Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-06-26
THE WEEK.

Gov. Bushnell was nominated to succeed
himself, and Senator Hanna's candidacy
for the United States Senate was Endorsed
at the OHIO republican convention at To-
ledo; owing to facticnal differences in the
party, the two candidates decided to make
separate campaigns. Gov. Bloxham of
Florida appealed to President Mckinley
for United States troops to restore order at
Key West, where there was great excite
ment over an attempted lynching. John
Moses, colored, was lynched at Crystal
Springs, Miss, for murder. Cornell won
the varsity boat race at Poughkeepsie,
Yale second and Harvard third; the Yale
crew won in the freshmen race two days
before, all three crews breaking previous
time records. The populist state committee
of Maine declared against fusion with sill
yer democrats. The International Press
mems Union, which met at Detroit adopted
a resolution condemning civil service re-
form in the government printing Office at
Washington. The annual fest of the North
eastern Saengerbund took place in Phila-
defphia; the Brooklyn society won first
prize in the singing contest; the next fest
was scheduled for Brooklyn. Gen. John
B. Gordon was elected commander-in-chief
of the Confederate Veterans Association,
which met at Nashville, Tenn. Democrats,
populists and silver republicans in Iowa
combined In nominating a state ticket,
headed by Frederick E. White for gov
Kansas; it had the appearance of a barrel
Of fire. and created much excitement where
seen. Intense heat prevailed at New Or
leans and at many points in the west dur
ing good part of the week. Missouri and
Kansas were visited by tornadoes and
heavy rain storms. which did great damage
and resulted in considerable loss Of life
Foreign.
The great event abroad of the week was
the celebration in England of the sixtieth
year Of Queen Victoria's continuous reign.
The queen took part in the great parade of
June % in London, and her appearance
contradicted the report that she had lost
her sight and was about to abdicate on
account of that misfortune and the general
infirmities attending old age The city of
Tehuantepec, Mexico, was almost entirely
destroyed by an earthquake; the shock was
felt all along the coast Of California. Cap
tain Boycott, the famous Irish land agent.
died in London. France resumed diplo-
matte relations with Venezuela and the
apology of that republic for the incident
which led to the rupture was accepted: The
reported serious illness of Giuseppe Verdi,
the celebrated composer, In Italy, was de-
MED. A report of General Weyler's resig-
nation was confirmed at Havana. Replying
to a question by a member of the house,
Parliamentary Secretary Curzon replied for
the government that the rights of British
subjects would be safeguarded in the pro-
posed annexation of Hawaii by the United
sank at Transund, but the crew was re-
ported saved. 1t was announced from
Simla, India, that over 5000 lives were lost
in Assam by the recent earthquake. 1t
was reported from Brussels that the Anglo
Belgian expedition against the Mahdists,
headed ty Baron Dhanis, has been mas
sacred. including Baron Dhanis himself.
Lieutenant Ayerst apd Plague Commission
err Rand were shot by a native at GaneSh-
kind, India, Lieutenant Ayerst was in
stantly killed and Commissioner Rand seri-
ously wounded. Disturbances were re-
ported at Oveldo, capital Of the Spanish
province of that name. Herman Glide
Lopez, a Cuban insurgent, was executed by
shooting at MatanZas.
In the District.
Judge Cox of the District Supreme Court
issued orders in the street extersion cases
conformable to the mandate of the United
States Supreme Court recently handed
down on tile appeal to that tribunal; the
general deficiency bill, which was reported
from the Senate appropriation committee,
contained items for the payment of awards
under the highway extension act. The
Commissioners considered plans for the
reform of the garbage collection service.
and practically agreed upon a system of
destruction at point down the Potomac.
to which the garbage should be removed in
closed tanks conveyed by scows. On the
opening of the second bids of the District
printing for the coming fiscal year it was
found that a local firm had made the most
favorable proposition. The official tests of
the compressed air motor. being expert
mented with by the lexington and Sol
diers' Home Railway Company, was con-
tinued; no definite results were reported to
the Commissioners. In the Criminal Court
Allen l.. Seymour of New York and John
Mccartney of Washington, brokers, were
acquitted OF the charge of contumacy
brought in connection with the senatorial
sugar investigation of 1894 The court
martial in the case of Prof FanciulIi,
leader of the Marine Band, rendered YER
dict of guilty and sentenced the accused to
dismissal from the service; the acting
secretary Of the navy, Mr.. Roosevelt dis
approved the sentence and substituted a
reprimand. Among those who died during
the week were Representative Edward B.
Cooke of Illinois; Richard Smith, a we'll
known local lawyer. and Col. Clement Hebb
OF the United States Marine Corps.