Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-23
THE WEEK ENDING DEC. IS, 1905.

nominations in the diplomatic service: Her.
bert III. D. Petrce, to be minister to Nor
way; David E. Thompson, ambassador TO
Mexico. and Chas. DENLY, third assistant
secretary Of state; he also nominated Jo-
seph Bucklin Bishop to be member Of the
isthmian canal commission All bids for the
Philippine railroad concessions were re-
jected and new bids called for Consul
General Togers at Shanghai reported to
the State Department serious outbreak of
rioting In that city, and that United States
marines had been landed to preserve order
and protect American interests, Commits
sioner Garfield in his report urged that
Congress assume federal control of large
corporations. Secretary Bonaparte was adj
v1sed by the Attorney General that mid
shipmen could not be dismissed without
court-martial; Secretary Bonaparte there
upon ordered trial by court-martial OF oil
midshipmen accused of hazing. Both
branches of Congress adjourned TOR the no,l-
day recess until January f. The report OF
the conferees on the Panama appropriation
the proprie.y of the Teller bill making the
bonding provision of the bill a separate
measure WIS warmly defended; the Senate
recalled Its previous confirmation of the
| nominations of the isthmian canal commits
sionerS upon its receipt from the President
| OF the nomination of Joseph b. Bishop to
be commissioner; the announcement OF
the standing committees of the Senate was
| made: the House passed the Panama APP
Precipitation bill and ended the discussion of
the PRESIDENTS message; general debate on
insurance and other topics continued. Ex-
governor OdeH OF New York accused Pres
| fdent Roosevelt and Governor Higgins of
| that state of deliberately trying to wreck
the republican party in New York. The in
| surance investigation was continued in New
YORK, some of the smaller companies be-
ing taken up for examination. The Chicago
National Bank, the Home Savings Bank
and the Equitable Trust Company Of Chi
l a 90 oil cad 1,nty,
| SSo,o0O,0OO. and the estimated assets SD
| oOoGOO. Abraham H. Hummel was con-
vlcted of conspiracy in the Dodge divorce
SUIT IN New York. Two men caught by a
cdVe-in at the Pennsylvania railroad t,n-
| mel under the East river in New York were
| rescued after forty-two hours. The Della
ware LackaWanna and Western and the
Jersey Central ferry houses in New York
We're burned. the loss being estimated at
| Sl,Voo,e0o. The explosion of q locomotive
polier near. Reading, Pa, killed three men,
aour persons were burned to death in a
| nfe In theater in Lorain Ohio Five men
| were killed by explosion in the Dupont
companys dynamite works at Marquette.
Mlch. Three men We're blown to pieaes
an d huInper OF Others injured by pre-
| mature explosion of dynamite in an exca-
| walton in New York city
Foreign Affairs.
The general strike began in yarious cities
lii Russia; in st. Petersburg the strike
opened tamely. the chief interest centering
| at the railroad station, where the govern
| ment had to employ soldiers to start a train
| for Berlin; Moscow began the movement
with troops holding the railroad stations
and panic prevailing among the citizens;
| the fire department at Warsaw refused to
work until higher wages were granted: the
central government in its effort to cope
with the situa ton ordered martial law
| TIN cughout Poland and in many other prov
| inces of the empire; details of the fighting
at Tukum, Livonfa, showed that in the
bombardment of the town 400 refugees were
| slain after a captain and twenty-four dra-
goons had been killed by the revolutiona-
| RES; advtces from Riga stated that much
| alarm existed there, the whole country
| side of Livonia being in the hands of armed
bands of farmers and labOrerS; a conflict
between workingmen and troops
ported from Kovno and dispatch from
Nicolaieff said that mutfny of two regi-
| ments had cost a heavy loss in life; Ba-
toum, in the Transcaucasus added to the
list with fierce fighting, in which many per-
sons were killed; hundreds Of Moslems were
fis. The new British premier, Sir Henry
Campbell-Bannerman, made his first speech
in his capacity, declaring the fiscal
question the prime Issue; Mr.. Asqulth. the
cha ncellor of Il exchequer, said In a
speech at London that the main issue of
| the campaign would be free trade against
| protection; Hugh Watt, a former member
of parliament, was found guilty In London
OF melting agents to murder his divorced
wife, and was sentenced to five years pc
nal seFvitude Germany instructed its min
lister at Petropolis to express regret that
the officers and men of the cruiser Panther
overstepped proper forms. The Italian CAD
met resigned. A new Greek cabinet was
formed Order was reported restored at
Shanghai A dispatch from Bogota, Colom-
bia, said that the plot to overturn the gov
errment was discovered Just In time, the
alleged conspirators being arrested ana helo
for trial by court-martial. Among those
who died was Henry Harland, the we'll
known author In Italy
In the District.
The committee on the District of Column
b,a. Of the House of Representatives an
nounced the membership OF the various SUD-
committees and authorized favorable re-
norts on six District measures; the Senate
passed the bill introduced by Mr.. Gallinger
to proyide a Juvenile court for the District.
Capt. Spencer Cosby, Corps OF Eneiheers,
United States army, was placed In charge
of the water supply of the District. II was
announced that Superintendent OF street
Cleaning Harrison Stidham Would resign IN
the near future to accept a business posi-
ton The one hundredth anniversary or the
Establishment of the public school system OF
the District was celebrated; an interesting
exhibition of school work was held IN the
new Business High School building in con-
nection with the centennial. The FORMAL
organiZati ton of the Washington Society OF
Engineers was effected. The new electric
power plant house of the navy yard was
put in commission Fire destroyed property
in the commission house district worth about
SEQ 600 and damaged the plano house of the
H. H. Juelg Piano and Piano Player Com
pany at 1905 G street, together with adjoin-
ing property, to the extent of about $4,000;
fire destroyed the main building at the
boys reform school, on the Bladensburs
road with a total loss of about 100000.
William G. Crawford. indicted in connec-
ton with the Post Office Department irreg-
ularities, was found guilty Richard Chase,
colored accused of killing his brother with
hammer, was found guilty of manslaugh-
ter. William Butler. colored, seventy years
old, a porter was killed by railroad train
at the Baltimore and Ohio station. Andrew
Coyne, fifty-nine years old, an inmate of
the Soldiers Home killed by fall
down stairs. William Northedge died as
the result of injuries received in collision
between a street car and carriage near
9TH and D streets. Among those who died
were Engineer-in-Chief William H. Shock,
United States navy, retired, and Rev. DR..
W. E. Parson, pastor of the Church of the
Reformat ton. at Haven Maine.
Army Orders.