Evening star., 1901-07-20
THE WEEK ENDING JULY 20, 1901.

THE WEEK ENDING JULY 20, 1901.
The Postmaster General issued several
orders relating to second-class mail mat
ter. which, 1t Is believed. will stop the
abuse of that privilege. Comparisons were
made by the pardon attorney of the De-
partment Of Justice between the clemency
extended by President Mckinley and Mr..
Cleveland. The Italian government took
up for investigation the alleged lynching
of Italians in Mississippi. The Secretary
OF the Navy excluded from use at the
Naval Academy the third volume OF Mac
lays History Of the Navy" on account
of structures contained in the work on Ad
mfral Schley. Plans were adopted by the
Navy Department for armored cruisers of
22-knots speed The floating drydock at
Havana was bought by this government.
Lieut. Col Wantanabe, the first Japanese
military attac che accredited to this country.
arrived in Washington. A statement issued
showed that 40, 700 claims for pensions on
account of the war with Spain were filed
with the pension commissioner last year.
Senior Guerra, who was treasurer of the
Cuban revolutionary government stated
that $122, 400 represents Cubas entire in
debtedness. A strike Of the Amalgamated
Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
against the American Sheet Steel Company,
the American Steel Hoop Company and the
American Tin Plate Company, threw over
3O,o0O men out of work and indirectly caused
10000 more to be idle; ]. P. Morgan stated
that there can be no compromise or the
strike; the strikers Of the Reading Iron
Company, involving 2,700 employees, ac-
cepted the company's offer and returned
to work; as a result of strike Of firemen
In the anthracite coal region in Pennsyl-
Fires at Enid. o. T., and Marshall, Mo-,
caused 100000 damage in each place.
The International Epworth League
convention was opened in San Fran
enth National Bank, New York. was
instructed to bring suit unless de-
positors are paid in full in two weeks.
The trial Of Robert S. Fosburg for the al
was begun in Pittsfeld. Mass. Seven pas
sengers on a train Of the Vera Cruz and
Pacific railroad in Mexico were killed by
bandits. Fifteen negroes were reported to
cans in New Mexico. Arthur T. Colburn
Of Philadelphia, his two daughters. Cap
tain Flint and sailor, were drowned by
the capsizing Of a yacht in Long Island
Sprague, U. S. CONSUL general at Gibraltar
Gen. Daniel Butterfield and Charles Nord-
hoff, for many years one Of the leading
newspaper correspondents in Washington.
Foreign Affairs.
The allies selected August IA as the date
for the evacuation Of Pekin. The Bank of
England withdrew loan Of $15,OOO,O00 in
India 3 per cent stock, being unable to
place it; Lord Rosebery issued a mani
festo criticising the attitude Of the British
liberal party; Sir William Harcourt, speak
ing in the house of commons, severely crit
icized the British governments financial
policy. Lord Kitchener reported that Brit
ish troops nearly captured President Steyn
at ReitZ. Many industrial stocks in Ger
many reached the lowest point Of quota
tions ever known. The anniversary of the
q IN
France. Austrian shoe dealers asked state
aid against American competitors. The
Danish cabinet resigned. The Baldwin
Ziegler arctic expedition sailed from from
rate the landing Of Commodore M. c. Perry
in Japan, July IA. 1853, was unveiled at
kurihama. More than 100 persons were
wounded In riots at Lumberg. Galicia
perished in the recent eruption of the
volcano kioet, on the Island of Java
Floods on the Yangtze river, near Hankow,
caused the loss of hundreds of lives. Nine.
Baudin. minister of public works, but he
was not hit. Big frauds were discovered
in the Turkish customs service. Earl Rus
sell pleaded guilty to the charge Of bigamy
before the house OF lords and was SEN
fenced to three months Imprisonment. A
Arias Sanchez, consul from Ecuador to
Chile, was assaSsinated. Among
those who died was Admiral Count Leguin
deyQen, VINO served nearly eighty years IN
the Russian navy.
In the District.
The board Of assistant assessors reported
the total amount added to the tax list for
new buildings constructed and old struct-
ures repaired to be So. .535, 800. A census
bulletin was issued enumerating the people
Of the District as to sex. nativity and
color. The park commission arrived in
London. The Grand Lodge. District of Co
lumbia Odd Fellows, and the Great Council
Of the Improved Order of Red Men held
annual meetings. The District National
Guard went into camp at Leesburg. Va.
The local brotherhood of electrical work
ers went on strike for advance in wages;
a compromise was effected, the men to re-
ceive higher wages later. George E. Pax
ton, a carpenter. thirty-eight years old,
was killed by a falling roof. Thomas
Holmes. colored, twenty-three years of age.
attempted suicide by shooting. F. D. H.
Ingey and Samuel Ingley were sentenced
to imprisonment for counterfeiting and
selling street car tickets Charles Doyle
colored. killed Howard Dent, colored, by
cutting his throat with a razor; Dent was
later captured in Hyattsville, Md. Among
those who died were David S. Hendrick,
an insurance agent