Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-18
WEEK ENDING MARCH 10, 1905.

WEEK ENDING MARCH 1s, 1905.
President Roosevelt appointed Peter v.
De Graw fourth assistant postmaster gen.
eral; he delivered addresses before the
American Tract Society and the Mothers
Congress in Washington and attended the
121st dinner of the Friendly Sons of st.
Patrick and the wedding of his niece, Miss
Eleanor Roosevelt, In New York. Secre-
tary of State John Hay. was compelled to
give up work temporarily on account of i'll
health. The French government informed
the State Department that it's patience
with President Castro of Venezuela was
nearly exhausted, and asked as to the
course to be pursued by the United States.
All hope of ratifying the Santo Domingo
protocol was given up by the administra-
ton leaders in the Senate. Governor
Frazier of Tennessee was nominated as
senator to succeed the late Senator Bate
of that state. The. Colorado contest was
settled by unseatng Governor Adams and
declaring James H. Peabody governor, the
latter having signed his resignation in adj
vance of that action; Lieutenant Governor
Mcdonald was then sworn in as governor.
Deadlocks over the election of United
States senator continued in Missouri and
Delaware. The report of the United States
Steel Corporation for the last year showed
a decrease in gross earnings of 500, 161 600
as compared with 1903. New York health
authorities expressed alarm over the prev
alence of cerebro-spinal meningitis, eighty
seven persons having died of the disease
in one week. Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick was
convicted at Cleveland of conspiracy
against the laws .s of The the ;, united
checks when she had no money in
bank. Rev. J. F. Cordoya, the minister
who eloped twice with Miss Julia Bovine,
desertion and sentenced to, prison for one
year. Fire, which broke out in an east
side tenement in New York, caused the death
of twenty persons and the injury of over
killed his neighbor and the latter's wife and
son and then set fire TO their house in Den
yer Col; he was shot dead after seriously
wounding two policemen.
Foreign Affairs.
General Kuropatkin was dismissed from
the Russian army in disgrace by the car
and General Linevibch, commander of the
first army, was appointed to succeed him;
the Japanese drove the Russians from their
position at Tie Pass and were reported to
be engaged in making augreat turning
movement, with the ultimate object of bag
ging the entire Russian force ON it's retreat
to Hardin; Marshal Oyama placed the Rus.
sian losses in the battle of Mukden at 1885,
500 wounded, killed and missing, and his
own casualties at over al 600; advices from
st. Petersburg stated that the car had de-
cided to send 100000 additional men to the
far east; the situation in the interior of
Russia continues to grow worse, mobiliza-
ton orders in the Polish cities leading to
the renewal of strikes: French bankers de-
cided to postpone indefinitely the issue of
the proposed Russian loan and the belief
was held in many quarters that Russia had
reached the end of her financial resources.
A bitter debate took place in the German
reichstag between socialists and Chancel-
lor Won Buelow concerning Germany's re-
lations with Russia. The British army
cd
Over thirty lives were lost and great dam
age was done to shipping by severe storm
which swept over the British islands. A
committees report to the French chamber
of deputies urged a speedy separation of
church and state. The Porto Rican legisla-
ture adjourned Pisagna, Chile, suffered
from an attack of the bubonic plague. Pres
ident Castro of Venezuela ordered an adj
journment of the asphalt hearing in the SUI
preme court to take up the case of the
French Cable Company, whose lines he cut.
Among those who died was the Marquis Of
Anglesey, known as the clothes and jewels
maniac" at Monte Carlo.
In the District
The President appointed a consultative
board on the selection of sites for public
buildings, to confer with the heads of the
various government departments and make
report before any site is decided upon for
any proposed building; the belief was ex-
this order would be revoked. District Com
missioner Mcfarland predicted that under
recent legislation all wires within the city
limits will be placed under ground within
the next five years Authorities of Alex
andria, Va, protested to the Commits
sioners against the proposed loca-
ton of the outlet of the new out
fall sewer near the naval magazine.
The INSTRUMENTATION conference of cler-
gymen appointed to consider the matter Of
religious training in the public schools
adopted majority report providing for the
introduction of a systematic study of NOR
ais. Arrangements were completed which
assure a modern ferry line between this
city and Alexandria. coroner's jury in
Alexandria, Va, rendered verdict charg-
ing that Frederick Schneider, who was kin
ed In collision on the Washington, Alexan- !
dria and Mount Vernon Railway at Spring |
Park, came to his death through the care
the north bound train. Jeremiah Donovan,
livery stable proprietor. was arrested and |
charged with killing his wife, Elizabeth !
Donovan. by beating her and inflicting in
jurfes which caused her death. John Hol-
den. dentist, who shot himself recently in
an attempt at suicide, died at the Emer-
gency Hospital. Among those who died
were Former Senator joseph r. Hawley Of
Connecticut, Charles Eleaves Cole, former
associate justice of the District Supreme
Court and prominent member OF the local
bar, and Mrs Silas Merchant, only sister Of
the late Alexander r: Shepherd.
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For the Foundliugs.
The ladies of the Pierce Guild announce
a benefit performance for the Hospital
for Foundlings at the Lafayette Theater,