Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-02-01
WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY J, 1902


channels; statement was issued by the
President stating that no one had been Of
fered the governorship of Hawaii in Gov
ernor Dole's place, and that he had not
reached conclusion in regard to Hawaii
an affairs. Admiral Schley's appeal to tho
President to set aside the majority find
ings of the court OF inquiry was made pub
lie; the comment of the judge advocate
general and Solicitor Hanna of the Navy
Department on the appeal was submitted
to the President and made public. The
Navy Department issued order an
nouncing that Rear Admirals VIM. I.
Sampson and B. J. Cromwell will be placed
on the retired list February .. All treas
ury records were broken the gold on hand
reaching the sum of $545, SIG, S05. An amend
ment was proposed by Senator Spooner in
the Senate to the Hepburn canal bill, pass
ed by the House, providing that the Presl-
dent be authorized to ascertain the charac-
ter of the title that might be obtained from
the Panama Canal Company for Its prop
erty, and, if such title proved satisfactory
and the necessary treaty stipulations could
be made with Colombia, to buy the prop
erty for $4o,000000; the Senate passed a
bill creating the new department of COM
merce and defining it's scope; the debate In
the Senate on the Philippine tariff was
characterized by exceptional bitterness: v.
H. Taft, civil governor of the Philippines,
was the first witness before the Senate
committee on the Philippines in the fnveS-
tigation into the conditions In the archipel-
ago; the House committee on agriculture
returned majority and minority reports on
the oleomargarine bill; the ways and means
committee authorized a favorable report on
a bill repeating war revenue taxes; the
House interstate commerce committee ap-
proved a measure providing for govern
ment Pacific cable; the House passed Dill
providing for a permanent census bureau,
the ways and means committee announced
that hearings on the question OF granting
reciprocity to Cuba would be discontinued
for the present. 1t was stated that the en-
gineerS and contractors who built the chi
cago drainage canal would submit
proposition to the government to bullo the
isthmian canal when the route is selected.
Advices from Manila stated that Captain
Porter'S men who took part in the eXpedl-
ton into the interior of Samar were nearly
starved to death; ten men who were miss
ing were rescued with the greatest OF diff
ficulty in pitiful condition; Admiral Rog-
ers reported ten more marines missing in
Samar and seven suffering severely from
the hardships which they underwent on
the Porter expedition. The United States
Supreme Court heard arguments on the
question of jurisdiction in the suit brought
by Minnesota to prevent the merger or
northwestern roads. Memorial exercises
were held in many cities in honor of the
late President or his birthday, January %.
A force Of 125 physicians raided East Bos-
ton and vaccinated over 1900 persons
blizzard which ragged in northern Michigan
and adjacent territory did much damage
ture throughout the western states; ter
rife Sleet storm in Kentucky, Arkansas
and Tennessee did immense damage. Three
men were burned to death in a house near
Kingman, AriZ., it is supposed, by a fourth
man for the purpose of robbery. fire in
Norfolk did damage to the amount of
about s700,0e0 destroying the Atlantic
Hotel. A terrific explosion of dynamite oc-
CURED in the New York rapid transit tun-
mel, killing six and wounding considerably
over one hundred persons, and doing dam
age to the amount of 81 100000 in the Park
avenue district. A fire in an Italian lodg
ing house in Boston resulted in the death
of ten persons while four were seriously
injured. The finding of the wreckage of
the British sloop-of-war Condor on the
Pacific coast strengthened the belief that
the vessel has foundered. Three persons
were killed, another fatally injured, and
many hurt in a street car wreck in Will
merding, Pa. Three skaters were drowned
at sprague, Wash. One man was killed
and two fatally hurt in a railroad wreck
near Deerfield Ill. Prison guards at South
McAlester, 1. T., prevented the escape of
142 convicts by shooting two. Two burg
lars We're killed and city marshal and a
deputy sheriff were wounded In an en-
counter at Gallipolis, Ohio. Edward and
John Biddle, under sentence of death, es-
capped from the Pittsburg jail with the aid
of Mrs. Peter K. Soffel, the wife Of the
warden, throwing one guard down to a cor
ridor below distance of sixteen feet and
shooting another; the three were overtaken
at Mount Chestnus, Pa, and a desperate
battle ensued, all three being seriously
wounded: Mrs. Soffel tried to kill herself,
put the bullet was detected, while Edward
Biddle may die from his wounds. Jim
Howard was sentenced to life imprison-
ment, having been decided guilty of COM
plicity in the Goebel assassination Two
negroes who had murdered a white man
were lynched In West Carroll Paris La.
Among those who died during the week
were Rear Admiral Kimberly u S. NJ
and General Harrison c. Hobart, the sole
survivor Of the party that tunneled from
Libby prison and gained the Union lines
during the civil war
Foreign Affairs.
Figures published in London show that
the Boer war, from it's inception up to De-
cember, has cost Great Britain 1900 men
killed, $1,000 invaded and $500 600 600 in
money; General Viljoen of Tie Boer army
was captured by the British; in fight at
Abrahams Kraal, Orange river, Col. L. E.
DuMou}in and eight British were killed and
seven wounded. 1t was stated that the
Boer government has taken steps to bring
about peace negotiations between Beers and
British The birthday of the Emperor of
Germany was celebrated; while no disre-
spect was shown the Prince of Wales in
Berlin, the German people treated him very
coldly; the newspapers Of the German capt.
tai were filled with complimentary notices
OF the United States, but made no reference
to the princes visit. The French chamber
of deputies passed a bill providing sl2, 1OO,-
coo for the new waterways; the commission
which is to investigate the depopulation of
France began its sessions in Paris. Santos
Dumont made two successful excursions
over the Mediterranean sea at Monte Carlo
in his dirigible balloon. A free fight oc-
CURED between the socialist and Catholic
factions in the Belgian chamber of deputies.
A fire at Rat Portage, Manitoba, caused
81 100000 damage. Hidden treasure to the
amount Of nearly 800. 100000 was dug up in
the Forbidden City since the return of the
Chinese court. A naval engagement oc-
CURED between two steamers Of the Colom-
bian government and the feet Of the insur-
gents. 1t was reported that the celebrated
erection monastery of St. Paul. on Mount
Athos was damaged by fire to the amount
Of $500, 1000, the prior and nine monks perish
ing and twenty others being seriously in !
jured. Out of a command of 21O Japanese
soldiers practtcing winter marching on the
northern end Of the Island of Hondo which
was caught In a blizzard, over 200 persisted
In the District.
The District Commissioners transmitted
to the Senate and House District commit
tees the draft of bill to place the Dis
trict employees under civil service rules;
the Commissioners recommended to Con-