Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-07
WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 7, 1899

The President and members Of his cabi-
net left for a tour through the west, to
include the delivery of speeches on current
Issues In number Of cities Before leay-
ing Washington the President had a con-
sultation with Admiral Dewey as to the
| situation in the Philippines, and as a con-
sequence orders were Immediately issued
for reinforcement of the naval forces in
Luzon waters, to permit q more effective
| blockade of the coast and the occupation
of the seaports the cruiser Brooklyn and
the gunboats Machias and Marietta were
chosen for this detail among others. The
President approved the court-martial find
| fngs and sentence in the case of Captain
Oberlin NJ. Carter Of the United States en-
g1neer corps; the convicted officer was
placed under arrest in New York; later
habeas corpus proceedings were instituted
Ill New York on a plea that the court ex-
ceeded its powers in imposing combina-
ton penalty of fine. Imprisonment and dis
mfssal At his own request Admiral Dewey
was detached from the Olympia; he con-
suited with the committee in charge of the
project of presenting him with a home.
and after announcing his willingness to ac-
cept the gift expressed his preferences as
to the location and style of the residence
Captain Albert s. Barker was assigned to
command the Norfolk navy yard. Consid-
cradle fighting occurred in Luzon; Filipinos
attacked Bacoor and were reDulsed after
an all-day engagement. two Americans and
twenty-eight Filipinos being killed; Gen
eral Grant, with battalion Of the 4th In
fantry, cleared the west bank of the linus
a fruitless conference was held between
General Otis and a representative of Agui-
naldo; the FilDinos returned fourteen
American soldiers whom they had captured;
the bishop Of Manila informed General Otis
of an abortive plot by natives to burn pub
lie buildings in Manila: Admiral Watson
1IAl
in raising the gunboat Urdaneta, recently
captured and partly wrecked by Fil1pinos
on Manila bay; the transport Warren ar
rived at Manila with 1,2W troops; the trans
port Siam, laden with horses and mules,
encountered typhoon near Luzon and
almost all of the stock were killed; a friar
reported that Aguinaldo had begun send
ing large numbers of his soldiers back to
their farms. Massachusetts republicans in
convention nominated Lieutenant Governor
Crane for governor, and Endorsed the poll
Giles of the administration. Columbia and
Shamrock, the international cup yachts.
attempted twice to sail the initial race of
the series, but failed because of light Winds
the course was kept exceptionally clear by
means Of the patrol under command of
Captain Evans of the navy. Among those
who died was James Harlan of Iowa, the
last remaining member of President Lin
coins cabinet.
Foreign Affairs.
Although war preparations were actively
advanced by both sides in the Transvaal
and Natal. the Beers and the British re-
Trained from any overt act of war; senti-
ment in favor of peace spread somewhat
and it was hoped that negotiations might
be resumed before outbreak; represen-
tative liberals in London announced that
the opposition would sustain the govern
ment in the event of conflict; the chancel-
lor of the exchequer sanctioned provis-
ional expenditure Of 5000, 900 for war
preparations. The Venezuela boundary arbi-
tration commission announced its decision
in Paris, finding for a compromise bound
airy in general following the original Schom-
burgk line. The Spanish council Of war re-
tired General Jaudenes for his conduct m
surrendering Manila to the Americans.
British troops had a fight in Arabia with
natives, .twenty-six of the latter being
killed. The Nile fell to lower point than
was ever before recorded. Queensland vot-
ed for Australian federation.
In the District.
Admiral Dewey was welcomed to Wash
ington Monday night by citizens Of the
capital and representatives of the govern
ment; a night parade was formed in his
honor that night Tuesday he was escorted
to the Capitol by brilliant procession of
soldiers, sailors, militiamen, governors of
states and their STATS and representative
citizens of Washington. together with the
President and his cabinet; at the Capitol he
was presented with the sword Of honor
voted to him by Congress; in the evening
he was entertained at dinner by the Presi-
dent. The Commissioners issued an order
prohibiting the sale or explosion of giant
fireorackers or dynamite torpedoes. The
Pan-Presbyterian Alliance closed its ses-
sions after unusual scenes arising from q
discussion Of the pending troubles between
the Beers and England. The democrats Of
| the District failed in an attempt to elect a
successor on the national democratic COM
mittee to the late Lawrence Gardner. A
coroner's jury decided that the death OF
/ ex-Postmaster James P. Willett by falling
down an elevator shaft in the post office
building was due to an accident and con-
demned the insufficient manner in which
ert Hervey, an ex-soldier, committed sui
eide.