Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-11
THE WEEK ENDING FEB. IL, 1905.
President Roosevelt made a hummer of

President Roosevelt made number Of
changes in the most important diplo-
matte posts in Europe Attorney General
| Moody appointed ex-Attorney General
| Judson Harmon and Frederick n Judson
| to investigate the alleged granting of
| rebates by the Atchison. Topeka and
| Santa Fe railroad. with a view to taking
| proceedings against the road If the
charges are sustained. Arrangements
were practically concluded for the estab-
| ishment of parcels post between the
| United States and France. 1t was au-
| thorltatfveIy stated that the State De-
partment intends fully to carry out the
| arbitral award concerning Santo Do
mingo while waiting action on the pro-
| posed treaty. Ambassador Porter. in 4.
| dispatch to the State Department says
| he believes he has discovered the bones
| of John Paul Jones in an ancient ceme-
| terry in Paris and suggested that they be
| sent to the United States. The electoral
vote was canvassed by both houses of
congress in joint session the result be-
| ing announced as 336 for Roosevelt and
Fairbanks and 40 for Parker and Davis;
| the Senate passed the statehood bill pro-
viding for Indian territory and Okla
| noma as one state and New Mexico as
| another, leaving Arizona for future con-
| sideratlon; the Senate also considered the
| agricultural appropriation bill and made
/ the pure food bill the regular order of
business: the House managers presented
10 the Senate their replication of the
charges against Judge Swayne and the
| trial was begun: the House passed the
Townsend Esch railroad rate bill and the
diplomatic and consular appropriation
bill. The hearing of arguments in tho
case of VIM. r. Hearst against the an
thrac1te coal-carrying railroads began at
the interstate commerce commission G,
w. Post of Michigan demanded the ex-
pulsion of Thomas c. Plat of New York
from the United States Senate on the
ground that the latter is violating the
antitrust law. Deadlocks continued in
the Delaware and Missouri legislatures
over the selection of United States sena-
tors. A sleet storm along the North At
lantic coast. which spread to the south
and southwest, disarranged railroad
schedules and caused much damage to
wires. August w. Machen and the GroT
brothers were incarcerated in the Mounds
Vile CIV. Va) penitentiary; it was stated
that Machen would be returned to Wash-
ington to face second indictment i'm tho
post office fraud cases. J. Samuel McCue
convicted of the murder of his wife, was
hanged at Charlottesville, Va. Among
those who died was Jos. II. Manley, u
prominent figure in Maine politics.
Foreign Affairs.
The situation In Russia showed few signs
of Improvement, further strikes being re-
ported in ST. Petersburg and the agitation
continuing In Poland; violence was reported
at Warsaw, Sosnovice and LODI, over q
hundred strikers being wounded killed
by the military at Warsaw; rioting also &C.
CURED at Irkutsk The first year of the
war between Russia and Japan was COM
pleted the latest news from the war zone
indicated that the great armies were
massed below Mukden, with sharp Skin
mishes occurring daily; Russian estimate
of the forces placed the Japanese at 265 600
men and the Russians at 10000; Vladivos-
tok was practically blockaded by ice on the
one side and the Japanese navy watching
tI,.,. ID,.fx- IN nfl
don decided the Greene-Gaynor case in fa-
vor of the United States Lord Lansdowne,
British foreign secretary. proposed to tho
powers the appointment of Christian
governor general of Macedonia. King Os-
car of Sweden turned over the government
temporarily, on account of i'll health, TO
Crown Prince Gustaf- The Servian cabinet
resigned. The amended protocol signed
with Santo Domingo specifically affirmed
the Monroe doctrine and guaranteed the
territorial integrity of the republic a revo-
luton broke out in Argentina. but order
was restored after some bloodshed IN
Buenos Ayres. Among those who died was
Louis Ernest Barrias, the sculptor, at Paris.
In the District.
The District appropriation bill was re-
ported to the Senate: the Senate committee
on the District reported favorably a new
smoke law and a bill to abate nuisances,
the Morrell bill for the reorganization of
the District militia was favorably reported
to the House. The plans for the bridge to
carry New York avenue over the yards and
tracks of the Union Railroad Terminal
Company were approved by the Engineer
Commissioner The problem of providing
bridge across Rock creek al Q street created
much discussion. The new regulation re-
quiring citizens to remove snow and ice
from the sidewalks went into effect and q
number of persons were charged with vio-
lations of the law. The commission in
charge of the statue to Gen. Mcclellan So
lected the design submitted by Frederick
MacMonnies. The incorporators of the
American National Red Cross met and per-
fected an organization. The thirty-seventh
annual encampment of the Department OF
the Potomac, G.. A. r., was held The corr
oner's jury returned a verdict of murdet
and suicide in the case of Stella Yates and
Theodore Fisher, who were found dead at
lois 18th street southeast. Thomas J.
Thompson, sixty-four years old, committee
suicide by hanging. Augustus l.. Shaffer,
convicted of numbering his divorced wife,
was hanged at the Jail Among those who
died were Louis d. Wine. prominent busl-
ness man, Rear Admiral Frank Carvil
Cosby United States navy, retired, and
Drs. Thomas Humphrey Sherwood and
James A. Freer, well-known physicians.