Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-06
THE WEEK ENDING MAY 6. 1905.

Minister Bowen was ordered to Washing
ton from Venezuela to explain his con-
nection with the charges against Acting
Secretary of State LOOMS Attorney Cen
eral Moody, in an opinion rendered to SEN
ator Elkins, held that Congress possesses
the power to fix railroad rates and having
passed a general law on that subject can
delegate the rate-making function to an
other body, such as the interstate COM
merce commission; James j. Hill spoke
against government control of railroads be-
fore the Senate committee on interstate
commerce. Major General Davis, governor
of the Panama canal zone was ordered
home on account of i'll health. Representa-
tive Frank B. Brandegee was nominated
by the republicans of the Connecticut legis-
lature to succeed the late Senator Orville
H. Plat. All efforts to end the teamsters
strike in Chicago failed and the business
men of the city decided to ask the gov
ernor to order troops to the city to prevent
violence; twelve leaders of labor unions
were indicted by the grand jury on charges
of conspiracy. The trial of Nan" Patter-
son for the murder of Caesar" Young in
New York was ended, the jury disagreeing
and no verdict being rendered. A; B:
Spear, cashier of the Citizens Bank of
Oberlin Ohio, from which Mrs. Cassie
Chadwick obtained large sums of money,
was sentenced to seven years in the peni-
Tertiary Many lives were lost and great
damage was done by a tornado, which
swept over Laredo, Texas. In wreck at
Greenville S. c. of the train bearing r. c.
Ogden's party of educators, four railroad
men were killed and a number OF the men,
bers of the party were injured.
Foreign Affairs.
No definite advices were to be had re-
garding the positions of the Japanese and
Russian fleets, although Admiral Neboga-
toffs squadron was reported to have passed
through the Straits of Malacca and to be
far ha China q NiSOatch from
Annoy, China, stated that a typhoon had IN
hicted considerable damage upon the ships
of Admiral Rojestvenskys squadron; Cen
Linevitch reported the capture, after sharp
fighting, of Tunghisiang, town near the
Korean border; about 10 0personS were KILL
ed or wounded in Easter or May day dis
orders in Russian Poland, over hfty per-
sons being killed and fifteen prooaply Ia
tally wounded in Warsaw alone: at Lodz
Cossacks fired on group and Killed seVeh'
troops also fired on strikers a. CzestochoWa
and killed four persons. King Edward ar
rived at Paris and received warm wei
come from President Ioubet. Inc BRUSH
minister to Morocco officially declared thar
Great Britain supports the French posi-
ton in that country. Lord Dunraven issued
a pamphlet in which he declared that Ire
land must have nome RUE II she IS 10 oe
saved from national bankruptcy in man
mower intelligence and material prosperity.
1t was reported from Vienna that austria
would follow the action of Germany in eX-
of the recently negotiated treaties. Adj
vices from Rome stated that austria ana
ItaIy have agreed to support the British
plan of reform in Macedonia, and to take
no part in the Moroccan dispute. After
an uproarious session of the Hungarian
diet Premier TisZa challenged Herr PoZs-
CAV to a duel. Earthquake shocks were eX-
oerienced in parts of Switzerland and
France.
In the District.
The International Railway Congress be-
gan it's sessions; the railway appliance ex-
bib;tion on the White Lot was opened to
members of the congress and the general
nublic. The American Society of Superin-
tendents of Training Schools for Nurses
and the National Association of Spanish
American War Nurses held annual meet
ings A District of Columbia branch of the
National Red Cross Society was organized.
The archbishops of the Catholic Church
held their annual meeting; the board OF
trustees of the Catholic University elected
Charles J. Bonaparte of Baltimore treas
urer of the university, to succeed Thomas
70 Waggaman. The union horseshoers of
the District went out on a strike. The an
nual spring golf tourney of the Chevy
Chase Club was held. The hackers of the
Kenilworth pool room stole a march on the
residents of that village and succeeded In
opening up for business Ollie Hunter, col
ored was burned to death in her home.
Nettie Taylor, colored. died from injuries
inflicted on her by her husband, Pendleton
Taylor. last December. Among those who
died was Commodore Somerville Nicholson,
u. S. N, retired.