Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-08
WEEK ENDING AUGUST 8, 1908.

WEEK ENDING AUGUST 8, 1908.
President Roosevelt directed the appoint
ment Of Maj. Gen. 8. B. M. Young to be
lieutenant general of the army. vice Lieut..
Gen. Nelson A. Miles. retired. and Brig.
Gen. Leonard Wood to be major general,
vice Gen. Young promoted. The German
ambassador to the United States Baron
Won Sternburg, was presented to the Presi-
dent at Oyster Bay. Secretary Root made
public and referred to the Attorney Cen
eral papers relating to the investigation
into the government contract for army
gloves. The naval maneuvers began with
the departure of the enemy from Bar
Harbor Me-, for operations against the
Maine coast. Capt c. w: Rea was APP
retired as chief of the bureau of steam en-
cheering. Owners of the Merchants
bridge at St. Louis were notified by Sec
rotary Root to show cause why that strue-
ture should not be seized by the govern
ment for violation of charter. Charles M.
Schwab resigned president of the United
States Steel Corporation and William E.
stocks made new low marks on the ex-
change in New York and the failure of
several prominent firms was recorded. VIM.
J. Bryan denounced ex-President Cleveland
as "bunko steerer. The Builders
League of Pfttsburg started a lockout, 49,
600 men being thrown out of work. Sc
we're storm caused great damage to prop
erty on the site of the St. Louis fair. kill
ing two men and injuring several others.
Three persons were killed near Bluffton,
Ind, by an explosion in a nitroglycerine
magazine. Six persons were reported miss
ing and one man was killed as the result
Of fire in wholesale beef house in New
York. The barge FlOrrie with seven per-
sons on board sank off Barnegat, N. j.,
drowning five; An explosion of powder in
mine at Fairmont, w. Va. injured
eleven miners. three of them fatally. Three
men were killed by lightning on the pleas
ure yacht Florodora in Mobile bay. Ala
capsizing of skin in the Mississippi at
Moline. Ill. One man was killed and two
fatally hurt in trolley car collision at
Sharon. Pa. Wallace Brothers circus
twenty-three persons and injuring twenty
eight Two Queen and Crescent freight
trains collided near Somerset, KY. killing
six and inturing two men. Three men
were killed In a wreck on the Wabash rail-
road near Council Bluffs. Iowa. A fight
between the escaped convicts from the
Folsom. Cal, prison and their pursuers
took place at the Grand Victory mine. near
Placerville. Cal. in which three Of the
posse were killed and two wounded; two
OF the convicts were reported wounded
MOP at Needmore. Tenn, killed negro
preacher and mortally wounded his son-in-
law. The trial of former Secretary of
State Caleb Powers charged with being
accessory to the murder of Gov Goebel.
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Foreign Affairs.
Cardinal Giuseppe Sarto, patriarch of
Venice. was elected pope on the seventh bal
lot, and took the name of Plus x the new pope
received a body Of American pilgrims before
those of any other country. King Edward
issued an address to the Irish people thank
Ing them for their welcome and urging
more practical education, Industrial enter
prise and mutual federation. Lord North
cote was selected to succeed Lord Tennyson
as governor general of Australia. Viceroy
Curzon of India announced that he would
accept the position a second time Andrew
Carnegie donated $2.5O0.OOO to Dunferm-
line. Scotland. his birthplace. The British
naval maneuvers began. Whitaker Wright,
the promoter. was released on $3.50 600 bail
in London. Rear Admiral Cotton and Off
GERS of the American squadron were re-
cetved by the king and queen of Portugal
at Lisbon. Bulgarian insurgents dynamited
the governors palace at a town near Mo-
nastir. and fifty Turks were killed; Turk
ish troops fought and routed /, 100 Bulga-
rians in a battle near Soroirtch Twenty-one
workmen were killed in strike riots near
I1nis Trans-C aucasia. Refugees made
homeless at the Soufriere volcano In St.
Vincent were reported to be in a pitiable
condition. Shen Chen. a noted Chinese re-
former. was executed by order of the en-
press dowager Phil May. famous humor
list artist and illustrator Of London Graphic
and Punch. died in London.
In the District,
The management of the Washington Asy-
lum was sharply criticised in the report of
the committee which investigated the adj
ministration of Intendent Stoutenburgh
The annual report of operations on the Po-
tomac river was, submitted to the chief of
engineers. Assistant Corporation Counsel
Sinclair. in an opinion. held that the ia
nous Sheridan tapestries in the National
Museum were subject to taxation as per-
sonal property. The District Supreme
Court sustained the constitutionality of the
act providing for the condemnation of land
for the proposed union depot Justice
Pritchard appointed commission to ap-
praise values III the matter of the con-
demnation of the property The demurrers
to the indictments against August w. Ma
chen and the Croft brothers were overruled
by Justice Pritchard in the Criminal court
Secretary Hay announced that he would
dispose of the property desired as a site for
the hall of records at a price which prom
fsed to speedily clear up the matter The
second annual convention of the District
Auxiliary to the Spanish War Veterans
was held. 1t was announced that the Ma
tonal Guardsmen who participated in the
recent camp would be paid at the regu-
lar army rate. NJ w Waters died at tbe
Emergency Hospital as the result Of three
bullet wounds inflicted by man in Fau-
quier county. Virginia. Henry H. Jacobs
committed suicide by shooting: Ira N
White, twenty-four years old, a porter,
committed suicide by shooting; Mrs Matil-
da Hertzler. ffty-six years old. committed
suicide at the Florence Crittenden Mission
by inhaling Illuminating gas William
Storch killed himself with poison Among
those who died were Mrs Jean Margaret
davenport Lander. once famous actress
at Lynn. Mass; George R. Tingle, a we'll
known resident. and Rev. Joseph T. O'Brien
pastor of St Anthony's Church. Brookland