Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-11
THE WEEK.

upon striking miners, killing twenty, ia
tally wounding fifteen and less severely
wounding nearly forty more At least thir-
ty persons were KILLED in a collision of
trains of the Denver and Rio Grande and
the Colorado Midland railroads near New
Castle Col; the injured numbered 1S3.
Twelve or fifteen persons were killed in a
collision of trains on the Santa Fee rail-
road, three miles cast of Emporia, Kan;
VIM. J. Bryan was one Of the trains.
but escaped uninjured. The steamer Cleve-
land. which arrived from St Michaefs.
Alaska, brought news that a famine threat
ened' at Dawson. Further expert testi-
mony for the prosecution was Of
fered at the Luetgert murder, trial
in Chicago. Yellow fever broke out
at Ocean Springs and Biloxi, Miss. the
authorities enforced rigid quarantine
An investigation disclosed the fact that
Henry Wall, who was lynched by mob
in Patrick county, Va. was not the man
who criminally assaulted and nearly muir
dered Miss Sadie Cook. Twenty of the
crew Of the United States steamer Concord
at Juneau deserted to go to klondike. Cen
eral James Longstreet married Miss ellen
Dcrtch at Atlanta, Ga, on Wednesday.
The full text of the acceptance of Jap IN
OF the proposal to arbitrate its differences
with Hawaii was received. The state con-
vention of national democrats of Ohio met
at Columbus and nominated state ticket,
headed by Julius Dexter of Cincinnati for
governor. The steamer Belle Of Memphis
sunk in the Mississippi river, near Chester,
ILL.,; all the passengers escaped. The six
teenth annual encampment, Sons of Vet
Grams, lisa, was opened at Indianapolis;
five hundred delegates in attendance. At
the meeting Of the Army of West Virginia,
Illinois was elected president. The firm
of J. r. Willard & Co., bankers and brok-
ers of New York. with branches at Buff
falo and other cities, failed.
Foreign.
In official circles at Simla, the seat Of
the government: in India. it was announced
that the uprising against the British was
subsiding. The German warship Fake
was sent to German New Guinea to avenge
the death of Captain Won Hagen, who was
killed by natives. 1t was reported In
Lima, Peru. that 20 Paragraphs had
seized the town Of Chiquotos~ in Bolivia.
ceived with great enthusiasm in Belfast,
Ireland. Prince Bismarck was quoted as
saying that Germany had now neither
leadership nor principles. The Trades
resolutions against intimidation by en-
ployers and the employment of child labor
Guatemala was reported to be in a bad
way, financially, and to be threatened with
proposal for the settlement of perma-
nent peace between Turkey and Greece
was accepted, and was regarded as a vic
tory for German diplomacy. Cuban in
las Tunas. in the Province of Santiago
de Cuba; the news caused great excite
mt in Madrid; the minister of war ca
bled to Captain General nWeyier asking
fcers and men were reported killed in the
Cor go by mutinous native troops. The
Anchor Line steamer Cfrcas sia was sighted
$50 miles off the Irish Coast with her shaft
In the District.
Two accidents ACQUIRED at grade cross
ings of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad,
horse being killed in one case and four
persons severely injured in the other; these
accidents revealed the fact that at several
crossings in the cityhth company with
draws Its men after o. o'clock at night and
the gates are inactive Until six in the MORN
Ing; steps were taken to prosecute the rail-
road officials and to perfect the regulations
bearing on such matters An attempt was
made by the Washington, Alexandra and
Falls Church Railroad Company to ex-
tend Its track upon the Aoueduct bridge,
without permit; this was frustrated by the
ponce ana arrests were made, the cases
in court being postponed. The Washington
and Glen Echo Railroad Company. with.
out permit. extended Its tracks into the
District from Its former terminus crossing
q public highway; the Commissioners SUBJ
sequently issued permit for the work, re-
vokable II the company fails to secure the
necessary legislation from Congress at the
next session The attorney for the District
rens system of land registry in the Dis
trict, as proposed by a pending bill. New
scneoules Tor the street sweeping were
published The engineering expert detailed
Lor the purpose made q final report to the
commissioners upon the air motor tests
conducted by him ON the Ecckin0ton rail-