Evening star., 1902-01-25
WEEK ENDING JANUARY IS, 1909.

the United States her possessions in the
West Indies for a sum approximatiEg S5,-
oo0,0o0 was signed at the State Department
by Secretary Hay and the Danish minister.
The report of the isthmian canal commits
sion was transmitted to Congress by
the President; the report recommends the
acceptance Of the offer Of the Panama canal
property for $40, 100000 Admiral Schley's
appeal from the decision OF the court of in
Quiry was submitted to the President. The
President nominated DIR. p. NJ Rixey to
be surgeon general of the army. In its an
nual report the interstate commerce COM
mission states that the railroads are still
pooling. Notwithstanding the decisions of
the Supreme Court on that subject. Gov
ernor Taft, on his arrival at San Francisco,
said the troubles in the Philippines were
nearly over and that conditions were grad
ually improving; the currency situation in
the Philippines was complicated by the re-
fusal of the Manila banks to receive Mext-
can silver on deposit. the Americans cap
tured woman in Luzon who had been
leading the insurgents against the Span
iards and Americans for a number of years:
General Wade reported the surrender of
100 insurgents on the Island of Bohol; Cen
eraI Chafee in his annual report on the
military situation in the Philippines gives
as the reason for the prolongation of guer-
rlila warfare there the nature of the coun-
try and the treachery of the natives who
pose as friends one moment and as enemies
the next. A mass meeting was held in the
Teacon Theater, Havana, and a delegation
called on Governor Wood urging the United
states Congress to grant reciprocity. Sen
ators Allison and Dolliver were reelected
to the Senate from Iowa, John F. Dryden
was elected IN New Jersey to the vacancy
caused by the death Of Senator Sewell
The pension appropriation bill was reported
to the Senate without amendment, as 1t
came from the House; the Philippine tariff
bill was reported to the Senate; the Sem
ate passed resolution accprdinp no pl
ing privilege to Mrs Mckinley; the urgent
deficiency appropriation bill, containing an
appropriation of S5O0,0O0 for the shelter
and protection Of soldiers in the Philippines
was passed by the House; the House COM
mlttee on agriculture reported a bill put
ting oleomargerine under the police power
OF the states, taxing 1t ten cents a pound
when colored, and imposing a license fee
or S4O0 year on manufacturers. Distinct
earthquake shocks were felt in Missouri
western Illinois and Kansas. The annual
convention Of United Mine Workers. repre-
sentfng 100000 men, met at Indianapolis
The jury which investigated the recent dis
aster In the New York Central tunnel in
New York city eXonerated the employees
put blamed the officials of the road. Four
large stores collapsed without warning in
the center Of Detroit, Mich. Seven lumber
men We're burned to death in a fire at their
camp near Fairmount, w. Va The explo-
SION or boiler on the engine of the Denver
Limited of the Rock Island railroad near
Victor, Col, wrecked the train and killed
Two men; two freight trains collided on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad near Parkers-
burg, Viva. killing two men and serious
ly 1nJuring two others; five passengers were
seriously injured in a collision between
trains on the Missouri Pacific railroad near
Ettah, Mo. Twenty-one men killed and
eight SO seriously injured that some of
them will die was the result of an explosion
In Lost Creek Coal Nine no 2 at Eddy
VINE, Iowa Seven bandits held up and
robbed the entire town of Santa Rosa, n.
NJ A negress killed two colored musicians
and white bystander at a miners dance
In West Virginia because the orchestra re-
fused to play certain music at her request.
Thieves at Glendive, Mont stole unset
diamonds to the value of $4,000 from the
trunks of a Minneapolis salesman. Albert
Patrick was placed on trial I'm New
YORK charged with the murder of millionara
William Marsh Rice.
Foreign Affairs.
Lord Cranborne explained In the British
house of commons that before the Spanish
American war the British government
agreed to join in a note to the President
of the United States expressing the hone
that further negotiations would result in a
peaceful settlement, but the government de-
clfned to associate itself with subsequent
proposals which seemed to have for their
object the putting Of pressure upon the
United States; French, German and Aus
trian foreign Office officials denied emphat-
ically that such a proposition as a coIlec-
tive note from the powers to the United
States was ever contemplated. The London
county council denied the application for
permit for the erection in that citv of q
large office building on American lines: To-
seph Chamberlain stated that the Boer
leaders have as yet made no overtures for
peace; Commandant Scheepers the Boer
general, was executed by the British for
alleged cruelties; General Kitchener report
ed that since January 1S. thirty-one Beers
were killed, thirteen wounded 10 made
prisoners and forty-one surrendered: me-
mortal services were held In London and
Berlin on the first anniversary of the death
of Queen Victoria. Five persons were killed
In the collapse Of factory in Belfast. In
reply to interpretations in the French cham
Der OF deputies, NJ. Delcasse the minister
of foreign affairs, explained that while the
French peoples sympathy was with the
Boers, the government could not Intervene
In their behalf without entangling the for
efgn policy Of France; the Waldeck-Rous-
seau cabinet won a signal victory in tho
chamber OF deputies, securing a vote of con-
hdence Of 314 against PA. The Archduch-
ess Elizabeth, granddaughter of the EN-
peror Francis Joseph of Austria renounced
all royal claims and married Prince ohio
Won Windisch-Graetz. A mob of Polish stu |
dents In Lemburg required a charge of cav
airy in order to make them disperse The
sugar conference reassemhled
at Brussels. 1t was reported that the hear
ers of the ransom for the release of Miss
Stone were on their way to the mountains
escorted py a strong guard. Many conflicts
were reported between Turkish and Bulga- |
rlan troops. In an explosion at Puente de |
Vilumara, Spain, sixty persons were report |
ed killed and over one hundred injured The |
Japanese government invited the United |
States and other foreign nations to take |
part In an exposition to be held In 1903 at |
osaka; the revolt In Formosa against jan |
anese authority was reported to be serious. |
For the first time the Chinese emperor re-
ceived the foreign envoys in China in the |
lnnermost hall of the Forbidden CITY as |
Of sovereigns equal in rank
with himself A man believed to be de-
mented was reported as having attempted
to stab King George of Greece in a park at
Athens. A plan for reorganizing the bu-
reau OF American republics was adopted by
the Pan-American congress. The volcano
OF Colfma, Mexico, again became active.
and is supposed to have been the cause of
the recent earthquake shocks felt in that
country. A battle took place between
three insurgent gunboats and the govern
ment warship Lautaro in the harbor of
resulting in the destruction of the
latter and many on board including Cen
eral Alban, governor Of Panama; latest ad-
vices reported the insurgents to be making
ready to attack the town of Panama Vene-
zuelan government troops were reported to |