Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-22
THE WEEK.

of the Hawaiian annexation treaty with
out taking definite action. President Dole
of Hawaii reached San Francisco Monday
morning and almost Immediately started
for Washington; at Chicago and other
cities en- route he was the recipient OF
marked attention; the President sent an
official delegation to Chicago to welcome
him as the guest of the nation. During the
consideration of the consular and diplo-
matte appropriation bill by the House dem
ocrats and populists made several unsuc-
ceSSful efforts to secure the adoption
of an amendment declarative of the
belligerency of the Cuban insurgents:
Chairman Hit Of the committee on
foreign affairs spoke in depreciation OF
these efforts and assured the House that
the President would act when the time was,
ripe. The nomination of Attorney General
Mckenna to be a justice of the Supreme
Court of the United States was confirmed
finance reported favorably to the Senate a
resolution providing for the payment of
national bonds in both silver and gold. MI.
Jules Cambon, the new French ambassa-
dor, was formally presented to President
Mckinley. The Secretary of the Navy
asked an appropriation of $4,000 to
strengthen the armament of the cruiser
Chicago. The Senate passed the bill re-
stricting immigration. Senator Wolcott ex-
planned in an address to the Senate the
work of the international bimetallic COM
mission. The Supreme Court decided that
the heirs could not recover a life insurance
policy on a person who committed suicide
while In sound mind. The State Depart
ment was notified of the death by drowning
of w. w. Ashby, United States consul at
Colon. President Mckinley held his first
official reception at the White House We'd
nesday night. The stomachs of Conrad
Beck, in st. Louis, and Mrs. E. Bestian in
Milwaukee, were removed by surgeons as a
result OF cancer; both patients died. Gov
robert L.. TaVlOr announced that ba Uas
candidate for United States senator from
Tennessee. Burglars ransacked the sum-
mer home Of ex-President Cleveland at
Gray Gables, Mass About 1900 cotton
operatives in New England went on strike
against reduction in wages. The legisla-
lures of Maryland and Tennessee held sew
eral 1nefectual battles for United States
senators. Logan Carlisle, son of the former
Secretary of the Treasury, died suddenly
in New York
Foreign.
The Chinese question again became acute
Russia defied Great Britain to prevent thu,
consummation Of her pending plans Japan
sent nine warships to China, presumably
as a protest against the aggressions of
Germany and Russia; Sir Michael Hicks
Beach declared that England would fight
rather than be shut out of the China trade.
The United States Nicaragua canal COM
mission was received with distinguished
honors at Managua. Great Britain again
USSAiiCu " dCCSuc u the request OF the
United States to reopen the sealing cues
t1on The Bohemian Diet was again the
scene of turbulence. Signor Nicolini hus-
band of Adelina Patti, the opera singer,
died in Pau, France. Ri. Hon. Charles Pei
ham Viiliers. father of the house of com
mons, died in London England aged nine
ty-six years. Anti-Semite demonstrations
were renewed in Paris and at Marseilles
and other provincial towns in France The
bill providing for the issue of currency
notes in India against gold was adopted by
the India council. Reports circulated In
London that Gladstone was in a critical
condition were subsequently denied.
In the District.
The District appropriation bill was re-
ported to the House from committee, carry
Ing $5.509, 1867 exclusive, and IS. 637 1857 So
inclusive Of the water department.; heavy
cuts were made from the Commissioners
estimates, and the bill carried a smaller
total than the current appropriat ton: MANY
important projects were omitted from the
measure. Monday was first District day
In the House for the session; four bills were
passed, the Senate bills regulating Gene
teries, for the disposal of certain refuse
and authorizing the Commissioners to ac-
cept the bequest of the late Peter Won Es-
sen, and the House bill for the protection
of fish in the District. In the Senate M.
Kyle presented a petition from residents of
South Washington urging the remedy of
the evils caused by the James creek canal;
MS remarks caused Senator Gallinger to
express surprise at the existence of this
unwholesome influence and to indicate that
q vigorous effort would be>made for its re-
moval. The Senate District committee
passed favorably upon the bill authorizing
the consolidation of the lexington AMI
Belt and Columbia and Maryland railway
properties. and an extension Of time for
the installation Of the underground cleo
trio system on the city portions Of those
lines; the House District committee gave a
hearing on the same subject to representa-
tives Of the new syndicate controlling tho
roads. Th.. board Of trade held q special
meeting for the discussion of the reclama-
ton of the Eastern branch fats. The Mt
Pleasant Citizens Association Endorsed the
board of trades proposition to amend the
highway extension act. Judge Scott in the
Police Court upheld the regulation adopted
ty the District Commissioners governing
the height of handle bars on bicycles; an
appeal was taken from his decision The
jury Of condemnation organized at the re-
quest of the Washington and Great Falls
Electric Railroad Company assessed at $9O.-
Oc0 the value Of three and one-half acres
CT land on the eastern side Of the Conduit
road, south of Cabin John bridge, desired
by that corporation for terminal purposes.
Proceedings were instituted to secure the
confinement Of Nj. Hallet Kilbourn In the