Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-17
THE WEEK ENDING DEC. II, 1904.

President Roosevelt decided not to call an
extra session of Congress in the spring; lie
nominated Willett NJ. Hays of Minnesota to
be assistant secretary of agriculture and
Charles P. Neill of the District of Columbia
to be Commissioner of Labor. The Anglo
American arbitration treaty was signed at
Washington. The Secretary of Commerce
and Labor and the Postmaster General sub
mftted their annual reports. Frank II.
Cunningham, president of the National As
ISOLATION of Rural Carriers. and James e.
Keller. head of the National Association of
Letter Carriers were removed from the gov
eminent service. The House of Representa-
uVes adopted a resolution to impeach Judge
Charles Swayne of the Florida court and
a committee of the House waited on the
Senate and gave formal notification to that
body of the impeachment; the Senate
passed the Philippine civil government bill
and the urgent deficiency appropriation bill
and discussed the pure food bill; the House
agreed to the Senate amendments to the
urgent deficiency bill; the Senate committee
on interstate commerce held hearings on the
Cooper-Quarles bill to regulate railroad
rates The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany lost in the United States Supreme
Court Its suit against the Pennsylvania
railroad Company regarding the removal of
me former poles and wires: the Supreme
Court decided that debt created by fraud
cannot be discharged by bankruptcy pro-
SSSuihSs' iiofIldS w. Lawson and Col. W.
Z. Greene. president of the Amalgamated
Copper Company. met In Boston after the
later had published an open letter de-
nounclng the former, but the meeting re-
suited in an amcable agreement The ma
tional boil weevil convention opened its ses-
SION IN Shreveport, La. Roosevelt's popular
plurality for President over Judge Parker
was estimated to be 2.5i6. 100. Mrs. Cassie
L. Chadwick waived eXam;na ton before the
federal authorities in New York and was
taken to Cleveland in the custody of q
United States marshal, where five addition
al indictments were lodged against her after
ner commitrpent to Jail. The state rested
It's case In the trial of Nan Patterson in
new YORK for the murder of Caesar Young
Gnu Gnu tile court denied a motion of the de-
tense tense Tor the discharge of the prisoner
!nree boltermakerS Were killed and Lieut.
w. G. Cole was badly injured in an accident
on the battle ship Massachuset at Phila-
deiphla Two firemen We're killed and three
others injured in fire which DESTROYED
ST., 900 worth of property in Minnea polis:
fre caused loss of $4,000 in Rochester
n. Y.
Foreign Affairs.
Dispatches from Port Arthur received at
Russian headquarters at Mukden stated
that the lire of main defense forts was
unbroken and that food and ammunition
were abundant: dispatches received at To-
kyo stated that the Japanese heavy guns
continued to infiict great damage on shin
ping and buildings; torpedo boat attack
was made from Admiral Togo's fleet on the
SeVastapol. the only battle ship afioat in
the harbor, which resulted in that warship
being badly damaged one Japanese tor
pedo BOAT was reported to be missing after
the attack; seven Russians made the run
from Fort Arthur to Chefoo sixty-five
miles, IN an open Sailboat with dispa tches.
the japanese were reported to be moving
to the northeast of the Russian position AT
huhdeh' OUT the weather was stated to be
TOO severe for much fighting; the main part
OF the Russian Baltic fleet sailed from lib
ut1l, French Somaliland. Advices from ST.
petersburg said that the zemstovs' plea for
a dlrect representative body would be de-
nled but that spokesman of the people
would probably be given the right to voice
their wishes directly to the emperor: fifty
persons We're injured by the st. Petersburg
pollce in suppreSSing an anti-government
riot; Sasonef. the murderer of Minister Of
the Interior Piehve, was sentenced to penal
servitude for life. Joseph Chamberlain
spoke in London advocating the checking
OF immigration and enacting protective
duties on imports; the British mission at
A1ghanlStan arrived at kabul; the losses
OF the British expedition to Tibet were
placed at nearly LOO men. Deputies of
the hungarian opposition drove out the
guards of Premier Tisza and wrecked the
hungarian parliament chamber. Raisu!i
the brlgand chief, made bold raid in the
city OF Tangier. Bulgarian bands were re-
ported as again crossing the Macedonian
AiohtiCi. I-ilSiIiStIS that St.
Marks Church, in Venice, is in a danger
Gus condition and may fall at any time A
new Spanish cabinet was formed in Spain
the old one resigning on account of differ
ences over military reforms, with Gen. AZ
carrasa as premier. Among those who
died was Spencer Charrington. the oldest
member of the British houses of parlia-
ment.
In the District.
The President nominated Seth Shepard
of Ia
of Appeals. to succeed Justice Richard IL.
Alvey, retired, and Charles II. Duen of
New York as associate justice of the same
court The House subcommittee of the APP
preparations committee concluded its con-
sideration of the District appropriation
bill; the Senate passed the resolution to
arrow the use Of the pension office building
for the inaugural ball, but the House COM
mittee on the District reported unfavoraby
on the proposition, and advocated the use
of the Congressional Library the result
being a deadlock between the two houses:
hearing was granted by the House Dis
trict committee to those persons interested
IN the proposed croSS-tOwn line to be built
by the Great Falls and Old Dominion rail-
road. The annual meeting of the board of
trustees Of the Carnegie Institution was held
and DR.. r. S. Woodward was elected presi-
dent to succeed DR.: D. c. Gilman resigned
Andrew Y. Bradley, referee in bankruptcy
in the Wagsaman case. estimated that five
years will be required for a full and final
settlement of the estate. William F. Dow
ney, Shairman of the special works con-
ference of the st. Vincent de Paul Society,
recommended several changes in Police
Court and penal methods, and President
Roosevelt requested that a copy of the
recommendations be sent to him. The
court approved the report of the commits
sion appointed to apprafse the value of land
needed for the union station plaza: the
Court Of Appeals refused to interfere in the
of Augustus /. Sha fer 70
be hanged January next on conviction OF
murder; the Court of Appeals affirmed the
conviction of the lower court of August
w. Machen and other defendants in the
post office conspiracy cases. Fire caused
loss of about s. GEO in the Hub Furniture
Company building at eth and d streets.
Richard A. Arnold, a well-known former
police official, died from injuries received
in street car accident at 9Th and q
streets. Frances Moore, colored seventy
five years old, died from burns received
at her home. Harry Whaley thirty years
Old was struck by an express train and
killed while driving across the tracks of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad at River
dale Md. John w. Thomas. a painter, thir-
ty-four years old, accidentally asphyx-
lated by gas at his boarding house. John
Wallace, colored, seventy years old, was
struck and killed by Baltimore and Ohio
train at Ivy City. Among those who died
were Cen Wbitcida