Evening star., 1902-05-03
WEEK ENDING MAY 8, 1902.

| ippine committee with suppressing informa-
ton relating to the war in the Philippines.
The House passed the agricultural appro-
priation bill. the anti-conspiracy bill and the
omnibus public building bill. The Senate
agreed to the House amendments to the
oieomargarine bill as passed by the Senate.
The Senate during this week will continue
the debate the Philippine government
bill. In the House Mr.. Sibley (Pa) created
a sensation by severely denouncing Gen.
Jacob II. Smith. declaring him to be adds
| grace to the uniform he wears" The Pres
ldent signed the Chinese exclusion act The
Senate Philippine committee decided not to
| hurry Major Cornelius Gardener home from
the Philippines to testify, and by a party
vote decided not to call Aguinaldo and
SeXto Lopez as witnesses. President H o.
Havemeyer of the American Sugar Refinery
Company, testified before a Senate commit
| tee concerning the ownership of Cuban
| sugar and sugar lands. Secretary Root
turned from Cuba after making arrange
ments for transfer of island May %. 1t
| was understood the President had decided
not to retire Lieutenant General Miles at
| present Before the Senate Philippine COM
mittee General Macarthur assumed the en-
| tire responsibility for General Funston's
methods in capturing Aguinaldo Several
| ofhcers of the cruiser Chicago were sem
| fenced to prison in Venice for alleged disor-
| derly conduct, and were later pardoned by
| the king. 1nsurgent leaders and their COM
mands in Samar and Negros surrendered to
| the American forces. Secretary John ID.
| Long closed his official career Thursday,
| eX-Representative W. H Moody of Massa-
chusetts succeeding him as Secretary of the
| Navy. Thomas Mast, the veteran car
| toonlst, was appointed consul general at
GuayaQuil Ecuador. William Mckinley
osborne, United States consul general, at
London, died after lingering illness: the
| President rendered the office thus made
vacant to H. Clay Evans, the retiring com
| missioner of pensions In a speech at Yale
[ Naf Of. .la Nf,,ne
| warmly defended the American troops in
the Philippines and says cases of cruelty are
sporadic. Secretary of Treasury Shaw. in
| an address before Americus Club at Pitts
| burg. predicted Greater United States"
! in terms which offended certain British
newspapers. The Heinze interests and other
copper mines were merged into the United
| copper Company, with SS0,090 GOO capital.
Dr. A. Mackay- Smith was, in Philadelphia
consecrated bishop coadjutor of the Prot
| estant Episcopal diocese Of PENNSYLVANIA
| cardinal Martinelli announced his recall to
Rome. Rev. DR.. Charles S. Olmsted was
| consecrated Protestant Episcopal bishop of
Colorado at Denver. Bishop Lawrence OF
Massachusetts, in an address to an Epis-
copal convention. said the church must pro-
| test against crueties in the Philippines l.
J. Paderewski sailed from New York for
| Liverpool, carrying S125.0OO the net profits
| or his American tour. The conference of
| NINE owners and employees in New York re-
| ferred its differences back to the National
| Civic Federation. President Samuel Com
| pers OF the American Federation Of Labor
| again attacked President Shaffer of the
Steel Workers Association. Steel workers
| IN convention at Wheeling decided to in
| crease the strike defense fund from S25OOO
10 SloNU Five persons injured by an ex-
| ploSlon on the submarine boat Fulton while
making an ocean trip from New York for
| Washington Five persons were killed and
| twenty-three injured in train wreck at
| CANA, Mo A locomotive the Lacka-
| wanna railroad exploded near Dover n j.
| and turned completely over killing the en-
| glneer and fireman. Fire at Glens Falls n
| Y, caused loss of $500, 600. Three tornadoes
swept over as as many counties in Iowa, caus-
ing about $4,000 damages. A tornado at
Glenrose, Texas, killed eight persons and
| wounded fifty-seven. Four young people
riding in a carriage were struck by a Bur
hngton train at Kewanee, Ill. and instantly
killed. Eight girls were killed in a panic
caused by a false alarm of fire at a cigar
factory in Philadelphia. Among those who
| died were ]. Sterling Morton former Secre-
| tary of Agriculture. and Representative
Amos j. Cummings of New York
Foreign Affairs.
In the French elections Paris voted
against the government, but the general re-
suit was favorable to the government.
Russian peasants revolted in several prov
inces, sacking estates. Chile denied occu-
pying territory in dispute with Argentina
| Princess Radziwill sentenced at Cape
IoWn to two years imprisonment for for
gerry France protested against the send
ing n OF siamese troops to Mekong. Earl
jected in the British house of lords The
chateau of Duke Alexander of Oldenburg
was destroyed by Russian peasants An iron
| founders trust is being formed in Germany
Mr.. Balfour in the house of commons on
posed drastic measures to prevent the
| shipping combine. A tornado at Dacca
, lndia, killed 4l6 persons. King Edward and
Queen Alexandra held another levee in
| London. Premier Waldeck- Rousseau took
| steps to restrain French priests accused of
| interference in the recent elections. The
Russian government decided to rebuild its
forts on the German and Austrian frontiers
Students riots occurred in Portugal and a
| CABINET crisis was regarded as imminent
| Russian troops who refused to fire on street
| crowds were punished. President Kruger
| and Dr. Leyds were quoted saying that
| the South African peace negotiations had
| failed Capt. A. Albers of the Hamburg
| American liner Deutschland died suddenly
on his ship. President Loubet opened the
art exhibition of the old salon in Paris Earl
Spencer was chosen liberal leader in the
mouse OF lords The Austrian military at
| tache Maj E. Muller left St. Petersburg as
result of disclosures in regard to the
| trafhc in army secrets there. The lower
house of the Danish parliament voted to
ratlfy the sale of the Danish West Indies
| II the islanders vote in favor of it. The
| Chinese court returned to Pekin The Pope
announced that no new cardinals would be
created at the consistory to be held in May
| In the District.
| The House passed the District appropria-
tion bill, having re-enacted the personal
| tax law of 1877. A municipal building on
the site of the old Capital Traction power
house. the building and site to cost 81 5OO-
600. was provided for in the omnibus public
building bill, which passed the House The
Commissioners forwarded to Congress the
| Dill proposing to create board for the con-
demnation of insanitary buildings in the
| District Of Columbia. The Commissioners
| forwarded to the Senate and House COM
mittee on the District Of Columbia, copies
| of new bill designed Ito prescribe license
| taxes in the District of Columbia, and for
| other purposes" The Commissioners asked
| for an appropriation of $1,000 to fence in
| the James Creek canal. The city solicitor
| decided that under the new law insurance
| solicitors cannot be restricted to that bust
ness solely. DR.. G. L. Magruder was ap-
| pointed member of the board Of visitors
| of the Government Hospital for the In
sane The competition of artists for de-
! signing and executing the statue Of General
| on