Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-07
WEEK ENDING JANUARY :, 1905.

FEeSloeut 1SooSeHeiI calle0 q conference OF
republican leaders in Congress-, to be held
at the White House: he removed John III.
Hall, district attorney for Oregon, In con-
nection with the land fraud cases; the Pres
ident also delivered the principal address
before meeting of the American Forest
Congress; the annual New Year reception
at the White House was largely attended
by diplomats. government officials and pri-
vate citizens. 1t was stated that the State
Department was prepared to take vigorous
action to protect American interests In
Venezuela. The Spanish-American arbitra-
ton treaty was signed at Washington. The
general board of the navy submitted a plan
for increasing the number and efficiency Of
officers. Secretary Taft decided to employ
Porto Rfcan laborers on the Panama canal
as an experiment. Both branches of Con-
gress resumed work after the holiday re-
cess; the Senate voted to make the state
hood bill the regular order of business, and
confirmed the nomination of w. ID. Crum TO
be collector of customs for the port of
Charleston, s. c.: bills were introduced in
the Senate providing for federal control of
corporations and national Incorporation for
railroads; the House passed the fortifica-
tions appropriation bill and voted to let lie
or the table resolution requesting Secre-
tary Wilson to give all information con-
corning cotton reports: the joint merchant
and marine commission submitted its re-
port to Congress in the form of a bill for
the upbuiding OF the American merchant
"A.
that he would retire from the position Of
ambassador to France. The brief of the
government in the of Swift & Co.
| against the United States was presented TO
the Supreme Court of the United States and
argument begun. number of state legis-
latures met and state officers were inaugu-
rated; the Colorado legislature in joint
sion, in which there was a conflict In turis-
diction between the senate and house, ap-
pointed committee to canvass the vote
for governor. The president of the Texas
Cotton Growers Association warned cotton
growers to hold their surplus stock. The
| presenters withdrew the charges against
Bishop Talbot of Pennsylvania. United
States Senator John H. Mitchell and Repre-
sentative Binger Hermann were indicted in
| connection with the land fraud cases at
Portland, Ore; extensive frauds in timber
lands In Idaho. similar to those found In Ore
| gon, were disclosed in affidavits sent to Sem
ator Dubois and by him handed to the Presi-
dent. The United States circuit court OF ap-
peals for the third district reversed the
straining order obtained by E. H. Hartman
In the New Jersey courts in the Northern
| Securities case. and decided that the North
ern Pacific stock should be distributed. DIR.
Leroy s. Chadwick arrived in New York
| from Europe and went to Cleveland to face
| charges against him there. Justice Green
baum of the New York state supreme court
| denied the application of Nan Patterson for
bail pending a new trial. The trial or
Charles L. Tucker. charged with the muir
| der of Mabel Page at Weston. Mass. began
at Cambridge, Mass. Nine persons were
| burned smothered to death in a fire at
! Elmira. N. Y. Eight men were killed and
three seriously injured by boiler explosion
and fire which destroyed the towboat De-
| fender at Huntington. w. Va. Among those
| who died was Theodore Thomas. the noted
orchestra leader, at Chicago.
Foreign Affairs.
Following the capture of Sung Shu Shan.
III" fort and new fort on Pan-Lung-
Shan as well as the control of the entire
western half of the eastern fort ridge, Cen
eral Stoessel in command of the Russian
forces at Port Arthur sent flag of truce
| to General Nogi and asked for terms of
surrender: the terms as agreed upon per-
mitted the Russian officers TO retain side
arms and necessary private property for
the maintenance of life, the non-commfs-
stoned officers and men to be carried as
prisoners to Japan; General Nogi reported
that 1000 Russians were surrendered. IN
Guiding 16.o00 sick and wounded; before
deciding to surrender, four Russian de-
stroyers ESCAPED from the haruor and
sought refuge at Chefoo, where they dis
armed under the protection OF China until
the close of the war; the car summoned
an extraordinary war council and the an
nouncement was made that General Stoes-
sci would be court-martialed for surrend-
| ering the fortress; 1t was reported from
Mukden that an attempt by the japanese
| to force the Russian center had been re-
pulsed with heavy loss; the japanese also
attacked the village of Voito, but were
prevented from occupying the position;
the Russians captured the village of Sin
lountoun, japanese signal station. but
were driven out by artillery hre; the sec
ond division of the Baltic fleet reached
! Madagascar, but the departure OF the
third division from Port Said was post
| poned; the Russian newspapers using the
| fall of Port Arthur as their text openly
called for a popular voice in the govern
ment; the strike in the oil fields of Baku.
| Trans-Caucasia, became still more seri-
| GUS Emperor Francis Joseph dissolved
| the Hungarian parliament which ended IN
disorder at Budapest; Baron Gautch Won
Erankenthurn was appointed premier OF
Austria. Signor Tittoni, the Italian Tor
eign minister, was stricken with apopiexy.
A new cabinet with George Cantacuzene
as premier was formed in Roumania. The
Danish cabinet resigned as result OF dlt-
ferences about the military program Ger
man troops were reported to have routed
the Hereros in a fierce battle in southwest
Africa Conditions in Morocco were re-
ported to be such that anarchy reigns and
the Moorish government confessed It's ma
biI;tv 10 cone with the situation. The Pan
American Medical Congress was opened at
panama. Peru was again reported to be
seeking a settlement of the Tacna-Aric2
question with Chill. The bark Marpesia,
laden with naphtha, was blown up at sea
and eleven of her crew were Killed.
In the District.
Members of the board of charities, Speak
err Cannon, Senator Allison Commissioners
mcfarland and others conferred with
President Roosevelt over the control of To-
cal charities The corporation counsel SUBJ
m;tted to the Commissioners the draft of a
new police regulation requiring citizens TO
keen sidewalks free from snow and ice The
House committee on the District OF Column
bia decided to recommend the passage by
the House Of the Senate resolution provid-
| ing for the use of the pension building for
the inaugural ball. Representative Adams
of Pennsylvania introduced bill In the
House providing for the establishment or
the whipping post in the District. Lindley
E. Sinclair was required to give ball OF
So 400 or $500 in each of seventeen charges
of violating the smoke law; he demanded a
iury trial in each case For alleged failure
10 report in the time allowed its financial
condition the corporation counsel stated the
Washington Gaslight Company is subject
to a fine of about $4,000. The American
forest congress held its annual meeting.
The second annual meeting of engineers in
terested in irrigation works in the west was
held Application was made to the District
Supreme Court to have Mr.. John Ridout
declared bankrupt. The Court of Appeals
of the District decided that no company
can be Incorporated under the District code