Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-24
THE WEEK ENDING DEC. "a, 1904.

THE WEEK ENDING DEC. "a, 1904.
| Congress adjourned for the holiday recess
| until January 4: 1t was stated to be prac-
| tically certain that the House will pass a
| bill upon the subject Of regulation of rail-.
road rates; the testimony of Chief Engineer
Wallace of the isthmian canal commission,
before the House committee on interstate
and foreign commerce. was made public;
! the protestants in the case of Senator Reed
Smoot rested their case. The report of Conf
| missioner of Corporations James R. Gar
field recommended a federal license or franz
| chise for corporations engaged in interstate
commerce. The annual report of the inter.
state commerce commission dealt largely
with the question of control of railroad
| rates. An order promulgated by Secretary
| Taft provided that the Dingley tariff will
not be operative In the canal zone In Pana-
ma. The United States Supreme Court de.
| cided that all railroad rolling stock must be
equipped with automatic couplers. The
| Pulajanes ambushed and killed at Dolores.
on the Island OF Samar, O lieutenant and
thirty-seven enlisted men OF native scouts.
| Senator Mitchell and Representative Her.
| mann started for Oregon to demand an in.
veStigation of charges in connection with
| the alleged land fraud cases there A com.
| pilation of the official vote cast in the vari.
| GUS states on November 8, showed that
| Roosevelt's vote was 1,746.76S over that Of
| all the other candidates and 2547 ,57s over
| that Of Judge Parker. commotion was
caused in New York financial circles and
elsewhere by Thomas w. Lawson's charges
| in his latest story on "FrenZied Finance"
| Mrs. Cassie l.. Chadwick was excused from
! testifying In the bankruptcy proceedings
against her In Cleveland; officials of the
| Citizens National Bank Of Oberlin Ohio.
| were arraigned at Cleveland and pleaded
| not guilty to the charges against them in
| connection with her financial operations: a
Joint Indictment against Dr. Chadwick and
Mrs Chadwick, on the charge of forging
| the name of Andrew Carnegie to a note for
| $o,oo0.OO, was returned in Cleveland. The
| jury in the case Of Nan Patterson accused
| or killing Caesar Young, failed to agree and
were discharged. Seven men were suffocat,
| ed by smoke in mine at Bolivar, Pa. BY
the burning Of the Starin Line steamer
Glen Island. in Long Island Sound, nine
| lives were lost and property roughly estl-
mated at $4,000 was destroyed. Eight
| persons lost their lives through the falling
or wall IN Minneapolis. Four more deaths
from wood alcohol were reported at ASH
| land, KY. making total Of ten Fire de.
| stroyed property estimated at 81 600 600 in
w Heax rly Iowa Among those who died
ana BISHOP Phelan Of the Catholic diocese
| OF Pittsburg
| Foreign Affairs.
General Stoessel, in his report of the Jan.
| anese assault on 203-Meter Hill, estimated
| the latter's loss at 1900 men, the Japanese
| by an infantry charge, following the expl0.
sion of great mine. captured part of East
| keekwan mountain, and this with the can.
ture of the north fort Of the mountain
| gives the Japanese an opportunity to open
| way up the gorge and effect the ultimate
capture or the entire entrance; in the at
| tacks on the Sevastopol Admiral Togo lost
| thirteen men killed and seventeen wounded.
| several of his torpedo boats being tempo
| rarily disabled; food and fuel were reported
| scarce in the nefghborhood of Mukden, the
| military situation in that vicinity remaining
unchanged; confirmation of the rumor that
| g. powerful Japanese squadron was on its
way to meet the Russian Baltic fleet was re-
| cefved from Hong Kong; a call to 100000
| Russian reserves in seven districts was is
| sued; the international commission to in
| quire into the North sea incident met at
| the foreign office in Paris and organized.
The car summarfly dismissed the plea in
| the form of resolutions from the Russian
| zemstvos. asking for extended reforms to
| the masses. by a note declaring the action
"presumptuous and tactless;" fears were
| expressed in some quarters that this action
would lead to disturbances; a decree was
| promulgated by the Russian government
| restoring the native language for official
| proceedings in Finland. Part Of the Ameri-
| can brief before the privy council in London
| on the Greene and Gaynor case is objected
| to as rejecting on Canadian officials; Sir
| Henry Campbell-Bannerman made q sharp
| reply to Joseph Chamberlain on the fiscal
| question; a fog In London tied up all traf-
] fic in the center of the city. The porte OBJ
crease the number of foreign officers in the
| Macedonian gendarmerie. Thirty-seven
| persons were drowned and COO left desti-
| tute by gale on the north coast of Por-
| tugal. Among those who died was Admiral
Sir Francis Ommanney. the father of the
| British navy"
In the District.
The Commissioners held hearing on the
| Dalzeu bill to close the District saloons on
| the principal holidays. Several reports were
| submitted to the Commissioners from bu-
reaus of the District government relative
! to the recommendations made by the spe-
| cial committee examining into the business
| methods employed by the District. The an
| nual reports of the board OF medical SUI
| peryisors and the superintendent OF police
were submitted. The Secretary of the In
! terror awarded the contract for the pro-
| posed new Freedmans Hospital to New
| York firm Justice Anderson signed ORDERS
| directing the appraisement and sale at pup
! lie auction of the Waggaman art gallery.
| The state of Maryland disposed of its In.
| terests in the Chesapeake and Ohio canal
! to Mr.. Fairfax S. Landstreet, vice presi-
| dent of the Western Maryland railroad.
| The Metropolitan Clubs building was dam
| aged by fire to the extent OF about 10000:
| lanes NJ A. Watson was placed on trial
| under an indictment charging him with the
| embezzlement of $40, 900 from the District
| government William w. Hamilton. coli
| ored was found guilty of the murder OF
| Mary E. Butler, alias Lizzie Lyman, col.
| ored. James Frame committed suicide by
| taking carbolic acid in preference to going
I TO the Hospital for the Insane: Miss Cora
| storm, thfrty-three years old, resident OF
/ Bethlehem. Pa, committed suicide by hang
! ing; Charles H. Glover. liveryman. at
I tempted to commit suicide by taking poison.
| An unidentified negro was killed by a train
| at Virginia avenue and I'd street. Among
| those who died was Mr.. James 8. Davis, Q
| well-known business man.