Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-27

coal operators, after a meeting in New York,
announced that they could not predict the
high as 20 per cent in New York, and many
firms withdrew their bank deposits and
loaned direct. 1t was reported from Chi
cago that the consolidation of the big pack
ing houses into one company had been
abandoned. Judge Birdsall was nominated
in the third Iowa congressional district to
succeed David B. Henderson. The Spanish
War Veterans met in Detroit and elected NJ
mander- in chief; the spanish-American
War Veterans met at Indianapolis and
elected Col. D. J. Foster commander-in-
chief; both organizations reported favor
ably on consolidation. w. 8. Stratton, the
Colorado millionaire left his fortune, esti-
mated at $2O,OOO,OO0, to found a home for
the aged; his son, 1. Harry Stratton, began
contest Of the will The cruiser Des
Moines was launched at Quincy, Mass. Six
men were killed and eight seriously injured
by cavern at the Potts iron mine near
Clifton Forge, Va. The death list Of the
panic in the negro church at Birmingham
Ala, reached 116. while many more were
reported to be SO seriously injured that they
cannot survive. In collision near Choc
taw, Okl. Ter, between a freight train and
circus train, three men were killed and
twenty eight others badly injured. several
fatally. The rioting at Eldorado. ILL.,, con-
ttnuad, the rioters firing on the militia
while guarding the home of a negro.
Thomas J. Sharkey was held in 10000 bail
al 4<cW 1OThs CldT&6O WIN inc u6aIn OIL
Banker Nicholas Fish. William Hooper
Young, the murderer Of Mrs. Annie Pulitzer,
In New York, was captured in Derby, Conn.,,
and confessed his crime
Foreign Affairs
The note of Secretary Hay In regard to
the Roumanian Jews was received in a
friendly manner by the French govern
ment. but the anti-Semite party displayed
violent opposition TO It; Roumanian paper
col nd hn Vote for aic }nta
ezuela and Great Britain threatened to
break off diplomatic relations over the
ownership of Patos Island: Venezuela, at
the demand Of Minister Bowen, apologized
to the United States for the use Of the
stars and stripes by a government gunboat
as decoy: the situation in Venezuela con-
Ireland. the Earl of Dudley made his state
entry into Dublin: a number of prominent
1rishmen were arraigned at Birr under the
crimes act: The French ministry was re-
ported to be in a badly disordered condi-
tion.- owing to Premier Combes being alb
sorbed in the associations fight. The govern
| ment and the reichstag majority again
reached a deadlock on the German tariff.
Russia adopted new repressive measures in
Finland. The attention of the Sultan of
Turkey was again called by Russia to the
side in the Pious fund hearing before The
Hague arbitration court. Princess Stepha-
ME was debarred from attending the flu
neral Of her mother. the Queen of Belgium,
by her father. King Leopold. A succession
of earthquake shocks killed 100 persons at
Kashgar, eastern Turkestan, 400 in the viii
lage of Astyn and 20 at Jangi. the town of
Akwukstche being also totally destroyed;
the earthquake also reduced the town of
Artush to ruins, 667 persons being killed
and ], 600 others injured. From 100 to 400
persons were reported to have been killed
by cyclone in Sicily. Mrs. Fanny B.
Workman, an American traveller, broke all
climbing records in the Himalayas. The
United States cruiser Montgomery tested
the latest blockade declared by the Haitian
! provisional government. The governor OF
Panama protested against the presence of
eruption of Mount Soufrier, in st. Vincent,
was reported Mont Chullapata, in Peru,
was also reported to be in state Of ac-
tivity.
In the District.
The coal strike situation was brought
nearer home to Washington by the an
nouncement that there were less than 5000
tons of coal in the District and that the
price was $16 ton; the price of soft coal.
coke and wood went up In proportion. The
dozen national banks In the District IN
their report to the Treasury Department,
showed that $50 s93, $40 was the total amount
of individual deposits September To- Wire
less telegraph messages were received at the
navy yard in this city from Annapolis the
tests being conducted by the Navy Depart
ment An English syndicate was reported to
be preparing to utilize the Potomac falls for
the transmission of electrical energy to this
city and Baltimore The schools Of the Dis
trict opened for the term; 1t was estimated
that $4,000 children were in attendance. A
committee selected by the District Commits
sioners to inspect the fire department
awarded the trophy flag for general excel
lence to Truck Company G. The District
branch of the Woman's Christian Temner
ance Union held its twenty-eighth annual
convention. Owing to lack of coal the
i Washington monument elevator was stop
ped running. The will of Aunt Julia Han
son. theMeOlOred woman who diad raeenflv
was flied. 200 being left to. charitable
institutions In the District Dr. D. T. Stu
art was dismissed from the Emergency Hos
pital for striking patient Washington
suffered from the depredattons of thieves
The first car was run over the electric
railroad connecting Washington with Lau-
rel, Md. Frank Mckee, q machinist,
wrecked the Golden Eagle Hotel at New