Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-22
WEEK ENDING APRIL az, 1905.

President Roosevelt and party continued
their hunting trip In the Colorado wilder
ness. The Senate committee on interstate
commerce began it's inquiry into railroad
regulations; President Morawetz of the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Re railroad
testified that his road had given no rebates
to the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company.
Secretary Hitchcock summarily dismissed
eight employees In the Indian warehouse in
New York on charges of Irregularities In
office. The Panama Railroad Company
passed into the control of the United States
government and reorganized by electing
directors and officers. The United States
Supreme Court declared that the New York
law fixing ten hours a days work for
bakers was unconstitutional. Agents of the
Equitable Assurance Society at meet
ing in New York called on Vice President
Hyde to resign. The American Anti-Tuber
culosis League met at Atlanta, Ga. Severe
damage to truck and fruit farms was done
in the south by the cold snap. Fifty men
were injured in a pitched battle between
200 striking milmen and strike breakers
at Wheeling. w. Va. Nan Patterson was
placed on trial for the third time in New
York for the alleged murder of Caesar
Young. Six persons were killed by ex-
plosion in the Cabin creek mine at Kay
ford w. Va Among those who died was
Orville II. Plat senior senator from Con-
necticut and one of the leading public men
or the country, at Washington, Conn.
Foreign Affairs.
Admiral Rojestvenskys vessels were re-
ported at Kamranh bay, north of Saigon;
the japanese minister to France made rep
reservations to that government regarding
the prolonged stay of the Russian fleet at
that port, and the French government re-
piled that it would observe the strictest
neutrality; a dispatch from Saigon stated
that Admiral Togo's warships had captured
number of GOLFERS off the Cochin China
coast; the situation In Manchuria remained
practically unchanged, with skirmishes of
daily occurrence; mounted police dispersed
demonstration of ironworkers in St
Petersburg. the strikers firing on the police
and Wounding many persons; Kaleiff the
assassin of Grand Duke Sergius was SEN
fenced to death at Moscow. An epidemic
of disease similar to cerebro-Spinal menin-
gifts broke out in st. Petersburg King Id
ward and Queen Alexandra arrived at AL
giers. A strike was inaugurated on all of
the Italian railways. but the Italian gov
eminent promised to grant certain reforms
in railroad management, and the strikers
were ordered to return to work. NJ. Del
casse, French minister of foreign affairs
resigned owing to the continued socialistc
opposition to the governments policy in
Morocco and Indo-China; Premier Rouvier
of France stated that he ready to re-
ceive any proposition Germany may care to
make on the Moroccan question. Porcelain
and the police were called out to quell dis
turbances 1t was stated that If Greece an
nexes Crete the kingdom of Bulgaria will be
declared. AdTces from Venezuela indicated
that President Castro had Modified, at least
temporarily, all foreign claimants. A disas-
trous fire in a convent at Montreal, Quebec.
caused the death of nine children and five
adults. Among those who died was Paul
LeSSar, Russian minister to China, at Pc
kin.
In the District.
President Roosevelt decided to appoint
Ex-Governor George w. Atkinson of West
Virginia to the United States Court of
Claims The board of charities made a re-
port to the Commissioners criticising the
conduct and management Of the reform
school for girls The Court of Appeals up
held the judgment of Justice Wright in
the Criminal Court in adjudging Benjamin
F McCauley to be guilty of contempt OF
court The Daughters of the American
Revolution began their annual meeting in
Continental Hall and elected Mrs. Donald
Mclean of New York president general.
PHOTOGRAPHERS from various states held
their annual convention. Frank Jones.
painter shot and killed Katie Norbeck,
shot and wounded Rutledge Robinson, an
old soldier, and then attempted to commit
suicide by stabbing himself In the breast
and cutting his throat at 16 E street south
west; he was subsequently arraigned on
charge of murder. Bertha Wiener three
years old. was burned to death Whlle play
ing with matches. Miss Mary McNarney,
e.ghty-two years of age, was knocked down
and fatally injured by horse attached to
truck G of the fire department. ]. ]. Ball.
an engineer, was killed by the explosion
of an engine at the United States Garage
Companys plant, between Sd and 4th, G
and III streets northeast William Mauck,
an old soldier, and Charles Nethan, coll
ored, a barber, were asphyxiated by gas.
George L. Keazer. sixty years old, pen
cioner committed suicide by shooting.
Among those who died were Judge Hal
bert E. Paine and DR.. ]. Adams Lee, for
many years connected with the internal
revenue bureau.