Evening star., 1901-03-02
THE WEEK ENDING MARCH e, 1901.

The necessity for an extra session OF
Congress was avoided by the adoption by
both houses Of amendments to the army
appropriation bill providing for the civil
government of the Philippines under the
direction of the President and outlining the
terms of the future relations between Cuba
and the United States. The regular busi-
ness of Congress was hastened to a point
of practical completion; the Senate passed
the river and harbor bill and various regu-
lar appropriation bills; the conferees on
the war revenue reduction bill reached an
agreement. A letter written by Rear Ad-
miral Sampson relative to the commission
Ing of a warrant officer of the navy pre-
cipitated a renewal of the SampsonSchley
controversy; the Senate ignored the nomi-
nations of those two officers for promotion
and confirmed all the other nominations re-
sulting from the war achievements of the
navy. Minister Conger left Pekin for Wash
ington on a leave of absence, Commissioner
Rockhill assuming charge of the negotia-
tions. William A. Rublee of Wisconsin was
appointed consul general to Hong Kong to
succeed the late Rounsevile Wildman. who
was lost at sea. Frank A. Vanderlip.
sistant secretary Of the treasury. resigned
to accept an important position in a New
York bank and was succeeded by Milton
Z. Allies. Brig. Gen. Theodore Schwan was
placed on the retired list of the army. A
civil government was established by the
Taft commission in Bulacan province Lu-
zon The Oregon senatorial deadlock was
broken at the last moment of the session
by the election of former Senator j. II.
Mitchell. Llewellen Powers former gov
ernor of Maine, nominated by the re-
publicans of the fourth district to succeed
Charles A. Boutelle, resigned. The Penn
syiVania legislature passed a bill abolishing
the office of mayor in the cities of Pitts
burg. Scranton and Allegheny; free fight
was precipitated in the house of represent
atives on account of this measure: prepa-
ma do fy,
its enforcement. The articles of incorpora-
ton Of the new United States Steel corpo-
ration were filed in New jersey A raider
participating in an assault upon Topeka
saloon was fatally wounded. Astronomers
were engaged In studying the phenomenon
OF the appearance of a new star. The Ne
braSka state penitentiary destroyed by
fire with loss of one life. Among those who
died during the week was ex-senator VIM.
M. Evarts, In New York city, at the age
of eighty-three.
Foreign Affairs.
Chih Sin and Hsu Cheng Yu, leaders of
the Chinese radicals, were publicly behead-
ed at Pekin under the imperial edict; the
foreign ministers thereupon agreed to call
a halt to further bloodshed in punishment.
The Austrian reichsrath in turmoil
over the relations of the Czechs and Ger
mans. The Roumanian cabinet resigned.
Fears of an uprising Ill Macedonia were
caused by increased acts of brigandage.
Anti-clerical riots agitated Portugal. The
British governments normal majority show
ed another shrinkage in a vote the civil
service estimates. The surrender of Cen
eral Botha to Lord Kitchener was reported
in London without confirmation: General
De Wet, after being held on the south bank
Of the Orange river by high waters for
several days, in danger of capture. sue
ceeded in crossing to the north bank. King
Edward visits his sister, Empress Frederick
of Germany, at Cronberg. The German
census showed the population Of the en-
pire to be 56,345, ,014. NJ. Bogoliepoff, Rus
sian minister of education, was seriously
wounded by a student as a result of the
recent riots in st. Petersburg and other
Russian cities. Somals attacked a British
expedition in East Africa and killed Lieut..
Col. Maitland and sixteen men.
In the District.
The District appropriation bill was final
ly approved by Congress and sent to the
President for signature. The Senate adopt
ed an amendment to the sundry civil bill
providing for the construction of the me-
mortal bridge, limiting the cost to S5,OOOO 600,
and providing for a reopenfng of the COM
petition for the design A report was re-
ceived by the Senate District committee
showing the bad condition Of the piers of
the Aqueduct bridge. The House passed
the following named District bills: To pro-
tect the interests of the United States in
the Potomac river flats; for the relocation
of certain street railway tracks on the Bun
ker Hill road; to regulate the collection of
taxes: to provide for the proceedings for
admission to the Government Hospital for
the Insane; extending the time for the con-
struction Of certain street railways in the
District: relating to proof of execution Of
wills affecting real estate; permitting bu-
rlals of the dead in the lands of the Protes-
tant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation; regu-
lating theater licenses in the interests Of
public decency, and relating to the claims
of the Patrick Kavanagh estate and the
devises of Casper Barber. Secretary Root
ordered the reinstatement to his command
OF Col. Henry May, LIST Regiment, D. c.
N. G. The organization of branch Of the
American Federation Of Labor among the
District fremen was projected. The Com
missioners appointed Foreman Frank J.
Wagner third assistant fire chief under the
provisions Of the new appropriation law.
Reports were filed indicating the reappear-