Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-28
THE WEEK ENDING NOV. as, 1908.

| THE WEEK ENDING NOV. %, 1908.
President Roosevelt visited New York.
| where he attended the funeral Of his uncle.
| James K. Oracle. Commissioner of PEN
sions Eugene F. Ware announced his in
tention to resign from that office In the
near future. The Secretary of Agriculture
| recommended that the standards set by
the special committee of the United States
food standard commission be adopted by
| the several states. Col. c. R. Edwards
chief of the insular bureau, in his annual
report made a plea for the reduction of
duties on goods sent from the Philippines
| to this country. Three hundred Moros were
killed in five days fighting in JOlo between
American troops under Gen Leonard Wood
and the insurgents. The Senate agreed to
vote December 16 on the bill making eff
| fective the Cuban reciprocity treaty. The
| efforts of the Senate to have Congress ad-
| Journ until the regular session were blocked
| by the House, republican leaders of which
declared that such action would be an
| affront to the President. Republicans OF
| the Senate completed the committee as
| signments. Gen. Rafael Reyes arrived in
| New Orleans from Colombia and proceeded
on his way to Washington to protest against
| the action of this government in recogniZ-
| Ing the independence of Panama. Thanks
| giving day was observed in all parts of the
| country. Former President Grover Cleve-
land announced that under no condition
| WouIu Hc dcCepl TIE QemOCTatlC nominal
ton for President. Senator Dietrich of
| Nebraska arrived in Omaha to stand trial
| on a charge of receiving a bride. Street
| cars We're run on all the Chicago lines for
| the first time in two weeks Inspector
James Erwin, charged with completely in
| postal frauds, was acquitted in San Fran
| cisco. Four fremen were killed in fire
| In Omaha, Neb.. which did $3UO0O0 damage
| Thirteen miners We're killed and great
| damage was done by an explosion of gas
In a mine at Bonanza, Ark. Thirty Ital-
| 1ans were burned to .eath and four others
| fatally burned in fire which destroyed
their living quarters at Lilly Pa. Tie
| family of Frank Miller living near Tiffin,
| Ohio, consisting of five pe.sons died from
the effects of accidentally eating poisoned
| cornmeal. Thirteen of the crew of the
| French bark FRANCHISE Hoppe, wrecked
| near Point Reyes. Cal. were reported miss
| ing. Twelve miners were killed and three
| fatally injured by an explosion in the Fer
guson mine at Dunbar, Pa. Two boy ban
/ dts, with record of eight murders the
Woundlng of five other men and numerous
| robberles, were captured after a desperate
| struggle just side of Chicago. Among
| those who died were Julian Rix, a famous
landscape painter, and Mrs Harriet Hub
bard Ayers. well-known writer
Foreign Affairs.
| Emperor William directed the German
| authorities to recognize the republic of
| Panama; Lord Lansdowne, foreign secre-
| tary of the British government, urged
upon the United States the rights of Brit
ish bondholders in connection with the
new republic; the government at Bogota
| ordered an increase of the Colombian
| army to 100000 men in the event of Gen.
| Reyes mission to Washington proving
| fruitless. William ]. Bryan was the guest
| OF honor at a banquet given by Ambassa-
| dor Choate in London. Turkey was warn
| ed that unless the reforms were carried
| out in Macedonia at once the powers
| would take charge of them. The lower
| house of the Hungarian diet was the
scene Of great disorder Russian news
| papers called upon China to keep the
British out of Thibet. The revolutionists
| In Santo Domingo captured the city of
Santo Domingo The Nordenskjold ant
! arctic expedition was rescued by the Ar
! gentine warship Uruguay. Among those
who died was Sir John Maple in London
noted figure in the racing world.
| In the District.
permit was granted by the Commission
| ers to the Washington Terminal Company
to begin the construction of the new union
| station. The Commissioners conferred with
| members OF the Board of Trade and the
| Business Mems Association regarding
| Washngtons exhibit at St Louis. Judge
| Daniel Thew Wright of Cincinnati was
| sworn in as an associate justice of the Dis
| trict Supreme Court. Justices Charles L.
| Scott and Ivory G. kimball of the Police
| Court We're renominated for another term.
The annual report of the board of charities
was submitted bill to provide for the
| construction OF building for the patent
office and a hall of inventions intro
| duced in the Senate. An agreement was
reached between the Telephone Subscribers
| Association and the Chesapeake and Poto-
| mac Telephone Company regarding rates,
| over which there has been litigation for
| some years. The President touched the but
| ton which officially started the festival
| cOmmpmOra ting the first la ndipp a
| man cOlsnists in this country, DO years
ago, given at Convention Hall by the United
| German Societies of the District. The AS
1 ISOLATION of Official Agricultural Chemists
| and the Washington Society of the Archae-
| logical Institute of America held annual
meetings. The Fourth Presbyterian Church
| celebrated its seventy-fifth anniversary.
! Frank Butler died as the result of being
| struck by Pennsylvania train at the New
| Jersey avenue crossing some days ago. An
| Italian laborer, Michael de Falco, kill
ed by train near University station. Go
| mer c. Davis was taken in a critical condi-
| ton to the Emergency Hospital with bull
| let in his head; he stated that he shot him
| self accidentally. Miss Margaret Hale died
| under suspicious circumstances, and the
| police ARRESTED DR.. Joseph c. Ohlendorf,
| who conducts a sanitarium in Maryland on
| suspicion; after a coroner's inquest Dr.
Ohlendorf was released: Robert J. Hale. an
| employe of the government printing Office,
| who admitted in a letter Illicit relations
| with Miss Hale, shot and killed his wife and
| then committed suicide. John w. Schaefer
| forty EIGHT years of age, secretary of the
| Commercial Fire Insurance Company, COM
| mitted suicide by shooting. August l.. Shat
| fer was arraigned on the charge of murder
| ing his wife last August. Among those who
| died We're John d. KurtZ retired assistant
chief of the fire department; Richard Good
! hart. a prominent Pythian and Mason, who
| dropped dead on the street from apoplexy,
| and Major John Newton. 18th United States
| Infantry, at the Washington barracks.