Evening star., 1899-03-04

| congress adjourned Saturday at noon. all
of the regular appropriation bills became
| laws; the Nicaragua canal proposition was
| compromised by the extension of the sur
/ Veys; the Hawaiian cable provision was
| stricken from the sundry civil hill the Sem
| ate receded from its reduction of the num-
Der of new ships for the navy. Both houses
| passed the bill appropriating s300o0000 to
| pay Spain under the peace treaty. During
| the week bill was passed reviving the
| grade rank of admiral of the navy, and
Rear Admiral Dewey was at once nomi-
! mated to that position and confirmed; the
| army reorganization BILL as compromised,
J and the naval personnel bill became laws;
| in accordance with the latter measure the
President nominated a large number of
| naval officers to their rank provided for
| by the new legislation and they were con.
| hrmed in a body. In view of reports OF
friction and even of conflict at Manila be-
tween the American and German represen-
tat1ves the German government asked the
United states to assume the protection OF
German subjects and property in the Philip
| pines, in order that German men-of-war
| at present in those waters might be with
drawn to Chinese stations, where they were
more urgently needed, thus setting at rest
] all apprehensions as to Germanys plans in
| the Philippines. No fighting of consequence
occurred at Manila: 900 regular troops
were placed under orders to proceed imme
diately to Manila to reinforce General Otis.
The House democrats held caucus and de-
| cided to adhere to a policy of eppositi Dn to
the permanent holding of the Philippines;
| in consequence of subsequent events m the
| House Representative Bailey announced
| that he would no longer be candidate for
| the democratic leadership of the House.
| The House refused to consider the resolu-
| tions from the judiciary committee declar-
ing vacant the seats of members who had
accepted presidential commissions as oth-
GERS of the army during the war with Spain.
Commander Taussig, with the gunboat Ben-
| nington, took formal possession of the Is
land of Guam for the United States. The
Quay conspiracy trial was again postponed
| until April 10, on motion of the district at
torney of Philadelphia, who gave rea-
sons: in the legisla ture Senator Quay lost
| three votes. Friends of Carl Schurz ten
dered him a banquet in New York on the
occasion of the SEVENTEEN anniversary OF
his birth. Roland B. Molineaux was in
dicted in New York for causing the death
| of Mrs. Kate Adams by sending poison to
her nephew, Harry Cornish Rudyard Kip
| ling, the British author and poet, passed
through the crisis of his attack of pneu-
| monia and was pronounced to be out OF
danger Among those who died were Baron
Farrer Herscheil, formerly lord high chan
cellor of Great Britain and representative
of that nation on the Anglo-American joint
high commission, at Washington; Repre-
sentative Denis Hurley of New York at
Saratoga, and Representative John W.Cran-
ford of Texas, at Washington.
Foreign Affairs.
After a vote in the cortes in which the
government was sustained by two votes on
| a proposition to permit the cession of the
Philippines to the United States, the Sagas-
ia ministry resigned in a body; Senor Sa-
gasta was later asked by the queen regent
to form new cabinet, but declined, and
the task was assigned to Senor Silvela,
leader of the opposition; the peace treaty
was not ratified before the crisis. The
Duke of Orleans temporarily abandoned his
propaganda for royaiist reaction in
France; the houses of his supporters in
Paris were searched and many documents
Indicating plans for a royalist revolt were
seized, The French senate adopted the
principle of the governments Dreyfus re-
vision bill. Pope Leo was taken suddenly
and seriously i'll; q cyst of long growth was
removed from his thigh and he began at
once to recover. Baron Won BuloW German
foreign minister, stated in the reichstag
that grave consequences would follow in
China unless the attacks in that country
upon Germany We're ended; he gave assur-
ances of a cordial understanding between
Germany and the United States and de-
clared that Germany would adhere to the
Berlin agreement as to Samoa until a new
bargain had been arranged. General Reyes,
the leader of the revolt in Nicaragua, sur
rendered. Joseph H. Choate the new
American ambassador at London, arrived
at his post
In the District.
The District appropriation bill was passed
at the last moment by Congress. Among
the bills which became laws at the
close of the session was that setting apart
Mount Vernon square as site for the
building to be erected by Mr.. Andrew Car
negie for the Washington public library and
the bill for the erection of a new building
for the Department of Justice on the pres
ent site. Senator Mcmillan once more
broached his plan to secure recession
from Virginia of a portion of the soil of
that state originally part of the District of
Columbia. An agreement was reached be-
tween the capitalists owning the City and
Suburban line and its associated street rail-
way properties and the stockholders of the
Metropolitan Railway Company whereby the
former should secure possession of the lat
ter road; it was understood that similar ar
rangements would be perfected to place the
Columbia line also within the consolidated
system. Capt. W. Z. Craighill of the Corps
of Engineers, u. S. A, was detailed for |
duty as assistant to the Engineer Commits !
sioner of the District. Among those who |
died We're Major General Joseph J. Rey-
nolds U. S. A. retired, and Levi Maish, |
formerly representative in Congress from
Pennsylvania.