Evening star., 1902-08-23
WEEK ENDING AUGUST %, 1902.

of the New England states; the President
conferred with many members of his party
during the week, and expressed plainly his
dissatisfaction with the conduct of repub-
lieans in the south. Diplomatic and Off,
cial circles in Washington We're much per-
turbed over the announcement that France
is to replace NJ. Jules Cambon as ambas-
sador to the United States with NJ. Adrien
Antonio Jules Jusserand. The Department
OF Justice began an investigation into the
relations between the railroads and the
coal mining companies in Pennsylvania
with the view of ascertaining whether the
sherman antitrust law is being violated.
Figures prepared by the Treasury Depart
ment showed that the exports from this
country to Porto Rico, Hawaii and the
Philippines during the past fiscal year
were about s2S.0o0,000 in excess of those
Of the year of 1887. Civil Governor Taft
arrived at Manila and was welcomed
with enthusiastic popular demonstration:
the subject of creating mortgage loans
with a government guarantee to aid
the Filipino farmers was agitated: the
inspector of the Manila constabulary
was wounded and four men were killed
in fight with ladrones near the city;
many skrmishes were reported in Cavite;
1t was reported that all of the inSanitary
buildings in Manila are to be destroyed, in-
volving an expense of about saoono9. 1t
was announced that Congress at its re-
cent session appropriated 81 ,o63, ,335. .961.oo.
The mimic naval war off the New Eng
land coast was begun, ships under Admiral
HigginsoE guarding the coast line and
awaiting an attack from Commander Pills
bury's forces, representing the enemy at
sea. Peter Power, the mysterious plaintiff
in the Northern Pacific merger suit, return
ed to New York from Canada and was
promptly placed in jail for contempt of court.
but was later released The eighth annual
session of the national Bible conference
opened at Winona. Ind. President Truesdale
of the Lackawanna railroad said that the
anthracite coal operators will make no con-
cessions in order to end the strike; the Of
fcial organ of the United Mine Workers
claimed that the end of the fourteenth week
of the strike found the miners more conf
dent of victory than ever: Patrick Sharp, a
striker shot and killed at Mosque
honing, Pa, while trying to persuade depu-
ties not to guard a collfery. Messrs. John
w. Gates. Mitchell, Blair and Lambert re-
signed as directors of the Colorado Fuel
and Iron Company. Russell Sage pro
nounced industrial combinations menace
to those concerned and to the world at
large. General Russell A. Alger announced
that he would accept the vacant Michigan
senatorship If it were offered to him. Gov
ernor William A. Stone of Pennsylvania an
nounced that he would quit politics at the
expiration of his term. Henry Watterson
renewed his attack on Grover Cleveland
characterizing the former President as an
'artful, ignorant and vulgar professional
poHtlcian. During a rate war among
ticket brokers in Houston, Tex, passage to
Chicago was sold for 30 cents and a 81 box
OF cigars was given a bonus. Large areas
Of Iowa and Illinois We're swept by severe
storms and much damage was done An
electric and wind storm in Georgia killed one
man and damaged the cotton crop severely
Nine persons We're injured and 800 shaken
up in wreck on the Wisconsin Central rail-
road near Neenah, Wis. Five persons were
burned to death in fire in a tenement
house in New York city Twelve men were
killed, three fatally injured and three men
are missing as the result of an explosion in
the Delaware pulp works of the Jessup &
Moore Paper Company at Wilmington, Del.
Frank G. Andrews. the wrecker of the CITY
Savings Bank of Detroit was convicted Of
the embeZZlement Of s1,5I6.G00 and SEN
fenced to fifteen years in the penitentiary
John A. Hinsey of Illinois, former president
Of the board of control was expelled by the
Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias, on the
charge OF misappropriating $Go00O0. Three
murderers and negro convict in the
Frankfort, Ky, penitentiary held the prison
guards at bay for four hours but were
finally subdued, one convict being killed and
two wounded. Joseph Anderson, a farmer
living near Salina, Kan, drowned his four
children during a fit of dependency and
then shot himself with revolver. In a row
on a Seaboard Air Line passenger train be
tween Weldon and Henderson, n. c., D-
vision Roadmaster Stever killed and
cO.Ored porter dangerously wounded by q
party of negroes. Three negroes and three
white men We're badly wounded in a race
riot at Tupelo, Miss. Robert r. Reming
ton killed himself with a revolver in Il club
room at Newport; the deed is supposed to
have been caused by the breaking of his en-
who died was Gen. Franz Sigei, famous
war hero at Mott Haven, aged seventy
eight years
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