Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-17
THE WEEK ENDING MARCH IL, 1900.

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The House adopted the conference report
on the currency bill and the President af-
fixed his signature, thus enacting into law
the formal adoption OF the gold standard.
The Senate passed the bill appropriating
for revenue purposes in Porto Rico the
tariff receipts collected since the American
occupation up to Janury L; it tabled a res
olution offered by Senator Allen declaring
that the Constitution. extended to Porto
Rico by It's own force; no progress was
made toward effecting' an agreement upon
the bill to establish government and pro-
vide revenues for the island. The Senate
agreed to take up the Quay case for final
consideration April B. The Senate tabled an
amendment TO the diplomatic appropriation
bill offered by Mr.. Hoar granting a pension
to Liliuokalani. The House hnseated Rep
resentative Young of Virginia and seated
r. A Wise, the contestant 1t passed an
urgent deficiency bill carrying 81 .439, $50.
Gen. Joseph Wheeler arrived in Washington
from Manila. The Standard Oil Company
having declared dividend of many mil
lions. a resolution was introduced in the
House directing the prosecution of the trust
under the Sherman law. Republicans and
democrats of Rhode Island in convention
nominated state tickets. Andrew Carnegie
filed his answer to the suit entered by H.
c. Prick for an accounting. Rev. Charles
NJ. Sheldon began the publication of the
Topeka, Kan, Capital on lines assumed to
be those which Christ would follow We're
He engaged in publishing a modern news
paper The Kentucky legislature at Frank
fort adjourned sine die; democrats caused
the arrest of state officials charged with
completely in the Goebel murder; Beckham,
democratic claimant for the governorShip,
began to organize state militia. Severe
snow storms and cold prevailed throughout
the country and did great damage to the
southern fruit. Fourteen lives were lost in
Il tenement house fire at Newark, N. J.
Foreign Affairs.
Lord Roberts occupied Bloemfontein, cap
ital of the Orange Free State, without OPP
position and raised the British flag over
the public buildings; the British government
refused to accept the good offices of the
United States as Intermediary between
England and the Beers: it rejected the
peace propositions of Presidents Kruger and
steyn. Among those who died was Sir
Frederick w. Burton, director of the Ma
| tional Art Gallery in London.
In the District.
The House passed the District appropria-
ton bill The Secretary of War forwarded
| to the Senate, with his approval and that
| of the chief of engineers report by Col.
| Bingham disappearing the proposition to
| consolidate under the District surveyor all
| the records relating to the land titles in the
| District. Judge Barnard of the District
| Supreme Court upheld the Commissioners
| dog muzzling regulation. The Fidelity and
| Trust Company of Baltimore. sureties fol
| Daggett and Dugan, the District street
| cleaning contractors, entered suit for the
| appointment of a receiver for the firm. The
| school trustees recommended the remova
| of Superintendent Cook of the colored pub.
| Tic schools. Olof Pallesen killed his wife
| and the three-year-old child OF Charles
Hengensbach and dangerously wounded
| Mrs. Hengensbach. George Ashton col
| ored placed on trial for the murder OF
Ida Jackson, eolored Among those who