Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-18
WEEK ENDING JULY ID, 1908.

President Roosevelt appointed General
Robert Shaw Oliver assistant secretary OF
| war to succeed Colonel William Carey San
ger. resigned; he issued order eliminat-
ing old age as a disqualification for eligi-
| bility to appointment as laborers In the
government service. The State Depart
| nent was advised that Russia would
neither receive nor consider the petition IN
behalf of the Russian Jews. Russia yield
ed to the demand of the United States ana
| agreed to open two ports in Manchuria to
| the commerce of the world. George w.
Beavers, formerly chief of the division or
salaries and allowances of the Post once
Department., was indicted in Brooklyn
N. Y, for the alleged acceptance of
| bride. In the fiscal year just ended the
imports OF the United States aggregated
25,6l9. 127. and the exports slil?99l 30
Secretary Wilson reported that the western
| crop would be short. Announcement was
| made of the promotions To follow the
| tirement of General Davis and General
| Miles. The sixth international Epworth
League convention was held in Detroit
! A general strike of freight handlers IN
| Chicago was inaugurated. A tornado
| killed five persons injured score of others
| and caused a property loss of s2,WnoNo AT
| Streator. Ill. Three men were killed and
| two severely injured by an explosion at
| the Latin powder works, Wiikesbarre, Pa.
A tent used at the Christian Endeavor con-
vention in Denver, Col, was blown down
| and 5000 were caught underneath. Three
persons were killed and fifty others In
jured in a railroad wreck on the Missouri
Pacific near Lees Summit, Mo. Among
| those who died were Mrs. James G. Blaine
and P. NJ. Arthur grand chief engineer OF
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Foreign Affairs.
Pope Leo's condition remained about the
same during the week Steps were taken
in London for the erection of a statue to
George Washington. The American squad
ron left Portsmouth on its way to Lisbon,
the Kearsarge proceeding to the Maine
coast. After a stormy debate the corpora
ton OF Dublin voted down a motion to is
| sue an address Of welcome to King Ed
ward on the occasion of his coming visit;
a celebration by Orangemen at Belfast
resulted in a serious clash with national-
lists, troops being called out. 1t was re-
ported in London that an American war
ship had seized number of the ISLANDS
on the northeast coast OF Borneo belong
ing to Great Britain. Eight persons were
killed and fifteen injured in railroad
wreck near Liverpool. The American and
Mexican silver exchange commissions con-
ferred with financiers in Berlin. The car
abolished castigation with cudgels and the
knout punishments. Bastile day was
celebrated in Paris. 1t was reported that
a conspiracy against King Carlos of Por-
tugal had been discovered at Lisbon among
army officers. and number or arrests
suppress rioting at Nagyvarad, Hungary
Engagements were reported to have taken
place between Turkish and Bulgarian
troops on the frontier. Servian authorities
unearthed a conspiracy among officers or
a frontier garrison to avenge the assassi-
nation of King Alexander. The personnel
OF the new Greek cabinet was announced
President Castro's troops began siege of
Ciudad Bolivar, held by insurgents. The
Cuban government decided to send a COM
mission abroad 20 arrange for loan of
81. 100000. Twelve Chinese miners were
killed by an explosion in a mine near Ma
naimo, B. c. Among those who died We're
James A. Men. Whistler, famous Ameri-
can artist, in London; Benjamin Haley
AustrO-Hungarian minister of finance: JUS
tice Sir John Douglas Armour of the Can
madam supreme court, and a member OF
the Alaskan boundary commission. and
Vice Admiral Besnard. formerly French
minister Of marine.
In the District.
James T. Petty, acting auditor for the
District made several reports on the fall
ure to render annual statements to the
Commissioners Of the deposit and assess
ment fund and to properly audit the books
of the office Of the collector of taxes; the
deposits for the whole cost funds were
placed in the control of the Treasury De-
partment; series OF protests were received
by the Commissioners against the water
rent schedule; the Commissioners asked
the Post Office Department for a ruling on
the use of official envelopes; Commissioner
Biddle recommended the use of water
meters in certain cases; complaint was
made of the insufficency of the number of
elevator inspectors; the Commissioners de-
cided upon the rules to govern the work OF
the railroad companies in eliminating grade
crossings; the work of leasing the river
front property was completed. The Su-
preme Court of the District upheld the va
lidity and reasonabeness of the proposed
automo bile regulations Chief Belt of the
fire department reported that an attempt
had been made to secure the appointment
of person on the force by improper means.
Secretary Root approved the plans for the
Washington approaches to the new Penn
sylvania railroad bridge. Representatives
of the Anti-Saloon League asked the Com
missioners not to grant liquor licenses near
the proposed union station. A commission
was appointed to appraise the land on the
resentatives office building. True Reform
ers' Hall was dedicated. A warrant for
the hanging of Benjamin G. Hill for the
murder of his wife was signed: The pool
l. Buck" Austin, twenty-five years old
colored. was killed by George Howard, also
colored. Wexford C. Green. freight
brakeman. was killed by a train on the
trestle over the Eastern branch. John
Long was found drowned in the Eastern
branch. John c. Symons, a young drug
clerk who was injured by a bomb on the
Fourth of July died at the Emergency
Hospital of lockjaw. A man known as
Chris was found dead on the flats oppo-
site the steamboat wharves. Joseph Lewis,
colored, twenty-five years cid, was drowned
in the river John J. Neumeyer, a we'll
known contractor, was killed by a fall
down stairs at his home. Lightning struck
the boat house at the bathing beach, kill
ing Richard B. Smith, a machinst, and Sc
riousy injuring several others. Michael
c. Donovan of Nova Scotia was killed by
fall from window at Providence Hospital.
John Hargrove, colored. nineteen years
old. was drowned in the Potomac VIM F.
Quinn. twenty-seven years old. committed
suicide by shooting: VIM. II. Mason, col
ored, committed suicide by shooting; Her
man Werdig, an unemployed huckster
committed suicide by hanging: Charlie L.
Banks, colored. committed suicide in the
river; Oscar D. Jackson committed suicide
by taking poison. Among those who died
were DR.. Adoniram Judson Huntington at
Charleston, w. Va, for nearly sixty years
professor at Columbian University; John
Humphrey, well-known business man:
Col. Lyman Bryce Cutler, superintendent
of the municipal lodging house, and VIM.
A. Galley at Ell Paso, Tex, a prominent
resident of this city.
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