Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-21
WEEK ENDING JANUARY FL, 1899.

The President ordered that General Chas.
+. Eagan. commissary general OF subsist-
ence, be tried before court-martiai on ac-
count of his vituperative language about
General Miles before the war investigating
commission; the court was ordered. with
Major General Merritt at its head, and
General Eagan was relieved from duty.
The President named commission, con-
sisting of President ]. G. Schurman of Cor
nell, Prof. Dean c. Worcester of Ann Arbor.
Colonel Charles DENLY, Admiral Dewey and
General Otis, to investigate the economic
conditions in the Philippine Islands. The
State Department took steps to secure from
Germany an explanation of the conduct
OF its agents in Samoa in connection with
the violation of the Berlin treaty provisions
in the election of a new king. Inc oena,e
continued the discussion OF The Nicaragua
canal BILL adopting an amendment proNld-
ing for an issue of bonus, limited TO q year
iy output of $20.UUO.UuO. Senator W hite an
nCunced that he proposed to ignore the IN
structions of the California legislature to
vote for the peace treaty. Speaker Reed
announced the appointment of representa-
tive Payne of New York to be CHAIRMAN
OF the house committee on v ass ana mems,
10 succeed the late MIR. Ding4ey. he i've.
and harbor appropriation biil was COM
pleted in the House committee carrying
fixed appropriations of Sl2,JJ3,13S and con-
tinuing appropriations OF sig, iJl,ooS. Inc
republicans of West Virginia nominated n.
b. Scott, commissioner OF internal revenue,
to be United States senator; tne repuou-
cans of North Dakota nominated Porter j.
McCumber; baliotng continued without re-
suit in the legislatures of Pennsylvania.
Delaware Utah, Montana, California, Ne
braska and Washington, and In the re-
publican caucus in Wisconsin. Funeral
services for the late Representative Dlngley
were held in the hall of the House Among
those who died was John Russell Young,
librarian of Congress.
Foreign Affairs.
A revolution was reported from Samoa as
a result of a disagreement about the choice
OF king, which had been referred to the
American chief justice, who decided in
favor of Malietoa Tanus, as against Ma
taafa, whose claim was espoused by the
German consul; the American warship
Philadelphia ordered to proceed in
haste to Apia, and it was contemplated to
send the Oregon, on her way to honolulu,
there also: a British cruiser was likewise
ordered to Apia. NJ. Delcasse, French MIN
lister for foreign aAAalrs, addressing the
chamber of deputies, said that the secret
documents in the DreyfuS case contained
no letter from Dreyfus to a foreign power.
An agreement between Great Britain and
Egypt guaranteeing British supremacy IN
the Sudan was promulgated. 1t was re-
ported that 1000 derVlSheS, comprising the
entire force of the Emir Fedil had surren-
dered to a British gunboat on the Nile.
The Austrian reichsrath reassembied at
Vienna, and a motion was presented to i'm
peach the Austro-Hungarian ministry.
President Iglesias of Costa Rica visited
Queen Victoria. M Vesuvius was again
in eruption. The pope recovered from an
attack of the influenza.
In the District.
1t was decided by the trustees of the free
public library to recommend to the con-
gressional committees in charge of the mat
ter to locate the building donated by Mr.
Andrew Carnegie on Mount Vernon Square,
and bills to this effect Were accordingly in
troduced and approved by the committees
Hearings were granted and memorials were
presented on the Importance of an early
beginning on the new Supreme Court build
ing. Ground was broken near the Catholic
University for the projected Holy Cross
College building. A pure food convention
was held. Mrs. Maggie Bowles failed in an
attempt upon her own life. George W. An
derson committed suicide. Peter Holmes
was convicted of manslaughter for causing
the death of Margaret Scott, both colored.