Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-29
THE WEEK ENpItS. JULY 70, 1850

Mr. Elihu Root Of New York accepted the
position Of Secretary of War to succeed
General Alger and arranged to take Office
August l. The President and Mrs Nc
Kinley went to Lake Champlain for a va
cation. Fighting was resumed in Luzon,
the American troops under General Law
ton capturing the town of Calamba on the
shores Of Lagnna del Bay, with slight
losses; a fight occurred on the island of
Cebu with bandits, who We're dispersed; the
transports Zealandfa and Sheridan arrived
at Manila with refnforeements for General
Otis. A reciprocity treaty between the
United States and France was signed. The
cruiser New Orleans and the gunboat
Machias were ordered to Santo Domingo to
protect American interests there in the
event of disorder following the assassina-
received by the State Department from the
governor of Louisiana relative to the lynch
ing of five Italians by mob at Tallulah,
showing that three of the victims had be-
come American citizens; proper representa-
tons were. made to the Italian government
The street railway strike in Cleveland was
renewed, with much violence; many out
RACES were committed and military forces
were assembled. The street car strike in
Brooklyn was ended Louis Sammis and
Charles Mack were lynched in Georgia for
an assault upon white woman. Adolph
Luetgert, the Chicago sausare-maker who
and sentenced to life imprisonment, was
found dead in his cell in Joliet prison
Foreign Affairs.
President Ulysses Heureaux of San Do
mingo was assassinated: political factions
Immediately began agitations to profit by
his death and disorders developed. Presi-
dent Kruger of the South African republic
rendered his resignation to the volksraad
because of differences as to the dynamite
concession, but subsequently withdrew It;
no further move was made toward a settle
ment of the dispute with England concern
ing the condition Of the out1anders and
fears were again expressed in England that
the crisis would call eventually for wariike
demonstrate lions. France was agitated be-
cause of changes in the higher army circles
ordered by Gen. de Gallifet, minister of
war; Gen. Pellioux and Gen. de Negrier
were degraded from their posts for disci-
plinary reasons growing out of the Dreyfus
scandal. A rumor was circulted that Rus
STA and Japan were preparing for conflict
in Corea. The peace conference at The
Hague adopted a general article embodying
the results Of the meeting In the British
house of commons the home secretary an
nounced that the government found no
reason for considering the case of Mrs.
Maybrck, the American woman suffering
life Imprisonment for the murder of her
husband.
In the District.
The annual reports of Lieut.. Col. Miller,
in charge of the aqueduct and Col. Allen,
in charge of the river improvements, were
published 1t was announced that new
fidelity and security company, with ma
tional scope, would soon be organized in
Washington. The Columbia railway line
was operated by electricity 1t was an
nounced that the management of the City
and Suburban systems would be assumed
by the Washington Traction COMPANY pop
ularly known as the syndicate. and that
transfers would be exchanged between that
line and the Metropolitan system. James
Tarant, baker. unsucccssfully attempted
suicide Louis Herzog.. white, eleven years
OF age, was drowned at the bathing beach
Among those who died was Dorsey CIa-
gett one of Washington q best-known cit
liens.