Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-25
THE WEEK.

THE WEEK.
| The British American commission decided
| that the United States must pay to the
British government $iG4, 900 for the seizure
| Of Canadian sealing vessels in Boring sea.
| An examination of the rolls of the New
| York pension agency showed that many
frauds had been committed. Within the
past six months the Navy Department
spent 81, 100000 in getting the North At
lantic fleet into efficient condition. Secre-
| tary Gage arranged to prevent any disturb
| ance of the money market as the result OF
| the payment of the principal and interest
Of the Union Pacific railroad bonds on Jan
| uary l. At the meeting OF the cabinet the
| proposed revision of the civil service rules
was discussed, and it was decided that
| members o. the cabinet should submit in
writing suggestions as to the modincations
| they may consider necessary. The gunDoat
| Newport, with the Nicaragua canal COM
| mission, arrived at Port Limon, Costa Rica,
| near Greytown, her destination. A monu-
| ment to Major General Belknap, erected In
| the National cemetery at Arlington, was
| turned over to the government. Fire in the
| business center Of Cleveland, ono. caused
| loss Of nearly a million dollars The Coli
scum building in Chicago was destroyed by
| fire, with loss of life. Josiah Quincy, DEM
| ocrat, was reelected mayor of Boston, by Il
plurality of about 1850. Rumors We're
/
| tween Joseph Letter and Philip ID. Armour
| in the great Chicago wheat deal. Mrs.
| George Nj. Pullman of Chicago decided TO
| take a dover interest in her late husbands
! estate instead OF abiding by the terms Of
his will The Auditorium building in Kan
sas City was almost destroyed by fire, caus-
| ing a loss of about $35J,UU. The American
| Federation Of Labor ended its sessions at
| Nashville, Tenn. The supreme court of
Illinois upheld the Chicago civil service law
and decided that a number OF appointments
| made by Mayor Harrison and Police Chief
| klpiey are illegal. Miss Adah Exam, find
| ing that she could not get the office of as
| sistant state librarian of Georgia, attempted
| suicide in Atlanta by taking morphine.
| package, containing $4,000, was stolen from
the Southern Express Company's office at
| Columbia, S. c. Summary measures to
| prevent filibustering expeditions from leav-
ing Key West harbor were taken by the
battle ship Maine.
| Foreign.
| Col. Joaquin Ruiz, who was sent to the
| Cuban 1nsurgent General Araugueren with
| proposals to surrender to the Spaniards,
! was killed a spy; the incident created a
sensation in Spain and the Island of Cuba.
General Weyler said in an interview that
| the policy of autonomy, if persisted in,
would lose Cuba to Spain in a few months.
A strong Russian force occupied Port Ar
! thur as an offset to the German seizure of
| kiao Chau bay; France sent a cruiser to
| Chinese waters to guard her interests, in
expectation of trouble arising over the di-
vision of China; all sorts of rumors were
set aftoat in Europe of alliances of the
| powers to prevent an open rupture over the
! exploitation of China; England and Japan
were reported to have formed a secret alli-
| ance to resist the encroachment of Russia
and Germany, who were reported to be act
| ing in concert. Italy was reported to have
declined a proposal to act in common with
England on the Chinese question; the ulti-
mate attitude of the powers Is a source of
no mi nl
States gunboat Bancroft was fired on by
| the Turkish forts at Smyrna on the night
of December 4, the entry Of ships into
Smyrna at night being prohibited; the
Turkish government apologized. The pope,
replying to Christmas greetings, declared
the people desired the restoration of papal
Independence; he appeared in excellent
health. Conflicts between Christians and
Mussulmans in Crete were renewed. Major
Marchand reports that the French eXpedi-
ton up the Nile has been successful The
Allahabad Hindustan) ioneer criticises
the British officers engaged in the war in
India. Charles Helmboid, son of the late
DR.. Henry T. Helmbold of New York, was
committed to an insane asylum in London.
me Queen Regent OF Spain signed the ap-
pointment of Gen. Gonzalez Munoz as cap
| tain general of Porto Rico. The Berlin
Zeitung announced that Wilhelm Joest, the
explorer, died recently in Australia. The
Bengal chamber of commerce asked the In
| dian government to adopt the gold stand
ard. Count Almonster of Portugal was
| killed, in Lower Guinea, by the natives
Bismarck's health was reported improved
The dervishes were beaten at Ell flasher,
with great loss, by the native levies o. the
Kassala garrison. The Arabs along the
Persian gulf were reported to be in revolt
against the Turkish government Some
were killed and many injured by earth
quakes around Smyrna, in Asia Minor. The
Canadian parliament was called to meet on
February g. Lady Millais. widow of Sir
John Millais, the artist, died in London
he vii of
imperial chancellor, died in Berlin
In the District.
The board of trade approved the recon-
mendations of its committee on the subject
Of the amendment Of the highway act and
adopted resolutions looking to the ipstitu-
ticn of an active campaign for the adoption
of certain notifications Of the law by Con-
gress at the pending session. 1t was an
ncunced that the President had chosen
Aulick Palmer of Rhode Island and this
city to be marshal Of the District Of CO.
lumbia, to succeed A. A. Wilson: also that
he had decided to appoint Judge Ivory G.
Kimball to succeed himself on the Police
Court bench. Judge Cox In the District
Supreme Court, signed the decree for the
sale of the Belt railway property, to satisfy
the demands Of the bondholders: notice was
given of an appeal to be taken by certain
parties to the proceedings including the
employees and some of the unsecured credit
ors. The Commissioners appointed Thomas
H. Wright to be a school trustee, to sue
coed Blanche K. Bruce. lately appointed
register Of the treasury. Miss Leila Her
bert, daughter of the ex-Secretary of the
Navy. committed suicide by jumping from
a window while depressed on account of ILL
ness. Frank Matthews, a young white
imam, took his own life by shooting. Among
those who died during the week We're Judge
Westel Willoughby, long a member of the
Washington bar: VIM. Plume Moran, for
many years. registrar Of the Navy Depart
ment, and VIM. W. Browne a noted colored
banker Of the city Of Richmond.