Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-06
WEEK ENDING JUNE 6, 1908.

President Roosevelt returned to Washing
ton after travelling more than l4.Ooo miles
through the north, south and west and
received an ovation In Washington upon
his arrival; he made a record of 28J
speeches in sixty-ive days The federal
grand jury at Washington returned an in
dictment against ox-Superintcndent of Free
Delivery August w. Maohen, charged with
bribery; T. w. McGregor of Washington
and c. Ellsworth Upton OF Baltimore
county, officials OF the free delivery service,
were arrested. charged with conspiring to
charge the government excessive prices for
mail pouches The United States Supreme
Court adjourned for the term. The United
States circuit court at St. Paul heard ar
gument in the equity suit of the state OF
Minnesota against the Northern Securities
Company. Col. Myron II. Herrick was
nc minated for governor of Ohio by the
republican convention, which Endorsed
President Roosevelt for second term
general strike of textile workers involv-
ing about $1,000 men, was declared In
Philadelphia. North Topeka, Kan, was
cut of by Hood and seventy-eight persons
were killed; fifteen persons were killed by
flood at Kansas City. Mo-; the property
loss in Kansas amounted to Sl0,ooo.0Oo:
sixteen negroes were drowned during the
flood at Pecan Point. Tenn. seven persons
were killed at Des Moines, Iowa, by flood,
and a food famine was threatened all Iowa
towns along the Mississippi suffered severe
ly. st. Louis was menaced by high waters.
tornado struck Gainesville, Ga, killing
10 persons. injuring many hundreds and
causing property loss of $Hn,0W. Forest
fires ragged i'm New England. New York
and New Jersey. the smoke from the fires
extending as far south as Virginia. fire
at Racine. Wis, did $}C0.oD damage. An
explosion in a jovite factory at Elmira.
N Y, killed three men and injured sew
eral. Harry d. Elkes. the well-known BIZ
rffl ID Ia oh fNa
bridge, Mass Three children were drowned
in collision between an excursion boat
and a pier at Hannibal. Mo. Forty persons
were injured, some fatally. in a wreck
OF an overland train near Santa Barbara,
Cal Nine persons were killed and twenty
eight injured, one fatally, in head-on
collision on the Sante Fe road, near Still
we'll, Kan Five men were killed and thirty
passengers injured in wreck on the At
lantic Coast Line near Sumter, S. C. A
man named Berry and his four sons were
killed by cowboys. who charged them with
cutting wire fences near St Francis. Kan.
Foreign Affairs.
The Australian minister of trade and
customs and the New Zealand chamber of
commerce declared In favor of Secretary
Chamberlain's tariff policy. Bashi ba-
zcuks bombarded the village of Smerdesh
and massacred 200 non-combatants includ-
ing women and children. The deaths from
timated at SGD A furious gale struck VAL
paraiso. Chile. klling'a hundred persons
and destroying much property; during the
wind the steamer Arequipa foundered In the
harbor and only seventeen persons out of
eighty on board were saved. Brazil, Argen-
tina and Chile were reported to he nego-
tiating for the purpose of forming an alli-
ance against European Intervention in
South America One million natives in
Kwang-Si, China, were reported as starry
ing to death.
In the District
The Commissioners ordered an amend
ment to the building regulations providing
that no party wall shall be constructed
less than thirteen inches In thickness. The
Commissioners completed a program of
competition for the plans for the new Bust
ness High School. r. w. Dutton, retiring
chief of the fire department, was appointed
deputy recorder of deeds. and DIR. Michael
A. Griffith was appointed deputy regis
ter of wills. NJ. c. B. Hunt was APP
pointed engineer Of highways. Con-
tracts were signed with the architects
of the proposed new municipal build
ing Mr.. Andrew Carnegie announced
that he would give S25,0O0 more tor the
completion of the Washington Public LII
brary. A hearing was given in Equity
Court, No. 2. In connection with the rule
requiring the Commissioners to show cause
why they should not be enjoined from put
ting in force the proposed automobile regu-
lations. The Court of Appeals of the Dis
trict decided the second-class mail matter
rates in favor of the United States govern
ment. Furniture dealers organized under
the name of the Washington Retail Furni-
ture Dealers Association. The Business
Mems Association held it's annual outing.
A large non-sectarian meeting was held to
protest against the Kishineff outrages. The
Rev. James Donelan MARI was appointed
pastor of the Immaculate Conception
Church The first movement of machinery
in the new government printing office build
Ing occurred Two men employed In the
District engineer department Harold c.
Grant and Melvin b. Smith. were acciden-
tally drowned in the big sewer at New Jer-
sey avenue and G street southeast. Annie
Parker. elderly negro, was found as
phyxiated in her bed. Earl Kaufman, sew
enteen years old. supposed to be demented
committed suicide by hanging. Mrs Sadie
Jenkins. twenty years old. attempted to
commit suicide by taking carbolic acid.