Evening star., 1898-10-15
WEEK ENDING OCTOBER Is. Is9S.

eral members of his cabinet. attended the
transmississippi exposition at Omaha: the
President addressed large gatherings on the
route, speaking of the war and the coun-
try's new prospects; he was everywhere
received with great enthusiasm The war
investigating commission examined num-
Der of witnesses. including Major General
Graham, who was at one time in command
at Camp Alger and acknowledged that GER
tain mistakes had been made there; Major
Gallagher. who denied that there Sc
rious shortage of supplies at Santiago; DIR.
j. g. Hoff, chief surgeon of the 3d Army
Corps, at Chickamauga, who pointed out
certain defects at that camp Major en-
brigade surgeon at the same camp, VINO tes-
titled that there was overCrowdipg in the
hospital tents, and DIR. Seaman, surgeon
of the 1st Regiment of Volunteer Engi-
neers, who repudiated a sensational inter-
view, IN which he had bitterly charged the
army administration with cuipable negli-
gence and inetiiciency; Secretary Alger sub
mltted his replies to the questions sent to
kim by the commission. The Paris peace
commissioners held several joint sessions
at which the question of the Cuban debt
was discussed it was reported in Paris that
the Spanish commissioners, acting under
directions from Madrid, declared that Spain
was not bound by the terms of the proto-
col, alleging that she had assented to that
instrument under duress. Major Brooke,
chairman of the military commission in
Porto Rico announced that the American
authorities would take possession Of the
island October is, whether the evacuation
was completed oc not. The Cuban military
commission was notified by the govern
ment at Washington to declare the inten-
ton of the United States to take possession
of Cuba December 1. Col. Ray. at Man
Zanfllo. formally occupied that place in the
name of the United States and outei the
Spanish officials ir possession of the MT
njcipal machinery. President BartolmC
Maso OF the Cuban provisional government.
arrived at Manzanillo ard declared that
the Cubans would cooperate with the
Americans in adjusting the affairs of the
island. The efforts to raise the sunken
Spanish cruiser NiZcaya Were abandoned.
The battle ships Oregon and Iowa sailed
from New York under orders to proceed to
Honolulu. stopping the way at Rio jan
eiro to represent the United States at the
celebration of the anniversary of the or
sarization of the Brazilian republic; it
believed to be the purpose of the govern
ment to forward these ships to Manila. A
report published showing that Spanish
naval officers charged that they We're treat
ed with great cruelty by American seamen
and officers Immediately after the defeat
of the Cervera squadron at Santiago. and
further that the killing of Spanish seamen
on the Harvard during a rfotous uprising
among them was unwarranted; these
charges were promptly denied by American
officials. Carunal Gibbons announced that
the pope had designated Archbishop Chap
pelle of New Orleans as opostolic delegate
tried Chaplain Mcintyre of the Oregon
found him guilty of the charges preferred
against him and sentenced him to dismissal.
riot occurred at Eirden. H.. between
striking miners and representa- tives of a
coal company which had attempted to i'm
port negro laborers from Alabama to take
the places of the strikers: several were
killed and wounded on both sides: ne gov
ernor appealed to the War Department for
aid. in view of the absence of the state
militia under the governments orders. and
detachment of soldiers was placed in pos
session of the town and the company's
works. The Knights Templar of the United
States held their triennal conclave at
Pittsburg. The yellow fever continued TO
spread through the states of Mississippi
and Louisiana. An explosion of gas in a
coal mine at Coledale, Pa. caused the death
of five and the serious wuunding of
eleven others. Among those who died was
Rear Admiral Febiger, L. S. N, retired.
Foreign.
The Fashoda dispute between England
and France became acute. a speech by
Lord Rosebery, the former liberal premier
accentuating the situation. he declaring
that France had encroached on the rights
of Great Britain and warmly praisng the
vigorous tone of Lord Salisbury's notes:
French officer arrived at khartoum with
a message to the French government from
Ma ior Marchand at Fashoda. The strike
situation in Paris continued grave. al
though the danger OF disturbances was re-
duced by the refusal of the railway en-
ployes to obey the orders of their central
organization to join the strike. The EN-
peror and Empress of Germany. with a
large suite, began their journey to Jeru-
salem to attend the dedication of the L.u-
theran Church there: nine Italian anarch-
lists were arrested at Alexandria, Egypt,
on suspicion of plotting to assassinate EN-
peror William. 1t was reported in Paris
that military plot involving Prince Louis
Bonaparte and aimed at the present gov
ernmeEt had been disclosed 1t was Off
ciaIly announced in Italy that owing to
severe financial straits. the government
would be forced to abandon its extensive
program of naval improvements. The
Turkish government submitted reply to
the demand of the powers to evacuate
Crete, Offering to do on condition that
turkey retain possession of a few fortified
places; this condition denied. The
French minister at Pekin threatened to
bring troops across the Chinese border if
q prisoner in the hands of the Szechuan
reoels were not released. Race troubles
occurred in Jamaica, and the agitation for
annexation to Canada was resumed A
boundary treaty between Brazil and Ar
gentina was signed A hundred native At
rican chiefS were arrested and sent for
trial to Freetown, Sierra Leone for muir
derlng American missionaries The Cane
Colony ministry, supporting Cecil Rhodes
policies, resigned in face of an adverse
parliamentary majority. Julio A Roca
was lnaugufated president of Argentina
The steamship Mohegan went ashore off
the Lizard, near England, and many lives
were reported as lost
In the District.
The Commissioners finished their work
On the annual estimates for the fiscal wear
beginning July l, 1899, aggregating ss 195-
oo6.52. The sessions of the triennial con-
Ventlon of the Protestant Episcopal Church
We're continued, the houses discussing
church unity, marriage and divorce the
establishment of provinces and other i'm
portant matters affecting the church ad-
ministration The annual meeting of the
Catholic archbishops of America was held
at the Catholic University; the trustees of
the university also held their annual meet
ing there. The controller of the treasury
rendered an opinion on a question submit
ted by the public printer to the effect that
the local telephone company is bound TO
grant the government the benefit of the
rates prescribed by Congress until the con-
sututionality of the act establishing them
had been overturned in the courts Judge
Cox, in the Equity Court heard are1I-
m in lO,,x