Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-07
WEEK ENDING JANUARY =. 1899.

I The President issued a proclamation con-
corning the military government of the
| philippines. assuring the natives of the
kindly purposes of the United States:
further advices from Iloilo indicated that
the F1lpinos were preparing to resist the
advances of the American troops: Gen
| Miller was waiting for positive Instructions.
Gen Rios. Spanish commander in the Phil
| lpplnes, arrived at Manila on his way to
| spain Aguinaldo started for Iloilo to put
nimseit at the head of the natives there.
| Inc formal evacuation of Cuba by Spain
| occurred sunday. the first day of the year.
according to program, without especial in
cldent; the city was quiet; some excitement
was caused later in the week by the ruldi-
cation in Ell Reconcentrado, an Havana
newspaper. of a statement that the Maine
explosion was the work of one Bresmes a
Spanard: an order issued by Gen Brooke
at Havana requiring all customs duties COL
| lected throughout the island to be central
| lied at Havana caused indignation at San
uago and conditions favoring uprisings
were born: Gen. Wood, in command of the
province, protested against the order and
! ieIt santiago Tor Washington to urge Its
nodlncauon: he was VociferouslV cheered
| and honored by the residents of the city
| when he took his departure: the order was
suspended pending a final settlement. Con-
SreSs reconvened. The President trans
mitted the peace treaty to the Senate: on
motion of Mr. Hoar the Senate passed A
resolution calling for the instructions is
Sueu ny the irGSiuent to the peace COM
missioners; it was asserted by the friends
| OF the administration that more than two
| thirds of the Senate would vote for ratifi-
| canon The House began the consideration
| OF the legislative appropriation bill. and in
committee of the whole struck out the pro-
VISION for the maintenance of the civil ser
vice commission by a narrow vote Theo-
| dore Roosevelt was :naugurated governor of
New York. caucus of republican mem
bers of the Pennsylvania legislature was
heId TO nominate candidate for senator:
| Mr. Quay received the nomination bur the
caucus was attended by nineteen less than
| a majority of the legislature: the oDpositfon
| organized, and pledged itself to the defeat
OF quay. Senator Perkins of California adj
dressed communication to the Legislature
OF that state, asking for instructions on the
| subject of expansion; the legislature passed
| resolutions declaring emphatically in favor
| OF the acquisition of territory The attor-
ney Tor the Standard Oil COMPANY in court
at columbus, Ohio, assured the court that
| the books of the company had not been
burned. hut that they would not be pro-
duced for inspection. Representative Ding
ley OF Maine was seriously i'll al Washing
| ton.
Foreign Affairs.
Russia demanded the surrender of British
property included within the Russian con-
| cession at Han-Kau, China and the British
| holders refused. Tie Siamese government
decided to protest to France against the
recent invasion of Siamese territory by
French agents. The French court of cas-
sation summoned Count Esterhazy to ap-
pear before 1t and testify in the Dreyfus
| case; it was reported that Dreyfus was
| seriously i'll on Devils Island. Lord Curzon
arrived at Calcutta and was installed as
viceroy of India. The foundation stone of
the Gordon College was laid at Khartum 10y
Niscount Cromer the British Egyptian
agent. Great Britain demanded that Spain
sell her coaling station in the Balearic
Islands. A movement was begun in France
to abolish parliamentary representation
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on the British coast and in the Bay of
Biscay and destroyed many lives. Joseph
Nacher. the French multi-murderer, was
guillotined at Paris. Mrs. Clara lesson
Bloomfield Moore, well known as the patron
of the keely motor scheme, died in Lon
don, 1t was supposed as a result of her
grief al the death of the so-cailed inventor
NJ Anne EdOuard Herve, editor of the
Soleil and a member of the Academy. died
at Paris.
In the District.
The District appropriation bill was re-
ported to the Senate by the committee on
appropriations, carrying an increase of
SS31, 800 over the bill as il passed the House
Inc District Commissioners reported favor
ably on the bill introduced by Senator Nc
MILAN providing for the establishment of
municipal hospital, recommending certain
amendments tending to make more definite
the jurisdiction of the Commissioners over
the hospital. The United States Supreme
Court reversed the Judgment of the District
rouPi Shie Court IN the cases OF Winston,
Strather and Smith, convicted of murder
in the District of Columbia remanding the
cases for new trial, on the ground that the
trlai Judge failed to instruct the jury that
under new law they might render a SEN
tence Of life imprisonment instead Of the
death penalty. The District Supreme Court
agreed TO postpone all trials for two weeks
TO permit the members OF the courts and
the bar to examine the proposed code of
laws prepared b. Judge Cox The new de-
partment of law of the Columbian Univer-
slty was formally opened. The dry goods
establishment of Mayer Brothers a Co
on r street between 9th and 10th streets
was burned with a loss of about SD uro A
cold wave visited the District early in the
week, the thermometer registering zero
Monday morning.