Evening star., 1902-04-05
WEEK ENDING APRIL 5, 1909.

The cabinet decided to have investigated
| the complaint of the governor OF Louisiana
| that British base Of supplies is main
| tained In that state. Frank p. Sargent,
chief Of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen, accepted the Presidents tender of
| the Office Of commissioner general of immi-
grafton. James r. Garfield. son OF the
late President Garfield accepted the posi-
| ton of civil service commissioner. made
vacant by the resignation OF William A.
Rodenberg. A special committee of the
| House held hearings on the bribery charges
| made in connection with the sale of the
Danish West Indies to the United States;
the ways and means committee reported in
4 favor of reciprocity with Cuba: the Senate
passed the oleomargarine bill; the Senate
committee on the Philippines completed Its
bill. 1t providing among other things for a
| permanent popular representative govern
| ment Tor the islands, based on the census;
| the House passed the bill to promote the
efficiency of the revenue cutter service and
the sundry civil appropriation bill: the for
tifcations appropriations bill, carrying So
562 49, was reported to the House: both
! houses of Congress discussed the Chinese
| exclusion act. The returns from Arkansas
indicated the defeat Of Senator James K.
Jones for reelection. Storms caused great
loss OF property and several lives in the
Ohio valley and the south. floods in Ten
| nessee and Kentucky resulting in the loss
| of twenty-five lives and property to the ex-
tent OF one million dollars. great fire
| swept over the hotel district in Atlantic
City, N. j., causing property loss to the
amount OF over million dollars and caus-
ing the death of one person. A fire at
| Guthrie o. T.. destroyed property to
the amount OF $4,000. Seven members of
the family Of Pat Brahen. colored were
drowned in a food at Florence, Ala. Philip
Mitchell and his five children were burned
to death in their home near Johnstown.
Pa Two men were killed and one seriously
injured in a freight wreck on the Pennsyl-
vanfa railroad at Crag Dell, Pa. A passen-
ger train struck a carriage near St. Marys.
Kan, killing three of the occupants and
probably fatally injuring the fourth. Twen-
ty-two persons were killed by an explosion
| of gas in the Nelson mine. Dayton, Tenn.
! Two members Of the Hatfield family and
Two officers We're killed in a fight following
an attempt to arrest one of the former.
| william Lane a negro butler shot and
killed Mrs. Ella J. Jarden, also known as
Mrs. Ellen Furbush. and her two daugh-
| ters, aged twelve and seven years re-
spectively: Lane was tried, convicted of
murder and sentenced to be hanged. Among
those who died during the week was Lieut..
Com. William H. Schuetze, L. s. N. at the
Naval Hospital in Washington. D. c.
Foreign Affairs.
| The will Of Cecil Rhodes made many pub
lie bequests, including about slo,ooo.ooo for
colonial. American and German scholar
ships at oxford. Prince Henry Of Prussia
was chosen to represent the German EN-
| peror at the coronation of King Edward.
Thirty-nine British soldiers were killed
| and forty-f1ve injured In a railroad wreck
near Barberton, in the Transvaal; Boer
| forces nearly trapped the British Dragon
| Guards sent to capture a laager. but were
| finally driven off; Gen. Delarey>s troops had
| an all-day fight with the British, Lord
| Kitchener reporting that the Beers suffered
severe losses. The British steamer Holy
| rood was sunk 10 miles west of Fastnet
| in collision with the Leyland liner Bernard
| Hall Eleven persons were drowned by
| the sinking of the steamer Cambrian
| Princess in collision near Nab lightship.
| England. Mohammed Rechad. brother of
the sultan and heir presumptive of Turkey.
| was reported to have died under suspicious
circumstances. A revolution started in San
| Domingo. The Colombian government an
| nounced important victories over the rebels.
| Among those who died during the week
! was DR.. Manuel A. San Clemente, titular
| president of Colombia.
In the District
The Commissioners issued the program OF
| the final competition for plans for the
municipal hospital. The Commissioners
We're unofficially notified that the court had
overruled all objections to the award of
the jury Of condemnation in the case of the
extension of 10th street and had finally con-
firmed the award. Senator Mcmillan intro
duced in the Senate a bill to provide for
union railroad station in this city, together
with the favorable report of the committee
Senator Mcmillan also reintroduced the per-
sonal tax bill in the Senate; the House
committee on the District authorized a
| favorable report on the bill authorizing the
| Washington Gaslight Company to purchase
| the Georgetown Gaslight Company. Justice
| Hagner. in Equity Court No. I. made ru-
| ing in effect that the court has no jurisdic-
| ton under the new code to consider petit
tions for limited divorce or divorce from
bed and board. Elijah Chapman colored
was found guilty Of murder in the first de-
gree in causing the death Of Ida Sfmms,
also colored, by stabbing her. A life SEN
tence was imposed on Marcellus Coles, con-
victed of manslaushter in causing the death
of Albert Hawkins. j. T. HarvilIe of Dan
vile, Va, was found dead of asphyxia ton
in room in a lodging house on Pennsyl-
vania avenue. Emory Steele. eight years
old fell from a boat in the Eastern branch
at the foot of 18th street and was drowned
George Garrison, huckster. drove his team
into the James creek canal at night and
both horse and driver were drowned
Dimetrious Dildianis. a young Greek bow
was drowned while taking a bath at the
bathing beach. Like L. Seay, formerly a
| telegraph operator and brakeman on the
| pennsylvania railroau, committed suicide
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