Evening star., 1901-12-07
WEEK ENDING DECEMBER =, 1901.

President Roosevelt transmitted his first
annual message to Congress-; newspapers
throughout the country, with few excep-
tions. commented favorabaS upon 81: news-
papers in England generally commended
the message; the President touched a but
ton setting In operation the machinery OF
the Charleston. s. c., exposition. The first
session OF the Fifty-seventh Congress
opened; four new Senators were sworn In:
the House reelected Representative Hen
derson Speaker and adopted the former
rules with slight notifications The Hay
Pauncefote canal treaty WAS transmitted
TO the Senate and the seal of secrecy
was removed. The foreign relations COM
mittee voted unanimously to report II ia
voraoiy- The total appropriations asked by
the departments of the government for the
year ending June 80, 1903, were $50 S2T tsSs
or si6,o00ot9 less than the estimates for the
fiscal year ending 1902 In the Fourteen
diamond Rings case, or Pepke VS.. the
United States, the United States Supreme
Court decided that the Philippines are do
mestfc territory and that the leyying of
tariff duties on goods coming from those is
lands is Illegal; in the Dooley case the
government was sustained, IL being held
that duties could be collected under the
toraker act on goods taken into Porto Rico
from the United States Crowded ferry
boats collided in the harbor OF San Fran
cisco during fog and fifty passengers
prlnclpally women and children were
drowned. The coroner's jury decided that in
the recent railroad wreck at Seneca. Mich,
tne raiIroad company, engineer, conductor.
brakeman and fireman were all guilty of
neSngence. The British ship Nelson turned
turtle at the mouth of the Columbia river
ana drowned crew OF twenty-elght The
S S.lecah Federation OF Labor met at
scranton, Pa. Fire losses throughout the
country in November brought the wears to-
tai up to Sio,0oo0oo.
Foreign Affairs
Miss Stone, the kidnapped American mis-
slonary, and Nine TsilIa her coupanion.
were reported to be imprisoned at Gultepe.
the two factions of the Macedonian conn
mlttee denounced each other, the present
president charging the former president With
KIDNAPPING the missionary The shrinkape
or values in British stocks caused bv the
ns,e Hoel war was estimated by the Bankers
Magazine TO be S11a. .730 900: a notable dem
onstration Of sympathy with General Sir
Redvers Butler was held by workingmen in
London. T. p. Gouldie, accused of robhinp
me BANK of Liverpool Of ss56.ooo was ar
rested at Booth, Eng. Prince Consort
Henry of the Netherlands husband OF
queen Wilhelmina, fought a duel with the
queens aid-de-camp and another gentleman
OF the court, wounding both; ii was an
nounced that a separation between the
royal couple was imminent The German
press attacked the isthmian policy Of fha
tnfted states and resented its conduct I'm
tne Soiomplan troubles on the isthmus
Dr Pache OF the University of Halle stirred
up the German reichstag against the So
called American peril;' Herr Babel in tho
reichstag, made a speech against the in
=, leased duties on grain. calling them
munger duties" Investigation disclosed
100000 unemployed men in Germany A hin
was introduced in the Spanish chamber of
deputies by the minister of finance proyid
ing LOT a reduction of from 30 to 40 per
cent In the tariff. Captain Alfred Drevfus
ana his lawyer; Maitre Labori had an omen
disagreement. General Domingo Diaz head
or the liberal forces in Colombia. person
any surrendered to General Afban of the
government army: the United States ma
fineS and two of the United States ,ar
shlps were withdrawn from the Isthrn,Is of
Panama. The Chinese empress d1waper
ISSUED an edict formally deposfng the heir
apparent, Pu Chun, son of Prince Tuan.
Among those who died was Sir wilIian,
NiacCormac. noted British surgeon.
In the District.
The District Commissioners issued the
new program Of competition for plans for
tne municipal hospital, to be located at the
heau OF 18th street between Arkansas and
iowa avenues. Snowden Ashford, assist
anu inspector Of buildings. was appointed
inspector OF buildings, vice John b. Brady
deceased: The National Anti-Saloon
o.asae heid Its annual meeting. Thomas
Blake of New York, said to be a race track
toilower, died as the result of Injuries re-
celved IN being run over by an electric car
near Benning, ID. c. j. r. Stiff and W. r.
"a. h nih were brought to the Emergency Hos
pital from Westmoreland county, va, SUI
IerlnS from gunshot wounds inflicted by
Hernert Marx of New York: Hefiin died
soon after arriving in Washington: Marx
also Killed VIM. Taylor of WestmoreIand
county, Va: coroner's jury found that
Marx had used his revolver in self-dorense-
among those who died during the week was
= aApI pIanam II. Hazen, for over a quarter OF
a century assistant postmaster general.