Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-10
WEEK ENDING MAY 10, 1902.

The President named Herber, G. squiers
secretary of the legation in China, to be
minister TO Cuba, Gen. E. S. Bragg of Wis
consin to be consul general at Havana and
H. Clay Evans. former commissioner OF
pensions, to be consul general at London:
the President signed the oleoma rgarine bill
Senator Tillman made a chara cterstic
speech in the Senate in reply to Senator
McComas' defense of the governments pol
Icy in the Philippines. the democrats of
that body showing their diSapproval OF his
speech by leaving the Senate chamber: Sen
ator Vest contributed a chapter to history
by stating what actually occurred at the
Hampton Roads conference between Presi-
dent Lincoln and the confederate commits
SionerS: the House passed the bill admit
ting Oklahoma. New Mexico and Arizona
to statehood: impressive services were held
In the House over the remains of the late
Representative Amos ]. Cummings. Secre-
taEy Shaw amended the regulations for
baggage inspection at the several ports of
the United States. The cruiser Cincinnati
was ordered to go to Santo Domingo to
protect American interests there. American
troops captured Moro fort at Bayan, Min
danao, after hand-to-hand fight. with
loss of one officer and seven men killed and
fifty-one wounded the Moros losing over
900 killed, including the Sultan and Rajah
of Bayan: thirtyfive Moro prisoners were
shot in trying to escape a Manila; Gen.
Chaffee reported that the RECOMMENDATION
camps at Laguna and Batangas provinces
have been abandoned. The first Cuban
gress convened at Havana: President Pal
ma continued his tour of the island. being
greeted everywhere with great warmth.
The Salvadorean commission awarded the
American claimants $f0.OOO. The eXecu-
tive board of the United Mine Workers
ordered a strike of 14I.O09 anthracite min
ers to begin Monday. Maj. Richard Sylves-
ter, chief of police of Washington. d. c..
was elected president of the International
Police Chiefs Association in annual session
at Louisville. Ky. Twenty-six persons We're
hurt. some of them fatally and $4,000
worth of property was destroyed in a series
of explosions at Marion. Ind A wind
storm at ST. Louis. Mo. did sioO.OOo dam
age. Five men were killed and three Sc
riously injured in an overflow of metal
in steel mill at Steelon. Pa. Paul Leices-
ter Ford the noted author. was shot and
killed by his brother Malcolm in New York
who then committed suicide by shooting
Among those who died were Archbishop
Michael A. Corrgon of New York Potter
and Representatives J. S. Salmon of New
Jersey and Peter J. Otey of Virginia.
Foreign Affairs
Forty thousand lives were lost at st.
Pierre, Island of Martinique. which was
totally destroyed by an eruption of the vol
cano Mount Pelee, five miles distant:
shipping was almost totally destroyed in
the harbor, including four American YES
sells, while not more than thirty persons
escaped from the doomed territory. which
included villages around St. Pierre for a
radius of from four to five miles. The
battle ship Gaulois sailed from Toulon for
the United States bearing the members
Of the Rochambeau mission Lord Sails
bury. In a speech to the Primrose League.
said that Great Britain had not receded
from the former peace terms to the Beers.
A revolution was reported to be imminent
In Portugal. Violent earthquakes were felt
in southern France. Queen Wilhelmina's
condition took a turn for the worse and
for DAVIS her life 1iSp3irpd of
Princess Beatrice. daughter of Don Car
los, attempted suicide by drowning in the
Tiber. Sxty-one persons persisted in a
fire at Mount Garur a town on the river
Nile. The San DOMINICAN revolution ended
with the overthrow of the JimineZ govern
ment and the surrender of the capital. the
new government being headed by Vice
President VasqueZ Entire cities were
shaken down, and over $1,000 persons made
homeless by earthquakes in Guatemala.
Chinese rebels were reported to have
slaughtered over 1909 persons after they
captured Ching Shang-Fui.
In the District.
The District Commissioners made a rec
ommendation to Congress 10 the effect that
an amendment be adopted to the pending
union station depot bill which would allow
other railroads authorized by Congress TO
enter the District of Columbia to use the
union station. The Senate committee on
| the District ordered favorable reports to be
made on the bills for the condemnation Of
unsanitary buildings and for the removal
of overhead wires. Senator Mcmillan pro-
posed amendment to the District APP
preparation bill which. if adopted. will COM
pletely reorganize the street cleaning de-
partment. Senator Allison offered an
amendment to the sundry civil bill provId-
ing for appropriation of s235OH0 for i'm
provements at the White House. The Court
of Appeals heard argument on the case
testing the constitutionality of the anti
smoke law. The dedication of the Little
Sanctuary and All Hallow's Gate on the
site of the proposed Cathedral of the Epis-
copal Church at St. Adams. was held with
appropriate ceremonies. Local police Off
Gals investigated the alleged murder OF
William Smith near Occoquan station,
Prince William county. Va. Charles Thorn,
thirty-siX years Old shot and killed his
wife. Ida Grace Thorn, at their boarding
place. Among those who died We're Rear
Admiral William T. Sampson. L. S. N: DIR.
Thomas Wilson curator of prehistoric an
thropology at the National Museum: Judge
John Davis. associate justice of the Court
of Claims; Mr.. Smith Thompson. ST.. an OLD
and respected resident of Washington, ari
Capt. Edgar A. Shilling, formerly in COM
mand of the Morton Cadets. at one time the
crack drill team of the United States.
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