Evening star., 1902-02-15
WEEK ENDING FEB. Is, 1902.


ton from Groton. Mass. where he had been
in attendance at the bedside of his son,
Theodore Roosevelt, jr. who suffered from
a severe attack Of pneumonia: the latter
was pronounced out of danger. The pro-
visions of Secretary Roots bill creating a
general staff for the army were made pub
ic The board of army officers announced
plans adopted for the distribution of the
army at permanent and temporary posts.
A memorial from the federal party in the
Philippine Islands was presented to Con-
gress, urging that the archipelago be re-
tanned as territory OF the United States and
be given a liberal form of government, but
not independence. The Senate passed the
joint resolution for a constitutional amend
ment changing the date of the presidential
inauguration; the debate the Philippine
tariff bill was continued In the Senate: Sem
ator Hoar reported an anti-anarch!st bill
with sweeping provisions from the judiciary
committee; the permanent census bureau
bill was reported to the Sesate and dis
cussed; the Senate committee on inter-
oceanic canals continued the hearing OF
members of the Walker commission on the
Nicaraguan and Panama routes: the House
passed the oleomargarine bill, the measure
having been radically amended; the House
passed the bill for the election Of senators
by popular vote: In the House MIR. Wheeler,
democrat, of Kentucky, severely arraigned
the State Department in general the atti-
tude Of the government in it's program for
the entertainment OF Prince Henry OF
Prussia, and the special envoy to the cOrO-
nation Of King Edward. An epidemic OF
smallpox was announced to be raging In
many Of the larger cities Of the country.
The Presbyterian revision committee
the doctrine of predestinaton and elect In
fants The German imperial yacht Hohen-
Zoilern arrived at New York. Paterson, N.
j., was swept by fire that destroyed near
ly 500 buildings. including almost every not
able structure in the city, causing loss Of
eight million dollars, killing several
persons and injuring many more. and maxi
ing over q thousand families homeless.
Eleven persons were killed and eight seri-
ousy hurt in fire that destroyed the EN-
pire Hoted in ST. Louis; the proprietor was
held for his failure to provide the structure
with proper fire escapes. fire in Spring
field, Ohio. destroyed property owned by
Senator Fairbanks. valued at nearly a mil
lion dollars. fire in Brooklyn destroyed
the ShadbCt wagon factory and other prop
erty worth nearly half million dollars.
The business section Of E!berton. Ga, was
wiped out by fire. with a loss of S100000
Three men killed: four probably fatally and
two seriously injured was the result OF &
collision on the Pennsylvania railroad on
the grade just above the Horseshoe curve.
Seven men were killed and fourteen seri-
ousy injured by a boulder crashing into
the cahoose of a work train on the Choc-
taw. Oklahoma and Gulf railroad near Lit
tie Rock, Ark. Two persons were killed
and two injured in railroad accident on
the Omaha line near Hudson. Wis A score
of passengers were injured and one man
killed b. the derai!ing Of a fast train on the
Erie road Frank c. Andrews, vice presi-
dent of the City Savings Bank Of Detroit
was arrested on charge of approprating
over million dollars of the funds Of that
institution. Six persons were killed and six
badly wounded in a fight between sherffrs
posse and mountaineers near Middlesboro',
KY.
Foreign Affairs.
Japan and England signed five years.
treaty guaranteeing mutual protection in
preventing the dismemberment Of Corea or
China; Russian officials declared that II
Russia's interests were menaced that coun-
try would take steps to safeguard them.
King Edward held his first levec since his
accession to the throne; Lord Kitchener re-
ported the failure Of another attempt to
capture Gen. De Wet: British casualties
were announced to be 2S3 in killed, wound
ed and prisoners. Official documents de-
signed to prove that Lord Pauncefote
sought to prevent the Spanish American
war were made public in Berlin; Lord Gram
borne denied in parliament that Great Brf-
tain proposed any declaration adverse to
the United States In 1898: the British naval
estimates for 1902-O3 were announced to be
$156.275, 600. Prince Henry sailed from
Bremerhaven for the United States. A
census of idle persons in Berlin showed 75.-
OOO totally without employment and 10000
only partially employed. The airship Of N.
Santos -Dumont, while he making an
ascension near Monaco. collapsed and fell
into the sea. but the areonaut was rescued.
Riotous strikers secured possession Of the
city of Trieste, Austria. and the military
was obliged to be employed to quell the dis.
turbances. India was reported to be suf.
fering from a plague Of rats in addition to
famine. Among those who died during thu
week was the Marquis of Dufferin at Clan,
deboye, County Down. Ireland.
In the District.
Justice Clabaugh decided the Justices Of
the peace question, declaring that their ap.
pointments were valid. The board Of charf-
ties submitted an adverse report on the
Senate bill which seeks to transfer the con-
troll of the Government Hospital for the
Insane. Freedmens Hospital and Asylum
and the Washington Hospital for Found
lings to the Interior Department. citing
that the bill, If enacted into law. would vtr.
tually repeal the act creating the board. The
first annual convention OF the international
woman suffrage convention and the thirty.
fourth annual convention Of the NattonA
American Woman Suffrage Association
were held. 1t was announced that thero
were forty-three fires In the District dur!ne
the month Of January, with loss ox w.
4O5 Daniel Sullivan. secretary OF Sn0
Stone-cutters' Union. ffty-One years OF efet
was killed by q fall down the stairs at nio
home Mrs Sophia L. Willie. etghty.olehs
wears OF age died a. the result Of her
dress catching on fire from stove. Hattie
Merfno, colored. seventeen years 0l0s- e3p
tempted to commit suicide by taking laudAe
n1l,11 I.