Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-02-09
WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY o, 1901.

MI, pras;aon+ nominated Nelson A. Miles
to be lieutenant general under the army
organization law, also NUMBER VI ii"'o.
and brigadier generals. Inc oeha'e pass" ~,
the Military Academy appropriation oii''
with a clause designed to prevent hazihs'
II nsssed the bill to reduce the war reVe-
me and the pension appropriation bill ana
took I'D the naval appropriation DILL TWO
night sessions were held at which the snip
subsidy bill. was sharply DEBATED "ilhou'
material progress. The House passed tae
post office appropriation bill, the OIL 70 ata
the creation of a commission to ad1udicate
claims of United States citizens agalhss
Snain and the bill to extend the charters OIL
national banks. The sundry civil applo
priation bill was reported 10 the 80 5auu al.
The Secretary Of War issued an order Oh,
recting that further sales OF liquors OF All
kinds be stopped at the army post eA-
changes Ex-senator D. B. Hill OF New
York. it was stated, was not iant a.,
for the presidential nomination In l9o4. An
agreement was reached between the owners
of the Carnegie and other large steer inter
ests for a practical consolidation OF an tne
steel producing plants OF the 1hi.ea as"truc-
tive crusade against the Kansas saloons.
In the United States circuit court IN view
York George and Helen Gould were named
as receivers of the income OIL lnen 900
the Countess Castellane, in excess OF SZoo'-
600 a wear Five persons were Killed ana
MANY were injured in derailment ACCIDENT
on the Erie railroad near Greehvllle' ia.
Foreign Affairs.
The remains of Queen Victoria were In
TERED at Frogmore. Windsor Emperor
William left London for Berlin queen
Wilhelmina of Holland was married at Inc
Hague to Prince Henry of Mecklenpurs-
Schwerin. Beers captured the British post
at Meddersfontein. Transvaal; IT was an
BRIT itch IVA
at once send 10000 additional troops 10
South Africa The Italian cabinet was de-
feated in parliament and resigned. AT d
conference at Pekin the foreign ENJOYS sup
mitted a list of the Chinese whose PUNISH
ment is demanded; Emperor kWang Su ap-
pealed to the allies to waive the death pen
alty in the case of Gen. Tung-Fu HSlang.
In opening the reichsrath at Vienna En-
neror Franz Joseph urged settlement of
the language question in bohemia Anu
Jesuit demonstrations occurred at valencia,
SPAIN The Belgian chamber OF deputies
voted for arbitration of the South African
question but tha. government declined to
act. Upwards of five hundred persons were
burned to death in great Oil fire at Baku,
Trans-Caucasia.
In the District.
The Senate passed the District appropria-
ton BILL The House accepted the confer
ence reports on the grade crossing bills, and
they were sent to the President for sigma
ture Monday was observed as John Mar
shall day, In honor of the centenary of the
administration of the oath Of office as JUS
tice of the Supreme Court to the distin-
guished jurist. A new association of the
fire insurance companies doing business In
the District was formed. Fire truck 3 col
1ided with a Connecticut avenue car at M
street; Fire Private Charles A. Keefe was
killed and Foreman Donohue and Private
Ryan were seriously hurt; the accident
caused a revival Of the discussion over the
speed of street cars and the proper place
for stopping cars at corners. The infant
child of Samuel T. Smith was burned in its
carriage in the home of its parents