Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-24
THE WEEK.


The conferees on the tariff bill reported
their agreement to the House and Senate;
the report was adopted by the House Mon
day at midnight, and was debated the re-
mainder of the week in the Senate; it was
generally accepted that in the matter of
the sugar schedule the House confer ees
Won decisive victory; the report was as
sailed by democratic speakers in both
houses but no tendency developed to delay
final consideration In the Senate an ad-
verse report was submitted from commit
tee on Senator Humans resolution direct
ing an inquiry into scandals growing out of
alleged transactions in sugar stock by GER
tain senators. T. b. Turley, recently ap-
pointed senator from Tennessee to succeed
the late Isham G. Harris, took his seat. A
determined effort was made by Senators
Harris of Kansas, Morgan and others to
secure consideration of the resolution af
fecting the status of the Pacific railroad.
Returning miners from the Yukon district
in Alaska brought back almost fabulous
accounts of the richness of gold discoveries
at Klondyke and other places in the dis
trict, and as result gold craze similar
to that of 1919 developed throughout the
country. The coal operators in the Pitts
burg district agreed to a conference, the
object of which was to settle the strike by
plan of arbitration; agitation OF the
strike continued at all points in the west,
with varying results blu: not as rule sat
isfactory to the strikers scarcity of coal
developed at several points IN the west. and
several plants were compelled to shut down
in consequence. President f. b. Andrews
of Brown University, Rhode Island, whose
free silver utterances were distasteful 10
the trustees and fellows of the institution,
resigned. monument to Gen. John a.
Logan was unveiled in Chicago. The Pan
American delegation, which has been visit
ing the industrial centers of the country.
discussed reciprocity at the Philadelphia
Commercial Museum. Near Bridgeport
Conn, Marcus G. Nichols, an old and
wealthy farmer, was shot and killed by
masked burglars and his sister severely
wounded Rev. Peter Havermans the old
est Catholic priest in the United States.
who labored for twelve years in st. Mary's
county, Md, died at Troy, n. Y. Col Chas
F. Croker, vice president of the Southern
Pacific railroad, died at his home in Cali
fornia.
carrier pigeon was caught near from
soc Island, near the north point of Nor
way, with North pole, passed fifteenth"
stamped upon its wing; Do. Elkholm. who
was associated with Andree, doubted
whether this message or similar one re-
ceived at Soevde came from Andree Sir
Charles Dixie, radical. declared in the Brit
ish house Of commons that the gravest
foreign question at the present moment
grows out of the relations of Great Britain
and the United States. Mr.. Whitelaw
Reid, special envoy of the United States to
the queens diamond jubilee. gave a not
able dinner in London return for Brit
lsh hospitality extended to him and Mrs.
Reid; the Prince of Wales was among
those present; after the dinner Mrs Reid
held a reception. new bill. giving the
government power to repress opposition
meetings and agitation, was passed by the
upper house of the Prussian diet. The Sal
walton Army celebrated it's thirty-second
anniversary at the Crystal Palace in Lon
don. 1t was again stated in London that
Great Britain would probably agree to
participate in bimetallic conference in
Washington next fall. Emperor Williams
physician said the sight of the emperor
eye was in no sense impaired by the recent
accident on the imperial yacht. The Sui
tan of Turkey issued an trade Sanctioning
the settlement of the frontier question in
accordance with the wishes of the powers.
A hail storm in Switzerland destroyed crops
and fruit trees and damaged buildings
north of the Lake of Zurich. The Right
Hon. Anthony ]. Mundella NJ. p. for the
Rrightside division of Sheffield, England,
and twice president of the board of trade.
with seat in the cabinet. died of paraly-
list, died in London. Alexander Thayer.
former United States consul at Triest,
Austria. died at Triest.
In the District.
The Commissioners appointed w. c.
Haskell of Ohio to be sealer of weights
and measures; John G. Miller of the Dis
trict to be deputy sealer; DIR. William P.
Carr to be coroner. and DR.. w. Thompson
Burch to be police surgeon. Attorney
Thomas rendered to the Commissioners an
opinion to the effect that there Is no au-
thority in the law for permitting the use
OF the overhead trolley on the Anacostia
bridge. Receiver Schoepf of the lexington
and Belt street railways protested against
the authority of the Commissioners in the
matter of the air motor experiments re-
Gently conducted by the former of those
of trade committee on public order pre-
scented a voluminous report to Commits
sioner Wight relative to the administration
of the police and fire departments and Ma
tional Guard of the District. recommending
certain reforms. Commissioner Wight be-
gan an exhaustive investigation into police
administration, and several important
changes were indicated as likely to be soon
adopted. Annual reports were submitted
by the government officers in charge of
the water supply, the public buildings and
ment. The jury of awards in the Connecti-
cut avenue extension project submitted
their report. The United States gunboat
Helena reached the navy yard, having
come to this city for the purpose of the
presentation of a silver service donated by
the citizens of Helena, Montana. for which
the boat was named. Fire occurred in
Criswells drug store, 7th and streets
northwest, and did considerable damage
Aaron Brunn, a well-known citizen, COM
mitted suicide by drowning in the river;
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