Evening star., 1903-11-21
WEEK ENDING NC 81, 1908.

| signed treaty providing for the construc-
| ton of the Panama canal by the United
States; Secretary Hay and President
| Roosevelt decided not to send the treaty
| to the Senate until 1t Is ratified at Pana-
ma: Gen. Reyes. Colombian commissioner
at Colon. stated that If he failed in nego-
tiations at Washington looking to a re-
| storation Of Panama to Colombia, the lat
| ter state would declare war; peace meet
| ing was held between Colombian and Pana-
maians on board United States warship
| at Colon. but no change in the condition
| Of affairs was effected. The United States
| refused to recognize the Santo Domingo
| revolutionists and their blockade, protest.
! ing against the latter. The French and
other ambassadors at Washington formal
Third Assistant Secretary Pierce of the
| State Department submitted a report on
| consular conditions after tour of inspec-
tion. The House passed the Cuban reel
| procity bill by a rising vote of 1876 to Il;
| after protracted debate in the Senate the
! measure was referred to the committee on
! foreign relations; the democratic steering
| committee OF the Senate failed to agree
| on policy toward the Panama canal pro-
| ject; q number of petitions praying for the
| unseating of Senator Reed Smoot of Utah
! were offered in the Senate; the senate mill
tary affairs committee began hearing tes-
| timony in opposition to the promotion OF
| Gen. Leonard Wood to be a major general.
The Standard Oil Company declared divi-
|
per cent for the year. The general mis-
sionary convention Of the Methodist Epis-
! copal Church ended its sessions having
| made appropriations of more than 1900
600. The Federation Of Labor declared
| Its opposition to the "open shop" either
| government or private, and demanded that
the Panama canal be built by American
labor. The federal grand jury at Omaha.
! Neb.. indicted Senator c. H. Dietrich and
a postmaster on charge of bribery. ID.
V. Miller and Joseph N: Johns were ac-
| of conspiracy to extort a bribe from John
]. Ryan. brought by the Post Office De-
partment. Fire caused 100000 damage in
Butler. Pa. Three firemen were killed and
| two injured in a fire in Cleveland. Ohio.
The steamer Discovery, carrying probably
between fifty and sixty persons. was re-
ported lost between Nome. Alaska. and
Seattle. Wash. Thirty-one men were
killed and at least fifteen injured in
| head-on collision the Big Four rail-
road near Mackinaw, Ill. Forty-one
| negroes and one white man were killed In
a wreck on the Illinois Central railroad at
| Kentwood, La. Records showed that 1853
| persons were killed and 45, 5,997 injured in
| railroad accidents during the last fiscal
| year.
Foreign Affairs.
| The Colombian authorities appealed to
Great Britain to protest against the action
Of this country in recognizing the govern
ment Of Panama: British bondholders ex-
pressed some fears as to the stability of the
Colombian debt. which amounts to SIS. .OOO.-
900. King Victor Emmanuel and Queen
Helene of Italy arrived in England and were
| accorded a royal welcome: the British in
| India were reported as expecting war in
Thibet: Lord Kitchener. commander-in-chief
| of the British in India. broke his leg while
| riding horse. The wound caused by the
| operation upon Emperor Williams throat
| was reported as almost healed. Two Of Ger
| many's greatest banks agreed to merge
| inf Pins annOintp6
| Cardinal Merry del Val prefect of the Sac
| red Palace to succeed Cardinal Mocenni
The revolutionists in San Domingo bonn
| barded Santo Domingo city and marines
| were landed by United States and French
| ships to protect the interests Of their re-
Spective governments. Russia was reported
as being bitterly opposed to Corea opening
| the port of Win to American trade. Among
! those who died was Henry Seton Merriman
(Hugh Stowel ScotD a well-known novelist
| In the District
| Annual reports were submitted to the
Commissioners by the auditor and the as
| SCISSOR for the District and the superintend-
| ent Of police. 1t was learned by the Com
| missioners that unexplained outbreaks of
| illness had been frequent at the industrial
home school. Bids were opened for the con-
| struction of the new homeopathic hospital
| at Kirby street and New York avenue Sen
! ator Penrose introduced bill to amend the
| charter of the Columbian University so as
1 to make that institution non-sectarian; Sen
ator Fairbanks introduced bill providing
the erection of a public building on the
| square bounded by Jackson place, nth and
H streets and Pennsylvania avenue. The
| New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
| celebrated the Tooth anniversary OF Its
founding. The Edmonds public school was
| dedicated. The annual conference or the
Maryland Synod of the Lutheran Church was
| held. The board Of delegates of the Society
Of Civil and Religious Rights Of the Union
of American Hebrew Congregations met:
| The Association Of American Agricultural
| Colleges and Experiment Stations held It's
Machen and others for alleged conspiracy in
connection with the post office fraud cases
was continued until January. The annual
fall meeting Of the Washington Jockey
| Club at Benning began. Mrs. Carrie Ma
| ton was elected from the White House
| grounds and subsequently created dis
| turbance at the Capitol; she was arrested
and fined $25 in the Police Court. A cor
| oner's jury decided that the recent railroad
| accident the Long bridge. by which
Richard J. Eckert lost his life by drowning,
| was due to the unsafe condition OF the
| bridge, for which the Philadelphia, Balti-
| more and Washington Railway Company
| was responsible. Pixsqualto OzZi, an 1tal-
| ian. was killed by a train while engaged
| In the work on the new B. and o. terminal.
| Daisy Wilson, three years old, eolored, and
| Mrs. Elizabeth MearnS, an elderly woman,
| were burned to death. Thomas A. Davis
| street railway conductor, fell from his car
at 10th and II streets northeast, dying from
| his injuries. Lucy Flynn, colored, died
| from injuries received in an elevator acct
| dent at an apartment house. Albert Beck
| with, colored, was found dead at the corner
| of 14th and B streets, and coroner's jury
| held Frederick Cole and William Landon
| responsible for his death. Mrs Rena Rem
| ME attempted to commit suicide by taking
| morphine. A man registering as F. Benson,
| Washington, D. c., committed suicide by
inhaling gas In Baltimore. George Howard
| was found guilty of murder in the second
degree for killing Buck Alston July ID
| last Among those who died were DR.. Henry
Darlington Bolton. Ph.D., an eminent chem
ist and scientist; Brig. Gen. Reuben F. Ber-
nard U. s. army, retired; Samuel F. Phil
| lips, solicitor general of the United States
under Presidents Grant, Hayes. Garfield
and Arthur; Capt. John M. Barrows an old
| resident Of the District and Judge James
Beverly Sener. an ex-representative from
| Virginia, and a prominent jurist and Mason.
Verdict Of Accidental Death.
An inquest was held at the sixth precinct
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