Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-07
THE WEEK ENDING JULY Z. 1900.

l.
William J. Bryan of Nebraska and Adlai
| h Stevenson Of Illinois were nominated
for President and Vice President by the
democratic party in convention at Kansas
City; the platform adopted reaffrmed the
free coinage of silver and declared against
Imperialism "mlitarism," trusts etc.
besides reasserting in general the doctrines
OF the Chicago platform Of 1896; Senator
Jones of Arkansas was reelected chairman
| OF the democratic national committee. The
| silver republicans met also at Kansas City
| and Endorsed the candidacy of Bryan. Gov
| ernor Roosevelt made a rapid tour through
| the west addressing large crowds and
sounding the keynote of the republican
i campaign: he later conferred with Pres-
dent Mckinley at Canton and Chairman
Hanna at Cleveland The battle ship Ore
gon was safely loated off Pinnacle rock,
| in the Gulf of Pechli. China, and taken to
japanese drydock for repairs. Rear Ad-
mlral Philip. commandant of the Brooklyn
| navy yard, who commanded the battle ship
| Texas in the battle of Santiago. died sud-
| denly of heart disease: Rear Admiral Bar
ker was detailed as his successor. Mayor
Rodriguez was inaugurated at Havana.
Governor Allen of Porto Rico visited the
mainland General Macarthur reported that
| General Aquino. prominent Filipino lead
er. had surrendered, and that General Ri
| carte, who threatened to lead an uprising
| In Manila, had been captured. Yellow fever
developed among the United States troops
the North German Lloyd line and many
acres of piers at Hoboken and caused the
death of upward of 200 persons. Twelve
persons We're burned to death in a tene-
ment nre at Hoboken. A trolley car fell
| from the track near Tacoma. Wash, and
| th!r'y-hVe persons were Killed. Several per-
| Sohs were khled ny the explosion or gaso-
| line tanks at Parkersburg, w. Va. Oil
| tanks of the Standard Oil Company burned
a. o6@ 9n ~ d. causing a loss OF fully
Si'o0''''''
|
| fositiVe confrmatlon OF the murder of
| Baron Won Kettecr. German minister at
| Pekin. was received. all reliable news
| no;nt.d 70 ,bo e,o,,n,,,o 30 -. to.;'
! in the Chinese canital. owing tn tho sn,.u-
| ness of the relief forces immediate effnrts
to succor the foreigners at Pekin was sus
| pended: the situation at Tien Tsin became
S dan;i II was announced that Russia had
| the chief 1yorE of ~ - &, MN
the Boxer troubles became acute in the
southern provinces but a serious breach
between the viceroys of those provinces
ranor,n 49,, pe, ot'i :;nel was revealed
| Tuan had usurpcd the covernments1 nouar
| and had imprisoned the emperor and the
do%aser empress; it was reported that ne
80 ~, ,@ti 'ie loiIcr 10 commit suicide
| many decided mo, n ,i%nrous - ~ af
| prnisbn,e,t for tbo al &c - va
| ketteler There n.ora ~, a;i, ii soii
| ments in South Africo tho 60, et.',
| hospital mismanagement caused ercaf asi-
| talon in I,ondnn Tbn Si;,,,,ss s. 81, e dsi-
| uent was defeated i, .ba bo,Ise ee -
| on a bill to inyestirs, to claims of Iris,
| landlords II was oficiar1-- ro,o,tad -.
| Sir Frederick NJ Hodr.o, povernor of - !.
| African Gold Coast I'D ,,.y,a ~;
| from Conassi Tho Ams,raiia, hi ,r,,'pI
| the house of lords. Gen lamont i,snactor
| general of tbo -, i'i'i'' iIiSps''oi