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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-14
GOING TO THE PHILIPPINES.
A Large and Distinguished Party Will
Be Guests of Secretary Taft

Secretary Taft will have large and dis
tingushed party as his guests on his Of
fetal visit to the Philippines next sum-
mer. Among those who have already ac-
cepted invitations to go are Mrs. Taft. Miss
Alice Roosevelt, Speaker Cannon, Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Hill of Mississippi
Representative and Mrs. Payne of New
York, Miss Mabel Boardman of this city,
Representatives Gillette of Massachusetts,
Bourke Cochran of New York, GroSvenor
of Ohio, Hepburn of Iowa, Curtis of Kan
sas and Sherley of Kentucky. There are
many others who have not yet been heard
from, and il is possible that Senators AL
lson, Long, Warren and Foster may con-
clude to accept the invitation.
The party will leave this city the latter
part of June and will be gone about three
months two months of which will be oc-
cupied on the trip to Manila and back,
leaving one month for an inspection of the
principal points of interest in the Philip
pines. No one of the army transports being
available for the trip, the party will take
passage at San Francisco on one of the
Pacific Mail steamers, and will stop at
Honolulu their way across the Pacific.
1t is probable that many of the members
of the party will come home by way of the
SueZ canal and the Mediterranean. The
trip is being made at the instance of the
Philippine commission, and it is understood
that the actual expenses of the party will
be betrayed by the Philippine government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-14
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS.
Park Agnew's Successor Named
Army and Navy Promotions.

The President today sent the following
nominations to the Senate:
To be collector of internal revenue
Louis P. Summers of Virginia, for the
sixth district of Virginia
To be collector of customs-Clarence L.
Hobart of Washington for the district of
Alaska.
To be a captain on the permanent wait
ing orders list of the revenue cutter serv-
ice-First Lieutenant Thomas Mason.
To be a surgeon. with rank, pay and al
lowance of first lieutenant, in the revenue
cutter service-Samuel J. Call of Califor-
MIA.
To be brigadier generals-Col. Alfred c.
Girard, assistant surgeon general; Lieut..
Col William H. Beck Sd Cavalry; Lieut..
Lieut.. Col. Frank Taylor, 10Th Infantry;
Lieut.. Col. Samuel w. Fountain, 4th Cav
airy; Lieut.. Col. Edward Davis (Artillery
Corps), military secretary; Lieut. Col.
Charles w. Hobbs Artillery Corps; Major
John l.. Bulls, paymaster; Col. James A.
Buchanan, oath Infantry.
To be pay director in the navy-Pay
Inspector Eustace B. Rogers.
To be pay nspettor-Paymaster Frank
T. Arms.
To be a paymaster-Passed Assistant
Paymaster William r. Bovine.
To be passed assistant paymaster-As-
sistant Paymaster Chester q. Mayo.
To be second lieutenants in the Marine
Corps-Edward w. Sturdevant, jr., of Penn
sylvania, Andrew B. Drum OF Virginia,
Victor 1. Morrison of New York, Maurice
E. Shearer, non-commissioned officer of
the Marine Corps; Ward Ellis Of Kansas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-14
GEN. BRoOKE'S DEFENSE.
Answer in tie Case Of the Countess Of
Buena Vista

In the case of the Countess of Buena
Vista versus Gen. John r. Brooke the
official of the Department of Justice in
charge cf the defense of Gen. Brooke is
about to file his answer, which will set up
the same legal points previously relied
upon, but under more favorable conditions,
since the demurrer had to admit all the
facts as stated in the complaint and the
answer will not.
Gen. Brooke issued an order abolshinS
the Countess of Buena Nista's monopoly in
Havana 1t seems that the attorney sought
to have the plaintiff amend the complaint
by emitting certain disputable conclusions
of Spanish law and inserting matters, in
Guiding Spanish laws, necessary to the de-
fense. This was agreed to in principle, but
the plaintiff finally refused to make any
change.
The decision of the court which the court
said it reached with hesitation, was that
the counteSss right was property, our
Spanish treaty protected property, ana
Gen. Brooke personally and arbitrarily de-
stroyed this property.
Gen. BroOke'S attorney has not lost taltn
in any one of his propositions, as they VIII
now stand before the court. And he VIII
urge one which there no chance OF
ulging before, namely, that Gen. Brooke s
mere order governor of Cuba, purpoft-
ing to abolish the CountesS'S right, If con-
trary to law, was a nullity; from which 1t
follows that the right continued in her. No
one was bound to respect the order She
should have proceeded to carry on her busi-
ness as before. but if she attempted to and
any subordinate officer in Havana directly
prevented her from doing so, he and not
Gen. Brooke was liable to the action of
tort. He could not justify himself by an
unlawful order of the governor, but COM
mitted a distinct unlawful act. The last
wrongful act was the proXmate cause of
the injury and the law does not permit
the countess to go behind it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-14
SOMEWHAT IMPROVED
TRAFFIC CONDITIONS ON NEW
YORK STREET RAILWAYS.

NEW YORK, March 14.-The traffic con-
ditions on the elevated railroads and sub
way today were slightly improved over
those of yesterday. No more trains were
rum but "a little better speed was MAIN
tanned.
All the employees of the Interborough
Company who went on a strike and whose
wages had been previously advanced be-
cause of the length of their service secured
unemployment only at the sacrifice of what
ever advance in wages they had obtained.
Experienced motormen were reduced from
$3 80 to $500 day gatemen from $1.55 to
ST. 40, guards from 1.90 to s1.55 and conduc-
tors from s.. 40 to $40. So crushed was
the strike spirit that the men accepted the
reductions without protest. Many express
ed regret that they had joined in the strike
and told the officers that they had done SO
from fear.
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METHODISTS CONVENE.
Columbus, Ohio, Scene of Largs
Gathering.

COLUMBUS. Ohio, March 14.-Promnent
Methodists from all over the country are
here for the state Methodist missionary
meeting which convenes at the board OF
trade tonight. DIR. F. D. Gamewell of New
York, executive secretary of the open door
emergency commission of the Methodist
Missionary Society, and Bishop J. P. Floyd
of Cincinnati are here looking after some
necessary preliminary work.
Among the arrivals today are DR.. George
H Jones of New York, secretary of the
station plan; S. Earl Taylor of New York,
secretary of the young peoples depart
ment; DIR. G. J. Goucher, president of the
Women's College. Baltimore; DR.. Herbert
Welch, president-eIect of Ohio Wesleyan
University; Bishops Charles H. Fowler and
]. NJ. Hamilton, President William H.
Crawford of Allegheny College land Rev
H. S. Spencer, missionary at Tokyo.
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CHICAGO PLANT, DAMAGED.
Valuable Machinery Destroyed-Panic
Among Female Employees.

CHICAGO, March 14.-F'ire which broke
out today in the printing and box depart
ment of the Grand Crossing Tack Co. s
plant at 10th street and South Chicago
avenue, caused loss estimated by Octavus
n. Hutchinson, treasurer of the company,
at $500, 0,0C0, fully insured. After the printing
and box department, a three-story brick
building had been destroyed, the firemen
thought the fire would not spread further,
but upon the collapse of the walls and roof
Of the box and printing department, the fire
spread quickly to two adjoining portions OF
the big plant.
These sections, containing valuable ma
chinery, were practically destroyed. The
entire plant, valued at 81 10O0O 600, employ
ed 800 persons, many of them women and
children.
At the first shout of "fire' there was a
panic among those working on upper floors,
but all were taken out in safety.
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GOING TO GUANTANAMO.
All but One Hundred Marines Will
Leave the ISthmus

With the exception of about 100 men, all
the marines on duty in the Panama canal
zone will be taken to Guantanamo, Cuba
for distribution among the vessels of the
North Atlantic fleet now engaged in maneu-
vers in that vicinity. Nearly 300 marines
are affected by this movement, which VIII
be made in short time 1t is said at the
Navy Department that the marines are be-
ing withdrawn from the isthmus because
they are no longer needed there, and not
because of a fear of a yellow fever epi-
demic, as has been reported. General Da-
Wis the military governor of the canal
zone, says that there is nothing in the con-
ditions on the isthmus to require the fur
ther presence of the marines. The cruiser
Dixie at Guantanamo has been ordered to
Colon for the transportation of the ma
rineS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-14
NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED.
Favorable Action of the Senate on
Presidential Selections.

The Senate today in executive session
confirmed the following nominations:
Aston c. Dayton, district judge for the
northern district of West Virginia; Charles
II Treat, New York, treasurer of the
United States; Charles w. Anderson, col
lector of internal revenue for the second
district of New York; Edward Whtson, dis
trct judge for the eastern district of Wash
ngton; George w. Roosevelt, Pennsylvania,
consul general at Brussels; T. ST. John
Gaffney, New York consul general at Dres-
den Saxony; John w. O'Hara, Indiana,
consul at Montevdeo, Uruguay; Edwin
Walter Sims, Illinois, solicitor of the De-
partment of Commerce and Labor; Peter
Josef Osterhaus, to be a brigadier general
retired.
Also promotions in the army and navy,
including second lieutenantS in the Porto
Rican regiment.
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NOW OUT Of DANGER
Remnants of Russian Army
Accomplish Retreat.
JAPANESE EXHAUSTED
NO LIKELIHOOD OF TURNING
MOVEMENT NEAR TIE PASS.
War Council at Tsarkoe-Selo Today,
Kuropatkin Files Charges-Ques-
ton of Successor Discussed.

ST PETERSBURG, March IA. p.m.-A
cordng to the information received by the
war office the remnants of General kuro-
patkins army have made good their retreat
and are now out of immediate danger of a
new turning movement north of 1Se Pass.
| The japanese are reported to be completely
exhausted by their long, hard fight. and are
compelled to rest and undertake the tasks
of burying their dead and looking after their
wounded, prisoners and plunder. The war
office admits, however. that Kuropatkin has
not furnished specific information as to the
whereabouts of General kawamura. who
has been reported to be northeast of Tie
Pass, or of the Japanese columns reported
to be pushing north by forced marches west
of b.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-14

Harry G. Bartlett of Maryland Charles \.
Lutz of Illinois, Calhoun Ancrum of South
Carolina David II. Randall of Kansas. Hol-
land NJ. Smith of Alabama, John Il. Hen
ley of Georgia. Ralph S Keyser of Vir-
g,nia, John ID. Nevn of Pennsylvania, Hen
~ S. Green of New Jersey. Valentine V.
Sweeney of New York and Ralph l.. Shep-
ard of Massa chusetts.
To be secretary of embassy at Vienna,
Austria-George Barclay Rives of New Jer-
sey.
To be United States district judge for the
eastern district of Iilnois-Francis NJ.
Wright.
To be judge of the Court of Claims-Fen :
ton w. Booth of Illinois.
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TRYING TO SAVE PATRICK.
for New Trial at albany To
day.

OSSINING, N. Y, March 14-Albert T..
Patrick, the condemned lawyer who has
been in Sing Sing prison for over two
years under the sentence of death for the
murder of William Marsh Rice; was taken
to Albany today. where his application for
new trial is to be argued in the court of
appeals this afternoon.
Patrick has spent months in preparing for
this legal battle and, contrary to the ad-
vice of his counsel. insisted upon going to
Albany today to assist his lawyers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-14
Adopted Western Union Code.

The Navy Department has officially adopt
ed the Western Union telegraphic code
and copies are to be placed on all the ships
of the navy. Besides insuring secrecy of
the departments official communications
the use of the code will materially reduce
the cost of the telegraph service
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-14
TWO DEAD AND ONE DYING.
Gas Plate in Chicago Flat Caused Fatal
Asphyxiation.

CHICAGO, March 14.-Mrs. Samuel Fried
man and her brother-in-law, Para Fried
man. are dead Of asphyxiation and Samuel
Friedman is dying as the result of an acci-
dent to a gas plate in the Friedman fiat.
In some way the rubber hose supplying
gas to the plate was detached. Neighbors
who broke open the doors this morning
when the odor of gas filed the building
found Mrs. Friedman and her brother-n-
law dead. Samuel Friedman was taken
from the building still alive, but at the
county hospital, to which he was taken, it
was said he could not recover.
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FOUGHT DESPERATELY.
Left Column of Oku's Army Distin-
euiShed Itself.

JAPANESE LEFT ARMIES, Wednesday,
March s, via Yingkow, March 13 delayed
in transmission)-From noon until darkness
yesterday the left column of Gen. Oku's
army fought desperate fight near Likam-
pu, seven miles enorth of the river Hun
and five miles west of the railway. The
Russian forces outnumbered the japanese
three to one The Russians, who had been
heavily reinforced from the south, rushed
out of their trenches 10 meet the advancing
Japanese and a fierce hand-to-hand fight
ensued, the soldiers using their bayonets
and the officers their swords. The Russian
casualties were over 10000 killed and
wounded and the Japanese little over
$500. The Russian dead We're lett on the
field in heaps, among them many staff
officers.
Last night part of the extreme left army
reached the railway between Mukden and
Tie pass, destroying it, thereby preventing
the trains from running north.
Retiring in Large Bodies.
The Russians are today retiring in largo
bodies along the main highway. Believing
that there is fully one japanese division
across the railway, a large force is now
holding the main road to cut the Russian
retreat 1t was fortunate that more of the
left army was across the railway last night,
as it probably changed the outcome of the
battle.
Without the railway the Russians cam
not remove their wounded nor their heavy
guns which will probably fall into the
hands of the japanese. The Russians IN
the center, near the railway, began re-
treating at midnight. The japanese, pur-
suing briskly, captured "A few heavy guns
and machine guns. The right wing OF
General Oku's army is today attacking Su-
jatun station. ten miles south of Muaden.
The station is at the junction of the pro-
4a6 JIcir r1rrojn
is well fortified with heavy works, which
were stubbornly defended.
Works Calamity Defended.
1t was the center of operations agains.
the villages north of the west angle of tho
railway line where the Russians have
strong works which were gallantly defend
ed. The japanese at noon occupied the
villages the main highway five miles
south of Mukden continuing their pursuit
of the Russians. VINO hastily retired towald
the north. Large bodies of Russians have
been moving steadily from Mukden north-
west along the highway.
The battle south of Mukden today be-
came almost pursuit, the center follow
ing in retreat the wings holding the line.
giving the extreme LEFT time to firmly es-
tahlish its position astGide the railway Ev-
erything now depends upon the strength OF
this force, and it's ability to hold the rail-
way and to throw the retreating columns
out on the roads, where the badly organ
lied Russian transport column will prob
ably break down.
Japanese in Pursuit.
TOKYO, March IA, IL Alma telegram
received today from headquarters in the
field says:
I'm the direction of Singching our forces
have been dislodging the enemy from Ying-
pan, eighteen miles east Of Fushun, and on
March II occupied that place. In the direc-
ton OF the Sha river all Of our forces are
continuing the pursuit OF the remnant OF
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Work on the Connecticut.

1t was for time feared that there might
be cessation of work on the battle ship
Connecticut, now being constructed at the
New York navy yard in competition as to
time and expense with the Louisiana at
Newport News, but 1t is said at the con-
structfon bureau that enough money is
available to continue work on that ship.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-14
SIS. 900 Fire in st. Louis.

ST. LOUIS, March 14.-Fire originating
from the explosion of a can of gasoline to-
day destroyed a barber shop, saloon. groc-
cry, four two-story brick fiat buildings and
four frame dwellings, on Bartmer avenue
in West st. Louis There were no casual
ties. The loss is about $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-14
Engineers Going to California.

The War Department has ordered the 1st
Battalion of Engineers at Fort Leaven-
worth, Kan, to take station at San Fran
cisco. Companies A and b of that battalion
will be sent to the Philippines in July next
to relieve two companies of the Sd Battalion
of Engineers, which, with two companies of
the same battalion now at San Francisco,
will take station at Fort Leavenworth.
Major Thomas H Rees Corps of Engineers,
has been placed In command Of the 1st Bat
TALON.
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Kentucky Sheriff surrenders.

LEXINGTON, KY, March 14.-Edward
Callahan. sheriff Of Breathitt county. in
dicted with the Hargises on the charge Of
conspiring to kill James Cockrill. of whose
case the court recently gave Fayette county
Jurisdiction, came here today and sur
rendered. He was placed in jail with the
other prisoners 11om Breathitt county.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-14
FATAL GAS EXPLOSION.
Two Pittsburg Houses Wrecked
Sought Leak With Lamp.

PITTSBURG. Pa, March 14.-As result
of the gas explosion at the home of jacob
Bitter, In Breeds Hill street today, Mrs
Bitter was burned to death. Amelia Hop
kins, a friend was fatally injured and
two houses were completely wrecked. Sew
eral firemen were slightly hurt by the roof
falling in.
The explosion was caused by the two
women hunting for the leak with a lighted
oil lamp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-14
War Office in the Dark.

Kuropatkin has also left the war Office in
the dark in regard to the number of prison.
ers captured by the Japanese. having made
no detailed report about the separate units.
Therefore, the general staff is in no position
to contradict the Tokyo dispatches detailing
the Russian losses.
While kurOpatkin has assumed fun re-
sponsibility for accepting a battle At Muk-
den, he has complained to the emperor that
his plans miscarried largely through the
failure of two generals whose names can
not be learned to execute his orders He
also throws blame on some of the troops
which failed to respond properly at the
critical moment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-14
areene-aaynor Case Postponed.

MONTREAL, March H.-At the request
Of the attorneys OF Messrs. Gaynor and
Greene, whose extradition the United States
authorities are endeavoring to effect, their
case, has been postponed until March q,
when. it b said, It will positively be
taken mn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-14
Secretary Hay Confined to the House

Secretary Hay Is confined to his home by
recurrence of his old bronchial trouble,
which makes it difficult and painful for
him to speak. 1t is expected however, that
he will be able to resume his duties at the
State Department in the course OF a day or
two, and meanwhile Mr.. Adee Is acting as
Secretary Of State.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-14

New York city was the scene OF
another tenement fire horror today,
nineteen persons being burned 20
death and 200 driven from home.
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War Council Today.

The war council held at Tsarkoe-S Selo to-
day. at which War Minister Sakharoff. Gen
Dragomiroff and others were present, is un-
dersto2d to have decided the question Of
continuing the war in the affirmative Ways
and means We're discussed, but decision on
some points it is understood, was reserved
The question of kuropatkiu's successor was
discussed. but the emperor has made no
final decision.
Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch, sec
ond cousin of the emperor and inspector
general of cavalry, is again mentioned and
Gen. Gripenberg is said to be a candidate
together with Gen. Grodekoff. but the
weight of opinion of the emperors 5 advisors
now favors Gen. Sukhomlimoff governor
general of Kieff, who formerly was Gen.
Dragomaroff's id-de-camp
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Lost and Found.

Every day lost articles are
recovered by advertising in
The Star. The rate is I
cent a word if inserted 3
times, III Is words or more.
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japanese Reconnaissance.

Gen. kuropatlin in a dispatch dated
March -, says he has received no further
report of any fighting between organized
bodies of troops and announces that the
japanese are. making reconnaiss lnces.
In a dispatch filed the previous day the
Russian commander-in-chef notified the
emperor that General Meyendorf fell from
his horse March 10 and fractured his collar
bone. He was taken ia Harbn, and his
ri iS fnr
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Roiestvensky's Recall Denied.

4 semi-official denial was given out here
today of the reported recall Of the Russian
second Pacific squadron.
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Fire Escapes Responsible.

Crowded Ere escapes in the rear of the
tenement house were largely responsible for
so many dc,ths and injuries among its
popuatioG y,hich approached 200 souls.
The scenes about ne building after The
fire over and " IN the search for the
dead WAS begun were leartrending. Moth
Ing pitiful OF such proportions has been
seen in New York city since the Slocum
disaster. when thousand persons. nearly
all of them women and children. lost their
lives.
The fire started in the basement. occupied
by Isaac Davis, his wife and three children
Davis had been out last night, and return
ing to his home early this morning went
into his store on the same floor just in
time to see a kerosene lamp in the rear
explode.
He awoke his wife and both tried to put
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out the flaming lamp, but without success,
and then gave all their attention TO getting
their children out of the burning bulldlns
A policeman who heard the cry OF alarm
rushed to the scene and every effort was
made to rouse the sleeping persons In the
house.
In the meantime the flames had spread
with startling rapidity and when the per-
sons who had been asleep on the upper
floors awoke they found themselves con-
fronted by d wall of flames on nearly every
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Criminal Negligence.

One cause of the terrible loss of life was
due to negligence in failing to keep the
skylight door free and clear 1t was not
only fastened tight. but also frozen.
AS the flames rushed up the stairs the
tenants dashed for the roof. They found
the door, which should have been swung
easily open, fastened down. Unable to
burst it open, and wedged in by the surging
mass below, numbers were burned to death
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-14
Gained Readway Before Discovered.
The Dead.

Rachel solomon, 10 years.
Jacob Solomon, 16 years
Isaac Solomon. Is years
Jesse Cohen IL years.
Rose Wiener, % years.
Sander Wiener years
Ida MuskowiZ. 10 years.
Harry Kaufman, 10 years.
Rose Miller, 1 years.
Morris Miller, months old.
Gersnon Fuchs. 10 years
Nearly all the bodies taken from the
building were so badly burned to be al
most UurecOgnizable.