Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-07
THE WEEK.

Labor Day was celebrated generally
throughout the country Monday; the only
unpleasantness was at Philadelphia; the at
tempt of an expressman to drive through the
parade of the Coat Pressers' Union caused
a fight. Experiments made at the proving
grounds at Indian Head show that the
battleship Iowa will keep out projectiles
Of the best twelve-inch gun afloat. Con-
troller Bowler of the Treasury Department
promulgated his decision in the now cele-
brated sugar bounty decisions He holds
pass upon the claims for sugar bounties
and also holds that that part of the act
OF Congress making an appropriation for
the payment of sugar bounty claims is
San Francisco Of Theodore Durrant for
the murder of Blanche Lamont; District
Attorney Barnes made the opening state
ment. The United States steamship At
New York navy yard preliminary to ex-
tensive repairs. Secretary Herbert has Or
dered a court-martial to try Col. James
Fraker of Kansas City, whose family had
Just been awarded $4,000 life insurance
for his supposed death. was found near
Duluth. MINI. wild locomotive dashed
into Coney Island train filled with
excursionists; one person was killed
and twenty-five injured. Gen. Cop
pinger, who commanded the military expe-
dition to the Jackson's Hole country. said
the Indians were not to blame; he SUBJ
mitted his report to Secretary Lamont.
The sixth annual convention of the Nation
al Association of Letter Carriers was held
In Philadelphia, and the question of sala-
ries uniforms and hours of work were
discussed. The Ohio Wool Growers Asso-
citation. in convention In Columbus, urged
tho Fifty-fourth Congress to pass legisla-
ZION favorable to wool protection. disas-
trous fire broke out in Boston on pier /,
East Boston; the loss will reach $500, 600.
Thomas Develson's Sons. carpet weav-
ers. in. Philadelphia, signed the scale;
the surrender Of this firm ends the great
strike, which kept about 5000 workmen and
dozen big mills idle. The court-martial
OF Capt. George w. Sumner of the cruiser
Columbia was begun at the Brooklyn navy
yard. The deaths of the week included
ex-United States Senator ]. S. Lewis of
Virginia. William c. Belcher, one of the
most prominent lawyers in California;
CHARLES Anderson, ex-governor of Ohio, and
Gen. A. V. KautZ, retired.
Foreign.
Parliament has been prorogued until No.
vember 10. A Nihilist tried to explode a
bomb In De Rothschilds' banking house in
Paris The leader of the Ku-Cheng
riots. in which number of Amer
lean and English missionaries were
killed, has been arrested, together with $50
other Cinnamon implicated in the massa-
cra. Editor Pfund of the Vorwaerts OF
Berlin was arrested on the charge of in
suiting the emperor. 1t was reported that
the Formosan insurgents are making pro-
gress against the Japanese. The Spanish
government. agreed to settle the Mora
claim In Washington on the 18th. A trades
union congress opened at Cardiff. with 344
delegates in attendance 1t Is stated that the
Japanese government has contracted with
/ shipbuilding firm at Glasgow for the con-
struc ton of five warships. the cost Of
which will be nearly f5OO0.O0O. Pillsbury,
the American player, won first prize in the
international chess tournament. Sven
Loven. the distinguished Swedish natural.
list, is dead, at the age of eighty-seven
years.
In the District.
Labor day was celebrated Monday by the
District workingmen; a parade in which
from five to six thousand men participated
marched through the streets amid great
enthusiasm: resolutions condemnatory of
the Imprisonment Of Eugene v. Debs were
adopted The District Commissioners
signed the agreement with Contractor
Warfeld for garbage disposal for period
of four years and eight months by the
cremation process; the Commissioners
a certain style of furnace: the citizens of
South Washington filed a protest against
the establishment of a crematory at the
foot of South Capitol street. The local
German-American societies celebrated
Sedan day in an appropriate manner Mon
day night. The Anti-Saloon League issued
an appeal to the citizens urging them not to
licenses. The cornerstone of the new Sa-
marian Temple was laid Monday. Rich
ard H. Sylvester, one of the editors of the
Washington Post, died Sunday Samuel
York AtLee. one of Washngtons Oldest
citizens. died Tuesday. George McIntire.
an aged man. was killed at Langdon by
railroad train and a verdict of accidental
death was rendered. Sisby & Co. and
King & Co., firms of brokers' made assign
ments. The fence around the Congress
sional Library building was Sold and prepa-
rations were begun for the Identification
Of the park surrounding that building.
Maj. john G. d. knight, engineer corps,
was relieved from duty in charge of the
Washington aqueduct, and upon the COM
pletion of his present work of testing the
tunnel will take charge of the school of
engineers at Willett's Point N. Y. Com
plant was made by the authorities of the
Navy Department to the District Commits
Eastern Branch at 9th street southeast
is the cause of unwholesome conditions in
that vicinity and of great sickness at the
Washington navy yard. ]. Nota McGill
assumed charge of the office of register of
wills. An order was issued by Department
court-martiaiing Commander George H.
Boston of Morton Post. The rifle team
representing the District National Guard
at Sea Girt, N. j., won the championship
of the United States by breaking the rec
ord and recovering the Hilton trophy that
the District team the rifle team of the
engineer corps of the District took first
place in the interstate regimental match,
thus securing for final possession the
bronze horse offered as a trophy in that
competition; preparations were made at
Washington for an enthusiastic reception
of the victorious marksmen.