Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-22
WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 90, 1904.

| President Roosevelt after reviewing the
report of the commission which investigated
! the Slocum disaster, appointed Ira Harris
| supervising inspector of steamboats, for the
! district Of New York. to succeed Robert S.
| Brodie, whom he removed for negligence:
| Secretary Taft, at the suggestion of the
President, decided to make an official visit
to Panama for the purpose of giving per-
/ sonal assurances to the president and off,
| Gals of the Panama government that the
| United States has no intention to trans
| gress any of the rights of Panama In utiliz-
! ing the canal strip for the construction of
the canal. Postmaster General Wynne esti-
mated the needs of his department the next
| fiscal year at $751; ,74S 495. an increase of
81 S02, 496 over the current appropriat ton.
OF 5a10 persons injured on American rail-
| roads the last fiscal year ;, 1S7 died. Sep
| TENDER exports of cotton broke all preced-
| Ing records for that month, the total being
41O9io S94 pounds valued at Si3, 742. 32sj.
Judge Alton Il. Parker made an address on
the Philippine question at his home at
Rosemount n. Y. The American Tobacco
Company absorbed the Continental and
Consolidated companies at Trenton. n. j..
forming company will a capital of S1S0,-
| 0CNUto The twenty second annual Indian
| conference was held at Lake Mohonk.
| n. Y. strong compromise canon on the
remarriage of divorced persons was adopted
! by the house of deputies of the Episcopal
general convention at Boston. Four United
States artillerymen We're killed and seven
injured by the premature explosion of q
charge of powder in mortar at Fort
Banks. near Boston. A tropical hurricane
swept the east coast of Florida, causing
many wrecks and the loss OF at least seven
| lives. Six lives were lost and nearly q
score of persons Were injured in tenement
house fire In Brooklyn. Second Lieut..
VIM ID. Pritchard, In fit of insanity at
Manila killed Second Lieut. Fred l.. Deem,
and then committed suicide. In a battle
between five detectives and three suspected
men at st. Louis two detectives and one
suspect were killed and three men seriously
wounded. Among those who died
| Alonzo b. Cornell. ex-governor of New
York. and son of the founder of CorneN
University.
Foreign Affairs.
Heavy rains, which rendered the roads
| impossible and dense fog put an end to
| the battle of the Shakhe river in Man.
| churia. which lasted for nine days, with
an estimated loss from the Japanese capi-
tai of 10000 Russians and 10000 Japanese.
| the Russians claiming to have suffered the
| loss of only 10000 men; the two great
! armies, estimated at 10000 Russians and
100000 japanese, remained facing each
other across the river, General Kuropatl,in
| though practically defeated holding his
army intact, and both forces waiting for
| reinforcements and supplies: II was adj
mitted in Tokyo that the Russians envel-
| oped General Yamada's column during the
course of the battle and captured fourteen
guns; 1t was reported from Port Arthur
| by way of Chefu that fighting still
! tinues at Port Arthur. General StoesseIs
| garrison being reduced to 5000 men who
| are suffering from cold and lack of sup
plies; the Baltic fleet passed through the
| Great Belt. some of the vessels to go
through the Suez canal and others around
the Cape of Good Hope on their way to
! the far east; the Japanese government de-
cided to send to Russia, through the United
| states. a notice calling attention to the
| alleged use of Chinese garb by Russian
! troops; the withdrawal of Russian troops
| from the German frontier again gave rise
| to reports that Emperor William has guar
anteed the security of this part of the
empire AT an informal luncheon to Rear
Admiral Jewell and other American naval
| officers King Edward drank a toast to the
American navy. The British mission I'm
Tibet resumed its journey to the Chumbt
| valley. Great Britain refused to allow
Germany to use Walfsh bay for landing
troops to be used against the Hereros in
southwest Africa. Emperor William ap-
pointed Lieutenant General Won Lowenfeldt
! and Adjutant General Won Echmettow to
represent him at the unwilling of the statue
| OF Frederick the Great in Washington A
reaction against mob rule prevailed In italy
the royal decree for the Italian elections
hxlng the date at November @; number
! or bishops petitioned Pope Plus to allow
Satholics to vote in the elections. The
french parliament reassembled and voted
10 discuss the question of the rupture of
| relations between France and the Vatican
|
! and Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria was am
| nounced. The Portuguese cabinet resigned
ana a new one was formed with Luciano
castro as premier. The Dowager E,mnress
Oh chlfla received the women of the diuJo-
| matte corps at Peking. Among those who
died was the Infanta Mercedes sister OF
King Alfonso Of Spain.
In the District.
the commissioners of the District and
party OF Washlngtonians attended the cell
ebration of District day" at the ST Touis
exposition. The District budget as pre
pared by the Commissioners requested n
total appropriation of s12 65 for the
next hscal year. the amount being exclu-
| sive of the water department estimates
| Lieut.. Col. Smith S Leach Corps of Engi-
neerS was selected to succeed Col NJ
| Miller in charge of the Washington water
supply system and of engineering work on
the Potomac river. The commissioners ap-
pointed to appraise the value of the land
selected for the proposed office building for
the Senate made their report The weekly
health report of the health officer showed
an increase of typhoid fever. protest
against the emission of smoke from an en-
CINE used in constructing the PENNSYLVANIA
avenue sewer disclosed the fact that the
smoke law only applied to stationary en-
glneS. Creditors of Thomas f.. Waggaman
| held their first meeting, but the election of
a trustee was postponed, the session being
devoted to the hling and proving of claims;
a committee of lawyers appointed to APP
praise the value of the securities as repre-
sented by List No. l. reported that the
deficit of the securities TO the holders of
notes purporting to be secured by that list
VIII amount to 20 per cent of the face
value of the notes held by them. About
two hundred milk producers and shippers
met and decided to form organization
with the view Of raising the price of milk.
The bakers Of Washington decided to raise
the price Of bread one cent loaf. A party
Of notable French engineers inspected the
public works of the city. The Supreme
Commandery, Ancient and Illustrious Or
der of the knights of Malta; the Brother
hood Of the Union. the American Gas Light
Association and the Imperial Council of
the Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order Colored
Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine of North and
South America held annual meetings.
Washington boys formed a semi-military
organization to be known as the Junior Or
der of Rechabtes. The annual fall golf
tournament of the Chevy Chase Club was
begun. statue erected in memory of
Maj. Gen. Frank B. Wheaton unveiled
at Arlington The District Court of APP
peals heard argument on the appeal of A.
w. Machen George E. LorenZ Diller b.
and Samuel A. Croft from the sentence i'm
posed by the Criminal Court in the post
office cases. City and Suburban car 400
jumped the track at 4th and T streets
northeast. and e. r. Sprague, forty-fye