Evening star., 1899-03-25
THE WEEK ENDING MARCH rs, 1899.

Fighting continued in the vicinity of Ma
Mia, reports being received at the end OF
the week of decisive engagement near
Malabon, resulting in the total rout OF the
insurgents with heavy losses; the battle
ship Oregon arrived at Manila; the commits
sion sent by the President to the Philip
pines held formal meeting An official
report was presented, showing that the
Cuban army numbered 1929 privates and
observation-disclosures officers; the military as
sembly elected Bartolome Maso command
er-in-chief Of the forces in place of General
Gomez, deposed. Secretary Alger sailed for
Havana on an army transport. The army
court of inquiry took further testimony
In the west, showing the bad character OF
the canned roast" beef and the chemical
treatment of the refrigerated beef, and then
adjourned to meet in New York. Further
friction between the United States and Ger
many as to Samoa was developed the lat
ter government being disposed to uphold
its representative at Apfa and to demand
the recall of Chief Justice Chambers, whose
position was sustained by Admiral kautZ
in report submitted to the Navy Depart
ment. General Russell Hastings of Massa-
chusetts was appointed director of the bu-
reau of American republics. Further de-
velopments in the division of the demo-
cratic party over the Chicago platform
principles aroused keen attention in all
parts of the country. William J. Bryan hav
ing declined to attend dinner to he held
in New York on jefferson day, under the
auspices of an organization patronized By
gold democrats, while accepting an invita-
ton to attend similar dinner in the same
city under the auspices of Chicago plat
form supporters. An erroneous report was
circulated that eX-Secretary John Sherman
had died on the steamer Paris in the Vest
Indies; after the announcement had been
made in the afternoon papers throughout
the country a denial was received; Mr..
Sherman later was transferred from the
Paris to the cruiser Chicago at Santiago
and began to recover. The California egis-
lature adjourned without having elected a
successor to Senator White. Mrs Martha
Place was electrocuted at Auburn, n. Y,
for the murder of her stepdaughter, being
the first woman to suffer death in the elec-
trio chair. Charred remains and fragments
of human bones were taken from the debris
of the Windsor Hotel in New York, bring
ing the list of known dead up to twenty
three at the close of the week Among
those who died was Patrick Walsh, mayor
of Augusta, Ga, formerly United States
senator. Negroes were lynched in several
places in the south.
Foreign Affairs.
A convention was signed at London be-
tween Great Britain and France delimiting
the respective spheres of influence of the
two nations in the Nile valley. 1t was re-
ported that China had refused the Italian
request for concessions at San Nun bay,
and it was announced officially in Rome
tnat 1OTce WOuiu not De uSed Dy Italy To
compel the grants. Belgium asked for
concession at Hankow. China. The Corean
cabinet was dismissed from Office. The
cruiser Talbot arrived at Portsmouth with
the body of the late Baron HeFscheli. whose
funeral was held in Westminster Abbey.
In the District.
The Commissioners having received off,
cial copy of the report of the school trus-
tees as to the condition Of certain of the
school buildings, steps were taken to secure
a thorough investigation of the charge that
had workmanship and inefficient planning
had been permitted. The Court of Appeals
overruled the Judgment of the court below
in the case OF Hufty against the District
assessor, deciding that war|repenHe stamps
need not be affixed to tax certificates Citi-
zens of the District rendered a dinner to
Senator McComas of Maryland. expressing
their congratulations upon his election to
the United States Senate and their regret
for his departure from the District bench.
James Riley was convicted of granddaughter
for the killing Of James Mahaney. Hart
Guinnip committed suicide. John Berry,
coiored, killed Miss Mary Clarke and seri-
ously injured her sister, Annie, near Bowie.