Show IMPORTANT EVENTS R view of cf important ant events event at home and abroad two currency bills were offered in the senate during tile hie past week one by sir mr smith provides for a temporary bond issue pending an in tion lion liy by a monetary commission composed of senators members of the house and civilians another by air jones provides for a bond issue and conditional restoration of silver the two senators urged their r respective measures in speeches which received close attention from it a well fill ed cd senate and crowded galleries mr dingley called attention to what lie he termed the failure of the regulations ula ions for the protection of tile hie alaskan seal herd and to the probability of the complete extinction of the bei heid d unless steps were immediately taken to secure the operation cooperation co ut of great britain for the protection of the seals president Clev elands proposition to allow the canadians to land a cable at necker island was unanimously turned down by tile the senate foreign relations committee administration policy as to hawaii was again the subject of sharp attack and defense in the U S senate chief debs and other officials of the ARU were placed on trial in the U S court chicago 0 for conspiracy to obstruct the U S mails dr paul of st louis has announced the discovery of an anti ant consumptive serum paul ill swain a aruo drug 0 brokers broken who disappeared from boston a year ago lias has been found in london the steamer chicora foundered in lake michigan and none of the passengers or crew can be found the new york assembly passed a hill bill empowering the mayor of ne new w york to remove the chiefs of departments in new york city judge gaynor granted a mandamus asked for to compel the brooklyn street railway companies their cars ile he took the ground that the companies owe a duty to the public which was not a party to the controversy between the employers and employees and that they were bound to make such arrangements as would enable them to fulfill this duty general IV J sewell of new jersey francis E warren and clarence D clark of wyoming knute nelson of minnesota lucien baker of kanse kansas s and S B elkins of west virginia were elected to the united states senate senators cullom harris and perkins were reelected elected re the strike on the trolley railways in brooklyn continued two men were fatally wounded liy by the firing of the militia when attacked with missiles the militia generally showed great self control under very irritating circumstances cum stances dr alfred L loomis died in new york governor mostly of the nation died in texas FOREIGN japanese troops were landed near the alie shan tung promontory on tile the chinese mainland japanese officers report that their naval forces met with feeble resistance at yung chang the chinese guns were quickly ced slid and the japanese landed and captured the fort without any losses captain fol folger ger of the hie american cruiser yorktown cabled the navy department that the yorktown York lown had bad taken seventeen women and children childr en of the missionary families from tung chow the place recently bombarded to cue che foo floo and that marines had been landed at the litter latter place to protect them president diaz of mexico notified the Gaute malan government that he would concede nothing in the boundary line controversy and that gaut emals emala would have to yield or suffer the consequences germany has opened negotiations with will japan for a commercial treaty IPA |