Evening star., 1897-12-04
TIE WEEK.

| Mrs. Nancy Allison Mckinley. mother of
| the President was stricken with paralysis
| at her home in Canton. Ohio the Presi-
| dent husteLed 10 her side from this city.
| Blanche X. Bruce was appointed register
of the treasury. The Georgia house of rep
| resentatives voted down a bill TO put Union
veterans in that state on the same legal
| place as confeierates. Nathan Willis. col
| cred, accused of murder. was burned to
Geath by a mob in South Carolina. Thomas
| Riley announced as the silver demo-
| cratic candidate for mayor of Boston in
| opposition to Mayor Quincy, the nominee
| Of the ''old-time democrats A large num-
Der of persons left Dawson City for Fort
| Yukon. in order to avoid tarvation. The
| rational prison congress began its sessions
| at Austin, Tex Bishop Capers of South
| Carolina fixed December 10 as a day for
| the Protestant Episcopal clergy of that
| state to preach against the crime of muir
! der. Philip Hodge, who. while a fugitive
from justice in Oklahoma, saved many
| lives in the flood there, was placed ON trial
| at NaldoSta. Ga, en- the charge of murd r.
| ing his uncle, Samuel Hodge. The North
| Carolina democratic state committee at
| meeting a Raleigh reaftrmed the Chicago
| platform and declared William j. Bryan
| to be the great leader of the party The
| Kentucky Distillers' Association decided to
| restrict the production of liquor in that
state for three years. Henry George. son
| of the late sngle-taX leader. was married
|
W. Spalding. eX-president Of the Glcbe
Savings Bank of Chicago, was given an
indeterminate sentence to the penitentlary
! for embeZZlemCnt. S. II. II. Clark. one of
| the receivers of the Union Pacific railroad.
! declined the presidency of that road. Yale
! won the annual debate with Harvard at
| New Haven; the Hawaiian question was
! the topic. The National Live Stock EX-
change began its annual meeting at Sioux
| City. William Kern confessed at Waterloo.
Iowa, alleging that he was led by his
sweetheart. Delah Fales, to assist in the
murder of his father. Secretary Wilson de-
| liverei the principal address at the open
| ing Of a new agricultural building at the
! Tuskegee Normal and Collegiate Institute,
Tuskegee. Ala. committee of the Georgia
| legislature was held up and robbed while
| travelling by rail through Okefenokee
| swamp. a large body of Choctaw and
| Chickasaw Indians decided to emigrate to
| Mexico. Near Evergreen, Ala. William
Ellis. n white farmer. killed Cook King.
| colored. by slowly shooting him to death
as punishment for improper conduct with
Ellis daughter.
Serious rioting occurred in Prague, Bo-
| hemia, between Czechs and Germans: the
| disturbances amounted almost to a rebel
lion: repeated raids were made upon Ger
man stores, schools and shops, and 300
Germans were injured; the military fired
on the rioters, killing two; the chief of po-
lice, a Czech was discovered encouraging
the rioters: he was removed from office
and the city placed under martial law; the
Austrian cabinet resigned and their resig-
nations were accepted: the announcement
stilled the tumult in the streets of Vienna.
where the police had repeatedly charged the
| crowds with drawn swords. wounding many
persons. The report of collision between
| British and French forces in West Africa
proved to have been unfounded. The pope
appointed Archbishop P. l.. Chapelle of
Santa Fe N. NJ to be archbishop of New
Orleans and Rev. Father Fitzmaurice of
Williamsport, Pa, to be coadjutor bishop
of Erie, Pa. NJ. Darian, French minister of
| justice. resigned in consequence of ad-
verse vote in the senate: his place was
| temporarily filled by NJ. Meline. the pre-
| mier. Baron Won Bulow, German minister
for foreign affairs. assured Ambassador
susceptibility Germany had reduced her
claim against Haiti to $4,000. The United
States renewed its demand on Turkey for
| the pillage of American missions in Ar
| menia. Active fighting was reported be-
tween the Spanish forces and insurgents in
Cuba; Premier Sagasta told the Spanish
| del Rio, which General Weyler had repre-
sented as pacified, was still an active CEN
| ter of rebellion; Marshal Blanco decided
/ to employ white and negro guerrillas
against the Cubans, replying to the rebel
| tactics with similar warfare. The British
| forces in India inflicted severe punish
| ment upon the rebellious tribesmen. The
German navy department ordered more re-
Inducements to China. The Emperor of
China declared that he would forfeit his
crown rather than to agree to the condi-
tions demanded by Germany as redress
for the murder of two German mission
aries. The Italian chamber of deputies
appointed a commission to inquire into the
charges against ex-Premier Crispi in con-
| nection with the Bank of Naples scandal
and the alleged illegal traffic in decora-
tions. Fierce storms again ragged over
England causing much damage. Martial
| law was declared again in Montevideo,
Uruguay, as a result of rioting. Emperor
William opened the rechstag in person:
| in his speech from the throne he advocated
! an increase in the German navy.
In the District.
The jury of awards in the pending street
extension cases submitted report, assess
ing damages against individual lots of prop
erty proposed tn be taken under the high
way extension act: the chief of engineers
| received from the District Commissioners
| a plan of the third section of the highway
extension project. Property owners of South
Washington filed with the Commissioners
9 protest against certain features of the
plan for the abolition of grade crossings
along the line Of the Pennsylvania railroad
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