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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-01
REUNION OF ALUMNI
THE GRADUATES OF CHRISTIAN
BROTHER COLLEGES TO MEET.

Mr. William II. De Lacy president of the
National Alumni Association of the Chris
tan Brothers, has announced the program
for the annual convention of that organiza-
ton, to be opened In Baltimore. Nd Mon
day. April 80, and to continue two days
Sunday. April 20, delegates and friends
then in Baltimore will assemble at Calvert
Hall College at 3 pm, to be conveyed
thence as guests of Brother Abraham pres
ident of Rock Hill College, to that institu-
ton, where a repast and other suitable en-
tertainment will be afforded.
Monday, April 80, there will be solemn
high mass of the Holy Ghost at 10 am, at
which Cardinal Gibbons and other members
of the hierarchy will be present; at 1890
p. m luncheon. and at 80 pm. the conven-
ton will be called to order by the presi-
dent. with opening prayer by the chaplain,
Rev. j. P. Chadwick of New York city.
An address of welcome to Baltimore will
be made by Mayor E. Clay Timanus, and an
address Of welcome on behalf of the alumni
Of Rock Hill and Calvert Hall Colleges by
William P. Ryan. The Necessity of Or
ganizations of Young Men will be discussed
by Archbishop Quigley of Chicago, and an
address by Rev. DIR. D: J. Stafford of Wash
ington will follow. THE Catholic Univer-
sity of America, the Capstone of the
Churchs Educational Work for Our Coun-
try" will be the theme of Right Rev. d. J.
" CoIHell. rector OF the CdInOilC University.
THE Child and the Law will be discussed
by Charles W. Heuisler of Baltimore
Christian Education a Public Policy
by Col. John Tt. Norris Baltimore; "Encour.
agement to Literary Talent Among Cath
Ollie Graduates by Samuel o. Bates of the
Catholic University of America.
In the evening a reception will be given to
the archbishops at the Lyric.
The Second Day. -
Tuesday May 1, will be Calvert Hall
day" At $50 am. the delegates will leave
Baltimore on the steamer F. c. Latrobe for
Annapolis, and at IL o'clock will take
luncheon. At 1 pm. the convention will re-
convene in the senate chamber where Wash
ington resigned his commission. There will
be an address of welcome by the governor
of Maryland. Edwin Warfed, and an adj
dress on Fidelity to Civic Duty by Thomas
ii. Carter, senator from Montana. THE
Early Days" will be the theme OF Rev
Walter Elliott, followed by an address
From a Brothers Boy in the Priesthood"
by Rev A. P. Doyle: Parental Rights and
Duties in Education" by Victor Bowling,
New York city, and an address by Rev,
John F. Mullany. These will be followed by
reports of officers
At $3.50 pm. the party will leave Annap-
oils on the steamer F. c. Latrobe and a
National President De Lacy acting as toast
master. The election of officers for the en-
suing year will take place next followed by
the annual meeting of Rock Hill Alumni
There Is expected to be a large attendance
at the convention from this city, ST. Johns
College, located on Vermont avenue north
west, having a long graduate list
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-01
MERIW ETHER RESIGNATION
Official Notice Of Acceptance Sen
tence RENTED.

The Naval Academy authorities at An
napolis were officially notified Friday by
Secretary Bonaparte that the resignation
of Minor Meriwether, jr., of Lafayette,
La. a midshipman, third class, had been
accepted, and that the unexpred part of
the sentence to one year confinement with
in the academy grounds imposed by the
court-martial before which he was con-
victed of minor charges resulting from the
fatal fist fight with the late Midshtpman
James r. Branch, jr., of New York had
been RENTED.
Meriwether began serving out the SEN
tence December last, and three and one
half months of 1t have expired Meriwether
left the academy this afternoon Meri-
wether submitted his resignation because of
weak eyes, and il is also known that he
was behind in his studies. The superin-
tendent OF the academy recommended that
IL be accepted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-01
ton without accomplishing any o; its pur-
poses.
Other Questions Awaiting Settlement.

Other Questions Awaiting Settlement.
Other subjects considered by the Joint
high commission which will doubtless he
taken VI. gain by Secretary Root are:
Provisions for the transit of merchandise
lin Transportation to or from either country,
across intermediate territory or the other.
whether by land or water transit of mer-
cflandise from one country to be delivered
at points in the other beyond the frontier:
alien labor laws applicable to the subjects
or citizens of the United States and of Can
ado: mining rights of the subjects or citf-
zens OF each country within the territory OF
the other: a revision OF the agreement in
ISL respecting naval vessels on the great
lakes; provisions for the conveyance Tor
trial or punishment of persons in the law
full custody of officers of one country
through the territory of the other; reel
procity in wrecking and salvage rights.
Vice President Fairbanks, who was then
Senator Fairbanks, headed the American
contingent on the joint high commission.
and Lord Herschel. chief justice Of Eng
Land was chairman of the English contin-
gent, but the latter died from an injury
while the commission was meeting In Wash
ington, and Sir Wilfred Laurier succeeded
to the leadership of the English members
of the commission.
After the aggravations of the Alaskan
boundary dispute by the great gold finds in
the disputed territory 1t became clear 10
the commissioners that they could not SET
tie the many questions intrusted 10 them.
Secretary Hay negotiated a modus svfvendi
Which prevented serious trouble oyer the
disputed boundary and under which the
two countries lived until the treaty of jan
uary "A. 1903, creating mixed tribunal
which settled the boundary. Secretary Of
state Root who then Secretary or
War; Senator Lodge and former Senator
Turner of Washington represented the
United States on this tribunal and the
other members of the body were: Lord Al
yerstone, chief justice of England Sir
Louis Amable Jette, retired judge of the
supreme court, Quebec, and A. .. Ayies-
worth of Toronto
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-01
A Spirit of Independence.

THE foregoing declaration" explained
fhe diplomat, has, by being circulated
among all the classes of Poles. Firms, Rus
slams and others interested. had a great
effect in inspiring independenee-a spirit
which is now surgtng in the breast
OF the masses of that Inflated country
When the parties represented at the con-
ference will Join their Efforts for the pur-
pose of Fastening the Inevitable fall of
absolutism. under which there are alike i'm
possible of attainment, all the further
heterogeneous objects that each of these
parties has set before Itself.
'sThe present unrest, therefore, Ii Is be-
EieveG, is the OUTCOME of that conference
and IL nothing happens to the leaders of
the several groups. and they succeed In
reaching an understanding, all the police
and troops of Russia would have a hard
task In supervising the trouble
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-01
Dispute Over Seal Catching.

Seal fishing in Boring sea and the North
Pacific Is another subject OF dispute be-
tween Canada and the United States which
demands settlement After the United
States acquired Alaska 1t attempted to pre-
vent the slaughter OF seals in Boring sea
just as Russia did when 1t controlled Alaska
Seizure of British vessels by the United
States resulted In international entangle-
inents extending over a number of years
ana in 1892 the subject was referred to
arbitration and the Paris tribunal of arbi-
tration decided against the United States
and ruled that the taking Of seals In the
high seas was a legitimate and "a wful Occur
patton. but as the United States and Great
Britain had both declared themselves in
favor of protecting seals The tribunal pro-
muigated series of regulations for pelagic
sealing which We're deemed adequate to
protect the seal of the Pribiiof herd The
regulations have proven inadeY uate and fha
number OF seals has decreased RAPIDLY
Great Britain refused to take Tart in an
international conference hell In 1897 by
Japan. Russia and the United States to dis
cuss plans for the protection Of fur seals
In the same year Great Britain consented
however. to send scientflc men to joln In
an Investigation of the fur seals about
Pribiiof Islands. and the report of these
scientists, prominent among whom was
David Starr Jordan, president OF stanford
University. showed diminution of the
herd which threatened the extinction of fur
seals. This report was held by the United
States to sustain Its position against seal
fishing.
III the regulations OF seal fishing prescribed
by the Paris tribunal was a provision that
the regulations should be submitted to an
examination every i've years TO determine
The first five-year period ended in 1893 and
out oE the movement to have these regula-
tons revised grew the joint nigh commits
sion. which came to such sudden ternina-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-01

Undermuslins Now on Third Floor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-01

Fire. for which two alarms were sent In
at Pittsburg Friday night, damaged the Mt
Zion Evangelical Church to the extent Of
$1,000. The $4,000 pipe organ. which was
4 gift of Andrew Carnegie. was slightly
damaged by chemicals
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25
Small Fire Causes Panic.

t8n1c.
The panic was caused by a small
blaze in the room below the church.
The pastor, Rev. f. w. johnson, had
just concluded a sermon on the text,
why Sit We Here and Die?' and the
collection was being taken. when a
woman in the front of the church saw
smoke coming from a crack in the floor
near the pulpit and shouted the alarm.
Instantly the cry was taken up by 9th
ers and in a moment the whole congre-
cation joined in a rush for the doors.
The pastor tried in vain to stem the
tide. He eXhorted his congregation to
remain calm, but to no avail. Finally,
seeing that he could do nothing, he led
a hundred of the wOrshipers who heed.
ed his advice, to safety by means of a
rear stairway, and not one was in
jured
At the front of the church, however,
the scenes were vastly different. Men
and women tore the clothes from each
others backs as they sought to gain the
stairs. In the first rush several women
and children fell, and over their bodies
the frantic throng poured, some being
tripped as they went and soon the en-
tire stairway was covered with pros
trate forms. 1t became Il case of the
survival Of the strongest
Rush Quickly Over.
In spite of the crush on the stairs
it was only a few moment before the
400 uninjured members of the congre-
cation reached the street. There the
excitement prevented any attempt at
rescue until the arrival of the firemen
and police. Women, nearly nude ran
about wringing their hands and calling
for missing loved ones. Men, strong
and willing, lacked the directing BRAIN
and stood idly by.
When the fire department arrived the
work of rescue began. In the hallway
on the first floor lay a heap of bodies,
the living and dead mingled. The liv-
ing were hurried into ambulances and
taken to hospitals, and the dead were
removed to near by morgues. On the
stairway, under a heap of bodieA was
that of baby which probably had been
dropped by its mother in her flight.
On the floor below a 3-year-old boy
lay dead, his features trampled beyond
recognition.
The injuries of those who had es-
capped death showed how frightful the
struggle for life had been. Bones were
broken and features were battered and
scratched by heavy boot heels. Finger
marks showed that in the struggle
those fighting for their lives had not
needed the lives of Others
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25
National Capital Notes.

An oil pipe line across the isthmus OF
Panama will be built if Secretary Taft s
recommendations to President Roosevelt
are accepted.
Representative Binger Hermann of
Oregon will be tried in the courts of the
District of Columbia for completely in
the land fraud cases in Oregon, begin
ming the last week in March. The trials
of F. A. Hyde, John A. Benson. ]. H.
Schneider and II. P. Diamond will fol-
low.
Secretary Bonaparte's letter of repri-
n.and to Commander Lucien Young,
which was ordered by the court martial
as the result of the explosion on the gun
boat Bennington, is mild in tone, and
not altogether uncomplimentary to Com
mander Young.
Lieut.. Gen. Chaffee has rendered his
resignation a. chief Of the army staff,
to take effect at once, and it was ac-
cepted by the President. Gen. Bates
will succeed him.
Attorney General Moody has rendered
an opinion for Secretary Wilson holding
that it will be lawful for the head of the
Department of Agriculture to publish
the names OIL uedItIS MAO sen duuILSE-
ated seed.
Representative Mccall Mass.) has in
troduced a bill providing for publicity
in connection with all funds used in
campaigns for the election Of members
of the House The bill is the product
of the Belmont publicity committee.
Public Printer Stillings requested the
civil service commission to verify the list
Of employees of the Office to find out
whether any had been appointed with
out proper qualifications under the law.
He said his plan was to put the list on
a basis where political pull would
cease to be a factor.
The executive committee of the Ma
tional Grange, composed of Gov. Bell of
Vermont. ex-Gov. Bachelor of New
Hampshire, E. 3. Norris and Aaron
Jones of Indiana. called on the Presi-
dent in the interest of bills now pending
to remove the internal revenue tax from
denaturalized alcohol and to establish
a parcels post service.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25
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Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
S4.O0 TO 1928; hogs, prime heavy, $4gO
to 1892; sheep, fair to choice, $500 to
5000; wheat, No. ,, SIC to SSc; corn,
No. >, 41c to 43c; oats. standard, 29c to
Bic; rye, No. ,, &c to Csc; hay, timo-
thy, $3.50 to $500; prairie, $500 to
S11.50; butter, choice creamery, 24c to
&c; eggs, fresh, 1Sc to dc; potatoes,
53c to Gle.
anapOlis-Cattle, shipping, $500
to 1913; hogs, choice heavy, $500 to
$5.45; sheep, common to prime, $3.50 to
$500; wheat, No. ., SOC to 90c; corn,
No. 2 white, 43c to 44c; oats, No. 2
white, Bic to 33c
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to 5000;
hogs, $500 to $5.45; sheep, $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No. 2, Ole to 94c; corn,
No. ., 4Oc to 42c; oats, No. 2, 3Oc TO
Bic; rye, No. 2, &c to Csc.
Cincinnati-Cattle $500 to S4S5;
hogs, $500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to
$40; wheat, No. 2, Ole to 92c; corn,
No. 2 mixed, 43c to 45c; oats, No. 2
mixed, &c to 33c; rye, No. :, Csc to
zoe.
Detroit-Cattle $500 TO $4.75; hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $3.50 to $5.25;
wheat, No. 2, Soc to SIC; corn, No. 3
yellow, 44c to Acc; oats, No. 3 white,
32c to 34c; rye, No. 2, &c to Csc.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. . northern,
S3c to Sic; corn, No. 3, 41c to 43c;
oats, standard, zoe to 32c; rye, No. /,
CSC to 69c; barley, No. 2, SIC to 54c;
pork, mess, $3.50.
Toledo-Wheat, No. . mixed, SIC to
Sc; corn, No. 2 mixed 45c to ACC;
oats, No. 2 mixed, 30c to &c; rye. No.
., &c to 69c; clover seed. prime, Ss.12.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$500 to $3.50; hogs, fair to choice, $500
to 1913; sheep, common to good mixed,
500 TO 1913; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to S7.75.
New York-Cattle. $500 to $40;
hogs, $500 to 1913; sheep, $500 to.
$3.50; wheat, No. red, SOC to 9Oc;
corn, No. ., SOC to sic; oats, natural,
white. &c to CSC; butter, creamery, 21c
to &c; eggs. western, 1Sc to Doc
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25
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Admiral ROjeStvensky has published,
with the approval of the minister of ma
rlne, the preposterous assertion that the
British fleet had assembled at Wei-Hai-
Wei last May to annihilate the Russian
fleet in case the japanese fleet should fail
to destroy it. \ st. Petersburg CORE
spondent suggests that the publication
was intended to absolve Rojestvensky
and prepare public opinion for his i'm
pending acquittal and rehabilitation,
(which are considered indispensable for
the sake of the reputation of the Rus
sian navy" But how that astonishing
assertion can help the reputation of eth
er Rojestvensky or the Russian navy
passes understanding. 1t is known to
all the world that Togo destroyed the
Russian fleet without British or other as
sistance. Besides, ROjestvensky asserts
that he knew TOgO's exact whereabouts
two days before the BATTLE made his dis
positions accordingly and went into the
battle with a full understanding of the
situation. If this can help the reputation
Of the Russian fleet or its commander it
must help upon the theory that they
went into the fight to get annihilated and
accomplished their purpose. Even Count
De Witte admits that no level-headed
man in Russia will believe what Rojest-
vensky says about the British feet. and
he ventures to account for the publica-
ton on the ground that the minister of
marine was giving so much attention to
other parts of the document that he en-
tirely overlooked that ridiculous state
ment. That explanation will have to
serve in lieu of a better one.-Chicago
Chronicle
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25

The Kings health causes much anx-
iety in English court circles, according to
a persistent rumor, and the fact that he
was in consultation with three physicians
the othe- day lends color to the reports.
The King came to London from Sand
bingham and Sir Felix Semon, physician
extraordinary to his majesty and the
most famous throat specialist in Great
Britain, visited him at buckingham Pal
ace, accompanied by Sir Frederic Treves,
the Kings surgeon, and another eminent
physician. All three We're at the palace
some time. 1t is said that the Kings
throat is bothering him. Owing to a
broken tendon Of his ankle the King has
been unable to take any exercise. Be
ing Of an apoplectic tendency, he is gain
ing flesh rapidly, and this occasionally
occasions difficulty in breathing. 1t 3
reported that recently the Kings first
valet became alarmed early one morning
by his majesty's heavy breathing and
hastily summoned a physician. This in
cident was at first denied; but was af-
terward admitted unoficially. To all
journalistic inquiries about the Kings
health Lord Knollys. his secretary, inva-
riably replies that it is excellent. Not
withstanding these rumors, King Ed
ward went to a theater. His majesty
appeared to be in good health and spirits.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25
All Around the Globe.

The main building of the normal
school at Albany was destroyed by fire.
The loss is 100000.
Conductor Simon Geiger and Brake
man Fred Anderson were killed in a
freight wreck at Brandtsville, Pa.
Robert Adams. his wife and two chill
dren were burned to death in a fire that
destroyed their home at Cove, near
Huntingdon, Pa.
Miss Cora Cutshall, a Methodist mis-
sionary, who recently returned to her
home in Franklin, Pa, from Sierra Leon,
Africa, died there of African fever.
San Francisco plans a worlds fair for
1913 to celebrate the opening of the
Panama canal and show the resources of
the State and the power of the city as a
commercial center.
Leonard B. Imboden and James A
Hill, convicted of conspiracy to wreck
the Denver Savings bank of Denver
were sentenced to from nine to ten years
in prison at hard labor.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., has been
elected chairman of the Harvard fresh
man smoker committee, the chief duty
of which is to promote democracy and
good fellowship among undergraduates
George W. Gordon, a wealthy resident
of Jefferson City. Mo-, was indicted on
the charge of killing his wife in January
1904. Her death at the time was sup
posed to have been due to an accident.
Declaring that it would refuse to light
the streets of Omaha if the order were
issued, the gas company of that city
induced Judge Sutton to modify his in
junction against the gas contract ordi-
nance.
Mary Mcdonald. q negress, who re-
membered seeing Washington at Valley
Forge, died in Philadelphia at the age
of 135 years. She was born near Val
ley Forge in 1770 and was I years old
when Washington's troops were there.
The restraining order against Food
Commissioner Ladd of Fargo, n D..
preventing the enforcement of the North
Dakota paint law, has been continued
until Feb. 10. United States Judge
Amidon has announced that the uncon-
stitutionality of the measure was its lead
ing feature and stated he could not de-
eide that phase of the question without
some facts as the allegations of the at
torneys for both sides were too preju-
diced
Travelling expenses for retired army
performing militia inspection is asked in
a letter of the Secretary of War to Con-
gress.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25
STORM RAZES BUILDINGS.
Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky Visited
by a severe Wind.


Dispatches from various points in
Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky report
great damage by a severe wind. rain
and hail storm Monday night. During
the height of the storm the wind reached
a velocity of forty to sixty miles an
hour. One fatality is reported and sew
eral others were injured. At Lancas-
ter, Ohio. several buildings were
wrecked and considerable damage is re-
ported throughout the country. The
roofs of several dwellings at Spring
field and Hamilton were blown off. At
Lima the Main Street Presbyterian
Church was struck by lightning and de-
strOyed by flames. At Eaton, Ohio, a
schoolhouse in the Pence Neighborhood
i've miles north, was RACED, and many
dwellings and barns were demolished.
Miss Bertha Hart and twenty-five pu-
pills were in the school building when it
collapsed, but escaped injury. Padu-
cah, KY, reports that a number of
houses and sheds were unroofed and
other damage was done. Several barges
OF ties in the harbor there and at Rock
port and Joppa. H.. were sunk. At
Frankfort, Ind, the wind demolished a
brick schoOlhouse. and one pupil was
killed and two others were seriously in
jured. Ella Johnson, II years old, was
killed, and Kibbie Johnson, her 9-year-
old sister, and the teacher, Homer Cur
It's, sustained broken arms. At New
castle, Ind, a large smokestack fell on
the roof of the Christian Church, where
the funeral of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry L.
ShOup was being held