hoods In southern France A change
LOT the better in the attitude of the Sultan
OF turkey and his advisers toward the Ar
menlans was reported from ConstantinopJe
me french assembly reassembled and lis
tened to speeches by the presidents of the
chamber of deputies and senate pIorifyin1
tne recent visit of the czar and czarina to
france. The proposed currency reform in
RUSSIA was postponed. An uprising was re-
ported in Sulu Archipelago a portion Of the
Spanish colony of the Philippine Islands,
The minister Of the interior and a native
PRINCE were executed in Madagascar for
comphclty IN the recent rebellion. The Mar
Quls OF LanSdowne, British secretary Of
state Tor war. In an address at Leeds Eng!
land. expressed the belief that the Venezue-.
AN question would soon be dealt with by an
arplter or by amicable compromise The dis
closure OF the existence of an alliance he
tween Germany and Russia during the last
year of Prince Bismarck's chancellorshin,
caused sensation in the capitals Of TEil-
rope. Mrs. Julia Borland Higginson. wife,
OF a wealthy Boston banker, was married I'm
Paris to James Wheatland Smith. with,
whom she eloped. The French and Russian
minister's of war were reported to have ef-
tected plan for the concentration of the
troops of the two countries in time of war
The deaths included Cardinal Gustav
Adolph Won Hohenlohe- e-Schillngsfurst and
Paul Almond Chellemel-Lacour, the we'll
known French statesman. ,,rp,
In the District.
The District Commissioners completed
their estimates of District expenditures for
the fiscal year erding June 30, 1898, aggre-
eating sS.416362.3S. The Engineer Com
missioner consulted with the Board of
Trade committee on railroads in regard to
grade crossings, and it was agreed to unite
in opposing the B. and o. double viaduct
system and in urging Congress to compel
the road to enter the city on a single struc-,
trre. Judge Cox authorized the receiver
for the lexington and Belt street railway
compa MES to issue receivers certificates to
the amount of 5000 to defray current ex-'
penses, ard directed him to advertise for
proposals for the equipment of the roads
with air motors. Judge Hagner refused to
order a division of part of the estate of the
late Joseph Holt. The new home of the
Newshoys' and Childrens Aid Society was
dedicated with appropriate exercises
Among tie deaths We're those of Edwin
Willis, formerly assistant secretary of
agriculture, and Benz. F. Fuller, for many
ye ars disbursing officer of the same depart,