Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-03-29
WEEK ENDING MARCH go, 1904.

WEEK ENDING MARCH go, 1904.
The President transmitted a message to
| congress recommending provision for dip
lomauc and consular representation in
| Cuba; the President offered the position Of
| commissioner general of immigration to
Frank p. Sargent, chief Of the Brotherhood
Of Locomotive Firemen in view of the
| probable retirement of the present incum-
bent, T. v. Powderly: the President an
| nounced his intention of visiting the
Charleston exposition April Z. Pension
| Commissioner H. Clay Evans rendered his
| resignation to the President. The Treasury
Department issued a statement showing the
| existence of 21S cases of leprosy in the
United States. Attorney General Knox
| decided that public lands in Porto Rico
formerly belonged to Spain and by virtue
| of the treaty of Paris now belonged to the
| United States. 1t was definitely decided to
| turn Cuba over to its own government May
~ next; trials arising out of the embezzle-
ment of Cuban postal funds resulted in SEN
fences as follows: c. F. W. Neeley, 10
years Imprisonment and $56.101 fine; w. H.
Reeves, 10 years Imprisonment and S35 SIG
| fine; E. G.. Rathbone, 10 years imprison-
| ment and $685. 24 fine. General Noriel a
noted Filipino insurgent leader and his
podyguard were captured while trying to
escape from Luzon to Hong Kong; forty
| new cases of cholera and thirty deaths were
reported at Manila but the army medical
authoritles announced that they had the
| epidemic under control. Nine workmen
| were buried alive by the caving in of an
excavation in Cleveland, Ohio seven bodies
Deing recovered. Speaker Henderson of the
J mouse appointed a committee of seven to
| investigate, at the instance of Representa-
| i've Richardson, whether it is true that
$1,000 OF the purchase money for the
| Danlsn west Indies was used or is to be
| used in influencing legislation: the House
voted TO unseat John S. Rhea, democrat of
| kentucky; the army appropriation bill was
passed py the House; the sundry civil ap-
| preparation Dill, carrying $40 316 395 81 was
reported to the House; the House interstate
| commerce committee voted a favorable re-
port on the Hepburn pure food bill; the
| Senate considered the oleomargarine hin:
Representative James NJ Griggs of Georgia
was chosen chairman of the democrats
congressional campaign committee.
Foreign Affairs.
| Acting President halk-Burger and other
Boer leaders entered the British lines I'M
der flag of truce, bound for Lord Kitche-
| ners headquarters for the purpose of re-
| opening peace negotiations; General Kitch-
| ener reported the capture of 1876 men of
| General Delarey's command, but that that
onleer escaped the trap set for him. France
| ana Russia addressed a joint note to the
| powers asking them to define their attitude
IN the event of a war between the two ma
| lions and England and Japan over the east
| year amounted to $40 GOO 600: the French
| chamber Of deputies appropriated s12OOoo
Tor an exhibit at the ST. Louis exposition:
M. Quelin. well-known French poet, and
| one woman were killed and fourteen per-
sons were injured by automobiles in Paris
| last week. A Carlist rising was again re-
port to be Imminent in Spain Thirty strike
| rioters were killed by soldiers in Batoun
dulkey; the Turkish government called for
| oo,OOO irregular troops for use in Macedo-
| ma. venezuelan insurgents captured San
antonio and Maturin, but lost two ports
| on the Island of Margarita. An avalanche
overwhelmed a Japanese refinery crushino
the building and starting fire, 200 lives
Delng lost. Tax riots in Honan province
luna luna cuiminated In rebellion. Chinese
| Tepels captured the town of Kan-Chow in
the province of KwangTung. Among those
VINO died during the week were Cecil
Rhodes, the South African promoter. and
minister
In the District.
The District Commissioners forwarded to
Congress the draft of a bill to establish a
new executive office in. the local govern
ment to be known as the Secretary of the
District Of Columbia" The District Com
missioners also forwarded report to Con-
gress on the bill authorizing the Commits
sioners to enter into a contract for the
dredgng and improvement of the Anacostia
river and the reclamation and Improvement
or the flats from the line of the district to
the pennsylvania avenue bridge" The Dis
trict Commissioners considered a new
schedule of hack rates. making an Increase
over the charges now fixed by law. A hear
ing before. the Commissioners was given
M: Blair Lee. representing the Brightwood
Citizens Association and the donors Of land
toward the right of way Of the proposed ex-
tensions of 18th and 14th streets northwest
VINO presented new method of street ex-
tension procedure. The President announc-
ed that he wishes a separate building for
his use as an executive office and did not
look with favor upon having provision made
Tor him In the building proposed to be erect
ed north of the State, War and Navy build
ing and directly west of Lafayette square
In the Senate Mr.. Fairbanks. chairman Of
grounds. introduced a bill providing for a
hall of records. to be located between Penn
sylvania avenue and the Mall, the Botanic
Gardens and 18th street The subcommittee
on railroads Of the Senate District commit
tee gave hearing to representatives of the
Mount Pleasant Citizens Association and
others on the bill to authorize the Com
missioners to determine the giving of trans
fers on street railroads. Charles Coleman,
colored, was adjudged guilty of manslaugh-
ter for killing Perry Officer last October
Hezekiah Coates, colored, twelve years old
charged with the murder of Carrie Corbin,
little colored girl, was discharged by or
der of the court. The Washington and
Southwestern limited train on the Southern
railroad was wrecked near Charlottesville,
Va. and two men were killed and thirteen
persons injured number of them being
railway mail clerks residing IN this city.
Anton Schutze died in the Emergency Hos
| pital from wounds received by the accident
al discharge of a gun while attempting to
climb a fence in Prince Georges county
Maryland. Francis NJ. Dant, a plasterer,
was killed by an electric car near the cor
ner of 4th and G STREETS northwest. Will
| lam Boedeir, colored, died from the result
of injuries received in a fall in saloon.
Jesse H. Arnold, a clerk in the Treasury
Department, committed suicide by taking
poison. John H. Rollins. an elderly man,
| formerly a bank Waterman also committed
suicide by inhaling Illuminating gas. En-
rique Santibanez, second secretary of the
Mexican embassy, dropped dead while on
| his way to a physicians Office.