Evening journal., 1905-11-15
THE WORLDS NEWS
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL


PERSONAL AND SOCIAL.
Tho BAH given by Prince Louis Of
Battenberg on the British flagship
Drake in New York harbor was a great
socltl event. The guests Included
large number Of American naval officers
and society people from many cities.
The $4,000 breach Of promise suit Of
Miss Belle Duncan, of Pttsburg,
laganst Or. Hope T. NJ. Ritter, Of Allen
town. was settled over telephone.
The King Of Greece was guest OF
honor at a state banquet at Windsor
Castle
WASHING ron.
Omclals say that the reported Anglo
Japanese project to construct a Nicara-
qua canal is prohibited by the Clayton
Bulwer treaty.
! In order to avoid a tariff war; Ger
many suggests a provisional arrange
ment with President Roosevelt pend
ing the negotiation OF new treaty.
the suggestion being ON a basis slightly
more favorable to Germany than
present relations.
A delegation OF railroad employees
lcalled upon the President and offered
Opposition TO his plans for rate legisla-
tion on the ground that they would
result IN the reduction Of wages.
RUSSIA
Disorders I'm Russia have spread tc
lNladvostok. Mobs there burned iArg,
sections OF the city. Foreign residents
have taken refuge on ships I'm the
harbor
Poles. leading the crusade for auton.
o..
policy A storm Of protest has followed
the declaration OF martial law. Russia
Joining In denunciation Of Witte. Fear
Iof Intervention by Germany IS said 10
have caused this effort at repression.
German officials e,ny they have any
Interest IN the situation beyond efforts
to prevent "a spread OF the trouble Ia
Prusslan Poland. The Tsar ON the ad-
lvica of his court. win not so to ST.
Petersburg this winter. fearing the fat,
that overlook Louis XVI Adverse
Ieriticlsm has resulted.
The International committee ir
. charge Of the relief OF Jews in Russla
. will send a commission to visu scene.
/ of massacres. It's reports win deter.
mine the basis OF distribution. Funds
pour into New York from all section,
OF the country to swell the relief fund
: The sum of SlS96i2 has been received
i S56'Si2 Of the total in a single day.
Z FOREIGN
The boycott against American good
has extended to Singapore. Chimes
u merchants there having paralyzed In
l. trade with this country.
Mr. Willis. the Engllshman who wa
:, leaptured for ransom by brgands
lescaped from his captors.
a Armenians are reported to have. at
= tackled the Tartar village Of Gors,. kin
ing 400 persons
Government employees In an tn
= French dockyards have struck.
MISCELLANEOUS.
! James Hazen Hyde. former vice
president Of the Equitable Life AssuI
, lance Society, testified before the Arm
! strong Investigating Committee tina
: he had contributed s2i2.500 TO the force
settlement OF the S6S5,000 loan, know
as the -. w. Alexander No 3 ac
y count" because he felt bound to Sc
I that the debt was liquidated by reaso
OF letter Alexander extracted frof
: him; charged e. II. Hartman and =
c. Frick with conspiring to get him on
Of the country; charged Frick wit
breach OF faith in leading him 10 be
lieve the FriclS Committee was friendly
e and charged Hartman with advisin
e the settlement of Odelrs suit agains
o the Mercantile Trust Company. becaus
i Hartman feared retaliatory measure
d at Albany.
'e Secretary Taft arrived home fror
his trip to Panama tnd talked freel
about the Ohio election. He said tn
overthrow OF the machine in that stat
= was long step toward better govern
q ment.
I, warrant was issued I'm Boston fo
y Thomas W. Lawson on an allegatio
OF criminal libel made by Clarence "
Barron. Mr.. Lawsons counsel mad
similar allegations and secured a wai
rant for Mr.. Barron
j. The Secretary of the Treasury ha
e taken no action and considers non
10 necessary TO relieve the stringency
o the money market He has issued
call for a bank statement as Of Noven
Der 2.
DEATHS.
Robert Whitehead. inventor of tol
" pedo, at Shrivsnham. England.