Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-18
THE WEEK ENDING NOV. IS, 1905.

THE WEEK ENDING NOV. IS, 1905.
A delegation representing the different
railroad labor organizations protested to
President Roosevelt against the proposed
railroad freight legislation: the President
| told a body of shoe and leather men who
called on him to urge reduction in duties
on hides that he had been mtsquoted and
| misrepresented by H. NJ whitney, the re-
cent democratic candidate for lieutenant
governor of Massachusetts, in regard to his
attitude on reciprocity. Postmaster General
Cortelyou issued an order recognizing and
| grouping the postal departments under the
charge of the assistant postmasters general
Secretary Bonaparte decided that herea fter
| all vacancies in the pay corps of the navy
\ VIII be filed by competitive examination.
The court-martial detailed for the trial of
napolis November %. An official statement
from the Chinese viceroy at Canton re-
| ceived at the State Department declared
that the deaths of the five missionaries re-
| Gently was not due to the boycott but to a |
quarrel which arose over an encroachmcut
| on the mission grounds by a street fair |
The British fleet made preparations for be-
ginning Its journey from New York to Eu-
rope. The Attorney General directed suit |
| to be brought in the United States circuit |
court In Wisconsin to test the legality of
rebates paid by various railroad companies |
| to the Milwaukee Refrigerating COMPANY
a private car company controlled by the |
| principal stockholders of the Pabst Brewing
Company. James Hazen Hyde former vice
president of the Equitable Life Assurance
Society, gave sensational testimony before |
the armstrong Investigating commission in |
New York; ex-Gov. OdelI, before the com |
mission. denied charges made by Hyde in |
regard to the settling of the shipbuildlng
suit, and Senator Depew told of his connec-
tion with the Equitable. man named |
krup, a squealer" on election frauds in |
New York. forfeited his bail of So O9O and |
escaped from the city: the review of tally |
sheets Of the recent election in that city de- |
veloped some surprising mistakes" The
silver jubilee of the Federation of Labor |
began at Wflkesbarre, Pa Five persons
were killed in a fire which destroyed a ten
ement mouse In New York city. Seven men
were killed and one was fatally Injured by
gas explosion in coal mine near Monon-
gahela City, Pa.
Foreign Affairs
MODS set fire to Vladivostok and were
not checked until many persons had been |
Killed; an immense amount of property |
was destroyed and many inhabitants
sought refuge ships in the harbor; a |
great strike called by the social reyo- |
iutlonlsts began in st. Petersburg with |
the object of overthroWing the monarchy
but the movement seemed weak; Count |
Wltte new cabinet met and considered |
the project of making part of the council |
OF the empire elective; representative Poles
declared to Count Witte that the demon
STATIONS in their country were part of a |
plot to prevent its people obtaining the |
freedom VouchSafed the other subjects of
the czar; they said they wanted freedom |
not separation; 1t was officially denied in |
Berlin that Germany contemplated any
interference in the affairs of Poland a !
false Russian emperor with $4,000 followers |
was reported to he operating near PenZa
Russia Jews in London in convention de- !
clded TO send commission to Russia to |
investigate recent maSsacres of Hebrews |
Returns from the plebiscite in Norway |
showed large majority in favor of Prince !
Charles of Denmark: Prince Charles signi-
fled his acceptance of the throne and init
| mated that he would rule King Carl V. i
King George of Greece arrived In London |
on visit to King Edward King Alfonso |
OF Spain arrived in Vienna The French |
council of ministers decided to inflict f1f- |
teen days arrest on Gen. Brugere COM |
mander of the army, for making public |
details of his conference with the minister |
of war. A band of Armenians wiped out |
a Tartar town and killed 400 persons. The |
ambassadors of the powers at Constanti- !
nople presented ultimatum to the porte |
demanding reforms and giving twenty -four |
hours for reply, with notice that a refusal |
would be followed by a naval demonstra- |
ton; an Austrian admiral was chosen to |
command the combined fleets. President |
Castro of Venezuela gave fresh offense to |
France by refusing to pay the second in |
stalment of the award made by the Plum |
ley arbitration commission. The japanese |
government decided to issue a loan of $685. |
100000 at per cent. Among those who |
died the Count of Flanders, heir to |
the Belgian throne, at Brussels.
In the District.
The auditor and the health officer for the |
District of Columbia submitted their an |
nual reports to the Commissioners. An act |
to reorganize the metropolitan police force |
submitted by Major Sylvester, super
intendent of police, to the Commissioners.
The Association of Presidents of State Uni
versities held its annual convention. The
annual fall meeting of the Washington
Jockey Club began at Benning. Frank |
Jones, on trial for the murder of Kate Nor
beck, was found guilty of murder in the !
second degree. Harrison Brown, a colored /
boy. died at Freedmen's Hospital after be-
ing mistaken for a rabbit by a companion
and shot just outside of the District line.
Joseph F. McGinnis, driver of No. fire en-
CINE, was thrown from his seat while re-
spending to an alarm of fire and was run
over and killed. Joseph Hall, colored, was
struck by train and killed on the Long
bridge. James A. Whalen was shot by
Deputy Sheriff William Embrey of Mont
gomery county, Md, near Cabin John
Bridge. and subsequently died from his in
juries at Georgetown University Hospital.
Anna Taylor, twenty-three years old, at
tempted to commit suicide by taking car
bolic acid Benjamin Walker. coored, died
at the Emergency Hospital from bullet
wounds received while on an electric car in
Virginia |