Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-09
WEEK ENDING JANUARY o, 1904.

WEEK ENDING JANUARY 9, 1904.
| President Roosevelt sent to Congress
upon its reassembling after the holidays
q message reviewing the Panama canal
negotiations and the secession of the 18TH
mus; he nominated Gen. Adna r. Chaffee
to be lieutenant general and chief Of the
army staff to succeed Gen. s. B. NJ Young.
retired, and Gov. VIM. H. Taft to be Sec
rotary of War. The Senate considered the
Panama situation and the post Office in
, vest;gation; the House discussed the post
Office Investigation The Senate commit
tee on military affairs agreed to report
favorably the nomination of Gen. Leon
ard Wood to be major general. Replying
to the note of Colombian Envoy Reyes,
Secretary Hay refused to reopen the Pan
anna question. The State Department was
informed that the government of Santo
| the ports Of that republic. Secretary
Hitchcock recommended that the Office of
commissioner Of railroads be abolished.
| Treasury Department experts took
| charge of the books of the interstate
commerce commission to investigate al
| legged irregularities. Chief Justice Fuller
cided that citizen of Porto Rico is not
an alien under the laws OF this country;
the court heard final argument in the
Minnesota merger case. An offer was re-
| place the bust of Washington destroyed
by fire In the Capitol in 1921 A dinner
| was attended by prominent democrats in
New York. Richard J.. Olney naming
Grover Cleveland as the presidential can
didate of that party. The United States
| steel corporation passed the dividend on
| earners who have been idle for months in
the Pittsburg district resumed work in
| reopened mills. United States Senator
! Charles H. Dietrich was acquitted in
! Omaha bribery haf he
| alleged offense was committed before he
was sworn In as senator A severe cold
| west, many persons being killed by ex-
posture and cold. Three persons were
| killed and four injured in a fire that de-
| stroyed the Louvre Hotel in Chicago.
| ter in Chicago until they conform to the
| safety regulations against fire; the list of
dead In the Iroquois fire catastrophe was
| placed at 500. Twenty persons We're kill
ed and thirty-seven injured In a collision
| between passenger and freight trains on
the Rock Island railroad near Willard,
Kan. Three men We're killed and thirteen
| injured In rear-end collision on the
| Kings County Il line in Brooklyn. Two
persons were killed and thirty-four in
| Jured In passenger coach which rolled
| down the mountain near Edgmont, Md
| Three trainmen were killed and two seri-
| ously injured in a wreck on the B. and o.
| railroad at Evitts creek, near Cumber-
| land, Md The state capitol at Des Moines
| Iowa, was damaged by fire to the amount
OF 100000. Ex-Representative Edmund
| H Driggs was found guilty in New York
or ald1ng In the procurement of a con-
tract with the government and receiving
| compensation for it. Among those who
| died were Gen. James Longstreet. the
famous confederate general. at Gaines
vile, Ga; Gen. Stephen Moff1tt, prom
| inent citizen of New York state; Parke
Goodwin, a well-known editor, in New
York: and Ruth, eldest daughter of Gro
! yer Cleveland. at Princeton. N. J.
Foreign Affairs
| The Japanese government practically de-
| termined to continue negotiations with Rus
| STA in order to secure modification of the
terms before resorting to force; member
Of the French embassy in London announc-
ed that France would maintain strict neu-
trality in the event Of war: United States
marines were landed at Chemulpo in order
to protect American interests at Seoul
| where riot by Corean soldiers was re-
ported; Russia proposed to establish a neu-
| trail zone in Corea. to which Japan dis
sented. New restrictions on the Firms were
promulgated by Russian imperial rescript
The Vatican authorities denied that Pope
| Plus x contemplated at this time the crea-
ton of a primate for North America. King
Charles, In opening the Portuguese parlia-
\ ment expressed gratitude for the recent
| visit of a United States fleet. Bulgaria adj
! dressed note to the porte complaining of
! the non-fulflllment of its pledges of reforms
| a
Colon. Panama. with 600 marines, making
1.200 now on the isthmus. The monetary
commission In Mexico suggested a plan to
stop the free coinage Of silver and put
Mexico on gold basis Mount Colima was
| again reported to be in eruption; at the
Los Laureles mines. west Of Guadalajara,
| an explosion Of dynamite killed twenty
men and injured forty others. United
States marines were landed at Sousa SantO
| Domingo. for the protection of American
citizens. The national guard Of Uruguay
was called out owing to the revolution
| there. Among those who died were Prin-
cess Mathilde, daughter of Prince Jerome
Bonaparte. in Paris. and the Empress Dow
| ager Of Corea.
In the District.
The Commissioners transmitted to the
ahcrimen of the District committees in Con-
gress the draft of bill authorizing the lay
| ing of water mains and service sewers; a
plan for the care of delinquent and depend
| ent children; bill to enable them to deal
effectually with the insanitary buildings in
| alleys and elsewhere, and suggestion that
Congress provide in any pure food legisla-
| ton that the local inspection work be pre-
| served to the District. The Senate commit
| tee on the District ordered favorable re-
| ports a large number of local bills. The
Senate passed resolution calling upon the
Commissioners for information In regard
| to the safety of the local theaterS. The
House committee on appropriations decided
| to incorporate in the urgent deficiency bill
| the sum of 100000 for the opening and i'm
provement of streets in connection with the
| union station. A hearing was granted by
| the Commissioners on proposed cross-town
railroad. The Commissioners were petit
toned by corporations and business men
generally to take steps to clear the river
| of ice to prevent a flood. The members of
| the cabinet decided that the clerks of the
various executive departments should work
from 8 o'clock in the morning until 4:3O
| pm. instead of until o'clock. The Wash
ington Board of Trade discussed the public
health and other important questions at its
| monthly meeting DR.. w. H. Hawkes. was
removed from the position of secretary of
| the attending staff of the Emergency Hos
pital The formal dedication of the new ad-
diton to the Georgetown University Hos
pital took place. Fire caused $500 damage
In the Capitol. James M. A. Watson. jr.,
i nj ed guilty q o. he ind