Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-30
WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 30. 1899.

The bodies of 80 of the seamen of the
battle ship Maine. destroyed in Hawai-
harbor February 10, 1888, were buried at
Arlington, having been brought from Fa-
Vana by the battle ship Texas under COM
mand of Capt. Sigsbee, who commanded the
Maine; the ceremonies were attended by
the President, members of his cabinet and
Admiral Dewey. The State Department re-
ceiTed official notice of the seizure by
British men-o1-war in Delagoa bay of
three cargoes of American flour, and prep
arations were instituted to seek an ex-
planatlon of the action, on the principle
mat hour Is not contraband of war. 1t de-
VeIoped that the cruiser Montgomery re-
Gently visited the west coast of Africa for
the purpose of Strengthening American
prestige in the vicinity of Liberia Word
was received that the bubonic plague had
appeared at Honolulu and that the city had
effectively combated the disease. The fund
for the relief of the family of the late Gen
Lawton was increased to an aggregate of
over $4,000. There was renewed fighting
in the vicinity of San Mateo, northeast of
Manila, the insurgents demonstrating in
considerable force. Gen. Otis reported that
he had issued a decree authorizing civil
marriages in the Philippines: his action
was approved Gen. Young was appointed
mi itary governor of northwestern Luzon,
with headquarters at Nigan. Aguinaldos
wife died as a result of the hardships of
went ashore on the North Carolina coast
and twenty-one of the crew were drowned.
Fire damp exploded in a colliery near
Brownsville Pa, killing over a score of
miners. The John P Lowell Arms Com
pany of Maine and Massachusetts assigned.
An earthquake in California shocked Los
Angeles and San Diego. Representative
Charles A. Boute,le of Maine was seriously
stricken with disease in Boston while on his
way home from Washington and was sent
to a sanitarium. Among those who died
were Dorman B. Eaton, the first civil serv-
ice commissioner, and DR.. Elliott Coues, the
scientist.
Foreign Affairs.
There were no developments in the South
African campaign; Winston Churchill es-
capped from Pretoria and made his way to
the coast, reporting a Boer belief in an
English early suit for peace. 1t was re-
ported that England and Germany had
reached an agreement upon a division of
Portugals African possessions, England re-
ceiving Delagoa bay. The Tho year pro-
claimed by the pope was inaugurated with
solemn ceremonies at Rome The French
senate sitting as a high court, liberated
six of the persons charged with conspiracy.
In the District.
The Commissioners consulted with the
railroad committee of the board of trade
concerning the Pennsylvania railroad grade
crossings bill The Commissioners ordered
strict enforcement of the dog-muzzling
order. The District was visited by a snow
storm and cold wave, the mercury dropping
to degrees. Fire partially DESTROYED the
Georgetown power house of the Potomac
Electric Power Company, cripp ing some of
the street railway lines. The frame church
building on Sth street northeast was de-
stroyed by fire. The first winter meeting of
the Geological Society of America was held
in Washington. Robert E. Turner was
stabbed to death by Charles L. McCin
Daniel Carney, an aged white man, was
killed by a Brightwood electric car Isaac
La Rue johnson of the District bar died