Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-24

| Colombia for the construction of the Pana-
| ma canal was signed and submitted to the
| Senate. Minister Bowen arrived in Wash
tngton to represent President Castro OF
| Venezuela; much regret was expressed at
| the bombardment OF Fort San Carlos. Ven
ezuela, by German warships. Emilio Agui-
| naldo addressed a petition to Secretary
Root stating that 800 100000 viii be re-
| CURED to avert further SORROW and calam-
ities' In the Philippines. Legislation in the
Senate was blocked because of Senator
Quays efforts to force the passage OF the
| omnibus statehood bill; the Senate con-
sidered the Cuban reciprocity treaty; the
House rejected the Philippine coinage bill
| and adopted the minority substitute: the
| House passed the consular appropriation
bill. after the service had been severely
| criticised the legislative, executive and
| judicial appropriation BILL 235 private PEN
sion bills and the bill granting Alaska O
delegate In Congress; the House naval az
falrs committee began an investigation into
| charges brought by Representative Lessler
OF an alleged attempt to bride him in con-
nection with submarine boats. The fol-
lowing were elected United States senator's:
Arkansas, James p. Clarke, democrat: Con-
necticut Orville H. Platt. republican; Ill
| nols Albert ]. Hopkins. republican; Indiana,
Charles W. Fairbanks. republican: Mich.
| igan. r. A. Alger. republican: Missouri,
| William j. Stone, democrat; New Hamp-
shire. Jacob H. Gallnger, republican; New
york Thomas c. Plat, republican,; North
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! South Dakota, A. B. Kittredge republican;
| Utah. Reed Smoot, republican; Kansas,
| chester l. Long, republican. Deadlocks
continue In the legislatures Of Colorado,
| delaware, North Carolina, Washington and
| oregon. The United States Supreme Court
| declared South Dakota divorces invalid when
residence is taken up solely for this purpose.
| The customs congress Of American republics
| met In New York; the Union Of American
hebrew Congregations met In st. Louis;
the annual convention of the United Mine
| workers OF America began in Indianapolis.
| Marconf exchanged the first wireless tele-
| graph messages between the United States
| and Europe. A true bill was returned in
Chicago against forty-five coal operators
and retailers charging conspiracy. Earth
quake shocks were felt in South Carolina
and Georgia. A cave-in in a mine at Sha.
| mokin, Pa. resulted in the death of three
| men and the fatal injury of fourth. Three
| men were killed and three badly injured In
an explosion of dynamite at the end of the
| wabash tunnel In ittsburg. Three women
were killed. six persons severely injured
one fatauy-in panic In cigar factory in
| New York, caused by a fire next door
Seven men were killed and two others IA
| tally hurt by an explosion of the powder
| charge OF an 8-inch gun on the United
| states battle ship Massa chusetts off Culebra
| Island. Two persons were killed and sew
eral others dangerously hurt in a fire at
| Cleveland. Ohio. An aged couple were
burned burn, to death In Pittsburg. The bark
City. N. j., and but four Of her crew Of
nine were saved. A boiler explosion at
west Newton Pa, killed two men and in-
Jured two others, one fatally. Nine men
were killed and eight injured in a collision
| on the Great Northern railroad near Chi
waukum. Wash. One man was killed and
three injured by an explosion Of a locomo-
by the explosion Of the boiler of a Pan
! Handle" locomotive near Coshocton, Ohio.
One man was killed and thirteen persons
severely injured in a passenger train wreck
| 400 H.
| Waseo, Ill. Five men were injured-two
fatally-in a wreck on. the Illinois Central
! railroad near Memphis, Tenn. Euclid Mad
zen, motorman OF the car which ran into
| PRESIDENT Roosevelts carriage at Pittsfield,
Mass, was sentenced to six months i'm
| prfsonment and $500 fine. N. G. Gonzales,
who was shot by Lieut.. Gov. James H.
| Tillman at Columbia S. c. died of his
wound. Among others who died were
Abram S. Hewitt, former mayor Of New
| York and democratic congressman: Julian
Raiph, noted newspaper correspondent:
| Col. Philip Deitsch, chief of police in Gin
cinnati and Mohammed JamaluI Kiram
Sultan Of Sulu.
Foreign Affairs.
The German cruiser Panther shelled Fort
| San Carlos at the entrance to Lake Mara
| caibo, Venezuela, but withdrew after her
| fire was returned; the bombardment was
| subsequently, repeated by three German
| cruisers, twelve being reported killed in
! the fort and fifteen wounded. Joseph
Chamberlain announced the plan for fnanc-
| ing the Transvaal and Orange River Col
| ony; 1t was stated that London's unem-
| plCyed exceed former years by many thou.
sands; Colonel Arthur Lynch, member Of
parliament for Galway, was convicted Of
treason in London and sentenced to death.
General Nelson A. Miles arrived in st.
Petersburg after a trip through Siberia,
The North German Lloyd steamer Lain,
| with 500 passengers bound for New York,
went ashore at Tumara, near Gibraltar,
but was subsequently hoated. The Chi
nese memorial arch for Baron Won Kettler,
| murdered at Pekin, was dedicated in that
city by Prince Chun, the emperor's brother
as an atonement. Four men were burned
to death in q hotel fire at Morrissey, B. c.
American residents on the Isle Of Pines
denied Cuba's claim to absolute jurisdic.
ton over 1t and stated that they would
resist the collection of taxes. Among those
who died was Henry de Blowitz, famous
as the former Paris correspondent of the
London Times.
In the District.
The District appropriation bill was passed
by the House, Representative Babcock
scoring the committee on appropriations
for what he termed its cheese-paring pol-
icy toward the District; the Senate and
House conferees on the union station bill
held several meetings but reached no
agreement. The Washington Board Of
Trade held a meeting and adopted reso-
lutions favoring the proposed 100000
loan to the District; many citizens in in
terviews Endorsed the loan project. The
trustees of the Public Library received
several applications for branch libraries,
The Young Mems Christian Association
celebrated its fiftieth anniversary. The
plague conference called by Surgeon Gem
eral Wyman and composed of representa-
tives Of boards Of health Of various states,
dc clared the existence of the plague in San
Francisco. The price of anthracite coal
declined slightly. The semi-annual session
of the Grand Lodge, I. o. o. F., was held,
the organization taking favorable action
on the projected Odd Fellows Home In this
city for widows and orphans. The Marine
Engineers Beneficial Association held it's
annual meeting. Fire caused %, 900 damage
to the residence Of Colonel Henry May,
1925 K street. Samuel Shipley was crushed
to death by a shifting engine on the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad at the Massa-
chusetts avenue crossing. Richard Maen-
kin. bartender, accused of having caused
the death Of William Hurley in Tenley.
town, was arrested in Brooklyn. N. Y.
John w. Clark was shot in the leg while
resisting arrest A. w. Barrett former
secretary Of legation at Caracas, vene-