Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-15
THE WEEK.

taken up Dy the o1hate1e the advocates OF
annexation successfully antagonized a mo-
ton to conduct the debate with open doors;
Senator Davis led the fight in favor of the
ratification of the treaty, ard Senator Alli-
son spoke against Ratification. The civil
service debate in the HOUSE was brought
to a close; Speaker Reeds vote was neces-
sary to secure the adoption of the motion
to end the debate. The Indianapolis none
tary commission was given a hearing by
the House committee on banking and cur
rency; ex-senator EdmupdS and eX-Secre-
tary of the Treasury Fairchild explained
the currency REFORM bill OF the commission.
Senator Chandler authorized the statement
that the President would again send en-
voys to Europe to continue negotiations
for international bimetalism. The Senate
committee on privileges and elections au-
thoriZed an adverse report on the claim of
Mr.. Corbett of Oregon to a seat in the
Senate. The Senate committee on judiciary
made a favorable report on the nomination
of Attorney General Mckenna to be an as
sociate justice of the United States SUI
preme Court; when the nomination was
taken up in the Senate Mr.. Allen of Ne
braska secured postponement of action I'M
til certain charges were Investigated. Ed
win H. Conger of Iowa. United States min
lister to Brazil was nominated as minister
to China: Mr.. C. P. Bryan of Illinois was
nominated minister to Brazil. Civil Ser
vice Commissioner Rice resigned. The
gress recommending an appropriation of
$473, Isl 26 to pay the claims of British sub
jects for losses sustained through the seiZ-
ure of their sealing vessels In Boring sea.
Charles w. Russell of the Department of
Justice. who spent two weeks in Cuba in
vestigating the conditions there, says there
were 100000 reconcentrados suffering and
dying from diseases produced by a lack of
nc urishment, and that, to prevent their ex
termination, they must be helped at once
on a large scale. Miss Helen Long, the
daughter of the Secretary Of the Navy.
was selected by the Japanese minister to
chrSten the new japanese cruiser KaSagi.
M. A. Hanna was elected United States
senator from Ohio for both the long and
short terms; his opponent was Mayor Nc
Kisson of Cleveland; the final vote stood
u to 20 in favor of Mr.. Hanna. The ma
tlonal organization committee of the popu-
list party met in st. Louis and decided to
take a referendum vote as to the time for
holding the party's next national conven-
ton. Major Moses P. Handy, United States
commissioner to the Paris exposition of
1900 died at Augusta, Ca; he was buried
at Berlin, Worcester county, Md. Six per-
sons were killed by the bursting of boiler
on the towboat Percy Kelsey, near Glen
field, Pa, on the Ohio river ]. Marcus
McGeisey ard Palmer Simpson, Seminole
Indians, were burned at the stake in Okla
homa for felonious assault and murder.
Two colored men were hanged by mobs in
Arkansas for murder ard two for feloniouS
assault. At Colfax, Wash. Chadwick Mar
shall was lynched for murder. A tornado
at Fort Smith, Ark, destroyed about forty
to property.
Foreign.
Serious riots broke out in Havana Cuba,
on Wednesday; a mob said to have been
led by Spanish subalterns visited the Offices
of several newspapers, wrecked the build
ings and assaulted the proprietors; the au-
thorities soon suppressed the disturbance;
guards were stationed around the Ameri-
can consulate, but no violence was offered
either to General Lee or to any of the
Americans residing in the city; news of the
r!oting caused much excitement in Madrid
and the police authorities took the precau-
ton to redouble the guard around the
American legation: many rumors were set
afioat to the effect that warships had been
ordered to Havana to protect American in
tcrests, but General Lee denied officially
that he had made any request for war
ships; on account Of the emeute, strict
censorship was re-established over the
mails and telegraph communication with
the outside world: it was announced that
the Spanish officers who led the rioting
would be court-martialed. General Con
zalez Munoz, the new captain general of
Porto Rico, died Immediately after his ar
rival there The jury investigating the
recent fire in the. Cripplegate district of
London found that it was the work OF
some person or persons unknown. Count
Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy Of the French
army was acquitted Of the charge of hav-
ing had dealings with foreign power or
its agents. The new Japanese cabinet was
completed, with the Marquis Ito as pre-
mier. Gen. William Booth, the head of thu,
Salvation Army, sailed from Southampton
Cor New York. Great Britain informed
China that she was willing to find the
money needed by China, provided certain
changes in administration were made, in
ciudlng the restoration of Ii Hung Chang.
NJ. Brisson was reelected president of the
French chamber of deputies NJ Meline,
the French premier, announced in the
chamber of deputies that the government
nad decided to prosecute NJ. lola The
deaths from the plague during the past
week in Bombay numbered $50: there were
] 1907 deaths during the same period from
an causes: The sending Of supplies from
the United States to INDECENT Cubans, was
reported to have aroused Spanish animosi-
ty. The Cuban insurgents DESTROYED large
quantities OF tobacco plants growing under
protection of Spanish forts in Cuba Two
nLDustering expeditions recently landed in
Cuba and the rebels have met and escorted
them inland. Richard Arthur Prince who
Killed William Terriss, the actor, In Lon
don, was found guilty, but declared ire
Prague.
In the District.
The Commissioners forwarded to Congress
with their approval the bill amending the
highway extension act drafted al the sug-
gestion of the board of trade The House
DISTRICT committee granted hearing to the
advocates OF the restoration Of suffrage in
the District. The Senate District commit
tee considered a number of local bills, in
Guiding that providing for extensions of
the Capital Traction Company; no definite
action was taken on that bill, it being dis
covered that friends of the Metropolitan
Railroad Company were insistent upon
privileges being granted to that company
The superintendent of street cleaning ap-
peared before the House appropriations
committee to urge an increase in the ap-
preparation for his department. The Com
missioners were heard by the House COM
mittee on their annual estimates. The mat
ter of the waste of the Potomac water was
brought to the attention of the House ap-
preparations &C mmittee through the reports
submitted to the Commissioners with the
recommendation that water meters be
placed in the houses Of domestic consumers.
After brief debate, in the course of which
the purity Of the Potomac water was as
sailed by Senator Hale. the Senate passed
resolution calling upon the Secretary of
War for infer nation regarding the pollu-
ticn Of the Potomac river. The Pres
ident reappointed Ivory G. Kimball to
be judge of the Police Court. A test
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