Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-08
THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 8, 1905.

President Roosevelt left Washington for
an extended trip of two months through
the west; he reorganized the Panama canal
commission with Theodore P. Shonts, presi-
dent of the Toledo, ST. Louis and Western
railroad, as its chairman; his creation of
the Office of chief engineer of Irrigation
was criticised. The opinion in the case of
Hartman against the Northern Securities
Company was handed down by the United
States Supreme Court Judge Edward F.
Dunno democrat was elected mayor Of
Chicago. gift of 100000 by Mr.. Rookie
Teller to Congregational Church missions
stirred up a controversy between officials
Of the Standard OIL Company and members
of the clergy. The directors of the Equit-
able Life Assurance Society held a meet
ing and adopted the two-year naturalization
plan A strike of 5000 soft coal miners in
Pennsylvania was averted by the operators
deciding to sign the wage scale of last
year. An unidentified person rescued $780,,
600 worth of unsigned national bank notes
from a burning train in Pennsylvania and
circulated the money. A general strike
of ice and coal wagon drivers was declared
at St. Louis. An explosion of gas in Joseph
Letters coal mine at Ziegler, ILL.,, entombed
fifty miners, of whom thirty-seven were
taken out dead.
Foreign Affairs.
Advices from japanese Manchurian head
being forced to retreat slowly; Chinese re-
ports stated that the bulk of the japanese
army was being moved toward Vladivostok;
as result of the destruction of villages
in recent fighting in Manchuria 100000
Chinese were estimated as being homeless
and destitute with the prospect for crops
unpromisng; Admiral Togo's fleet was re-
ported from south of Mindanao, Philippine
Islands, on the lookout for the Russian
fleet under Admiral Rojestvensky; reports
from many portions of the Russian empire
indicated that the discomfort among all
classes was spreading rapidly; Police
Commissioner SEA balowicZ of Lodz, Rus
sian Poland, was badly injured by a bomb.
King Edward and President Loubet met in
Paris Emperor William arrived at Naples
where he met the King of Italy.
Germany stated that her treaty
with Morocco made in 1891 entitled her to
rights equivalent to those accorded any
other nation. The French chamber of depu-
ties concluded general debate on the bill
to separate church and state The Simplon
tunnel was formally inaugurated. The
Venezuelan court decision in the case Of
the New York and BermudeZ Asphalt Com
pany indefinitely accused the concern with
financing the Matos revolution; official dis
patches from Caracas to Paris said that
Venezuela will pay an indemnity for the
annulment of the cable companys contract
Strong guards prevented disorder at Port
au-Prince, Haiti; all Syrian stores were
ordered closed. A terrific earthquake de-
VaStatGQ bTltlSn 1HQld, the iOSS VI lie Dt-
ing estimated at over 1000 natives and
many Europeans.
In the District.
The Commissioners limited the height of
private buildings which are to be con-
strueted on streets facing public build
ing to the height of the public building SO
faced. The national board of management
of the Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton issued a statement defending their
position with regard to the Continental
Hall project new indictment alleging
conspiracy was returned by the federal
grand jury against w. G. Crawford, August
w. Machen and George e. Lorenz in con-
nection with the Post Office Department
frauds. Andrew A. Lipscomb and Thomas
M Fields were Jointly indicted for the en-
bezzlement of nearly $4,000 placed in their
hands as receivers. three policemen of the
Georgetown precinct were placed on trial
on a charge Of gambling. "A colored in
FAINT was found dead In an alley between
9th and 10th, L and M streets northwest.
Joseph Latono, an italian railroad laborer,
charged with insulting young school girls in
Fairfax county, Va, shot and killed George
A. Malcolm, a school teacher and was him.
self shot and killed by a posse which tried
to arrest him; both men died at the Emer-
gency Hospital in this city. Clarence Bar
rett. six years old. was run over and killed
Savonia McDevitt was found unconscious
in her room from asphyxiation by illumi-
mating gas. Adolph Rechenberg, a retired
soldier, committed suicide at the Soldiers
Home by taking poison. Among those who
died were Walter F. Roderick. for nearly