Evening star., 1901-09-21
WEEK ENDING sEpTEMBl:R n, 1901.


The body Of the late President Mckinley
was entombed in the vault at West Lawn
cemetery, Canton. Ohio. Thursday: funeral
services were held In the First Methodist
Episcopal Church there, and an imposing
procession marched to the grave; In every
city In the country special honors were
paid to the dead, church services being
held and business generally suspended;
throughout the entire world there were
special memorial services; the body of the
late President arrived in Washington Mon
day night from Buffalo and was taken d.
rect to the White House: Tuesday the body
was escorted to the Capitol by an imposing
pageant, where religious services were held
and where the remains lay in state: Tues
day night the journey to Canton was be-
gun. Leon +. CZolgosz was indicted by the
grand jury in Buffalo for the murder of
President Mckinley. President Roosevelt
notified DR.. P. NJ. Rixey that he will be
appointed surgeon general Of the navy. The
Schley court OF inquiry resumed its sessions
Friday. Secretary Gage purchased 81 666 :
100 long-term per cent bonds at 140. Cub
an postal revenues showed a marked in
crease. The allied Third Party" conven-
ton in Kansas City decided to adopt the
name ALLIED Party pending a final decis
ion six months hence. 1t was announced
that settlement had been effected In the
great steel strike, although President Shaf-
fer refused to make public any official
statement In regard to the situation; many
dissatisfied tinplate workers held meet
ing Saturday to prepare plans for a new
organization. The Sovereign Grand LodsSa
Independent Order Of Odd Fellows, met in
annual meeting in Indianapolis. Deputy
Police Commissioner Devery of New York
city surrendered on charge of neglect of
duty and oppression. Six persons were
killed and twenty-five injured in a railroad
wreck at Avon, Mass. Six men were killed
oy gas explosion In the Spring Gulch
mine. Col Terrific gales on Lake Michi-
gan caused great damage to shipping and
some loss of life. Among those who died
curing the week was Henry B. Whipple,
Protestant Episcopal bishop Of Minnesota
Foreign Affairs.
The Duke and Duchess Of Cornwall and
York were heartily welcomed in Canada,
receiving ovations at Montreal and Otta-
wa. Nearly 200 British were captured and
a number killed by Beers at Scheeper's
Mex, Natal; Beers captured a company Of
britlsh mounted infantry and two guns
at Vlakfontein. in the Transyaal The new
BRUSH torpedo boat destroyer Cobra was
wrecked by the bursting Of a boiler and
sixty-seven HIVES were reported to he lost
The Car and Czarfna Of Russia were well
coined to France by President Loubet at
Dunkirk; the car witnessed the Grand
western maneuvers Of the French army at
Compiegne. Eleven persons were killed
ana seventeen injured in a powder explo-
sion In a factory at Ripault, France.
sass STATUE IN honor OF John Ericsson, the
hoim, Sweden. The Leipziger Bank def
GU september 10 amounted to about SIO-
S5o,OOO. The Marquis Ito of Japan sailed
Ior the United States. Forty-three per-
sons were killed by collapsing buildings in
Hong Kong. Twenty-three persons were
crowned In the kulpa river near Osau.
Crot1a- Don Jerman Riesco, Chile's new
president, was formally inaugurated. 1t
hof Tn1o
victorious In a battle in the suburbs Of La
Hacha. Colombia. and that Colombian in
surgents were defeated at Bocas del Toro.
In the District.
The funeral services over the remains of
the late President Mckinley at Canton,
Ohio. were fittingly observed In this city
Thursday by memorial services in nearly
every place Of worship, the almost COM
pIete suspension Of business establishments
and the absolute stoppage Of nearly every
piece OF machinery in the city from 2:3O to
200 p m A mosement was started In Chi
cago to erect In this city a suitable me-
mortal to the memory Of the late Presi-
dent. Annual reports were submitted by
the computing engineer Of the District
upon the surface work Of the engineer de-
partment the superintendent of streets and
the engineer officer in charge of street ex-
tension matters. coroner's Jury recon-
mended to the grand jury that the practice
or Christian science as a healing art be
in the case of Lila Belle Wal
ker. Six cases of smallpox were found at
the residence Of G.. w. Graves, 32oS @
street. and two more in the neighborhood
of that house attributable to the existence
OF the disease there. The paperhangers'
strike assumed q new phase through the
action of the Scrapers' Assembly which or
dered Its men out. James Bayless. a clerk
In the census Office, forty-two years Of age,
was found dead in his room from the ef-
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six years old. was drowned in Chevy Chase
lake. Among those who died during the
week were Calderon Carlisle and Oliver D.
Barrett. both we'll known attorneys of this
city