Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-01
WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 1, 1909


President Roosevelt issued a proclamation
designating November % as Thanksgiving
day; the President accompanied by a small
party, went on a hunting trip in the vicin-
ity OF Manassas. Va. 1t was ALLEGED that
the Colombian minister at Washington was
Withholding from the State Department a
note from his government relating to the
canal treaty negotiations. I'd Secretary
Hay notified the Colombian government to
| that effect. 1t was announced that Gen.
S. b. NJ Young would succeed Nelson A.
Miles as lieutenant general of the army in
August next. Governor Sanford h. Dole
submitted his annual report governor of
Hawaii. Two men were killed in political
riots in Porto Rico. General Miles arrived
at Manila: the Philippine commission au-
thorized coasting trade extension in which
| native ship owners can share: the Moros
manifested a less hostile disposition Min
lister WI Ting-fang was pe!emptorily called
to Shanghai to become minister of COM
! merce. Carroll D. Wright commissioner of
la Dor, was given a vote in the anthracite
coal strike arbitration commission: the COM
mission held its first meeting in Washing
ton having before 1t John Mitchell and
fun representation of operators: the COM
mission began its active inquiry at Scran-
ton Pa: Pennsylvania miners celebrated
John Mitchell day with much enthu-
churches from all over the world met in
Philadelphia. Four men were killed and
three seriously injured by gas in the tunnel
trunk sewer extension at Niagara Falls. n.
Y. Thomas Gibson, negro farmer or
Wynne, Ark, his return home from a
circus. found his three daughters murdered.
The grand jury of Indianapolis. Ind, re-
turned indictments against twenty-five per-
sons implicated in the recent grave-robbng
scandal. Sixteen former members of the
st. Louis house of delegates We're indicted
In the criminal court on charges OF bribery.
Among those who died was Mrs. Elizabeth
Cady Stanton, the noted woman sunragist
advocate.
Foreign Affairs.
Joseph Chamberlain. British colonial sec
rotary, announced that he will go to South
Africa to investigate government problems
there. The Russian press censor issued
new rules forbidding the publication of acts
and expressions of the czar and matter con-
corning higher government circles or en-
pires defensive position. Prices of meat in
Germany were reported to be so high that
they are prohibitive to the working classes.
Emperor Francis Joseph was In carriage
accident near Vienna, but escaped injury.
The French premiers effort to end the coal
strike in France meets with success.
Twelve hundred musicians in Paris decided
to strike after a protracted conflict with
broke out in the interior of Morocco.
Macedonian insurgents inflicted severe
losses on Turkish troops by the use of dy-
Mantle mines. General Uribe-Uribe and his
| force Of Colombian revolXtionists surren-
| dered to government troops after hard
| battle, in which many persisted on both
sides. The entire coffee producing district
| of Guatemala was reported destroyed by
| sand and smoke from a volcano. Volcanic
! eruptions and earthquakes caused great
alarm in Mexico. The All-British Pacific
| cable was completed. Sixteen hundred
| Canadian Doukhoubors arrived at York
| son northwest territory, demanding food.
In the District. :
| The Commissioners of the District COM
| pleted their estimates Of the appropriations
| needed for the District government during
| the next fiscal year asking for total OF
| SO S75 652; they asked for $40, AL 1919 for
| the current year. but Congress appropriated
s9,62O. 304 16. The board of assistant asses
| sors of the District who. with the assessor.
| continue the board of equalization and re-
| view. made a horizontal cut in the new as
sesSment placed upon real property in the
| District. with the exception of a tract of
business property In the heart of the down
! town section. The Commissioners decided
| to give the Georgetown Gas Light Com
| pany period of grace and will hold in
| allegiance for the time being the order for
| proceedings against the company on ac-
count of the alleged impurities in its pro-
| duct. Last years death rate in the District
was 1913 for whites and 30.37 for negroes
per 1000. The board of medical supervisors
! of the District through its president, Dr. ].
| B. Gregg Custis submitted its annual re-
| port to the Commissioners. 1t was an
nounced that new building for the Epis-
copal Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital will
| be erected on the east side of 18th street
between l. and NJ streets northwest. The
| vestry of st. Thomas p. E. Church called
| to the rectorshp of the church the Rev. C.
| Ernest Smith, DID,. Del. of Baltimore,
| and the call accepted. The ninth an
! nual convention of the Sunday School AS
| ISOLATION of the District of Columbia was
| held. The last Sunday in October was OBJ
| served as Temperance Sunday" About
| thirty delegates to the recent international
| congress of Americanists. numbering among
| them some of the foremost scientists of the
! world visited Washington. The William
| Syphax Colored Public School was dedicat-
! ed. Inspector w. H Matthews was pro-
| NOTED to the police lieutenancy made va
| cant by the resignation of Lieut. L. H. Hol-
! of Maryland were filed in the District Su-
| preme Court for Andrew Beach John
| Hayes and J. c. Godfrey owners of Chesa-
| peake Junction resorts. The District Su-
preme Court appointed collector for the
| estate Of Aunt Julia Hanson. Justice
Barnard ordered the attorneys in the case
| to file the will of the late Col. Nathaniel
| Mckay with the District register of Wills
| E. j. Nelson carpenter, was drowned in
| the Chesapeake and Ohio canal. The BODY of
| Mr.. Robert NJ. Linton of this city who was
| drowned in Chesa peake bay, near Arundel
| on-theBay. the 18th instant, was recovered
| and was brought to this city Among those
| who died were James G. Naylor, ST.. a we'll
| known carpenter and builder and David
| Charles Bell, the well-known author edu-
| Gator and Shakespearean scholar.