Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-08
WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 8, 1904.

henry =. Payne, VINO died In washington;
the funeral services were attended by the
President and most of the officials in Wash
ington. and the body was placed on a spe-
cial train which started for Milwaukee;
First Assistant Postmaster General Robert
j. Wynne was designated to act as Post
master General. Secretary of State Hay
made an address OF welcome before the
18th international peace congress. which
met in Boston; upon his return to Wash
ington he declared the Quincy incident
closed. The Panama minister filed with the
State Department protest against the
management Of affairs in the canal zone
John Barrett. United States minister to
Panama, denied that friction existed be-
tween the United States and Panama or
between himself and the Panama canal
commission. Secretary Hitchcock made
public reply to charges that the Interior
Department is not pushing prosecutions In
the alleged land fraud cases. IT was Of
fcially stated by the Navy Department that
two attempts were made to injure the bat
tie ship Connecticut while on the ways at
the Brooklyn navy yard and one attempt
after the ship had been launched. Henry
e. Davis letter accepting the democratic
nomination for the vice presidency was
made public. The supreme court of Wis
constn decided that the La Toilette ticket
should go in the regular republican column
on the ballot. Mayor Mcclellan removed
the municipal civil service commission in
New York on charges brought by the Civil
Service Reform Association and reappointed
new board The triennial convention of
the Protestant Episcopal Church began in
Boston with the archbishop Of Canterbury
In attendance. The international congress
on tuberculosis and the national convention
of the Daughters OF the Confederacy held
meetings in st. Louis. The New Hamp-
shire supreme court declared the practice of
Christian science legal. The battle ship Me-
braska was successfully launched at Seat
tie, Wash. The all-American cable and
IN Ira milo cd
Chas. F. Kelly, convicted boodler. made
confession to Circuit Attorney Folk con-
corning the doodle combine in st. Louis.
-Four officers OF a Camden, N J., cork
works were arrested and released on bail
charged with placing iron in pressed cork
blocks intended for life preservers. At least
twelve persons were drowned by a food.
which did damage estimated at 100000 at
Watrous, N. NJ Among those who died
was Postmaster General Henry c. Payne
at Washington.
Foreign Affairs.
Skirmishes became active along the fronts
Of the great hostile armies in northern Man.
churia. and it was reported at Tokyo that
the next great battle would take place at
Tie Pass. Gen. Kuropatkin holding Mukden
merely to delay Marshal Oyama's advance.
Seventeen Japanese junks loaded with am
munition were burned by cossacks on the
river Hun. Gen. StOessel issued state
ment on the repulse of the japanese on
September 10 to %, placing their losses at
10000 men. A report came from Tokyo
that the Russians attempted to retake the
positions captured by the japanese at Port
Arthur and were repulsed after desperate
fighting. Although the fort commanding
the water supply of Port Arthur was taken
by the Japanese, 1t was stated the garrison
had another available supply. Tokyo also
reported that four Russian warships were
damaged by the fire of the Japanese land
batteries during recent fighting, one of the
vessels being completely destroyed. A ru-
NOR was circulated that the Russian fleet
at Port Arthur had made sortie and that
a battle had ensued, but it was unconfrmed
by later reports. A Russian steamer used
in clearing mines at the entrance of the
harbor at Port Arthur struck a mine and
was sunk. The new Japanese military regu-
lations were reported to provide for a war
strength of 100000 men. Plans of the
latest German submarine boats were said
to have been obtained by Russia, and Herr
Barkmeyer at kiel was reported to be UNI
der suspicion of being concerned in the sale
of the designs to a German firm. The
prime minister of Lippe, in speech in the
principalitys diet, defied the kaiser, and
said that force alone could bring about
change in the law of succession. Premier
Balfour of Great Britain said in a speech
that he was no protectionist, and that he
could not remain the leader Of his party IL
protection were adopted. Mr.. Chamberlain
In speech said that trade in Great Britain
was in precarious condition, and that un-
less the mother country and the colonies
worked together the empires disintegration
was in sight. The archbishop of York,
bishops and clergy were hooted In the
streets of Liverpool by followers of the late
John kensft. French socialists began the
agitation of a movement for Franco-Ger-
man agreement. The Spanish Institute of
Social Reforms voted for the prohibition of
Sunday bull fighting. Southern italy was
shaken by an earthquake. Eleven soldiers
were instantly killed and a number wound
ed by an explosion of shells at fort at
Calico, Belgium. The Greek Steamship
Clementine foundered near ashanti and
seventeen Of the crew were drowned. The
Norwegian bark Sir John Laurence struck
rocks off the coast Of Norway and sank,
her crew of fourteen being drowned Ma
tiyeS OF Portuguese Southwest Africa killed
2o4 out of Portuguese detachment of 400
men. The Mad Mullah looted .ue villages
of the Ogaden tribe in Somaliland and killed
600 persons. The Chinese amban at Lhasa
was reported to have signed the Anglo
Tibetan treaty without authorization. Late
reports indicated that the boxer movement
In China was not SO serious as at first stat
ed. Mount Pelee Island of Martinique,
again broke out in eruption. Among those
who died was Frederick Auguste Bartholdi,
sculptor of the Statue of Liberty at New
York, in Paris.
In the District.
Robert Farnum. jr., the assistant engi-
neer in charge of the Capitol Hill project
OF the Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
declared that on account Of the legal OBJ.
ject1ons raised against the plan to build
an open-cut tunnel the company would
abandon the idea for the present; Elliott
Woods, superintendent Of the Capitol build
1ngs and grounds, formally requested the
Commissioners to give the PENNSYLVANIA
Railroad Company permission to open-cut
for the LIST street tunnel from the present
terminus of the work to the inner side
walk line of B street southeast The Com
missioners adopted amendments to the DO
lice regulations relative to the storage Of
gasoline, fnflammaDle oils and hay. Com
missioner Mcfarland announced that he
would approve applications for the string
ing OF political banners over the streets,
provided the police did not have obiec
lions In any particular case. The annual
report of the trustees Of the Public Ii
brary, Incorporating the annual report of
the librarian, was presented to the Com
missioners. In his annual report Surgeon
General O'Reilly of the army strongly rec.
commended the construction of a new gem
eral army hospital, to be erected in the Dis.
trict. The health officer asked for an in
crease Of $4,000 in the appropriation for
his office for next year. A statement of
the liabilities and assets OF Thomas p.