Evening star., 1902-01-18
WEEK ENDING JANUARY IS, 1902.

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| pointinent by the President of Whitelaw
Reid as special ambassador to the corona
ton Of King Edward. Gen. James H. Will
son to represent the army and Capt.
Charles III. Clark to represent the navy.
1t was stated that the isthmian canal COM
mission would submit two reports to the
President, the majority favoring the offer
OF the Panama Canal Company to sell its
plant for s40,0O0O00; NJ. Lampre, repre-
senting the Panama company, appeared be-
fore a special committee of the Senate to
explain what title the United States would
acquire by accepting the offer. 1t was an
nounced In Berlin that Prince Henry of
germany would represent the Emperor of
Gerlnany upon the occasion of the launch
ing or the yacht being built for the latter
IN TINS country; 1t was further announced
that Prince Henry and a suite of fifteen
persons would sail for New York February
10 and would arrive in Washington Febru-
ary ~; arrangements for. the entertainment
or the prince in this country included ap-
propriate ceremonies and visits to various
cities and Niagara Falls. the tour in this
country to last about two weeks. Post
master General H. c. Payne was inducted
into office. Senators Allison and Dolliver
were renominated to succeed themselves by
the republican caucus Of the Iowa legisla-
ture; Arthur P. German was elected to
the Senate in Maryland, James b. Nc
CIeary in Kentucky and Senator Foraker
in Ohio; the bill creating a department of
commerce was debated in the Senate and
amended in many particulars; by a strict
party vote the Senate committee on COM
merce decided to make favorable report
to the Senate on the Frye ship subsidy
bill; Representative Babcock introduced
bill! in the House to put on the free list
many articles manufactured by the steel
trust; the House ways and means commit
tee held hearings on the proposed Cuban
reciprocity proposition. General Chaffee
announced that he will make a thorough
investigation of the Filipino situation on
the Island Of Samar; twenty-one Filipino
officers and 240 enlisted men surrendered to
American troops at Taal, in the province of
Batangas. Richard Croker resigned as the
leader Of Tammany Hall, in New York
city and Lewis Nixon was named as his
successor. An Oklahoma chief justice Or
dered that if there be only one negro child
OF school age In a school district the
thcrtties must provide a separate school
house and teacher. Mr.. Oscar F. Strauss
was appointed permanent member of the
committee OF arbitration at The Hague.
Workingmen Of Homestead, Pa, contribut-
ed In one day out Of their wages $4,000 to
the Mckinley monument fund. Religious
statistics for 1901 show that the gain in
church membership in the United States
during the year was 267 per cent, while
the total gain in population was 2.1S per
cent. The seventeenth victim of the Park
avenue tunnel railroad accident in New
York city died; at the coroner's inveStiga-
ton into the disaster the management of
the road admitted that trainmen had often
reported their inability to distinguish sig
nal lights in the tunnel. Hundreds of dead
mules and cattle were reported floating in
the Gulf of Mexico and it was supposed
that British transport from New Orleans
had met with disaster. Henry Pearlstein,
his wife and five children were burned to
death in their home at Buffalo. N. Y. Ten
men were killed by an explosion in a mine
240 feet under the ground at Dow, 1. T. In
a cave-in at the Ada mine at Gainesville,
Mo-, three miners lost their lives.
Foreign Affairs.
Three hundred persons were reported
killed, more than that number injured and
many public and private buildings in ruins
in the city of Chilpancingo, state of Guer-
rero, Mexico, from the effects of an earth
quake; shocks were felt all over Mexico and
were especially severe in the City of Mexi-
CO. King Edward opened parliament in
state; in. his speech the king commended
the British troops in South Africa for their
humane treatment of the Beers and was
cheered enthusiastically by the house of
lords; notice was served upon Arthur
Lynch, elected to parliament from Ireland
that he would be arrested on stepping foot
in London for fighting with the Beers; Gen.
eral Kitchener reported the narrow escape
of General Botha from capture by the Brit
ish, who took thirtytwo prisoners in an
engagement; the London lines fiercely as
sailed the anti-English cartoons appearing
in German papers; it was announced that
in all probability the British sloop-of-war
Condor had foundered in a typhoon while
on her way from Victoria, B. c., to Homo
lulu. Germany issued loan Of SI5, 200
at $3.50; Count Won Buelow in the reich
stag asserted that there would be no de-
Walton in the kaiser'S Poland policy that
the Poles must learn German; 1t was stated
that the Poles who boycotted German goods
are buying American products; it was an
nounced that Count Won Wardersee will
visit the United States in April; a woman
was arrested at Cologne charged with the
murder of fifty infants entrusted to her
care. Forty-three men were caught by the
sudden flooding of a mine in Austria and
We're drowned; fierce windstorm injured
many persons in Vienna and did much lam
age to property. Paul Deschanel was re-
elected president Of the French chamber of
deputies. Complete returns from the Cana
dian census show population of 5,369, ,666,
an increase of 536,421 in ten years. Con-
sui Miller, who investigated the clash be-
tween Americans and Russians at New
chWanS, China, eXonerated the Americans
from the charge of shooting a Russian SOL
dier. Advices from Yokohama stated that
enormous frauds had been discovered in
the financial department Of the Japanese
government, and that eighty officials had
been sentenced to be beheaded Reports
from Caracas stated that Castro's navy is
afraid to attack the insurgent vessel Liber-
tador on account Of her strength Two
forces of Colombian government troops
fought with heavy losses near Rio Hacha,
each thinking the other a band of fnsur-
gents. The rumor of Pope LeoS severe
illness was persistently repeated. Among
those who died during the week was VIII
liam Fife. ST., the famous yacht builder, at
Fairlie, Scotland.
In the District.
The Senate committee on the District Of
Columbia submitted the report of the park
commission to the Senate, together with
the report Of the committee, outlining the
plan which has been agreed upon by the
park commission; the report of the commits
sion gave in minute detail the entire project
for the Improvement of the city; models
and maps to about the number Of 200 We're
displayed in the hemicycle of the Corcoran
Art Gallery for the benefit Of those who de-
sired to inspect the work Of the commits
sion. The District Commissioners were off,
ciallly informed that the Senate commit
tee on the District of Columbia is in favor
Of the approval Of the verdict Of the jury
Of condemnation in the matter Of opening
10th street to the District line. The project
for the establishment of a market on 14th
street between and w streets was vetoed
by the Commissioners. The special COM
mittee on municipal finance of the Board
of Trade held a meeting, at which the whole
oIpstiop the fiscal rela t}onS oF tba nc