Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-06
WEEK ENDING SEPT. 6, 1902.

President Roosevelt's face was badly
| bruised in collision between an electric
| car and his carriage at Pittsfield, Mass;
William Craig. a secret service man, was
| instantly killed, D. ]. Pratt, the driver.
seriously hurt, while Secretary Cortelyou
| received severe blow on the head; the
President in speeches reiterated his posi-
! ton on the subject of trusts, and also de-
clared that the maintenance of the Monroe
doctrine depended on a strong navy; the
President entertained Grand Duke Boris
of Russia at luncheon, and began his short
southern trip. On the recommendation of
General Chaffee the War Department re-
arranged the Philippines into three military
districts. 1t was stated that the annexation
of the Island of Hayti seemed likely unless
the revolutions there ceased. Official fig
ures showed that the battle ship Maine did
not come up to her contract speed of eigh
teen knots. The war game participated in
by the army and navy began off the New
England coast, and several engagements
were fought, both sides claiming the vic
tory; during the maneuverS of the fleet the
Brooklyn ran on an uncharted rock and
was Damaged; two soldiers were killed by
The premature discharge of a gun at Fort
wight Curing an engagement with the
fleet. Labor day was generally celebrated
throughout the country American manu-
facturers chartered ship to take a float
ing exposition of our goods to China and
other countries for exhibition. Defendants
| in the Northern Securities Company merger
suits filed their answers in ST Paul deny
ing the chief charges and declaring that
rates are lower than before the company
was formed Striking miners in ambush on
Flat Top. w Va, fired on non-union men;
the Pocohontas Baby mine was set on
fire. but the blaze was controlled the strike
in the Norfolk and Western coal region
was called off. Democrats elected state Of
ficers and all congressman in Arkansas.
Five men were killed at Williamsburg, n.
Y. ~ the collapse of a steel tank under
which they were working. A train on the
Chicago and Northwestern railroad was
blown from the track at Owatonna. Mimi,
by cyclone, four persons being killed and
fifteen injured. Fifteen men, most of them
policemen, were wounded by a negro at
North Beach, L. l., whom they were trying
to arrest.
Foreign Affairs.
President Roosevelt's definition of the
Monroe doctrine was savagely attacked by
Austrian and German newspapers and by
the London Saturday Review, which limited
at war over Canada King Edwards visit
to the Isle Of Man and other northern
points set at rest gossip concerning his fail
ing health; the congress Of trades unions
opened III London. the United States being
represented by two delegates; fierce gales
swept the English coast. The Society of
the Propaganda in Rome voted to recon-
mend Bishop John M. Farley for archbishop
of New York, and Bishop George Montgom-
cry for coadjutor to the bishop Of Califor-
MIA; Pope Leo confirmed the appointments.
Emperor William visited Posen to unveil
the statue of Frederick the Great and was
received coolly, the newspapers paying no
attention to his speech. King Victor En-
manuel of Italy left Berlin for home; many
troops were called to Florence by strike
riots. Fierce riots occurred at Agram, Hun
gary, neceSSitating the presence of the mill
tary. The Sultan of Turkey issued an trade
repeating the exceptional measures against
Armenians. Seventy persons were drowned
ard twenty vessels SINK in
which swept over the coast of Cape Colony.
Venezuelan gunboats again announced their
intention of bombarding Ciudad Bolivar.
Mont Pelee in Martinique and the Soufriere
volcano on the Island of ST. Vincent erupted
again. the former killing 900 persons and
the latter over 1900; the village of Morne
Rouge on Martinique was destroyed by the
eruption, while the village of LIE Carbet was
swept away by a tidal wave. Heavy floods
in Japan caused the loss of scores of lives
Professor Rudolph Virchow, world famous
as medical discoverer, died in Berlin.
In the District.
On the recommendation of the acting
chief of engineers the War department ap-
proved project prepared by Lieutenant
Colonel Charles ]. Allen, Corps of Engi-
neers, for the expenditure of an appropr!a-
ton of $4,000 for the reconstruction of pier
No. of the Aqueduct bridge across the
Potomac river at Georgetown. The street
cleaning work of the fiscal year ended June
30 last, together with the collection Of city
refuse and ashes during the same period,
were the subjects of the annual repor. OF
Mr.. Warner Stutler, superintendent Of the
street cleaning department. Reckless speed
ing Of automobiles was prohibited In Rock
Creek National Park. Several leading coal
firms OF Washington merged into a corpora
ton, with capital of 100000. Lieutenant
Commander S. G. Hopkins began an inves-
tlgaton into the absence of many members
of the District Naval Reserve from the
United States ship Fern during the recent
annual cruise. Major Sylvester proposed a
competitive pistol match between the men,
bers of the police forces of Washington and
Baltimore. The chimney on the site of the
old power house at the corner OF 1ith and
T. streets was successfully thrown down
by the use of dynamite. Roland Rice. TWO
years old. died in the Emergency Hospital
ambulance while on his way TO that ,nsti-
tuition from the effects of drinking gasoline.
Edward Jeffries, who fell :he 26th of Au-
gust from building in course of construc-
ton, succumbed to internal injuries re-
ceived.