Evening star., 1899-02-04
WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 4, 1899.

Maj. Gen. Nelson A. Miles. commanding
the army, in an interview in a New York
newspaper further criticised the food sup
| plies of the army during the war with
Spain and alleged that he had testimony
which would be later presented to show
| corruption and chemical experimentation:
this interview was regarded by the admin
| istration as an affront and the cabinet con-
sidered the question of dealing with Gen.
Miles, 1t being officially proposed to order a
court of inquiry to examine into the entire
beef question. The findings of the court
which tried Brig. Gen. Eagan commissary
general of subsistence. We're laid before the
PRESIDENT; 1T was understood they consti-
tuted verdict of guilty, with the sentence
of dismissal required by such verdict and
a recommendation from some of the men,
berS OF the court for mercy for the ac-
cused. The Senate continued consideration
of the peace treaty; effort was made to
secure a vote upon the Sullivan resolution
negatively announcing the policy of the
United States with regard to the Philip
pines, but Friday, when the friends of the
treaty were ready for this vote, the oppo-
sition consumed the time with long speech
es and so prevented a vote: the President
sent to the Senate correspondence with the
| peace commissioners. The House passed
the army reorganization bill. considerably
amended, and also the river and harbor
appropriation bill. The President dispatch
Porter to Cuba to negotiate with Gen.
Gomez of the Cuban army regarding the
disbandment of his forces; Mr.. Porter
ported that Gen. Gomez was willing to dis
band upon the payment of $1,000 900 to en-
able his troops to sustain themselves for
the present: the money directed to be
paid over to Gen. Brooke, military COVER
nor of the island President Mckinley sent
a message of greeting to Gen. Gomez The
War Department issued hurry orders for
I,03O reinforcements to proceed to Manila;
thn Fol IN,
fifty-four days from New York breaking
records, and carrying 700 reinforcements
for Admiral Dewey's squadron. The House
committee on the judiciary reported that
members of the House who accepted COM
missions in the volunteer army during the
war with Spain had forfeited their right to
seats in the House. The senatorial dead
locks in Montana, Wisconsin and Washing
ton were broken by the election of William
A. Clark, democrat; Joseph V. Quarles, re-
publican. and Addison G. Foster, republic
California, Nebraska, Pennsylvania and
Delaware continued without material
change. A severe blizzard ragged in the
west and it's effects were felt In some of
the eastern states. A fire in Columbus,
Ohio, destroyed property valued at 500, 900.
The directors of the elevated railways of
New York decided to substitute either com
pressed air or electricity for steam. Rud-
yard Kipling, the English author, arrived
in New York with his family.
Foreign Affairs.
The French chamber of deputies adopted
the proposal of the government to refer
to a committee the new measure to cause
all the members of the court of cessation
to pass final judgment on the Dreyfus case;
a Bonapartist demonstration occurred at
one of the Paris theaters. 1t was reported
in London that France had opened negota-
tions with French and English financiers
for loan of s50.oo0,eo0. A mass meeting
attended by 10000 people in London re-
suited in the sending of a telegram to the
queen asking that steps be taken to sup
pr eSS the high ritualiStic TENDENCIES in the
Church of England. The 2J0th anniversary
of the execution of Charles 1 was observed
in London. 1t was reported that nothing
was observed which promised to defeat
the project Of Australian federation. The
Austrian reichsrath was prorogued. Arch
bishop Ireland of America was received by
the pope at Rome. 1t was reported that
the Queen DoWager of China has chosen a
successor to the present emperor China an
nounced the opening of Manning a treaty
port. Count OstenSacken, Russian am
bassador to Germany, was stricken with
paralysis while conVerSing with Emperor
William Among those who died was NJ.
Hohne, director of the international postal
bureau, at Berne.
IN the District.
The Senate passed the bill providing for
the creation OF committee from the coun-
try at large to aid in the planning and
management of the capital centennial cele-
bration; the executive committee of the citi-
Zens of the District serving in the same
project met and created finance commit
tee for the raising of a fund of SJ0,000.
The House District committee reported
favorably the bill providing for the erection
of the free public library building donated
By Mr. Andrew Carnegie on Mount Vernon
Square. Business men entered a protest
with the Commissioners against the ap
proval by the President of the bill designed
to prevent the smoke nuisance. The At
torney General dismissed the complaint
against District Attorney Davis, filed by
DR.. Shufedt. Lieutenant Colonel Mosher,
United States volunteers. captain of the
22d Infantry, United States army, de-
tailed for duty adjutant general of the
District National Guard. The controller Of
the treasury decided that in the granting
of annual and sick leaves to departmental
counted. 1t was announced that the Belt
and the Anacostia railroads would be con-
sOlidated. In the prosecution of alleged vio-
lations of the oleomargarine law in the
Police Court James O. Turner pleaded
guilty and was fined 81 and Thomas H.
Pickford was acquitted. Three cases of
smallpox We're discovered in the District
and the patients We're placed in the hos
pital set apart for that purpose. Sadie
Bruce, colored. was held by a coroner's
jury for the murder of her newborn infant
Edward Smith, colored, was tried for a
second time for the murder of Edmonia
to agree. Among those who died was n. w
Burchell, one of the foremost grocers of
the city.
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