Evening star., 1900-06-09
THE WEEK ENDING JUNE o, 1900.

Congress adjourned Thursday, the ses-
sion being prolonged a day because of a
failure of the houses to agree on the naval
appropriation bill, a dispute arising over
the subject of ocean surveys; all the regu-
lar money bills became laws. aggregating
500 10, 4I6. In accordance with provisions
added to the Military Academy bill the
President commissioned Maj. Gen. Miles as
lieutenant general and Adjutant Gen. Cor
bin as major general. In order to demon
strate .he rapidity with which vessels 'in
ordinary could be prepared for sea. hurry
orders were sent to the battle ships Indiana
and Massachusetts, with the result that
they were sent to within forty EIGHT
hours after receipt of orders. The demo-
Gratis of New York, Connecticut, Maryland,
Missouri, Colorado and Indiana Endorsed
w. j. Bryan. An election for congressman
and state officers was held in Oregon with
the republicans uniformly victorious The
soclalist-labor party In convention in New
York nominated Joseph H. Maloney of
Massachusetts for President and Valentine
Remme of Pennsylvania for Vice Presi-
dent. Gen. E s. Otis, formerly military
governor of the Philippines. landed in San
Francisco; desultory fighting occurred in
the Islands; the capture of Cen Plo del
P1lar was reported; Gen. Funston found a
large cache of important insurgent records;
a Filipino officer. thought to have been
Aguinaldo, shot by Maj. March's men
on their recent chase after that leader.
Riots continued in st. Louis as a result of
the street car strike; the citizens asked the
governor to summon the militia to suppress
the rioters.
Foreign Affairs.
International interest shifted from South
Africa to China, where the Boxer troubles
grew to menacing proportions. Marines
were landed from the warships Of the pow
ers at Taku; Russia sought permission to
intervene singly to end the disturbances,
but Japan, it was reported, protested sue
cessfully; lighting occurred between the
imperial troops and Boxers, with losses on
both sides; the former generally showed a
d1sinclinatton to fight the insurgents. A
change of ministry in Japan was believed
to indicate strong anti-Russian policy on
the part OF that government in the Chinese
crisis. Lord Roberts troops formally oc-
cup1ed Pretoria, Bothas army having re-
treated to the east; President Kruger, in
an interview in his car half way to the
coast. declared that the Beers would re-
main In the field; Gen. Butler reported a
successful movement that enabled him to
render Laing's Mex untenable for the
Boers; battalion Of the 18th Imperial
4eomanry was captured by the Beers near
Lindley in the Orange River Colony. The
ltailan elections resulted in strengthening
the opposition party. Colombian rebels de-
1eated the government troops in series
OF battles near Rio Negro. A statue Of
Count de Rochambeau, erected by French
ana american subscriptions, was unveiled
at Vendome. France. Among those who
died was Stephen Crane, the American poet
and novelist, at Baden.
In the District.
The District bill was among the last OF
the budgets to pass Congress, the provi-
sion for a municipal hospital site being re-
tained. The Senate failed to take action
on the telephone bill and the code bill, and
the provision for starting work on the Me-
mortal bridge was stricken from the sundry
civil bill. The Bar Association met and
decided to give opportunity during the re-
cess of the Congress for the proposal of
amendments to the pending code bill. The
Commissioners awarded to Marvin H.
Chamberlain of Detroit the contract for
collecting and treating the city garbage by
the reduction process and to r. V. Rusk of
Washington that for disposing Of other
refuse. The Commissioners refused to re-
scind the dog-muzzling order. The Court
or Appeals affirmed the verdicts rendered
IN the lower courts against Frank Funk
and Benjamin Smell, convicted of murder;
the Georgia congressional delegation ask
Ing for the pardon Of Smell on the ground
OF his mental irresponsibility Suit was
nieo Tor the appointment OF 4 receiver Tor
the Capital Railway Company and the
washington Traction Company, Its sue
cessor, to enforce judgments rendered In
favor OF three of the sufferers from the ac-
cident or July 10. 1885, on the line of the
former road In Anacostia- A collision oc-