Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1904-12-31
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fortress cannot long be deiayo1.
An all-day cannon1de Of Japanese
positions along the shakhe was report
Cd
Admirals Togo and Samlmura re-
ceived an ovation at Toxic
WASHING rOE.
Government officials, IN commenting
upon the burning Of surplus cotton in
the South. said there was a fair profit
in the staple at 6 and 6 IL cents a
pound.
The Treasury Department issued a
review showing causes Of the $4,000 600
deficit.
Workers on the Panama Canal sent
complaints to Washington that while
officials on the Isthmus live in lux
ury suhordlnates were forced to live
like pigs"
The grand jury for the District OF
Columbia recommended the whipping
post for wife heaters and petty lar
ceny offenders.
POLITICAL.
The Independence Democrats nomin-
ated ten candidates for magistrates, in
Guiding Magistrate Jermon, an Inde-
! pendent Republican, and Ephraim Led
erer, Of the Twentieth ward Phiadel-
phia for city solicitor. Magistrate
keenan, told the convention that he had
/ information that the Republican or
ganization intends to form a trump.
minority party to defect enough Re
publican votes to It so as to defeat the
/ Democratic candidates.
FOREIGN.
A Madrid newspaper announced the
projected betrothal OF King Alfonso and
Princess Victoria. youngest daughter Of
the Duke of Connaught
Frederick Mlstral. the Provencal poet,
announced desire to found an ethnolog-
teal museum with his share OF the No
bel prize. American aid will be asked
Tho Sultan Of Morocco withdrew the
dismissal of the French military mis-
sion.
The italian government denied hav-
ing Endorsed the project for internal
tional excavations at Herculaneum.
MISCELLANEOUS
The New York Court Of Appeals de-
cided against Alton B. Parker in the
first case he argued before it since re-
signing as its chief Judge
Mrs. Chadwick was measured by the
Bertillon process with a view to settling
her identity with Nine. Dc We're.
Thomas W. Lawson denied rumors
that he was about to make a settlement
with the Standard oil interests
The President and Mr.. Hay discussed
changes IN diplomatic services AM
bassadors at London. Paris and Rome
Will be changed. Those at st. Peters,
burg and Berlin remain.
The Christmas festival of the Bach
cycle at Bethlehem. Pa. ended success
fully.
An angry crowd surrounded the jail
at Port Chester n. y. threa teninG
violence to John Hutchings. accused Of
raltreating a girl Of Z years.
The American Association for the Adj
vancenent of Science elected Calvin NJ
Woodward. OF Washington University
st. Louis, president, and decided to hold
next years meeting in New Orleans.
Five Fall River unions, by an over
whelmlng vote, decided to continue the
strike in the cotton mills against
y 1-2 per cent. reduction.
Three convicts were killed and three
fatally wounded IN a daring attempt to
escape from San Quentin prison. Cal.
! Miss Emma Page, daughter of a New
York merchant. charged with imperson-
ating friends in buying goods, was held
in $1,000 bail.
The Colorado Supreme Court decided
TO open all the Denver ballotboxes and
make a searching investigation into
frauds at the recent election.
The Jacob Edwards receivership suit
against the Bay State Gas Company
was ended by a decision In United
States Circuit Court at New York
c. NJ. Traver and O. c. Lille. pres
ident and cashier of the First National
Bank OF Conneaut. O.. We're arrested on
a charge of falsifying the books.
The Board of Estimate of New York
lcity appointed a committee to draw up
plans for a municipal lighting plant.
Twelve lawyers formed the jury in an
Indiana murder case because Of pecul-
lar legal complications.
Edgar Il. Bracket. New York State
Senator, said that Governor Odell had
violated all pledges in not continuing 10
support Black for United States Sena-
tor.
In an address before the Southern ed
ucation Association at jacksonville
Governor Aycock, of North Carolina
declared that the South was losing its
influence on the thought and action OF
the nation.
Senator Plat. % New York. said he
would remain in the Senate as long as
he could.
Postgraduate Hospital. in New York
reported several cures Of consumption