Evening journal., 1905-01-31
ThF WORLDS NEWS
RussIA.

Il1iooAtAs
While there seems to have been
complete restoration of order in st.
Petersburg and Moscow conditions at
Warsaw continue to go from bad to
worse. Estimates OF the killed and
wounded i'm consequence of collisions
between mobs and soldiers place the
number at 100. The bakers being ON
strike bread is at famine prices in
Warsaw, and attempts to break into
stores there have caused numerous coll
lisions with the military.
The finding Of revolvers OF uniform
make on many of the rioters arrested
affords confirmation Of recent reports
that revolutionary agitators have been
smuggling aums IN anticipation of an
outbreak.
1t is asserted that the Official tale Of
the dead through the recent conflict be-
tween the strikers and troops at Riga
Is far short of the actuality, many
having perished in an attempt TO cross
the river on the ice when the soldiers
opened fire, the ice breaking and the
water engulHng the fugitives.
CONGRESS.
The Senate agreed to vote on State
hood February z.
The House discussed the postofice
appropriation bill.
WASHINGTON.
The American Minister to San Do
mingo has been instructed to negotiate
a new protocol to make clear the re-
spOnslbility assumed by the United
States in administering Dominican fin
ances.
The Supreme Court refused a writ Of
certiorar in the case of Machen and
others convicted in the postal frauds.
The Supreme Court i'm an exhaustive
opinion unanimously decided the Beef
Trust case in favor of the government.
sustaining every contention against
the packers.
President Roosevelt sent a message
to Congress suggesting the collection Of
statistics on marriage and divorce.
The President sent a message to the
Senate on the lax corporation laws OF
the District of Columbia.
The House Commerce Committee
adopted the Townsend railroad
rate bill, with amendments. 1t will be
reported Immediately and passed.
FOREIGN.
Japan, in formally denying all of the
Russian charges OF violations of China's
neutrality, makes countercharges of
similar nature against Russia.
The crew of the British schooner
Earl Of Beaconsheld were picked up at
sea. The schooner, dismasted. was
abandoned In the Atlantic.
Prince Eitels condition was some
what improved.
Edwin A. Abbey. the American art
ist, was guest of honor at the Authors
Club, London.
Paris policemen discovered a bomb
in front of the house of Prince Trou-
betslxoy an attache Of the Russian En-
bassy. Later a similar weapon was
exploded in a group of policemen pre-
serving order at a Russian sOcialistic
meeting. Two guards were wounded. .
A Belgrade semiofiicial newspaper, in
defending the Servian regicides, de-
clares the country thankfully acknow-
Lodges" wisdom of act.
Petitions designed to save the life of
Maxim Gorlzy are being numerously
signed in European capitals.
The great diamond discovered in
South Africa has been insured against
theft or loss from the mine TO London.
Its value was placed at 100000 pounds.
MISCELLANEOUS.
President Roosevelt. in presenting the
diplomas to ia graduates of the Naval
Academy, at Annapolis. admonished
them to "see that your shot hits"
Philip Mcintyre, arrested I'm New
York charged with passing a worth
less draft on a bank in the City OF
Mexico. and wanted in several cities on
similar charges, was turned over to the
custody of the Federal authorities.
For the first six months of the fiscal
year the immigration from Russia was
the heaviest on record.
Six persons committed suicide in New
York, four with gas. Mrs. Eva Cohn,
a former actress, shot herself, probably
fatally
A new syndicate is said to be willing
to finance'the Sealboard Air Line under
conditions different from those OF the
Ryan-Blair interests.
Many more alleged fraudulent bal
lots were reported to the Legislative
committee investigating the last elec.
ton in Colorado.
New York will build its own plant foi
incinerating refuse and lighting tbs
Williamsburg bridge
Business men provide for a commit.
tee to devise means to secure a better
police force in New York.