Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-02
WEEK ENDING JANUARY 2, 1904.

WEEK ENDING JANUARY 2, 1904.
At fire which broke out on the stage OF
the Iroquois Theater in Chicago. during
the progress of matinee performance, $50
persons were killed, 1O4 were injured and
| 312 reported missing; investigation into
| the cause of the holocaust was inaugurated,
| and Mayor Harrison ordered nineteen the
| aters to close because insufficiently protect
| ed against fire. President Roosevelt held
| the annual New Year reception at the
| White House. which was attended by in
vfted guests and over 6.o00 OF the public.
Secretary of War Root took charge of the
| negotiations with Colombia, owing to the
| Illness of Secretary Hay; the cruiser Dixie
| sailed from Philadelphia with nearly 600
marines for Colon. The gunboat Vicksburg
and p company of marines were ordered to
| Coree. General John c. Bates, in his re-
| port commander of the Department OF
| the Lakes, stated that new recruits are not
| up to the standard. 1t was reported in New
| York that John ID. Rockefeller and his
allies had wrested the control OF the Steel
| Corporation from ]. =. Morgan. George B.
| Mcclellan was inaugurated as mayor of
Greater New York. Cotton prices dropped
| IS to 81 a bale on the New York and New
| Orleans exchanges Officials ~ the mine
| workers body urged the unseati1g Of Sena-
| tor Smoot of Utah. on the ground that Nor
| mons are opposed to organized labor Earth
| quake shocks were experienced at Penf1eld
and Paris, HI. A fire ia Troy, ". Y, caused
| the death OF three prominent citizens. The
Galleso Mills buildings at Richmond, Va,
| were destroyed by fire with a loss of $780,
| O1o. Three traipmen were killed and several
others injured In a wreck on the Lake Shore
| railroad at Ashtabula. Ohio. Two men
! were killed and four injured one fatally, by
| a runaway car in TaZeWen county, Va.
| Twenty-Five persons were killed and twenty
| injured in a head-on collision between fast
| trains the Pere Marquette railroad near
| Grand Rapids, Mich. Granville w. Garth.
| president of the Mechanics National Bank
| OF New York, committed suicide by Jump
| ing from a steamer in the Gulf of Mexico.
| Among those who died were ex-Represents-
| tive James J. Belden at Syracuse, N y.
; and Frederick Pabst, president of the Pabst
Brewing Company of Milwaukee
Foreign Affairs.
| Paul Lessar, Russian minister to China.
| stated of1cially at Picking that Russia Will
| not evacuate Manchuria at present; Japan
| bought the armored cruisers Rivadavia and
| Moreno, building at Genoa for Argentina.
| and hte Japanese priVy council voted
| money for the threatened war; the Japa-
nese minister at London was informed
| from Paris that Russia had decided not to
grant the Japanese proposals. renewed
| activity was reported along the colombian
| frontier where considerable bodies OK
| troops were seen; 1t was rumored that the
| Colombian warship General PlnZon was
| sunk by United States naval vessel; Co
| Iombia reported to be in criucal
| state on account of internal discussions:
| the cruiser Olympia arrived at Colon; the
new Panama Company decided to exclude
| the Colombian representative from It's meet
ings in Paris. Baron Covers, Netherlands
minister to Washington, was appointed min
lister 10 Italy. King Meneik of Abyssinia
signed a commercial treaty with the united
States through Consul z. 2 Skinner. The new
! Roman Catholic Cathedral of Westminster,
! in London, was consecrated. The French
| chamber of deputies voted confidence In
Premier Combes by n majority OF 100. Iho
J ErNnch
| fifty-one men were reported missing In
! surgents attacked the city OF Santo DO
| mingo Fargo Squiers. eldest son of Usiited
| States Minister Squiers of Cuba, was acci-
dentally shot and killed al Havana. Among
| those who died were the MARQUIS OF sligo
| at Wesport, Ireland, and ex-PreInier Gull
| scope Zanardelli of Italy at Moderno.
In the District.
The Commissioners expressed their views
of the greatest thing to he accomplished Tor
the District this year; they announced that
employees of the District government Will
not be allowed to participate actively IN
| politics until after the nominating conven-
tons have met: Corporation Counsel Duval
decided that the Commissioners are without
power to restrict the use of open cars on
the street railroads. favorable report on
the Commissioners bill for the abatement
| of nuisances drafted by Chairman
Babcock of the House District committee.
! Secretary Root made d favorable report on
the House bill for the erection OF the
Memorial bridge. DR.. VIM. Ii. Hawks. exec
utiye officer of the Emergency |iospltaI,
filed charges against the management OF
that institution; the Commissioners hxed
q date for hearing of charges on both
sides of the question Henry w. Hodges
| was appointed clerk of the Court or Ap-
! peals 1t was announced that John ID.
Rockefeller had extended the time Tor rais-
ing the remainder of the Y. NJ c A. fund
to July l. 1904. The year book of the Car
nesje institution issued. The President
| ne Thomas Nolan
| police force, convicted of stealing bottle
! of milk Warrants were issued for the ar
rest of the proprietors of Chases Theater.
the Academy OF Music and the Empire
Thea ter a charge OF operating a play
house without license: the three managers
were given thirty days in which to comply
with the law Proprietors and managers OF
ten bakeries asked the court to restrain the
| walking delegate OF the Bakers and Con-
| fectionery Workers Union from interfering
| with their business. John A. Moss, IA negro
| lawyer charged with contempt of court,
was admitted to bail pending an appeal.
The Sanitary Housing Company WAS or
| ganized A fire which broke out on the
| sixth floor of the Hooe building on + street
| resulted in loss of $1,000 and destroyed
! the photogra phic plant OF the United States
| geological survey located there. The his
! forjc country home of Dr. o. j. Waters on
Brightwood avenue near the District line
| was destroyed by fire with a loss of $4,000.
| DIR. Henry Becker. in whose 70 apartments
two fires occurred within a short time. was
arrested on a charge Of arson George
Tayer colored. fell on a hot stove while
! asleep and was burned to death. Mrs. Mary
Berry, dressmaker died as the result of
burns received in an explosion of gasoline
| Among those who died were John c.
Lothian, a well-known contractor; Capt
Robert Catlin. u. S. A, retired; Major
| Leigh Chalmers, inspector OF United
/ States courts; Capt. Edward b. Ives of the
Signal Corps; Mrs. Carrie Jenkins Harris.
| a we'll known newspaper writer; Col. Henry
! l.. Thomas. for thirty-four years translator
| for the State Department; William Edward
| Dement, an old resident Of Maryland and
| this city; Robert Willet, clerk of the Court
| of Appeals; John Barnett Harrison. old
resident and Major Edwin Lee. who died at
| his desk in the Congressional Library
John ChappeH Of New York, head of tho
statistical bureau of the United States
| Steel Corporation has resigned. Charles
McSMgan. press agent for the Carnegie