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Itocont dispatches announce that two
towns in Guatemala, Central America,
have been destroyed and it Is feared
that several lives have been lost.
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railroad 'system in London that will
rival Charles T. Yorkes' scheme.
Advices from London announce that
English trades unions denounce the
tax on corn, on the ground that it is
a departure from freo trade princi
ples. . On April 19, Prof. Nicholas Murray
Butler was installed as president of
Columbia University, to succeed for
mer President Seth Low, now mayor
of New York.
The labor disturbances In Belgium
have been quieted, and all the strikers
are to go back to work. Tho city of
Brussels has suffered most severely
from the strike.
The celebrated author, Frank R.
Stockton, f.ed at Washington, D. C,
April 20th. He was ' 68 years of age
and for many years has been famous
as a novelist and writer.
Emperor William of Germany has
notified the executors of tho will of
tho late Cecil Rhodes that his country
will accept the trust relative to the
German scholarships at Oxford, En
gland. Colonel Charles Marshall, military
secretary to General Robert E. Lee
during the civil war, and for many
ombia, April 19 that the rebels drove
tho Colombian troops out of the city
of Bocas Del Toro with the loss of 150
men on both sides. An expedition was
formed to recapture tho town, and
later dispatches announce that the
government is again, in possession of
the city.
On April 23d the supreme court of
Nebraska made a decision relating to
the recent controversy over taxation
between the corporations and the tax
payers of Omaha, represented by the
Real Estate Exchange. The position
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and the corporations must hereafter bo
assessed at their proper value.
On April 25, at the trial of the editor
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American publication, censuring the
United States commissioner's rule in
Manila and the Philippines, the at
torney general, L. R. Wifley, and
Judge Odlin had a dispute as regards
the rights of individuals. A ''sensa
tion" was caused when the court an
nounced that it believed that individ
uals have rights as well as govern
ments. The hearing of the demurrers
in the case has been- postponed until
May 3.
A dispatch from Manila under date
til April 23 says that the trial of Gen.
Jacob H. Smith, on the charge of con
duct prejudicial to good order and
discipline began there that day. The
counsel for the defense said he de
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mitting that General Smith gave in
structions to Major Waller to kill
and burn and make Samar a howling
wilderness that he wanted everybody
killed capable of bearing arms and
that he did specify all over ten years
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bination or trust in the United States.
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Americans expect them to treat the
Boors liberally in peace negotiations,
and it was declared that the Ameri
cans have never tried to counteract
pro-Boor sympathies in this country.
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THE WEEK AT WASHINGTON.
The house committee completed the
naval appropriation bill April 22. It
has been decided to spend $70,000,000
on new cruisers for the navy.
Without a word of debate, the rivers
and harbors bill passed the senate on
April 21. This bill provides for an
appropriation of $70,000,000.
O. L. Pruden, for many years assis
tant secretary to the president, died at
Washington. His place will be taken
by Benjamin F. Barnes of New Jersey.
By order of the president, General
Funston has been directed to cease
further discussion of questions relat
ing to the situation in the Philippines.
On April 23, Representative Rich
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p- jviding for legislation on the subject
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The house sent the oleomargarine
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.. greeing to . tho senate amendments
with some modifications. The latter
part of the day was devoted to ths
agricultural bill.
Senator Teller introduced a resolu
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the sedition laws now In force in tho
Philippines, and giving to the Fili
pinos liberty of speech and press as
guaranteed in our constitution.
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by the president as special naval rep
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