Evening star., 1902-01-04

The New Year reception at the White
House was attended by S, 100 persons, most
| Of whom shook hands with President
Roosevelt; ball was given at the White
House at which Miss Alice Roosevelt,
daughter of the President, made her debut.
Ex-Chief Hugh j. Bonner Of the New York
fire department, was selected to reorganize
the fire department in Manila. While
Filipino memorial procession in honor of
Jose Rial was passing the Augustine mon
astery in Manila the marchers cried down
the friars; Gen. Wheaton reported that the
Island of Samar was more unfriendly than
ever before, but that matters were pro-
crossing favorably In Batangas province.
Governor Hunt, in his message to the leg
islature of Porto Rico, said the commerce
Of the island has developed, exports have
increased and schools have multiplied. In
the Cuban elections Tomas Estrada Palma's
victory in Cuba seemed complete. His
party will control the Cuban congress and
elected five Of the eight governors; 1t was
announced that upon the convening of the
Cuban congress the government of that
island would be turned oYer to the local
authorities by the United States. Judge
Lochren in federal court al Minneapolis dis
solved the injunction restraining the North
ern Pacific Railroad Company from retir-
ing preferred stock; the governors and at
torneys of seven states met at Helena and
unanimously agreed upon legal action to
oppose the Great Northern colsolidation,
announcing that the case would be carried
to the United States Supreme Court. The
battleship Missouri was launched at New
port News, Va, in the presence of 5000
spectators. Seth Low was sworn in as
mayor of New York and signalized his ad-
vent by making changes in some four hun
dred positions. A new statute abolishing
common law marriages and recognizing
marriage by civil contract went into effect
in New York with the new year. Prof.
Jacques Loeb of the University Of Chicago
greatly interested scientists with the decla-
ration that electricity and not heat Is the
basis of life. 1t was estimated that during
the year 1901, 53.500,000 tons Of anthracite
coal were mined and marketed in the
United states. breaking previous records.
1t was announced that Geronimo and 29S of
his tribe are to be freed by the government
and given lands. The Everett-Moore syn
dicate of Cleveland. Ohio, capital S130vb0-
600, one of the largest owners of electric
railways and telephones, had placed its at
fairs in the hands of a committee of Cleve-
land bankers. Serious damage was caused
in southern states by foods, several lives
being lost in Georgia. while loo miners
were thrown out Of work through the same
cause near Shamokin, Pa; Richmond Va
suffered severely from flood, owing TO the
rise in the James river, and citizens were
obliged to traverse parts of the city In
boats. A fire in Boston caused a loss of
100000. The importations of coffee INTO
the United States during 1901 broke all ple-
vious records. Census figures showed an
increase of 119 per cent in capital invested
In gas manufacture during the last ten
years The New York police announced
that $4,000 of the $4,000 worth of the The
baud jewels, stolen recently, had been re-
covered. CraZed because he had acciden-
tally shot and killed his girl clerk Louis
Bitz of Turner s Fall, Mass, rushed home
and shot his wife and four children Four
men killed an inoffensive passenger on a
MISSISSIPPI train, stole the engine and at
tempted to escape, but were captured.
Three men were killed and several wounded
in row at watchnight party in Robbins
N. {. Three men were scalded to death as
the result of an explosion at the South |
Penn Oil Company's pumping station, in
Doddridge county, w. Va. Twenty or more |
lives were lost In collision at sea a night |
of Cape Mendocino, Cal. between the Pa
cif1c Steamship Companys steamer Walla
Walla and French sailing ship BY the |
explosion Of a locomotive boiler in the shoDs
of the Georgia Central railway, at Macon, |
Ga, five men were killed and twelve in
jured. Six men Were killed in the McAllis-
ter coal mine, Hartshorn, /. T, by a cage
jumping from its guidings while descending
shaft. William King of Paris, Ind died |
from drinking lemon extract as a beverage,
making the fifth recent death in that To-
callty from the same cause. A passenger
train on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad |
was wrecked and burned near Glencoe. |
Pa. two persons being killed and thirteen |
injured; two persons were killed and several /
hurt in an accident on the Boston and |
Maine railroad at Nashua, n. H; freight |
train went through bridge at Crescent. |
w. va, Killing two bridgemen; four Der
sons were killed and eighteen injured In |
the wreck Of northwestern passenger /
train at Malta, Ill.,; three men were killed