Evening star., 1902-05-24
WEEK ENDING MAY "a, 1902.


accompanied by distinguished party. ar
rived in New York and, after being enter
tanned in that city. proceeded to Washing
ton to participate in the ceremonies at
tendant upon the unveiling of the Rocham-
beau statue in that city; the mission ap-
pointed by the French government to at
tend the event arrived at Annapolis on the
French battleship Gaulois and were met
there by a representative of President
roosevelt; the party then proceeded to
Washington, returning to Annapolis and
entertaining President Roosevelt at a
luncheon on board the Gaulois; the Ro-
chambeau statue was unveiled with appro-
pirate ceremonies. President Roosevelt
was the principal speaker at the centennial
OF the Presbyterian Home Mission Society
at New York. Secretary Root issued an
order directing that in the absence of the
secretary and assistant secretary OF War
the chief clerk of the War Department
Generals Miles and Corbin. Chairman
Erlggs of the democratic congressional
campaign committee announced the ex-
ecutive and finance committees of that
pouy; Representative James ID. Richard
son. the democratic floor leader Of the
Rouse, stated that imperialism will be the
democratic issue in the forthcoming con-
sressional campaign; the House rules COM
mittee decided to give a day for the con-
slderation of the CorIiss Pacific cable bill:
the House began consideration of the I'm
migration bin and passed the naval ap-
piopriation bill; the Senate passed the om-
n:ous public building bill and continued
discussion of the Philippine civil govern
lhent Lill Tomas Estrada Palma was in
augurated president of the Cuban republic
at Havana. where fetes and other cere-
monies appropriate to the occasion were
heio' Gen. Leonard Wood, as well as the
American soldiers who have been quartered
IN the island, received many congratulatory
messages from citizens of Cuba upon the
hap
stated that committee of cardinals will
represent the pope in the conference with
.He american commission on the Philip
pine Irlar lands question; reports from the
fhlllpplne Islands indicated that the Moros
mad been quieted; Gen. Lloyd Wheaton
sailed from Manila for the United States
ne supreme Court of the United States
uecided that court-martial proceeding in
"nlch the accused was a volunteer and the
court composed of volunteer and regular
army officers is Illegal Judge Grosscup
80 az shlcasp issued an order restraining the
peer combine The general assembly of
tne Northern Presbyterian Church at New
YORK adopted the report of the committee
on creed revision making changes in the
confession of faith. A general coal strike
was brought nearer by the decision of the
Mlchlsan mine union to join the anthra-
cite districts in call for a national con-
Ventlon. Meat riots occurred in Boston
ana New York, where shops were attack
ed and wrecked. Ninety-five dead and one
hundred and three injured was the result
OF tornado in Texas which wiped out the
town OF Goliad, demolishing one hundred
ana hfty houses. A waterspout and high
winds caused a loss of sixty lives and
property damage to the extent Of over 81
ooOO in Cincinnati and its Kentucky
suburbs. Two hundred and four men and
ooyS We're Killed by an explosion at the
fraterVllle mine near Coal Creek, Tenn,
tWenty-four miners being reported miss
ing William Austin, a young farm hand,
infatuated with a thirteen year-old girl
nj OH hot nd led
her, together with four other persons of
her Family, and then committed suicide at
hastings, near St. Augustine. Fla. Four
white men and four negroes were killed
and five white men wounded and a block
or houses was burned in a race riot at
Pittsburg, suburb of Atlanta, Ga. -Four
men were killed In a railroad wreck on the
Burlington road near Hyannis, Neb.
Foreign Affairs.
The eruption of Mont Pelee in Martinique
continued, creating widespread terror and
devastation; the French government noti-
fled the governor of the island to make
preparations to abandon Martinique On ac-
count of its total destruction being feared;
flames from Pelee were clearly distinguish
able at Guadeloupe, 100 miles away; fresh
eruption of La Soufriere, in St Vincent
threw the survivors of that island into
panic, the refugees crowding into Kingston
by hundreds; relief was reported to be
ample, the only thing the people wanted
being to get away from the islands. II was
again reported in Berlin that Emperor
William would pay visit to the United
States. President Loubet visited the Car
of Russia Premier Waldeck- Rousseau, it
was announced from Paris, would resign
before June l. The British cabinet again
considered peace terms for South Africa,
but made no announcement; British Off
calS reported the capture of 400 Beers in
drive Nine English tourists, including
four women and four boatmen. We're
drowned by the upsetting of boat on the
Lakes Of Killarney, Ireland, during
squall. An anarchist plot was discovered
at Madrid against Alphonso XIII, and nine
arrests were made. An unsuccessful at
tempt was made to assassinate Gen. Won
Wahl, governor of Wilma, Russia. King AL
exander of Servia accepted the resignation
of the ministry and summoned radical .to
form a new cabinet. The congress of Sal
vador protested against the Triunfo award
in favor of the citizens of the United States
Insurgent troops under Gen. Firmin were
reported to be marching ON the capital of
Hayti. The revolt in Pechili, China, was
reported tc be gaining ground Col. j. F.
Gaynor and Capt. b. A. Greene, who are
wanted in the United tSates, were released
from the Montreal jail on writ of habeaS
corpus and taken to Quebec One hundred
and sixty men out of 200 who were i'm
prisoned in a mine which exploded near
Fernie British Columbia, were reported
dead. Quezaltenango, town of about p
O1O inhabitants of the Pacific coast of
Guatemala was wiped out by an earth
quake; business was reported to be entirely
suspended in that country and great
part of the coffee crop there destroyed.
In the District.
The Rochambeau statue in Lafayette
Square was unveiled with lavish ceremo-
MES; the Count and Countess de Rocham-
beau with their party, and the mission ap
pointed by the French government to at
tend the exercises, were entertained at din
ners by President Roosevelt and Ambassa-
dor Cambon; the party paid their respects
to the foreign ambassadors and made
trip to Mount Vernon, where a tree was
planted in honor of their visit The Senate
passed the omnibus public building bill,
containing provision for the purchase of
the old power house square, at 14th and +
streets, for s55OO00, on which to erect
municipal building for the District of CO.
lumbia. at n cost not to exceed 81 10000
Col. James A. Bates, a member of the
board of assistant assessors, the excise
board and the board of equalization, re-
signed and Mr.. E. w. w. Griffin, assistant
to the District assessor, was appointed to
succeed him. The Court of Appeals handed
down opinion in the anti-smoke law test
case, affirming the judgment of the lower
court in unfolding the validity the law