Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-09
WEEK ENDING APRIL Q, 1904.


The Senate considered the post Office APP
preparation bill and heard eulogies on the
late Senator Hanna; the House passed the
Military Academy appropriation bill; II
postponed consideration of the resolution to
impeach Judge Swayne of Florida until
next December: Representative w. S. Cow
herd was elected chairman of the demo-
cratic congressional campaign committee.
The United States Supreme Court
sustained the law of Maryland re-
quiring persons coming into the state
to reside to register to indicate in
tention of becoming citizens. the court up
held the contention of the interstate COM
merce commission I'm the so-called anthra.
cite coal case. 4. ii. Hartman and w. 8.
Price entered suit at st. Paul to force the
Northern Securities Company to return the
stock OF the Northern Pacific railroad, as
originally held. so that they will be in con-
troll as before. Ex-President Cleveland in
dorsed Judge Alton Il. Parker for the demo-
cratic nomination for President. Senator J.
Fl. Burton of Kansas was sentenced at St
Louis to six months Imprisonment and to
pay fine of $3.50 for using his influence
before the Post Office Department in behalf
OF st. Louis concern. The I4th annual
conference of the Norman Church closed at
Salt Lake City. Five members of a pleasure
party from the Florida Methodist College at
Sutherland Fla, were drowned in the gulf
OF party of sixty-three Indians
were killed in a railroad collision near
haywood, Ill. Three men were killed in .
collision in the Baltimore and Ohio wards at
Clarksburg, w. Va. Mrs Cordelia Botkin
was convicted at San Francisco of murder
In the first degree and sentenced to Inn
prfsonment for life.
Foreign Affairs.
Another fight was reported in Korea, in
which the Japanese decisively defeated tho
Russians: the Russian evacuation of Win
was confirmed. the Japanese taking pos
session of the place; the Japanese were
said to hold the Yalu river for sixty miles
from Yongampo and had bridged the
Cheng-cheng and Pakcheng rivers in Ko-
rea; another Japanese bombardment Of
Port Arthur took place; Observation-Disclosures
between Gen. kuropatkin and Viceroy Alex
len were reported. Hardin, Manchuria.
Russia s chief headquarters, was reported
to be in terribly insanitary condition. Ar
rangements were made at the American
embassy in Paris for the transfer of the I'M
finished Panama canal to the United States.
The Anglo-French colonial treaty was sign
ed. Col. McDonalds flying column of tho
British Tfbetan expedition arrived al Guru.
British forces in Nigeria suffered a serious
reverse. Russian authorities warned anti
Jewish agitators that outbreaks against
Jews would be severely punished and sup
pressed. France signed an arbitration treaty
with the Netherlands. Twenty-Five persons
were killed, 40 injured and 500 houses de-
stroyed by an earthquake in the villayets
of Kossovo and Salonica, Macedonia. King
Alphonso Of Spain visited Barcelona and
was reported to have been attacked by an
anarchist with a bomb. King Christian Of
Denmark celebrated his eighty-sixth BIRTH
day. Among those who died were ex-Queen
Isabella of Spain, at Paris and Princess
Edward of Saxe-Weimar, at London.
In the District.
Samuel T. G. Morsell, a member Of the
signed; Samuel I. Kalbfus first assistant
assessor, was appointed to succeed him on
the board T. Fred Alvey was appointed to
succeed Mr.. Kalbfus, and ]. 7. Petty was
appointed second assistant assessor to sue
coed the last-named. Louis F. Zinkham
was appointed superintendent of the WASH
ington Asylum to succeed w. H. Stouten-
burgh. The House of Representatives pass
ed seventeen bills of local interest on Dis
trict day. The Commissioners reported ia
vorably to Congress on the bill to amend the
act Incorporating the Washington and
Western Maryland railroad. The Washing
ton Traction and Electric Company applied
for permit to excavate for a railway along
18th street to Lydecker avenue. The Engt-
neer Commissioner of the District reported
that probably all of the land for the pro-
posed union station may be acquired with
out condemnation proceedings. The Court
of Appeals affirmed the action of the lower
court in the James N. Tyner and Harrison
j Barrett cost Office cases. The Periodical
Publishers Association OF America held its
first annual dinner. Four men, Joseph Cum
berland, Stephen Henson, Charles Griggsby
and an unidentified coiored man were killed
by an explosion and fire at the Pintsch Gas
Company sworks at 1919 and E streets south.
west. Stephen Larkins. forty-two years old.
died from injuries received in being run over
by a street car. Frank s. Nelson, a horse
trainer, was killed by 4 train near the BEN
ming race track. Mrs. Carrie Murphy, after
a quarrel with her husband, committed sui
eide by taking carbolic acid. Thomas Small.
private in the Marine Corps, committed sui
eide by taking laudanum. Samuel G. kins-
ley. a theatrical man, was found dead at bis
club from heart disease Among others who
died was General Americas v. Rice, WELL
known public official.