Evening star., 1898-08-27

National and International.

National and international.
1t was announced that the American
| members of the Paris peace commission
would be Secretary Day. Senators Davis
and Frye, Whtelaw Reid and probably
Justice White of the United States Supreme
Court, who held the offer of sthe President
under advisement. Continued suffering
among the returning soldiers at Montauk
Point caused Secretary yAlgeT to visit the
camp: he found many evils which he rene
died and granted furloughs sufficient to re-
lieve the overcrowding which had caused
much of the distress Public indignation
against the War Department officials for
the sufferings of the soldiers at the various
places of concentration increased and there
was much talk of Investigations, impeach-
ment and the like 1t was developed that
owing to a misunderstanding the sick SOL
diers in the hospitals had been deprived for
a time of the benefit of a special allowance
of 60 cents day per man for the providing
of delicacies. Gen. Shafter and stair left
Santiago for Montauk, the command being
turned formally over to Gen. LaWton, mill
tary governor of the province. Gen Miles
also sailed home from Porto Rico. Dis
patches from Manila reported an affray be-
tween American soldiers and insurgents.
growing out of the careless discharge of a
revolver by of the former: one Ameri-
can was killed and several were wounded;
otherwise the relations between the Ameri-
cans and the natives were placid and the
adjustment of affairs was satisfactorily
progressing. Reports from Honolulu were
| to the effect that the American flag was
| formally hoisted over the islands August
| u, the day of the signing of the peace pro-
| tocol at Washington. Admirals Sampson
| and Schley reported to the President and
received their commissions recently be-
| slowed and also obtained their instructions
as members of the Cuban and Porto Rican
military commissions. Reports from Porto
| Rico indicated that anarchical conditions
| existed in those portions of the island not
yet occupied by the American forces, some
| of the Porto RiCaQS undertaking to secure
revenge for the outbreaks of the Spanish
| soldiers since the close of hostilities. Some
| of the Spanish soldiers from Santiago ar
rived at Coruna, Spain, and told that the
| city could have been defended Indefinitely
| against the Americans. The Spanish cortes
| was convoked, to meet early in September
| to consider questions growing out or the
| peace negotiations. Renewed rumors of
Carlist uprisings caused the government
serious apprehenSionS. The Canadian Joint
| commission, convened to consider various
| standing issues between the dominion and
| the United States, assembled at Quebec
and organized by electing Lord Herschen
| president.
Foreign Affairs.
Renewed interest in the relations of Eng
| land and Russia was aroused by reported
| maneuvers at Wei Hal Wei on the part of
| the British squadron to force the Chinese
government to accede to the British de-
| mands concerning the disputed railway
| grants. American missionaries at Hainan,
China, were threatened by mobs and sought
| protection with the British consul. In a
! recent battle at WI Chow, China, the regu-
| lar troops were defeated with great loss by
| the rebels. Satisfactory progress was re-
| ported from the British Nile expedition un-
| der General Kitchener. Residents of ia
| maica prepared for a popular appeal to the
British parliament to permit them to seek
| annexation to the United States. Cecil
| Rhodes elected to the Cape Colony as
sembly from Little Namaqualand. The
| British government appointed commission
| to investigate the French treaty rights in
| Newfoundland. The preniers of Queens
land. New South Wales and Victoria met
| at Sydney ard indorsed plans for raising
money for a Pacific cable. Signor Feschet-
ii, a member of the italian chamber of dep
| uties, was sentenced to ten years impris-
| onment for taking part in the recent riots.
| The Thingvalla line steamer Norge collided
| with the flshing schooner La Coquette of
| the Newfoundland Banks; sixteen of the
| schooner's crew were drowned
In the District.
| Preparations for the appropriate recep-
| tion of the District volunteer regiment on
| Its return to Washington were auspfciously
| started at mass meeting Of the citizens;
committees were appointed and subscrip-
| ton lists were opened additional arrange
| ments were instituted to receive the regi-
| ment upon it's arrival at Montauk Point,
| to supply the sick soldiers with de1icacies
| and to insure the comfort of all the men,
| bers of the regiment. Al preliminary report
| from the health officerIin reference to the
| vital statistics for the fiscal year 1S07-9S in
| dicated that the death rate for that period.
| 1872 per thousand, waz lower than at any
| other time in the local history. The an
nual report of the superintendent of sewers
| was submitted to the Commissioners. The
| local organization of Union Veterans
| Union rendered reception to the newly
| elected national COMMUNICATIVE chief, Rob-
| ert q. Dyrenforth of Washington. The
| stockholders of the newly formed City and
Suburban Railway Company, formerly the
lexington and Soldiers Home, met to for
ward the preparations for carrying out the
act of Congress requiring an electrical
equipment. A collision between carriages
In the Soldiers Home grounds resulted in
the death of Miss Sophie Gheen. George
e Taylor took his own life. Amos Davis.
Katie Bernard and Frank Grissett unsuc-
cessfuliy attempted suicide. DIR. Powell M.
Bradley of Virginia was killed by falling
into cellar at the Hotel johnson. The
BODY OF Margaret Scott, who died in June,
was exhumed for the purpose of ascer-
tanning whether suspicious of foul play
we're justified. Among those who died was
| Georga O. Cylayis