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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-17

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-17

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officers were installed by the great prophet
OF the Great Council of the District of Co.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-17

500 dozen Heavy Union
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-01-14
DECIDES ITSELF ILLLGAL.l
No Investigation mt Present Into Talbot
 Charges. {

Reading, Pa, Jan 1S.--There will be no investigation, for the present at least, of the charges preferred by Rev. 3Dr. I. N. w. Irvine against Bishop Ethelbert Talbot, of the Central Penn sylvania diocese of the Protestant Epfs- copal church. 4 2 "A lack of canonical authority, is the conclusion of the eleven members who attended to-day's meeting of the board of inquiry. The full membership con- sists of sixteen. Those present were the following:
 Clerical members-Fro the Central Pennsylvania diocese, Rev. Henry h Jones and Rev. Rogers Israel; diocese of New York, Rev. Dr. Harry F. Nich- ols; diocese of Albany, Rev. E. Al Enos. and Rev. Joseph Carey; diocese of Phil- adelphia, Rev. w. B. Bodine and Rev. John F. Hardin.
 Lay members From the diocese of Central Pennsylvania. William Butler and J. M. Lamberton; from the diocese of New York, Francis Lynde Stetson; from the diocese of Philadelphia, George c. Thomas
 x By many 1t is said that other char tyes will be preferred against Bishop Talbot under canons now in force.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-01-14
ALUMNI PRIZES ENDORSED.
Board of Education Grants PeGtion for
 High School speakta..

geg The regular monthly meeting of the board of education was held last even-
 ing, when reports for the month of De- eember were read. The committee on schools reported the appointment by the superintendent of Miss Elizabeth Prout as teacher in room 5, WeIch school. s-
 Perhaps the most interesting part of ' this committees report, however, is that recommending that the request of the High School Alumni association for permission to present prizes for prize speaking in the high school be approv- ed. and that the committee of judges for this speaking be appointed by the alumni association, subject to the ap- proYal of the superintendent of schools. The board voted to approve the recom- mendation.s
 The building committee reported that it had extended invitations to local architects to submit competitive plans for the new $65, 900 eighteen-room school house. to be erected in the WeIch dis trict. The plans are to be submitted on February 10.
 The report of the committee on finance was accepted. In the account for free text books for this item there was spent in December $15.3S, making the total fer the year sS,319.26, which is the same as the appropriation.
 Superintendent Beede reported the following transfer: Edith M. Ring from room 5, grade ", Welch school, to room 3, grade IT., Woolsey school.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-01-14
BANK OFFICIAL RESIGNS.
4. G. Loomls Who Made Loans to Num-
 roe < Munroe.

New York. Jan. 1s.--Archibald G. Loomis, whose name has been so ire quentiy mentioned in connection with the Montreal & Boston Consolidated Mining & Smelling Co. stock, by the failed firm of Munroe & Munroe, has rendered his resignation as vice presi- dent and director of the National City bank of this city. It is understood that the resignation will be accepted.
 MT. Loomis in his resignation says: T am. however, led to do this, because my continuance with the bank exposes it to criticism and attack, which should be personal to myself, as no officer or individual connected with the bank, ex4 cept myself, had anything whatever to do with the credit which was extended to Munroe & Munroe The amounts that were advanced to them were loan ed in the ordinary course of business, ard at all times had ample collateral from them to secure their loans. be- lieved at the time, and still believe, that the property of the Boston and Montraeal Copper company is a valu- able one. and I had no personal inter est of any kind in the loans made to them.''
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-01-14
RESTLD ON OLD CHARGE.
Man Who FIeeced old Woman Out of 'r s~F.T Money.

Detectives Donnelly and Frey arrest ed John Mckenzie last night on an old charge, It is claimed that he was a friend of a man named James H. Ak rigg, who was sent to jail last fall for writing worthless insurance yollcIes. ,- day or so after Akrigg went to jail Me- Kenzie went to the prisoners home and told his wife that Akrigg had sent him for. his clothes. He was given valise with the clothes in it, and instead of giving them to Akrigg he kept them for. himself. The next day he returned to Akrigg's house and told Akrigg's $ wife that he was a secret service officer and that unless she gave him money he would send her husband to state prison for ten years.
 Mrs. Akrigg gave Mckenzie all the money she had, s, and that was the last which was seen of him in this city since that time. because he enlisted in the army immediately afterwards. The police are now also going to investigate whether he is a deserter or not.
 Mrs. Akrigg is. hard working wo- man and the loss of the $3 was a severe one to her.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-01-14
DEIAWARn DEADLOCK BROKEN
At Least So Far as House is Concerned K Speaker Chosen. .

Dover, Del. Jan. 1S.-Wm. D. Dem lley, union republican. was to-day elected speaker of the house., thus breaking the deadlock in the legislature at least so far as the house is concern ed. <
 After all exciting day in a series of conferences, the union members of the house withdrew from their confer ence and accepted the offer of the reg ulars to organize on an equal division of the officers. The house was then called to order and voting for speaker was immediately proceeded with, MT. Denney was elected on the first ballot as follows: William D. Denney, union republican, 21; Willard T. Smith, dem socrat, Il.
 Representative Denney was escorted, amid applause, to the chair. and was sworn in by temporary Speaker Baggs and proceeded immediately to further business. Representatives Jester, reg ular republican. and Abbott. union re- publican, alternated in the non1ina- lions of the remaining house officers. Mir Jerster noninatsng the regulars and Mir Abbott the unions.
 The house adjourned until Monday. The senate took recess.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-01-14
MUAfCIPAL LIGHTING
Chicago Electrician Recites Successful Experiences, In That City.


 New York, Jan. 13.-.Chicago's exper- fence with a municipal lighting plant was described to-day by Edward 5. FL Hoott, city electrician of Chicago, at Comptroller Groutss investigation Into the city lighting contracts. MT. Ellicott said the venture had passed the experi- mental stage. and had proved so satis- Factory that a second plant with more than double the capacity of the first is now in course of erection. The first plant, which cost s52oo0, supplied 1900 arc lamps and lighted 15O miles of city streets. The new plant will cost when completed $1T2,0Oo and will supply pow CT for 4,5O0 arc lamps. The average cost of each arc light during the past three years has been about s54 a year. This sum, he said, covered the entire cost of the lights including maintenance, production and distribution.
 MT. Ellicott also told of the erection of public lighting plants in sixty cities in various parts of thecountry. 2 Charles E. Phelps, of Baltimore, tes- tified briefly, after which the hearing adjourned indefinitely in view of the pending proceedings in the courts.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-01-14
CAPTURED IN WEST RAVEN.
coIored Man Charged With Having
 Committed Several BurgIaries.

Ulysses Grant Mason (colored) was arrested in West Haven about 10 o'clock last night by Sergeant Loomis and Po- Iicemen Kelley and Burns. There have been number of burglaries recently in West Haven and suspicion fell upon Mason, who has no regular home and who works at odd jobs.
 Last night the officers saw him go down Campbell avenue and they fol- lowed him. He entered the premises of Mrs. Hull at the corner of Center street and was trying to open a rear door when captured. He gave the officers quite a little trouble before they got him under control. He had big bunch of keys and a butcher knife in his pos- session when arrested. The knife he used, it is claimed, in prying open win dows.
 Mason has a police record in this city. He is thirty-six years old and the police regard him as hard customer.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-01-14
FIREWORKS AND JULK 4.
New York's Fire Chief wants All Of l. Them Prohibited Except Crackers.

E Them Prohibited Except Crackers. ass New York, Jan. 13.--C Chief Edward F. Croker, of the New York fire depart ment, has recommended to Fire Com missioner N. J. Hayes that steps be taken at once to prohibit the use of all fireworks, except firecrackers, on and around July f. He makes an exception of firecrackers because he finds that there are great stocks of them on hand in the shops of the dealers and aboard ships now on their way to this country, and to prohibit their use on such short notice would work a great hardship He recommends, however, that at the end of another year the prohibition be extended to firecrackers as we'll
 Chief Croker bases his recommenda- tion on the large number of fire and ac- cidents caused by fireworks.
 During the week of July 4, 1904, he says, there were 305 fires in Greater New York, of which 128 were traceable to fireworks. MT. Croker states that S46 persons were injured by fireworks on last Independence day. 4. ."
 New York is the largest market for fireworks in this country. There are forty-five wholesalers engaged in the business, and it is estimated that the industry represents an annual expendi- ture in this city alone, of s2,000000.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-01-14
MANY HAZE NARROW ESCAPE.
An oswego Fire Nearly Cuts Off Egress
 *g of Sixty Girls.

'ye of Sixty Girls.
 oswego, N. Y.. Jan. 13.--Sixty girls and many men had narrow escape in a fire which destroyed portion of the Corn Products companys starch fac tory here to-day and caused loss of $225,000. Is
 With great ranidity the fire swept through the main building and cut off nearly every means of egress. The fac- tory was filled with employees, who got out with difficulty. A few escaped by an elevator, but the majority groped their way to windows and the few doors which were not afire.
 Anna Arnold become bewildered, lost her way and when rescued was burned about the head and body. Her. hair was entirely burned off. < Her recovery is doubtful. ,f
 Several men escaped by jumping from the third and fourth floors. Jeremiah Sweeney received fractured hip and William Caton, Michael Hennan, Ar chic Bailey, John Horr and Bertha Buskey were slightly burned in getting out of the burning building.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-01-14
RUSSIAN CAVALRY RAIDS.
Disastrous Attempts to Cut Japanese
 Line of Communication.

Tokio, Jan. 13.rThe bodies of Russian ! cavalry raiders actively operating southwest of Liao Yang are evidently desirous of harassing Japanese railroad communication and interrupting the transportation of General Nogfs army to reinforce Field Marshal Oyama at Liao Yang. The Japanese army head quarters. reporting on Thursday, says:
 "Wednesday at 10 in the morning a Japanese cavalry detachment encoun- tered four companies of Russian cav- airy west of Tangmasas, southwest of Lao Yang, and fiercely engaged them. At 2:3O in the afternoon the Russians were repulsed with heavy losses. Sub- sequently they were reinforced by seV- eral companies of cavalry and eight guns The Japanese drew the Russians to Liuerhpac and engaged and pursued them. .
 "On Wednesday night small body of Russian cavalry reached the railroad line and tore up the tracks between Anshantien and Hai Cheng and Ta- Tche-Kiao and YinkoW. They were i'm mediately repaired and the line was re- opened to traffic. -.
 ''on Wednesday, afternoon two thou sand Russian cavalry, with guns, at tached Neuchwang. The Japanese were forced to retire temporarily. but were reinforced attacked the Russians and are still pursuing them. The Russians also attacked Niu Chiatun, but were re- pulsed"
 A report from the Japanese army headquarters on the Liaotung peninsu- la, received to-day, says: ,s.. "A body of Russians evidently from General Mistchenko's cavalry brigade, with the Second Infantry regiment, railroad guards and guns. recently sur rounded the Japanese post at Nieu Chiatun, north of Yinkow, on the line of communications. and assautel it from the direction of Siantziatzu. The Rus sians. were repulsed, losing at least eighty mem
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-01-14
PARK COMMISSIONERS.
Annual Meeting--EIection of officers
 II. \. Blake Again President.

The annual meeting of the park com mission was held in city hall last eve ming. The following officers were elect ed for the ensuing year: President. Henry T. Blake; vice president, Will liam w Farnam; secretary and treas urer, Henry F. English; assistant treasurer, Herbert e Warren: assist ant secretary, James E. English, and general superintendent, Gustave x. Amrhyn.
 The treasnrers report showed the cash on hand at the end of the year to amount to sSO0.71. The total balance on hand amounts to $1,25S.04 The total ir,- come, appropriation and expenses are all given as the same amount, $27,- 252.21.
 The report Of the superintendent showed that great progress has been made during the year in both improv- ing and beautifying the parks
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-01-14
DANGER or CHINESE UPRISING.
St. Petersburg Evidently Trying tt
 Prejudice Feeling of Powers.

St. Petersburg, Jan. 14.-2:15 p. m.- Russias formal notification to the powers of the imminent danger of a general uprising in China, as the re suit of a Japanese propaganda, which will threaten all foreign interests, cou- pied with a general protest against China's repeated violation iof neutral ity in connection with Japanese opera tions, is really a warning to the powers that Russia regards the situation as as extremely serious and considers that the time has come for joint action by the powers for the proteetion of their own interests. For herself, Russia con- siders that Japan has broken the pledge she made with respect to Secretary Hays note at the beginning of the war, and further persistence in this course will, she considers, absolve her from further observance and leave her free to act for her own protection.
 The present note followed two prelin- mary warnings addressed to the pow CTS, one in October and the other in November, neither of which was heed ed" It has an entirely different ring, setting forth breaches of Chinese neu- trality, including the Reyshitelny case, and also the use of the Miaotio islands, belonging to China, as a base for the Japanese fleet; the constant dispatch of contrabrand from various Chinese ports, the employment of Chinese sol diers in the Japanese army, and the hiring of Chinese bandits to attack the Russian communications. Should Gen eral Ma or any Chinese troops now move, Russia will fell free herself to cross the Liao river into the neutral zone. AS for the powers Russia be- lieves the situation has become serious, owing to the stimulus given anti-for- eign agitation in China by the fall of Port Arthur.
 In diplomatic circles, considerable i'm portanee is attached to the note, and in the general opinion it is designed to in- duce Secretary Hay to initiate steps to bring joint pressure to bear, in order to prevent the extension of the zone of hostilities, and to compel China to adopt drastic measures against the present agitation in the interior of that empire.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-01-14
President Wants More Power.

Washington, Jan. 13. - President Roosevelt, in a brief message transmit ting to congress to-day the first annual report of the Panama canal commission, together with a letter from Secretary Taft relating to Panama affairs, rec ommends that he be given greater dis eretion, as he is charged with the re- sponsibility of constructing the canal. The board of canal commissioners, he says, should be reduced to five or pre- ferably three members, whose duties, powers and salaries should be assigned by the president.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-01-14
Golf at Pinehurst.

< Pinehurst, N. C., Jan. 13.--As the re- suit of to-day's 36-hole semi-final round in the second annual mid-winter tour nament, Walter J. Travis, the British open champion, and w. o. Fownes, jr., of Pittsburg, the Atlantic City cham pion will meet tomorrow in the 36-hole final round for the presidents or first division cup. Travis to-day defeated Allan Lard of the Columbia Golf club, of Washington, 10 up and to play, and FowneS deseated G. c. Dutton of the Oakley Country club of Watertown, Mass, 6 up and 4 to play.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-01-14
NsW phNsIoN COMMISSIONER.
President Appoints Congressman War
 ner of Illinois. :,

President Appoints Congressman War
 ner of Illinois.
 Washington, Jan. 1S.-The president has appointed Vespasian Warner to be commissioner of pensions. MT. Warner is now member of congress from Iilin- ois.
 Mir. Warner is from the Nineteenth district of Illinois and was reelected last November for the fifth term, and was strongly endorsed by the state del- egation. and by prominent members of the G. A. R., and other organizations of ex-soldiers. The appointment will ge to the senate tomorrow. I.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-01-14
NEW JOB FOR BRTSToW.

To Take Data to Determine Best Way
 to Run Panama Railroad.
 Washington, Jan. 13.-Joseph L. Bris- tow fourth assistant postmaster-g gen. eral, to-day rendered to the president his resignation as an officer of the pos tai service to take effect on the goth inst By an executive order issued late this afternoon President Roosevelt des- ignated MT. Bristow as a special com missioner to make an investigation into the present trade conditions and freight rates between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and between the west coast of South America and the east coast of the United States and Europe to determine the best policy of managing the Pana- ma railroad. E.
 MT. Bristow will receive $15 day and his actual expenses and stenographer not to exceed $5 a day. The president will finally fix his entire compensation.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-01-14
4 DISHONEST SERVANT.
Man on ss5 a Month Deposits s1,o0O in
 Seven Months.

Hartford, Jan. 13:---C. Thomas Brown a coIored butler employed by President George L. Chase of the Hartford Fire Insurance company, was sentenced to- day to nine months in jail on three counts Of theft. The fact that Brown has deposited over $1,0oO in two banks during the last seven months on sal ary of $35 a month has led the police to take up that side of Browns case and they are now Investigating his sources of income. which enables him to store up so much money Brown is alleged to have stolen trunkfuls of laces, cut glass and other valuables from the home of MT. Chase.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-01-14
s2,o5s, ,O0O for College of New York.

New York, Jan. 13.-The city of New York, through the board of estimate and apportionment. to-day granted a request of the College Or the City of New York for gift of S2,05S,000 to com plete the fine new college buildings in progress of erection. The total cost will be S4,5O0,0Oo, of which the city. pre- viously gave s2,600,OoO The buildings in Harlem will be ready in Ia year. At tendance at the college is free to citi- zens of New York city.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-01-14
Substitute Brakeman Killed.

Hartford, Jan. 13.-Thomas Carey, a brakeman who was doing substitute work on a switcher in the local yards tonight, was struck and instantly. kill ed by an express train about 9:3O, every bone in his body being broken. He was cut in two. Carey was twenty-two years old and lived with his wife in this city. On Christmas day he miraculous ly escaped death after a fall from the top of 8 freight car.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-01-14
HELD ANNUAL MEETING.
Knights of St, Patrick Meet and Elect
 Officers,

The Knights of St. Patrick held their annual meeting and election of officers last evening in their clubhouse on Tenn pie street. the following officers being unanimously elected: Dr. John S. Sul- livan, president John H. Dillon, first vice-president; M. F. Sullivan, second vice-president. The board of governors elected consists of Dr. James s. Maher, Frank B. Cronan, William F. Sullivan, Dr. James Flynn and Stephen H. Moore.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-01-14
Gamblers Quitting New York.

New York. Jan. 13.--Frightened by the activity of District Attorney Je- rome. who has announced that he in- tends, if possible, to suppress gambling in this city. hundreds of card sharps are making active preparations to de- port from New York and seek new fields. Many of them plan to go to Hot Springs, Ark, and others will visit the leading winter resorts nf the south and west.