Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-23
WEEK ENDING SEPT. %, 1905.

lures for annexation have been made by
Panama to Costa Rica, and union Of the
two republics Is regarded as probable
News of rioting in Cuba was received In
Washington in a dispatch from the Cuban
secretary of state: the army and navy are
ready. and 1t is believed that the President
will take prompt steps to intervene in case
| 1t becomes evident that the troubles are
beyond the control of the island govern
ment. Ex-Chief Judge Alton B. Parker.
at Esopus. N. Y, discussed at length the
statement of George w. Perkins concern
ing the contributions of the New York
Life Insurance Company to the republi-
can campaign fund. Secretary Root. Sana-
tor Lodge and ex-Ambassador Choate were
guests of President Roosevelt at Oyster
Bay. The Chinese minister. who visited
President Roosevelt told of a plan to re-
organize the educational system of China
on American and European lines. District
Attorney Jerome at Lakeville, Conn, inti-
mated In connection with the statement
that the New York Life Insurance Co. had
contributed to the republican campaign
criminal intent. Samuel WELL B. s. Cusey
Vance D. Skitworth and Chess Z. Todd Of
the Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Packing
spring to accept railroad rebates and were
fined. Eight passengers and members of
the crew of the steamer Juniata were in
jured when the vessel was rammed by n Ave
slxty-six new cases and four deaths from
yellow fever in New Orleans; and at other
points In Louisiana the situation is becom-
| ing more serious. 1t was reported at Chi
cago that DR.. William r. Harper has suf-
fered relapse. Counsel against A. G.
Marshall, the alleged defaulter. declared
! that the amount Of his entertainments was
more than $2,000,O00 Reports from Toledo
| say that enormous profits had been made
by the Standard Oil Company on a declin-
Ing market for crude oil. Mrs. Alfred G.
Unv
woman in Newport. r. I. piece of land
In San Francisco brought $4,000 front
foot.
Foreign Affairs.
Colonel Enrique Villuendas, a Cuban lib
eral leader, was shot and killed by police in
an ARRAY at Cienfuegos, six persons were
reported killed and twenty-five wounded;
troops have been sent from Havana to
Cienfuegos. The agitation In Russia shows
no sign of slackening; the city and district
OF Byelostok has again been placed under
martial law and further outrages are re-
ported from the Caucasus. NJ. White
reached Plymouth and repeated that Jap
anese discomfort would not, in his opinion.
delay ratification of the treaty. King Ed
ward reviewed 10000 Scotch volunteers at
Edinburgh. Prince Louis of Battenburg and
his staff will be received by the President
at the White House on November 2. The
Swedish and Norwegian commissioners met
in joint conference lasting nearly four
hours. The British vice-consul al Shanghai
succeeded in. obtaining the release of the
icials at Quinsan. 1t was reported
from Paris that a complete agreement
has been reached between Germany
and France on the subject eetor. of Mo. Mo,
Panama said that General Reyes had
proclaimed himself dictator of Colombia
on September 8, had imprisoned the su-
preme court and that there had been sharp
fyh tine in
the ratification of the treaty of peace is
apparently increasing in Japan. though no
further violence has been reported. 1t was
reported from st. Petersburg that the car
was preparing to invite the powers to a
peace conference at The Hague. Belief was
expressed in Toxic that the loss of the
Mikasa was occasioned by an explosion
from the outside, instead of a fire at the
base of the mainmaSt. Turkey has yielded
the first step in regard to rights of Amer
lean citizens in that country. Secretary
Taft and party sailed on the m horea from
Yokohama for San Francisco. The Russian
emperor. empress and their children started
on a cruise in Finnish waters.
In the District
The contest for the judgeship of the Po-
lice Court. made vacant by the recent death
Of Judge Scott, is still being prosecuted
with vigor by the friends of the several
candidates. Public Printer Ricketts, has
laid out a plan for the disposition Of the
seventy-two new Lanston typesetting ma
chimes that were purchased some time ago
by order of Public Printer Palmer. c. c.
Bryan Company, a corporation conducting
a grocery business on New York avenue,
filed a petition in voluntary bankruptcy.
Twenty-three young men were graduated,
constituting the first body of pay officers
in the history of the United States navy to
receive a course Of instruction as class.
Nan Patterson marries her former husband.
James w. Boyd, clerk in the public health
and marine hospital service, is under
arrest. charged with the embezzlement
OF about twenty thousand dollars from
the government. DR.. Newman, pastor
Of the First Congregational Church, resigns
after twenty-one years Of continuous serv-
ice. The smallpox quarantine was lifted at
the District jail, as no other inmates of the
institution showed any symptoms. The
typhoid situation is almost identical with
that of last year. Mr.. r. F. Swartzell, prin-
cipal of the Eastern High School. retained.
After November l next all government en-
pIoyes in the District of Columbia will be
paid their salaries about the Sd and 18th of
each month. The executive council of the
An erican Federation of Labor held its con-
veEtion during the week. The Master
Butchers Association held its fifth annual
outing at Benning. A crowd of disorderly
people were raided by the police in the
vicinity of the Coliseum, and twenty-eIght
were arrested.