Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-31

cardinals had handled the question, had
dissolved the body and was preparing to
take up the question himself The War De-
partment made public the report of the act
ing superintendent of public instruction for
the philippines Islands, upon charges made
against the school system Of the islands al
leging that it was used as a PROSECUTING
agency against the Catholics. Gov. Taft, in
testtfyfng In sedition case at Manila de-
clared that former insurgent leaders ap-
pointed to Office have proved ioyal honest
and straightforward A series of earth
quake shocks was felt on the Island of Min
danao, twenty Moros being killed by falling
walls.
HOME FOR Prosecuted JEWS,
The Zionist congress, which met at Basel,
Switzerland, resolved to raise a fund Of
100000 to buy land in Palestine for the
prosecuted Jews of Europe and Asia. to
Iound nome free from the prosecutions
tries.
RELEASE OF MISS STONE.
Miss Ellen NJ Stone and her companion.
Madame Tsilka, who had been held cap
tdves by bandits in Turkey, were released
In February on payment of the ransom de-
manded.
MISCELLANY.
The Chinese court returned to Pekin after
an absence due to the Boxer troubles and
the occupation of the allies.
The first Cuban congress convened in
Havana in May. Thomas Estrada Palma
was inaugurated president.
A fire at Paterson, N. j., in February
caused loss of $1,000, 600. About 500 houses
were burned many persons were killed and
over LOCO families made homeless.
1t was announced that 30 500 600 tons Of
coal were marketed in the United States In
1901, breaking all previous records.
The Wisconsin Central railroad ore dock
at Ashland, Wis, was destroyed by fire.
with loss of $685., 600; in falling the dock
killed several f1remen and dockmen.
Joseph Chamberlain, British colonial Sec
rotary, has gone to South Africa to investi-
gate government problems there.
John K Murrell. former speaker of the
st. Louis house Of delegates, returned from
Mexico and confessed part in the whole
sale bribery of members Of that body, ad-
hitting having the custody of $4,000 in
tended for the gang, and accused eighteen
associates in the city legislative body, who
were indicted by the grand jury.
The Everett Moore syndicate at Cleve-
land, Ohio, failed for 100000, 600. Electric
railways and telephones were their special
ties.
The PENNSYLVANIA railroad voluntarily
raised the wages of all its employees, the
other large roads following suit, the ad-
vance affecting about 100000 men.
The packing house of Armour & Co. at
Sioux City, Iowa, was burned. with loss
OF 100000, the catastrophe throwing 600
men out Of employment for the winter.
Gennero Rubino, an anarchist, attempted
to take the life of King Leopold of Bel
GUM, firing three shots at him, but missing
Seventeen hundred converts were report ed
to have been massacred in one place in
southern China by Boxers.
new treaty between Russia and China
provided for the surrender by the former
Of all claims in Manchuria and evacuation
by its troops within year.
Fire in the Barbcan district of London
caused property loss Of over $1O,OOO,OOO.
NEUROLOGY.
Charles Broadway Rouss, millionaire
| philanthropist Of New York Representa-
| tive r. X. Polk Of Danville, Pa. John p
| Altgeld. former governor of Illinois. Gen.
Wade Hampton. former confederate gen.
eral and United States senator. Thomas
Mast, the famous cartoonist. ]. Sterling
| Morton, formerly Secretary of Agriculture.
Amos j. Cummings. representative from
New York and noted writer. Archbishop
| Corrigan of New York. Potter Palmer of
| Chicago; F. Bret Harte. the author; Rep
| resentatives ]. s. Salmon of New Jersey
and Peter J. Otey of Virginia; Archbishop
I Feehan of Chicago; Mrs. Alexander, the
| Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, noted woman
suffrage advocate; Rev. Eugene Augustus
| Hoffman. dean of the General Seminary Of
| New York; John H. Twachman, noted land
scape artist; King Albert Of Saxony, aged
seventy-four years: Prof. Schenck, who
| claimed he could control sex development;
| Don francisco q AS6lSe, the FORMER King or
| Spain, at Epinay, France. at the age Of
| eighty years, and Jules Dalou, prominent
| French sculptor; Cecil Rhodes, the South
| African promoter; Koloman de Tizoa, ex-
| Hungarian prime minister; Sidi Ali, the
Bey of Tunis; Marie Henrietta, Queen of
| the Belgians. at Spa; Lord Kimberly, lib
| eral leader In the house Of lords.
Jean de Block. a Russian peace advocate
| Of International reputation: Justice Horace
| Gray, retired from the United States Su-
| preme Court; John Kensit, noted English
anti-ritualist; Canon George Rawlinson,
| English churchman and historian; Kiu-
| Kun-Yi, notable Chinese viceroy and q
| warm friend Of foreigners; Emile lola.
famous novelist and champion Of Dreyfuss;
DR.. John Byrne. American gynecologist;
Marquise de Chambrun, last granddaughter
| of Lafayette; George Alfred Henty, author
| and war correspondent; Rev. Hugh Price
Hughes Wesleyan preacher in London: Lfu
| Kun VI, viceroy Of Nankin: Friedrich AL
fred Krupp, the great gunmaker Of Essen
Germany; General William H. Hubbell, the
| commander-in-chief of the national army
of Spanish war veterans; Former Governor
| George Hoadley of Ohio; United States
Senator James Mcmillan Of Michigan; Lu-
Their r. Marsh. noted jurist and spiritual
list; James Joseph jacques Tissot, a noted
| French painter; General Franz Sigel, IA.
nous war hero; Mgr. Patrick A. Feehan
archbishop Of Chicago: Frederick Temple
! oho NJ