Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-25
TEE WEEK ENDING NOV. IS, 1905.


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TIE WEEK ENDING NOV. Is, 1905.
President Roosevelt discussed New York
politics with Governor Higgins of that
state; he declared himself egnphatically in
favor of foot ball. while decrying brutality
ana foul play; the request of Henry M
whitney of Boston for an interview relat-
ing TO the statements made a Massachu-
sets delegation by Mr.. Roosevelt, with the
PRESIDENT was denied by the latter; the
President promised the insurance commits
sioner of Minnesota assistance in plan
for reforming life insurance Secretary
TAFT delivered a significant address on the
Panama canal before the st. Louis Com
mercial Club. The board of consulting en-
gineers decided in favor of a sea level canal
at the Isthmus of Panama by vote of
eight to five, this report now going to the
commission and thence to the President and
Congress for final action The trial of
Midshipman Minor Meriwether, jr., by court
martial on charges of causing the death of
hifdsnipman Branch in a fist fight at the
naval Academy began at Annapolis; a re-
quest of the defense for the examination of
the body of Branch for the purpose of per
FORMING an autopsy was granted by the
court; challenge Of the prosecution against
Admiral Mccormick of the court was not
sustained. Director Roberts announced
that the purchased silver bullion in the
mint Is exhausted and that more silver
dollars will be coined unless Congress
passes new law. The second trial of
Senator j. r. Burton of Kansas in com
nection with the Rialto Grain and Securities
Company was begun In st. Louis Senator
Foraker submitted to the Senate commit
tee on interstate commerce q bill to cure
the evils complained of in railroad rates by
giving Power to the federal courts to issue
ln1unctionS against any injustice found The
battieship Virginia made new American
record of 1914 knots on her standar dizing
trip. Attorneys for w. r. Hearst obtained
an order forbidding the issuance of a GER
t1hcate of election to Mayor McClelland OF
New York. pending the settlement of the
contest. Forty suits were brought in Louis
Vile contesting every office concerned TN
the recent city and county election, broad
charges of intimidation fraud and force
being made. ubpoenas for John D. Rookie
Teller and other officers of the Standard
Oil Company were issued in suit brought
in the Missouri supreme court to GUST the
oil trust from doing business in that state.
The Federation of Labor in Pittsburg re-
elected Samuel Gompers president. Con-
victs in the Missouri state penitentiary
mutinied killed two guards and blew up
the gate; five of those VINO escaped were
captured.
Foreign Affairs.
The Russian zemstvo congress voted in
favor of a direct universal ballot, despite
to prevent such action: sharp division of
sentiment cropped out in the congress over
the question Of granting autonomy to Po-
land. one faction holding that 1T would be
the first step toward dissolution OF the
empire; reports from all over Russia In
dictated that the riots caused by the failure
of crops were spreading alarmingly; a
witness of the rioting at Vladivostok re-
ported that 600 of the garrison were killed
and nearly half of the city burned the
property loss amounting to $25 100000. The
porte refused the demands of the powers
regarding financial reforms in Macedonia,
the reply containing yelled threats that the
pressure OF Europe might precipitate a
massacre of Christians; Austrian, italian,
French and English vessels were dis
patched for the Piraeus to begin the dem
onstration in Turkish waters to enforce the
demand made by the powers. The intima-
ton was widely made in London that Pre-
mier Baifour would soon bring his ministry
to a close and appeal to the country with
elections early next year, but later reports
stated that the prime minister and his as
sociates had decided against precipitate ac-
ton. In the wreck of the Southampton
Railway Company's steamer Hilda in the
channel off st. Malo 12S lives were lost.
there being only one survivor, a member
of the crew. Thirty-nine persons were
killed and thirty injured in fire in a cheap
lodging house in Glasgow. King Haakon
VII of Norway, with the queen and crown
prince. arrived at the capital of Norway
and were received enthusiastically. The
King of Portugal in returning President
Loubets visit was received with military
honors In Paris. Korea accepted Marquis
Ito's four demands, but the emperor was
still reported as hostile to Japan.
In the District.
The twenty-second annual meeting of the
Columbia Association of Baptist Churches
was held The trustees of the National
Protestant Episcopal Cathedral received an
offer of $4,000 to be applied on the mort
gage on the cathedral foundation land. Ell
Hadji Abdallah Pasha, a prominent mer-
chant of Persia, arrived in the city and was
greeted by the President. Pendleton Fill
more Taylor, colored. charged with the muir
The grand jury returned an indictment
against Richard Chase, charging him with
the murder of Henry Chase, alias Henry
Brooks. Walter M. Eaton. a government
department messenger, attempted to commit
suicide by hanging himself in police sta
ton cell. Harry Stevens, forty years old, at
tempted suicide by drinking laudanum. Har-
ry F. Newton of this city attempted suicide
in New York by shooting himself In the
head John Duvall, motorman, fell out
Of second-story window and was killed.
Jennie Brown. five years old, colored, was
burned to death by falling on a stove at her
home. Conrad Steiner, thirty-four years old,
was killed by fall down the stairs of his
home. Daniel O'Donnell, a plumber, forty
years old, fell through a skylight and was
killed. Charles Truly, colored, thirty-eight
years old. fell down flight of stairs at the
was killed.