Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-02-23
WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 23. 1901.

The President allowed it to be understood
that he proposed to summon Congress in
extra session late in March for the pur-
pose of passing upon the Cuban constitu-
ton; that document was finally ratified by
the convention at Havana and a copy Off
cially presented to Governor General Wood;
it contained reference to the relations
with the United States, which were rele-
gated to special committee. The Senate
passed the post office appropriation bill af-
ter several days of debate: it rejected the
conference report on the Military Academy
bill because of the harshness of the clause
relating to hazing. An attempt to secure
consideration by the Senate Of the anti
trust law passed last session by the House
proved unsuccessful. The Senate committee
on military affairs decided to add the
Spooner amendment for civil government IN
the Philippines to the army appropriation
bill. The House cleared the appropriation
bill calendar by passing the sundry civil
and general deficiency bills; IL passed the
bill granting an appropriation of s5,0o0,oo0
for the aid of the Louisiana purchase eX-
position and defeated the bill to define
the word conspiracy in the antitrust law
in the interest of labor unions: Chairman
Cannon announced that the total appro-
prations, exclusive of the sinking fund,
would aggregate close to $500, 900. Rep
resentative LentZ precipitated an acrimoni-
Gus debate by charging the army in the
Philippines with cruelties toward the ma
tives. Charges were made of bribery in con-
nection with the Delaware senatorial fight.
Further arrests were made In Manila of
persons charged with secretly aiding the
Insurgents. Anti-saioon rioting in Kansas
continued the wife of a saloon keeper at
Wildwood was killed by "smashng'' mob;
Mrs. Carrie Nation and two of her compan-
ions were arrested in Topeka and held in
default OF bail. The first-class at West
Point graduated. The steamer Rio de ia
metro, from Hong Kong to San Francisco,
foundered rock at the entrance of
FRAY ha nd sank immp6ate-
ly, causing the death of upward of $50
persons including Consul General Rounse-
Vile Widman, stationed at Hong Kong, and
his family. Trains collided head-on on the
line to Atlantic City near Trenton n. j..
and twelve persons were killed. Three peo-
pie We're killed in a train wreck at Mills
City, New. Thirteen miners were entombed
in a mine at Tuscaloosa, Ala. One Of the
kidnapers of Eddie Cudahy OF Omaha was
captured and identified by the boy: 1t
reported that Grove, charged with the lead
ership of the gang, had declared his inten-
ton to surrender.
Foreign Affairs.
Under the pressure Of threatened expedi-
tons by the allied troops into the western
provinces the government of China has
tened to assure the internationals of their
willingness to accede to their demands and
edicts were promised to issue at once de-
creeng the death of the Boxer leaders; the
United States demurred at the show of
force anu ueclilltu u participate lIie CA
petitions; it secured from the other powers
an agreement that there should be no fur
Their territorial seizures without interna-
tional assent. Steyn and De Wet, for the
Beers in the field, issued a proclamation ac-
cusing the British of atrocities and an
nouncing their determination to continue
the war; Lord Kitchener had a narrow es-
cape from death or capture, the Beers de-
stroying q section of the train on which he
was travelling. 1t was announced that
Queen Victoria left private estate worth
about So 600 900. The British ministry suf-
fered shrinkage in majority on test
vote winning by the comparatively narrow
margin of 40; the Irish tilibuster began,
members from Ireland demanding the right
to speak In their native tongue; motion
for compulsory sales of land to Irish ten
ants was defeated. Rioting in the Austro-
Hungarian parliament caused Emperor
Francis Joseph to threaten to assume a
dictatorship If orderly legislative processes
were not at once resumed. The Duke of
Westminster, recently married, was named
as correspondent in divorce suit. con-
vention to frame a new constitution for
Venezuela assembled at Caracas.
In the District.
The report Of the District committee on
the filtration question was submitted to the
Senate, favoring the slow sand method
with occasional alum treatment. to prevent
extreme turbidity. The Senate passed the
police force: it also passed a bill for the do
nation of Rawins Square to the Daughters
of the American Revolution as the site for
their proposed continental hall. The tenth
annual congress of the d. A. r. was held:
Mrs. Fairbanks of Indiana was elected
president general after a spirited campaign
The annual reception Of the Board of Trade
was held President Boynton of the school
board called attention to inaccuracies in
the history text books in use in the public
schools. Washington's birthday was APP
propriately celebrated in the schools and
by the patriotic orders. Two cases Of
smallpox were discovered.