Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-12
WEEK ENDING JULY 10, 1909.


at his summer home at Oyster Bay,
L. l., where he stated it was his pur-
pose to remain during the summer;
the executive again predicted that Cuban
| reciprocity would win at the next session of
congress. In response to Secretary Hays
! representations, the European powers agreed
to make concessions which will expedite the
evacuation of Tien Tsin. Bolivia asked the
United States government to interfere I'm
| the three-cornered dispute over the pos
session of the territory of Acre The State
| department decided to bring to the atten-
| ton of the British government the charges
| mace by the assistant to the Attorney Gem
! eral rejecting on the administration of
Justice in Canada. The negotiations between
the United States and Colombia for a treaty
| to facilitate the construction of the Panama
! canal entered upon their final stages The
Attorney General stated that it was his
| purpose to proceed directly to Paris to in
| quire into the title of the Panama Canal
| Companys property. The War Department
| invited state military organizations to par
| tlclpate in the fall army maneuvers at Fort
| Riley, Kan. Plans were completed for the
| naval maneuvers on the Atlantic coast and
| the sham attack on coast defenses. Gen.
Thomas M. Anderson replied to Admiral
| DeWey's statement about the capture of
| Manila, declaring that it was not fegned
| battle The American guard was removed
| from Aguinaldo's house at Manila as a re-
suit of the amnesty proclamation and the
| former Filipino chief visited General Chat
| Zee; captain James A Ryan was placed on
| trial at Manila on the charge of being
necessarily harsh toward Luzon natives.
| General FitZhugh Lee in statement de-
clared that failure to give Cuba reciprocity
will result in anarchy and annexation will
| be inevitable The National Educational
| Association held its annual convention at
| Minneapolis. Corn touched 30 cents in
chicago and 1t was reported that the John
| w Gates clique had cleared s4,00O,o00 on
| the corner" Nine thousand freight handlers
went out on strike in Chicago. Rains in
| Iowa damaged crops and railroad property
| and drove 200 families from homes at Des
Moines; floods and coudbursts caused a
| loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars in
the western part Of New York. Probably
| between $50 and 200 miners were killed in
| an explosion in the Rolling Mil mines of the
Cambria Coal Company at Johnstown, Pa.
Fifteen men were terribly burned by a
| shower Of molten metal at the Homestead,
Pa, Steel Works Five telephone linemen
were killed by a single bolt of lightning
| near Offerman, Ga. large launch over
turned in the surf near Freeport, L. l..
drowning four persons. Harry Tracey, the
fugitive Oregon convict, remained at lib
erty, terrorizing persons over a wide circle
| of territory in both Oregon and Washing
ton Louis A. Disbrow held for the
grand jury the charge Of numbering
Clarence Foster and Miss Sarah Lawrence
at Good Ground, l.. L.
Foreign Affairs.
1t was officially announced that the coro-
nation of King Edward would take place
between August and u; Queen Alexandra
had a narrow escape in London, a mass of
decorations and coping falling in street
just after she had passed, killing
a woman and wounding several other
persons; the coronation bazaar, the
largest ever held was opened by the |
queen in London; the Duke of Devonshire, |
in a speech, said that imperial defense was |
the paramount question, and imperial, free
trade could wait; notables in England and |
the United States planned a new Anglo |
American Club, to promote international
amity; Red Cross reports stated that the !
Beers had 37O0 men killed and wounded |
out of 1900 men in the field, $1,000 of
whom We're made prisoners; it was stated (
that the Beers were returning to the Trans |
vaal and the Orange River Colony in great |
numbers; the British expedition against the |
Borneo head hunters returned successful |
to Singapore, but lost over LOCO members |
who died of cholera; Joseph Chamberlain |
was injured by a cab and was forced to go |
to a hospital: the steamer Morning sailed |
from London to carry relief to the antarctic |
ship Discovery in Victoria Land; it was |
stated that the Russian government will |
make an effort to export beef to England. |
A sensation was caused at Rome by he !
refusal of Cardinal Macchi to allow a sister |
of the church to nurse Princess Joseph Ros- |
piglioso, the divorced wife Of Col. Park |
hurst of Bangor, Me. Fetes were held in |
Rome concentrating the jubilee year OF |
the pope. NJ. Combrey, the French premier !
notified all religious orders to comply with |
the new law or be dissolved within week; |
the Caisse Generate des Families, prom |
inent Paris bank. failed, with liabilities es-
timated at SS,OO0,OO0; African srocco |
prevailed at Marseiles. Twelve Greek |
priests were sent to prison for fighting in |
the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jeru- |
salem. Another violent eruption of Mont |
Pelee, Martinique, and Mount Soufriere. on |
the Island of st. Vincent alarmed the in |
habitants. Venezuelan insurgents defeated |
3 900 government troops under President |
Castro's brother near Barcelona, the latter |
losing all his ammunition and equipment; |
President Castro left Caracas to take COM |
mand in person of the troops against the |
rebels. Argentina and Chile signed treaty |
defining more clearly their recent peace |
agreement.
In the District.
Much complaint was occasioned by the |
presence In the District Of Columbia APP |
preparation bill of a clause permitting the |
gas company to make a reduction of one |
eighth in the Illuminating power of the gas |
furnished; steps were taken to settle the |
question as to how many justices of the |
peace there are to be under the amended !
code. and also to establish the tenure of |
Office Of those already holding these posi- !
tions. The Postmaster General authorized |
a commission to prepare recommendations |
for an annex to the Post Office Department |
building to be located on the square direct |
ly south of that structure. Much discus |
amended code referring to Saturday half |
holidays in the District, many members of |
the bar and others holding that Sat
urday after II o'clock was legal holiday. |
A new organization. to be composed Of all |
who fought in defense of the country was |
started in this city. After litigation extend
ing through several years the famous con- |
tested will case involving the estate of Jo- |
seph Holt formerly judge advocate gem
eral of the army, was settled out of court. |
Charles Dyson colored, was struck 10y a |
frai lxrf11
Emergency Hospital in this city from his |
injuries Jesse Brown, colored, was caught |
between two cars of the 9TH street line of |
the Capital Traction Company, and died |
subsequently of his injuries Corporal Sam
uel /. Boyd of the United States Ne rine |
Corps, was struck by a train near Ma
gruder station on the Pennsylvania railroad |
and almost instantly killed. Winnie Thorn
as, an aged negreSs, died as the result of
burns received while smoking in bed The
dead body of male infant was found float
ing in the James Creek canal near the "
street bridge. Albert Hamilton twenty
four years of age, found by the police