Evening star., 1901-12-28
WEEK ENDING DECEMBER Is, 1901.

HoN. crane OF MASSACHUSETTS QeC1lneQ tne
Office of Secretary of the Treasury; it was
rendered to Gov. Shaw of Iowa who ac-
cepted. Secretary Root sharply reprimanded
Lieut. Gen. Miles for expressing himself
caustically upon the findings Of the Schley
court. By direction of the President, E. s.
Maclay, author of the history of the navy
which revived the Sampson-Schley contro-
versy, was discharged from his position in
the Brooklyn navy yard. after he had re-
fused to resign; he appealed to the civil
service commission, and was informed that
the President had not exceeded his powers
in conformity with the spirit and letter Of
the civil service law in Summarily dismiss
ing him. A fight occurred near San JOSE
Batangas, Philippine Islands, December %
with heavy insurgent losses; dispatches an
nounced the surrender of Samson, an in
Surgent chief, with a large force and many
arms; the money ratio for the Philippines
for the first quarter of the new year was
fixed at s.. 10 Mexican silver to 81 American
gold; Gen. Davis asked that military rule
be re-established in part in Mindanao; Gov.
Taft sailed for the United States after
having expressed his purpose to resume his
duties. Witnesses for the trial of c. +. W.
Nicely and Estes G. Rathbone, charged with
the embezZlement of Cuban postal reve-
nues, were notified to appear at Havana
January 2. The Italian government re-
newed it's effort to have the federal stat
utes extended to protect foreigners in cases
arising within state jurisdiction. EX-Presi-
dent Cleveland accepted a position as a
member of the industrial peace committee
The creed revision committee of the Pres
byterian Church reported that the work
had been tentatively pursued. and that an
other meeting would be held in Philadel-
phfa February 5. President Schwab of the
United States steel corporation, in a speech
at Chicago, declared that the trust is a
dead business proposition, and urged that
corporations such as he represented are
wholesome. Price-cutting between rival
sugar refining corpora tons and other eie-
ments caused a sensational fluctuation in
the market price of sugar stock. Statistics
compiled by BradStreet's showed that 1901
would be marked as the banner year of
American business. A democratic factionaI
quarrel was precipitated in the seventh
New York congressional district, vacated
by the resignation Of Nicholas Muller;
Perry Belmont claimed to have secured the
nomination, and was attacked by Richard
Croker. A sham battle was fought to COM
memorate the one hundred and twenty-fifth
anniversary of the battle of Trenton. It
was reported that experts at the Univer-
sity of Michigan had discovered an anti
septic for typhoid, cholera and dysentery.
Four were killed and five injured in the
burning Of a dwelling near Summerville
Pa. One man was killed and two were in
tured by an explosion on a ferry boat at
Ludfngton, Mich. Five were killed and
others injured by a trolley car accident at
Allentown, Pa. Three were killed in the
burning Of river steamer at Memphis.
Three were killed and three injured by the
breaking of crane in a bridge plant at
Chicago. -Four were killed by train acci-
dent near Poyntelle, Pa. Children started
fire which destroyed ConneIIsvilIe, Pa,
property worth $4,000. A serious race
riot occurred between whites and negroes
in Harlem, N. Y. The body of Ella Crop
sey, missing from her home in North Car
olina for several weeks, was found in the
Pasquotonk river, and coroner's jury de-
clared that she had been murdered. Alex
q Lax
convicted Of jury bribing. Among those
who died during the week were United
States Senator William j. Sewell of New
Jersey, Gov. J. r. Rogers OF the state of
Washington, Capt. Richard P Leary, U. S.
N, retired, the first governor of Guam and
William Ellery Charming. the last survivor
of the famous ''brotherhood'' of writer's of
Concord, Mass.
Foreign Affairs.
The impending war between Chile and Ar
gentina was averted by the mutual accept
ance Of protocol temporarily adjusting
the boundary dispute. President Castro Of
Venezuela gave fresh offense to France by
seizing the property of a French citizen;
Germany's preparations for a collecting ex-
pedition to Venezuela were temporarily
checked, pending the progress Of the new
revolution against Castro under General
Mendoza. Gen. BartoIome Maso withdrew
from the presidential campaign in Cuba and
retired to his home: Cen Maxine Gomez,
while campaigning for Palma, was roughly
treated and denounced as traitor. Four
hundred men We're killed in a battle in
which government troops defeated Coiom-
bian rebels at Honda. A demonstration
against the sale of the Danish West Indies
to the United States was held at Christian
sted, St. Croix. Beers became again active
in the field, executing a successful attack
upon the British forces at Tafel kop and
also rushing the British position at Zeefon-
teln, lnf1lcting heavy losses. Queen Alex
andria suffered from a chill and grave re-
ports as to her health were circulated.
Political excitement marked the unveiling
In Paris Of statue Of Deputy Charles
Baudin, hero of Louis Napoleon's coup
fetat; M. dEstournelles de Constant in
the French chamber Of deputies protested
against the caricaturing of foreign rulers
by French humorists. A revolutionary de-
nonstration against Turkey occurred at
Sofia, Bulgaria; the Bulgarian cabinet re-
signea. The Chinese court arrived at Tzu
Chow, 100 miles from Pekfn. The Ham,
burger NachrichSten, the organ Of Prince
Bismarck during his life, published an ut
terance by the chancellor that the Monroe
doctrine was Just piece Of impudence."
The japanese budget showed large sur
plus. Emperor Francis Joseph ordered the
expulsion from Austria Of number of
marriage for United States Senator Depew
and Miss May Palmer took place at Nice,
France. A storm at Vancouver, B. c..
caused 100000 damage. A tornado swept
Pisa and Florence, doing great damage
In the District.
The Commissioners further considered the
estimates and the best means Of meeting
the prospective deficit In the local revenues;
the expedient of bond issue to care for
the extraordinary improvements was sug-
gested. Senator Mcmillan conferred with
the District assessors relative to the en-
actment OF new personal tax law. The
District Supreme Court promulgated rules
to govern the justices Of the peace named
under the code. Many applicants for d.
vorce hurried their cases before the courts
to escape the operation Of the code, with
it's restrictions. The District marshal
named thirteen deputies under the code.
the Commissioners ordered that the public
telephone service be no longer used for
private business 3he American Historical
Association and the American Federation
Of Graduate Clubs held their annual ses-
sions. Miss Mary Estep, who claimed to
have been assaulted in Franklin Square,
acknowledged that her report was a hoax
John M. Shipper and John W. Davis. COL
ored, and Daniel ]. White committed sui
eide. George Klingler and an unknown
woman were found in an avenue hotel as
phyxiated. John Colclazier, motorman was
killed by being thrown from his car. Capt.
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