Evening star., 1901-08-10
THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 10, 1901.

President Mckinley decided to combine
his visit to the Pan-American exposition
with that to the Grand Army OF the Re-
public encampment at Cleveland Rear
Admiral H. L. Howison was selected as
the third member Of the Schley court of
inquiry. Ex-senator w. e. Chandler asked
the Navy Department to take action in
reference to Rear Admiral IR. D.JEvans'
criticism Of the ex-senator In book. The
United States gunboat Machias was or
dered to Colon, Colombia, to preserve free
transit across the Isthmus of Panama.
General Macarthur submitted his annual
report on operations in the Philippines, in
which he stated that the losses of the
American troops in those islands during
the fourteen months ended June 30 last
were S73 men and those or the Filipinos
81, ia. Replying to a petition IN the Dur
kee claim, Secretary Gage said that the
Shaffer~ of the Amalgamated Association
issued an order for a general strike at the
steel trusts mills, to take effect August
10; President Samuel Gompers Of the
American Federation Of Labor issued q
statement declaring for the steel strikers.
Consul McCook Of Dawson City estimated
this years gold output at about O,0O0, 600.
Enormous increase in coal production in
the United States was shown in q report
Of the geological survey. statement was
issued showing that since March IA, 1900.
665 national banks have been organized
with an aggregate capital Of S34, ,267 900.
Gen. Maximo Gomez wrote letter, in
which he repudiated the reported state
ment that he was an annexationist. Gold
bullion, valued at $3.50 600, was stolen from
the Selby Smelling and Lead Company, at
Vallejo, Cal. Seven persons We're killed by
gasoline explosion in Philadelphia, which
wrecked six buildings.
Foreign Affairs.
many died at Cronberg. Joseph Chamber
lain asked the house of commons to vote
$32, 100000 to aid in colonizing South Africa
with British ex-soldiers and to reinstate
Beers on farms. The international liter
ary and artistic copyright congress met at
Berne. The British torpedo boat destroyer
Viper was wrecked off the Island of AL
derney. Natives seized military post at
kashmirkar, northern India. The Vene-
zuelan government announced new inva-
sion of It's territory and stated that the
Colombian minister of war led the in
vaders; Venezuela suspended payment on
part of it's national debt. The White Star
Line steamer Oceanic collided with the
steamer Kinkora in the Irish channel,
Chinese were reported killed by the over
flow of the YangtZe river. Among those
who died during the week was Prince
Henri of Orleans, at Saigon, French CO.
chin-C China.
In the District.
The Commissioners issued an order desig-
mating the system to be used in naming
the highways in the District of Columbia
outside of the limits of the city of Wash
ington The controller of the treasury gave
a ruling in the controversy over the salary
of the incoming and outgoing secretaries
of the board of education for the month of
July In favor of w. F. Roderick, the pres
ent incumbent. Major Sylvester made a
recommendation in favor of magistrates
courts to try minor offenSeS at police sta
tions. The superintendent of the bathing
beach submitted his annual report. the
attorney for the District rendered an opin-
ion In which he characterized portions of
the proposed schedules of the Brightwood
and Washington and Woodside and Forest
Glen Railway Companies as contrary to
their charter requirements. The contract
for portion of the pumping machinery
Which Is to form a part of the sewage dis
posal station soon to be erected at the foot
OF New Jersey avenue southeast was let
by the Commissioners. Captain C. d. Park
hurst, after an inspection of the arms now
in the possession of the High School Cadet
Regiment, recommended in his report that
new arms and accoutermerts of modern
make be issued to the regiment The board
in charge Of the bids for the extension to
the Government Hospital for the Insane
recommended the acceptance Of bid for
the work for 100000. A new labor body,
intended to bring together the navy yard
and arsenal employees throughout the coun-
try, to be known as the Navy Yard En-
ployes Protective Association. was formed.
LOUIS Semel and Samuel Kupperberg were
arrested on charge of attempting to de-
fraud the Washington Traction Company
by bringing false claims for damages
against that corporation Bette Dickerson,
colored, about forty years old. died as a re-
suit Of injuries received in jumping from
an AnacOstia car on Garfield avenue Rich
ard p. Walker. bricklayer about fifty
years old, was drowned at Chesapeake
Beach. Earnest Petit, seventeen years Of
age, attempted suicide'b taking laudanum