Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-17
THE, WEEK.

The conferees on the tariff bill continued
in session without reaching an agreement;
considerable comment was caused by the
fact that Speaker Reed advised the House
confelees to stand firm in their opposition
to the Senate sugar schedule. The Senate
passed the deficiency bill, which was sell,
TO conference; partial agreement was
reached on the items Of difference, the
House agreeing to the Senate rate of $500
per ton for armor plate for naval vessels.
The Senate spent the remainder OF the week
in the cOnSidera ton of Paciitc railway
matters. President Mckinley submitted
the nominations of number of consular
and diplomatic officers, and announced
that no more SUCH appointments would be
made until after his return from his sum
mer outing at Lake Champaign. The Chris
tian Endeavor convention in San Francisco
finished its work. Two large reservoirs in
the Fishkill mountains, near Duchess
junction. n. Y, burst and caused a loss OF
several lives. The principal interest in the
coal miners strike centered on the plan to
end the struggle by arbitration; there were
indications of a coal famine confronting
the country within the next ten days. The
Baptist Young Peoples Union at Chattin-
ooga elected officers. including Rev. Curtis
Lee Laws of Baltimore, vice president,
and Charles NJ. Ness, Maryland member of
the board of managers. Nicholas G. Creede,
a millionaire mine owner, after whom the
town of Creole Col, is named, committed
suicide at Los Angeles. Cal. The Chicago
city council passed an ordinance taxing BIZ
cycles. Emanuel Rich, member OF one OF
the largest dry goods and furniture firms In
the south committed suicide at his home
In Atlanta, Ga. The National League CT
Republican Clubs finished its work at De
troit selected Omaha as the next place of
meeting and elected Leonard J. Crawford
of Kentucky president. Among those who
died were Frank Mclaughlin, publisher of
dol
Lothrop Of Detroit, former minister to
Russia.
Foreign.
English newspapers severely criticised
Secretary Sherman's letter regarding the
seal fisheries question. 1t was reported
that Japan and China would form an al
lance hostile to the United States. Ten
Eyck won the diamond souls race at Hen
ley. Senator Wolcott, eX-Vice President
Stevenson and General Paine, United States
bimetallic commissioners, had a conference
at the British foreign Office in London with
Lord Salisbury and other high officials on
the subject of international bimetaliiSm;
the British officials made no statement in
dicating their intention in the matter.
Matsalloy. the rebel leader, burned and
robbed the British government station at
Gaya, on the Island of Labuan, and car
ried off about $4,000 from the treasury.
The difficulty over the refusal of the au-
thorities of Morocco to permit Americans
to employ native help. a privilege allowed
Europeans, was settled, and the Unite1
States warships San Francisco and RAJ
leigh sailed for home. The body of a wo-
man supposed to be that of Mrs. c. Da-
kyns, said to be a relative of eX-PreSident
Cleveland, was found in the sea off Ostend,
Belgium Mr. and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid en-
tertained large company at luncheon in
London. steamer from SpitZbergen re-
ported that Herr Andree started Sunday in
his balloon for the North Pole. number of
Russian students were arrested at the re-
quest of the Russian government on the
charge of completely in nihilistic move
ments. Emperor William was accidentally
struck on the left eye by rope while
walking on the deck of his yacht at Odde
Norway. A dispatch from Berlin says that
during Emperor Williams visit to the car
an understanding may be reached by which
Germany and Russia will act together with
a view to further isolate Great Britain
England, Germany. Russia, France and
| Italy replied to the Turkish appeal In refer
| ence to the frontier settlement in the peace
negotiations with Greece. All agreed with
Austrias message that the sultan's claims
cannot be admitted; the sultan's last pro-
poSal was to send reinforc ementS to Crete
which is taken to indicate that he will no:
yield to the powers in regard to the from
tier question. Gen. Quentin Banderas, the
Cuban leader, was reported killed in an
engagement on July at Papaya Heights
Mrs. Hay, wife of Col John Hay. United
States ambassa dor to Great Britain, mar
rowly escaped injury while driving in Lon
DON A report prepared by a number of
Armenian notables and Gregorian bishops
on the situation in Armenia was received
by Pere Charmetant, director general of
the French mission in the Levant; the re-
port gave shocking accounts of clandes tine
butcheries and terrible prosecutions.
In the District.
The Commissioners decided to recommend
to Congress the passage of bill provid-
ing for the issue of $5000,000 worth of
bonds to pay the expenses Of the street ex-
tension projects involved in the highway
act. The process of the condemnation OF
| land for the Connecticut avenue extension
was begun by the appointment of jury
mitted to Congress bill providing for the
use of the Aqueduct bridge by street rail-
ways entering the city from Virginia. The
Attorney General rendered an adverse
opinion upon the application of the Dis
trict water department for a permit to
construct q reservoir within the boundaries
Of Rock Creek Park 1t was held that the
| Rock Creek Park commission had no such
| jurisdiction as would enable 1t to grant
| the desired permission. The wheelmen Of
| the District applied to the Commissioners
| for comprehensive changes in the police
regulations affecting the use of bicycles.
The Central Labor Union protested I'm
availingly to the District Supreme Court
| against the employment of prisoners on
| the work of erecting q wall around the
District Jail. At the annual meeting of the
| stockholders and subsequent meeting of
| the newly elected directors of the Metro
| polftan Street Railway Co,nponv Robert