Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-29
WEEK ENDING NOV. 90, 1904.


the latest canal proposition made by the
United States and negotiations were again
halted. Because Of the increased cost OF
materials 1t was stated that the appropria-
ton for the improvements at the Naval
Academy was insufficient. The annual re-
port of the Secretary OF the Navy dwelt
with emphasis on the need Of more officers;
the cruiser Baltimore was successfully
tested at the New York navy yard. Sec
rotary of Agriculture Wilson ordered
quarantine Of cattle. sheep and swine in
four New England states because of the
discovery of foot and mouth disease. The
annual report of the director of the mint
stated that 191 49, 500 coins were turned out
in the last fiscal year. The commissioner
of Indian affairs estimated that the United
States has spent sS45,2I5,2 30 in subduing
and controlling the Indians, and 0.o0o, 0oU
for the care and education of their children.
All entries of public lands in California.
Washington and Oregon under the timber
and stone act were held UP by the gov
eminent on account of alleged wholesale
speculative frauds. The Philippine COM
mission advanced silver exchange rate to
$2.D to compel payment of revenues in
gold and stop loss of depreciation; the
transport Ingalls,, with General Miles
board, which struck reef at La Gaspi,
Luzon. was fioated without assistance;
cholera was reported to be spreading among
the people OF MlnuanaO. Henry I. FLICK, II
was reported, would give site for a uni
versity, erect buildings and furnish $3.50
600 endowment for the city of Pittsburg in
order to Guido Andrew Carnegie, with
whom he is at odds. Forty-six thousand,
two hundred and twenty-five freight cars
were moved out of Pittsburg in 36 hours,
breaking all previous records and relieving
the freight congestion there. George Gould
and E. H. Hartman entered into a strug-
gle over the control of the Colorado Fuel
and Iron Company. The lease of the Man
haitian elevated railroad lines in New York
to the Interborough Transit Company was
officially announced. Silver fell TO the low
est price on record in New York. Floods
caused considerable damage in Texas.
Three tiny children locked in room in
house in Baltimore with a lighted gasoline
stove were burned to death. One man was
killed and several hurt by a flood of mol
ten metal in a foundry at Birmingham,
Ala. One person was killed and three in
jured In the wreck of a street at
railroad crossing in indianapolis. The St.
Louis flyer on the Big Four railroad was
wrecked near Danville, Ind. three passen-
gers being seriously injured and a dozen
others bruised. A Rock Island express was
held up by bandits near Davenport, Iowa,
and $4,000 stolen from the express car.
The Wisconsin Central railroad ore dock
at Ashland, Wis. was destroyed by fire
with a loss Of $o25, 600; in falling the dock
killed several firemen and dockmen. A
fireman was killed and several persons in
jured in a wreck on the Southern railway
at Spartanburg, n. G. Ten persons were
hurt in a passenger train wreck near Green
Vile, Ill. Charles F. Kelly, formerly speak
er of the Missouri house of delegates want
ed in connection with the St. Louis Doodle
cases, arrested in Philadelphia. Among
those who died was Colonel Thomas P.
Ochiltree, former representative in Con-
gresS.
Foreign Affairs
Great Britain and Germany were reported
to be acting together in regard to proposed
| reprisals against Venezuela; the house Of
commons sustained the British government
in approving the Brussels sugar convention;
Great Britain decided to close her ports De-
cember against shipments of cattle from
the New England states; the British award
of the Chile-Argentina boundary dispute di-
vides the land between the nations; the
British warship Sparrow shelled South Sea
Island villages to punish natives for killing
a woman who had become a Christian;
thirteen British sailors went down with a
steamer bound for China with the bodies
Of Cinnamon for refinement in their native
land. Emperor William presented the gold
medal Of the empire to Andrew D. White,
the retiring American ambassador; great
disorder was caused in the German reichs-
tag by attempt to force a vote on the
tariff bill as a whole; three German cruis-
ers were ordered to Venezuela The inves-
tigation by American doctors into the death
of Mrs. Ellen Gore In Paris tended to sub
stantiate the theory Of accident and Jean
de Rydsewski was set at liberty provision
ally. Bread riots were reported in the Ural
districts of Russia. Turkey ordered may
guns and munitions of war from the Krupp
works. President Castro in announcing
peace in his country said he looked to the
United States for encouragement in resist
ing European aggression. The Colombian
revolution was ended, peace articles being
signed on board the United States warship
Wisconsin. Serious roting occurred In Ha-
Vana, Cuba, growing out of the general
strike ordered in support Of the cigar
makers; in conflict between police and
rioters two men were killed and eighty
persons wounded; most of the strikers re-
turned to work with the exception of the
cigarmakers. Latest reports placed the
number of natives who persisted from the
eruption of the Santa Maria volcano in
Guatelama at 1000. La Soufriere and
Mont Peiee were both reported to be in
active eruption again, the residents Of
Georgetown, being forced to fee. General
Nord was reported to be marching on Port
Prince. Haiti with 10000 men. A hurr-
cane in Argentina killed five persons and
destroyed 100 houses. Twenty five million
feet of lumber, Lenays shpyards, six
steamboats, and a number of baryes and
houses were destroyed in a fire at Rat
Portage Ont. Many villagers in Kuei Chou
province, China, were slaughtered by
Kwang-si rebels: Sir LANG Chen Tung the
new Chinese minister to the United States,
left Pekin for Washington. Friedrich AL
fred krupp, the great gunmaker, died sud-
death he was subjected to severe criticism
by socialist papers, the criticisms being kept
up after his death; Emperor William at
tended his funeral.
In the District.
Thanksgiving day was generally observed
throughout the city, the inmates of the re-
forma tory institutions, as we'll as the de-
serving poor, being remembered generously.
Ashley NJ. Gould, United States district
attorney, was named by President Roose-
welt to succeed the late Justice Andrew
Bradley on the District Supreme bench:
Mr.. Morgan H. Beach of the local bar was
chosen by the President to succeed Mr..
Gould district attorney. The trustees of
the Carnegie institution held their annual
meeting in Washington. meeting of the
executive committee of the Shepherd memo
rial committee was held, at which a state
mert of results was made and plans out
lined for the future. Mr.. Alfred Mosely and
a number of other British trades unionists
visited the city and were received by the
President. Mr.. j. T. Petty, the auditor for
the District submitted his annual report.
Mr.. II. b. Davis, the principal assistant in
spector of buildings, was appointed by the
Commissioners plumbing inspector to sue
coed Mr.. o. l.. ingalls,. resigned. The board
of visitors of the Government Hospital for
the Insane submitted to the Secretary of