Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-06
WEEK ENDING JANUARY 6, 1900.

Congress reassembled after the holiday
recess; in the Senate work was begun at
once upon the currency bill, Senator AID
rich delivering a speech in explanation Of
the measure; resolutions bearing upon the
governments Philippine policy were pre-
scented by Senators Hoar and Pettigrew and
friction was caused on their account; Sem
ator Beveridge introduced a resolution sus-
tanning the administrators policy. The
Roberts committee resumed its sessions
and heard arguments on both sides. The
Senate committee on privileges and cleo
tons by vote of to decided to report
adversely on the application of Senator
Quay to a seat as senator from Pennsyl-
vania by the governors appointment; 1t
then began consideration of the case of
Senator Clark of Montana, charged with
securing his seat by bribery. Resolutions
We're passed by both houses calling upon
the Secretary of the Treasury for informa-
ton concerning the issue of government
money to certain banks In New York. Gen.
Otis reported that Coils. Howe and Hare
had returned to Vigan with number of
American prisoners. who had been recap
tured from the Tagals; Lieut.. Gilmore and
the men of the Yorktown and the crew of
the Urdaneta were among them; a vigor-
Gus campaign against the rebels in south
eastern LuZon was started, evidences of a
plot to explode bombs in Manila during the
Lawton obsequies were discovered and the
plot was frustrated; Aguinaldo's wife,
previously reported enormously as having
died. surrendered to the American COM
nander at Bontoc, Luzon. Admiral Wat
son reported that the American flag had
been raised over the Island of Sibutu, at
the southwestern corner of the archipelago
Governor General Wood named his Cuban
cabinet to the evident satisfaction of all
classes Captain Leary, governor of Guam,
reported that he had abolished slavery
there, the decree to be operative February
%. The democrats of the Kentucky legis-
irpn oh = ~
5. Blackburn to be senator to succeed
Judge Lindsay. The Ohio republican legs-
lative caucus excluded Senator Brown of
Hamilton county, because he ran as a fu-
sion candidate. receiving democratic votes.
A white man was lynched at Newport
News, Va, for criminally assaulting wo-
mar The Chicago drainage canal was
We're reported from Honolulu.
Foreign Affairs.
The American State Department entered
protest at London against the seizure of
three American -four cargoes at DelaEoa
bay; word was received that one of the
ships had been released and the flour ware
housed; British cruisers stopped two Ger
man steamers, causing great excitement in
Germany and calling forth protest from
the foreign office at Berlin; the campaign
activity was in northern Cape Colony,
where Gen. French took the city of Coles
burg, then abandoned it, and later pro-
ceeded to surround the Beers who reoccu-
pied the city; Gen. Gatacre occupied Mol
teno; Col. Pitcher captured forty Beers in
e raid near sunnyside. Cape Colony; a
British sortis from Mafeking was reported,
with heavy losses. A meeting held In Bel
GUM resulted in the institution of proceed
ings to ask President Mckinley to inter-
vene between England and the Beers. The
high court at Paris in the conspiracy cases
found Paul Deroulede. Jules Guerin, Andre
Bumet and Lur Saluces guilty and sentenced
them to varying pundshments, including
imprisonment and Punishment. Emperor
William In speech to officers of the army
declared his intention to raise the standard
OF his navy to that OF the army Fighting
was reported from Canton between Chinese
native troops and French soldiers In Qwans
Tung province, with Chinese success. A
report was received from Yokohama that a
minority in Japan had addressed a memo
RAJ TO the throne virtually impeaching
Premier Yamagata and Home Minister Re-
giro. The French government undertook
to enforce its claims against Santo Domin-