Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-21
THE WEEK ENDING MAY 81, 1904

American warships were ordered to pro-
coed without delay to Tangiers. Morocco, !
to reinforce a demand on the sultan for the !
immediate rescue OF Mr.. /. H. Perdicaris,
an American citizen, who with his step
son, Mr.. Marley, was kidnapped from his .
home there by Moroccan brigands and held |
for ransom and political concessions. The |
United States Supreme Court decided that !
the English anarchist, Turner, must be de. !
ported under the laws regulating immigra-
tion George b. Cortelyou, Secretary Of
Commerce and Labor, was virtually decided
upon by the President as his choice for !,
chairman of the national republican come
mittee. The President dismissed the chargest
against Edward A. Moseley, secretary Of
the interstate commerce commission The
republican state conventions In Ohio, ILL., J
nois, Wisconsin, Michigan, California Me-
braska, Wyoming and North Dakota in.
dorsed President Roosevelt for renomina-
ton. Fractional fights developed in the IIli-
nois and Wisconsin conventions in the for.
mer hfty-eight ballots were taken for the
nomination for governor without result and
.he convention took recess for eleven
days. In Wisconsin those opposed to the
nomination of Gov. La Toilette for a third
term bolted and named an independent tick
ct. The democratic convention In Califor-
MIA instructed for w. r. Hearst for Presi-
dent Uninstructed delegations, believed to
pc opposed to Hearst, were named by the
Montana and South Carolina democratic
conventions. The democratic candidate for
mayor OF Denver was elected by 1900 ma
5ority. Several subsidiary conventions were
held at st. Louis in conjunction with the
exposition, including the worlds press par
lament. at which Secretary John Hay de-
nvered an address. the General Federation
or Women's Clubs, and the Good Roads As.
ISOLATION The battle ship Rhode Island
was launched at Quincy, Mass. The West
ern Union Telegraph Company decided to
discontinue the business of collecting and
distributing race news to pool rooms and
ceased serving these establishments RaidS
were made in New York upon large NUM-
| Der of pool rooms. resulting in the COM
plete Generalization of the gambling indus
try Negroes lynched Dick Whitehead, Of
their own race, at Seaboard, N. C.
Foreign Affairs.
The Japanese suffered severe naval losses.
the cruiser Miyako being destroyed in Dali
ny bay while removing mines, and the
| battle ship Hatsuse was similarly destroyed
and the cruiser Yoshino was sunk in col.
| lision off Port Arthur with heavy loss Of
life. japanese forces were landed southeast
of Niuchwang and drove back the Russians
opposing their debarkation, with severe losst
a portion of Gen. Kurokfs army moving
| westward from Feng Wang Cheng toward
Mukden encountered larger force of RUS
slams under Gen. Rennenkampn and re-
treated to Feng Wang Cheng; this action
and the Japanese naval losses caused great
rejoicing in Russia. A sensation was caused
London
that man named Frogola Pietro had Of
Tered for sale set of plans of French for.
tresses, which LATER on inspection by
French official, were pronounced genuine.
Lord Curzon, viceroy of India, was given q
great welcome on his return to London.
Sir Charles Hardinge, the new British am
bassador to Russia, arrived at St Peters.
burg. The house of commons sustained
the ministry after attempt had been
made by the opposition to compass its de-
feat on vote of censure. The commons
addressed King Edward. asking for the
erection of monument to Lord Salisbury
in Westminster Abbey. The funeral Of
Henry M. Stanley was held in the abbey.
though the interment was elsewhere. It
was reported that France would recall its
ambassador at the Vatican because of the
pope's protest against the recent visit of
President Loubet to Rome. Twenty-three
persons were drowned in the wreck of the
steamer Turret off Cape Breton. The gov
ernor of Bitlis, Asiatic Turkey, reported
that American insurgents had DESTROYED
seventeen villages. President Morales army
was defeated by insurgents in Santo Do
mingo. The second birthday of the Cuban
republic was celebrated.
In the District.
The Commissioners approved such Of the
plans Tor the subway work in connection
with the new railroad terminal as to per.
nit the beginning of tine construction, Ieav-
ing in elegance the details of the finish Of
the report of ASSESSOR Darneilie on the SUBJ
ject of the personal taxes of the Washington
Railway and Electric Company, recon-
mendin; that the payment of $40, 600 be re-
quired. Assistant District Attorney Peytou
Gordon was assigned to investigate the
charges Of cruelty toward prisoners at the
Jail. The police began work in an effort to
break up the practice of selling pools on
the races by the handbook method In the.
District. well-known minstrel entertainer
participated in ,moving-picture rehearsal
of scene involving the President and
Booker T. Washington before the United
states Capitol and later required in
New York to surrender the films of the pic
lures. TIE eighty-fourth annual convention
of the New Jerusalem, the nineteenth quad
rennal meeting of the general conference Of
the Methodist Protestant Church in the
United States and the twelfth annual con-
vention of the Methodist Protestant Chris
tian Endeavor Union held sessions. The
corner stone of the new Pythian temple
was laid. The members of the Columbia
Typographical Union balloted in the annual
election of officers and delegates to the con-
vention of the l. T. U. A public meeting in
grounds was held. Rev. w f. Parsons cele-
brated the twenty-fifth anniversary of his
pastorare of the Church of the Reformation.
The President ordered that no member OF
the Marine Band take the place of a strik-
ing union musician. The trial of Tyner and
Barrett for conspiracy to defraud the postal
service was continued, testimony being
given in their behalf by Former Postma sters
General Gary and Smith and the defendants
Frank Clements, colored, was convicted Of
assaulting Joseph Lavigne, grocer, and
was sentenced to ten years in the peniten-
tary. William Duffy, an ex-soldier, who
shot two War Department clerks, was adj
judged insane
OFF FOR ST. LOUIS.