Evening star., 1900-04-07

Admiral Dewey astonished the country
| by announcing himself a candidate for the
presidency; he declared that he is and al
ways has been democrat; the announce
ment brought out sharp criticisms from
| the newspapers and politicians of both par
ties. The Senate passed the Porto Rican
tariff bill, the vote standing 10 yeas 10 81
nays. Municipal elections were held
| throughout several of the western states;
as rule the results were considered favor
able to the republicans, though only local
issues were involved Arguments in the
Clark bribery case We're concluded and the
Senate committee on privileges and cleo
tons will meet early in the week to discuss
its report. Representative Grosvenor re-
ported the subsidy bill; the report is a
long one, devoted to arguments favoring
the gift of SlS0,O000o. The Senate SUBJ
committee sent to Cuba to investigate con-
ditions returned. The Pennsylvania demo-
cratic convention pledged its delegates to
w. j. Bryan for the presidential nominal
ton. Secretary Gage took action with re-
gard to Jorge Cruz, the Porto Rican
brought to this country by the New York
Herald; he ordered Cruz to be set ashore.
reserving the right to bring suit for 81 ,O09
against the Herald. Olga Nethersole and
her managers We're acquitted in New York
OF the charge of maintaining nuisance in
presenting the drama 'Sapho." The court
of appeals of Kentucky rendered decision
in favor of the claims of ]. c. W. Beck
ing and loan associations of Atlanta, Ga,
| with assets Of s2.co,coo, failed. General
Joseph Wheeler was mentioned 5 a demo-
cratic candidate for the vice presidency.
Convention Hall, Kansas City, in which
building the democratic national conven-
ton was to have been held July next,
was destroyed by fire; steps We're taken to
rebuild ii at once. There were many strikes
during the week, mostly among workmen
! employed in the building trades. Secretary
Hay sent sharp note to Turkey declaring
her attitude on American pork to be one
that will not be accepted unless her con-
tentions of unwhoesomeness are estab-
| lishcd. Mexico. for the first time in her
| history. has granted extradition in the case
of one of her own citizens wanted for mur-
der in the United States.
Foreign Affairs.
Beers captured five companies of British
troops in the Orange Free State and the
British captured ffty-eight Beers. Cecil
Rhodes arrived in London from Cape Town.
Beers laid a trap about fifteen miles east
of BIoemfontein, capturing six of Lord Rob-
, erts' cannon and about 500 of his men,
| Queen Victoria visited Ireland and was re-
ceived cordially by the people of Dublin.
An attempt was made the life of the
| Prince of Wales by youth in the city of
| Brussels: he fired two shots from a re-
| volver into the railway coach in which the
| prince and princess were travelling. The
Borchgreving anarctic expedition arrived at
Wellington New Zealand, and reported
| that the magnetic pole had been found. An
| outbreak occurred in Ashanti, British West
Africa General Cronje and 1,0O other
| Boer prisoners sailed from Cape Town for
! ST. Helena. 1t was decided to close the
| United States national pavilion at the Paris
| exposition on Sunday. Russia was report
| ed to be amassng grain at Port Arthur in
| preparation for possible war. Osman
| Pasha, the hero of Plevna,' died in Con-
stantinople.
In the District.
The Commissioners considered a bill to
| regulate the practice of homeopathic phar-
| macy" During the week just ended there
| were 1876 deaths. Attorney Duvall recon-
mended a modification in the police regula-
| tions concerning exhibitions by circuses.
| Three Georgetown children were bitten by
| a dog supposed to be mad. A delegation of
colored men called on the President to pro-
test against Commissioner Wights reap
pointment. Capt. Joseph e. Willard and
| the Virginia Hotel Company filed a realty
deed, the purchase price being named as
100000. The Commissioners decided to try
| to cause the removal of Patrick Mann's
fertilizer factory on the ground that 1t
was q nuisance. More cases OF smallpox