Evening star., 1898-03-19
THE WEEK.

Maine disaster left Havana Thursday and
reconvened at Key West. The Brazilian
cruisers Amazonas and Admiral Abreuall
were bought for the United States navy.
The Spanish cabinet made representations
to the United States government that the
war measures taken by this country and
the assembling of strong fleet at Key
West tended to encourage the Cuban in
surgents and defeat the policy of auton-
omy. The dispatch boat Fern was ordered
to Havana to take the place of the Mont
gomery which went to Key West. Ad-
vices from Valparaiso state tfat it is not
believed there that Chile will sell the
O'Higgins or any other warship to Spain.
A dispatch from Madrid stated that Gen.
Blanco would soon begin an extensive cam
paign in Cuba, designed to destroy the
power of the insurgents; this IS supposed to
be intended as an answer to the criticism
that Spain canIot control Cuba. A special
from Havana said that there is a large hole
in the bottom of the harbor there under the
Names former anchorage, which lends
color to the theory that a torpedo caused
the wreck. Senator Proctor, having just
returned from a visit to CUBA, delivered
speech in the Senate, after consulting with
the President, that attracted the closest
attention; he described the condition of the
Cuban people as unSpeakably pitiable; his
speech was a strong showing for American
Intervention to end the war. The Senate
confirmed the nomination of T. V. Pow
derly as commissioner Of immigration.
Senator Davis, chairman of the, copmittee
on foreign relations reported to the Senate
joint resolution providing for the annex
alton of Hawaii by the United States.
conference was held between Senator Han
ma, chairman of the republican nationa!
committee, and members Of the republican
congressional committee, at which the
work of the fall campaign was outlined.
Thomas E. Watson was nominated by the
populists of Georgia for governor. Gov.
Elisha Dyer of Rhode Island was renomi-
mated by the republicans. Mrs. John NJ.
Thurston, wife of the Nebraska senator,
died on the yacht Anita at Sagua la Grande
Foreign.
French fleet, which it was reported,
would support Russia in the far east, is
being prepared for mobilization al Cher
bourg. The petition of Capt. Dreyfus' wife
to share her husbands Imprisonment on
DEVILS Island, off the coast of French
Guiana, was refused. The German marines
left Crete because, was stated the az
fairs of the German creditors of Greece
had been settled. In the house of commons
Mr.. George N. CurZon, parliamentary Sec
retary for the foreign ONCE, stated tnae
Great Britain had not offered to lend war
ships to the United States. France made
additional demands upon China, and gave
that country eight days to submit The
Spanish torpedo squadron sailed from LIS,
bon, said to be bound for Porto Rico. and
was later halted at the Canary Islands by
cable orders from Madrid The United
United States gunboats< Helena and Ban
croft left Lisbon for home. Alvarez, NJ
nez and other Cuban leaders who. accord
ing to an official Spanish report, were about
to offer submission to Spain, were reported
to have been killed by insurgents near La
Esperanza- At least sixty persons were
killed in an explosion in the Santa Isabel
mine at Belmez, Spain. Two hundred and
sixteen deaths from the plague were re-
ported In Bombay. India Woolf JOEL trus-
I,A-
nato, the South African millionaire. was
shot and killed at Johannesburg by man
named Feldthein, to whom he had refused
money. A German captain of customs
crossed the French frontier. were attacked
by body of French workmen and forced
to withdraw.
In the District.
The House devoted Monday to the con-
sideration of District measures and thir-
teen bills were passed, including those pro-
viding for the reorganization Of the Eek
ington and Belt roads, for the readjustment
Of the taxes to be paid by street railroad
companies, for the further restriction OF
the sale of deadly and dangerous weapons,
for the amendment Of the criminal laws of
the District, and authorizing certain ex-
tensions and improvements by the Capital
and Glen Echo railroad companies. The
subcommittee OF the House appropriations
committee investigating the local telephone
question continued its work and obtained
from the telephone company statistics re-
lating to the operations of that corporation:
members of the subcommittee visited the
telephone exchange and this visit disclosed
the fact that the expert accountant until
lately employed by the Senate for an in
quiry into telephone finances was at work
In the employ of the telephone company
for the same purpose. The subcommittee
OF the House District committee on aSseso-
ment and taxation held further sessions at
one OF which q statement was presented by
the president OF the board Of trade reuative
to the situation In Washington in the mat
ter Of real estate valuations. The Senate
passed the bill authorizing the oFEanixa-
ton OF a battalion OF naval militia In the
District In Philadelphia the men recently
convicted Of oleomargarine frauds were
sentenced to imprisonment for six and
three months and to pay fines Of 81 800 and
$500, respectively: the men later obtained
their liberty on bail under writ Of error |
having taken an appeal from the United
States district court to the United States !
circuit court; the sentencing OF these men
caused q revival Of interest in the iocaI
prosecution and prepare
tions were made to proceed With the trial
Of indicted persons BY ths action o. n |