Evening star., 1898-12-31
MISCELLANEOUS.

! During the past year TWO United States
| senators were indicted on criminal charges.
! Senator Matthew S. Quay of Pennsylvania
/ was arrested in Philadelphia October 3 on
\ a charge of conspiracy with ex-State Treas
/ urer benjamin J. Haywood, John S. Hop
| kins cashier of the Peoples National Bank,
( and others TO misuse the funds of the state
! The trial was set for December T. but was
| postponed on a motion on the part of the
| defendant for writ of certiorari, which Is
| still pending. Senator Kenny of Delaware
| was indicted June I a charge of aiding
! Cashier Bosgs of the First National Bank
! of Dover, Del, TO rob that institution of
l Si1I $50. He WAS tried twice, and in both
! cases the juries failed to agree.
Joseph Letter of Chicago attempted to
| corner wheat at the beginning of the year.
| In February it was estimated that he own
! cd over II 900 G1o bushels of the cereal. and
/ the price advanced steadily until about the
| middle of June, when the corner collapsed,
| and the price dropped from about 30 cents
| 10 Ga cents In a few days. L. D. Armour,
II was said. took most of his holdings.
! Considerable excitement was caused in
! London over the affairs of one Ernest Terah
| HoOley. promoter. who failed for an enor-
| nous sum of money. while his assets were
! ridiculOusly small. HOoley was prosecuted
/ on swindling charge. and in his defense
! declared he had paid vast sums to English
| EohIemen for the use of their names to
| promote his schemes.
| The stomachs of Conrad Beck Of ST. Louis
| and Mrs. F. Rastian Of Milwaukee were re-
| moved by surgeons to cure cancers Both
| patients died These operations followed a
| renorted successful operation of the same
! kind at Berlin.
The adoption of Czech as the official Ian
! eUage of Bohemia and MoraVia caused seri-
| Gus disorders in the Austrian reichsrath,
| and caused the dissolution of that body
| Anti-Semitic disturbances developed in
| parts of Austrian Galicia.
! \ revolution in Venezuela under the rebel
| leader Hernandez was crushed by the gov
| ernment forces and Hernadez captured
| Serious riots occurred in Jamaica early
! III October on account of the industrial de-
| preston. and troops were sent to the scene
| of the trouble 10 restore order 1t was re-
ported that many OF the colonists We're ar
! ran~ing to leave the island on account of
the hard times.
Tho Sultan of Turkey. upon the joint de-
! mand Of the powers, withdrew all of his
| troops from the Island of Crete in October
thus ending the dispute between Greece and
| Turkey and leaving the island under a
joint protectorate of the powers.
| Yale College conferred the degree of doc
| tor of laws on President Mckinley at the
annual commencement
Paul Kruger was reelected president of
| the South African republic
serious condition of affairs developed in
| Italy about the middle of May bread riots
| approaching the proportions of revolution
| occurring in many cities, notably in Milan
| Military force was employed to subdue the
| rioters and many We're killed.
/ During an Irish national celebration of the
| centennial of 179s at Belfast Ireland. seri-
ous riots broke out and many arrests were
! made
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland became of
age and was Installed on her throne with
great ceremony September :.
| Ferdinand Peck. commissioner to the
Paris exposition. visited that city during
the summer. and on his return report ed
that he had been very successful in secur.
/ ing additional space for American exhib.
| itorS.
The industrial commission, created by act
of Congress. of which Senator Kyle OF
South Dakota had been appointed chair
man, met here in October and organized
for work.
+ The Maria Teresa, flagship of Admiral
Ccrvera, which was sunk during the en-.
gasement off Santiago. was raised and
started home in tow of another ship hui
was lost in a gale in the Bahamas
| An unsuccessful attempt was made tc
wreck the train on which the Czar of Rus.
STA was making journey from Copenha
gen 10 ST. Petersburg.
The American mission to the republic OF
Mexico was raised to an ambassadorship