The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-02-09
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President Roosevelt advocated
legislation providing a milder pun
ishment than dismissal for hazing in
the Naval Academy.
Representative Gillespie, of Texas,
declared the Interstate Commerce
Commissions reply to inquiry rela-
tive to the Pennsylvania Railroad
combination was an insult and an
nounced he would push a resolution
calling for an investigation.
John F. Wallace declared Secre-
tary Taft's anger caused the govern
ment to lose the benefits of the form
er Chief Engineers years work on
the Panama Canal
Attorneys for the beef packers
were in legal battle with Attorney
General Moody, who declared Com
missioner Garfield had no power to
promise them immunity.
Representative of State banks and
trust companies argued on the meas
ure to force the latter to hold fiji
teen per cent cash reserve fund be-
fore the Senate Finance Committee,
the former declaring it necessary in
order to strengthen the banking
business.
NJ. Olivier Taigny, who was prac-
tically expelled from Venezuela by
President Castro, arrived in New
York on the Red D liner Zulia.
Statistics produced by driving men
show that horses are accountable for
fewer deaths and injuries than auto
mobiles are in proportion to the
number in use in New York State.
By a score of nine goals to three
the Crescent Athletic Club defeated
the Hockey Club of New York at
hockey.
Former Chief Engineer John F.
| Wallace described William Nelson
/ Cromwell's activity in Panama af-
! fairs and declared his belief Mr.,
/ Cromwell was a dangerous man.
i Governor Higgins, of New York,
expressed the conviction that there
will be a legislative bank inquiry
even If Superintendent Kilburn
/ should resign.
Radical changes have been made
in regulations governing Chinese eX-
clusion, which are expected to amel-
iorate anti-American prejudice in
China.
Gifts to the value of $31S,303
were received by the trustees Of Co
lumbia University, New York.
Col w. D. Mann, publisher and
editor of Town Topics, was arraigned
before Judge McAvoy, New York, to
answer to perjury charge growing
out of the libel trial of Norman
Hapgood.
The Aero Club, it is announced,
will make experimental ascensions
at Tuxedo, N. j., and West Point, N.
Y, next week.
Members of St. Georges Episco-
pal Church, New York, accepted the
resignation of the Rev. DR.. Rains
ford, who has been i'll year, and Sc
lected the Rev. Hugh Birckhead to
/ succeed him.
Damage amounting to more than
$250,000 was done by a fire at
Grand and Mercer Streets, New
! York.
Miss Cynthia Roche has renounced
her claim to a British title and taken
out citizenship papers in the United
States.
Examiners representing five States
have ended their investigation into
the affairs of the New York Life In
surance Company.
Two young highwaymen knocked
down Mrs. E. N. Robertson near
+ Broadway and Seventy-first Street,
New York, and robbed her of purse
| and 5000.
After three days of persistent de-
nial the former Mrs. Charles T.
Yerkes, widow of the millionaire
traction magnate, admitted that she
had been married to Wilson Miner,
of San Francisco.
Coal operators and miners in joint
conference in Indianapolis adjourned
without agreeing on wage scale
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raise defence funds.
President Eliot, of Harvard Uni
versity, declares that football is
more brutaizing than prize fighting
or bull fighting, and recommends
that it be prohibited in college ath-
letics.
AS a result of Judge Calhouns re-
port the Washington administra-
tion's demands on Venezuela are to
be very much modified
Lieutenant General Chaffee re-
tired as chief of staff Of the army
and was succeeded by General Bates,
who will be followed by General
Bell.
Three lives were lost and many
persons were injured in a fire in the
hold of the United States transport
Meade at San Francisco.
District Attorney Jerome, New
York, will vigorously resist every
step taken by Albert T. Patrick In
his new attempts to escape the death
penalty.
Foreign.
According to a cable despatch
from St. PeterSbur Admiral Birileff,