Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-01
WEEK ENDING AUGUST 1, 1908.

WEEK ENDING AUG U 81 !, 1SOo.
The federal grand jury returned indict-
ments against a number Of persons on
charges growing out of the post office in
vestigation. w. A. Miller was reinstated
in the position OF assistant foreman in the
government printing Office. the members
Of the Bookbinders' Union deciding to take
no action pending the decision of the pub
lie printer relative to the charges against
him. The Secretary of the Treasury was
requested by the Agricultural Department
to hold up cargoes of imported food pro-
ducts until they can be examined by ex-
perts under the pure food act. The col
lections OF internal revenue for the fiscal
year just ended were announced to be
$3.50. 740 3S2 falling of of Sal. l27.6O7. The
battle ship Kearsarge made record run
of 1855 miles in nine days and four and
one-half hours Rear Admiral Geo. w.
Melville was placed on the retired list.
Five boys We're killed and two seriously
injured by an explosion of dynamite at
West Newton, Pa. Six persons were killed
and four injured by lightning near Alpe3a.
Mich. Twenty-Five persons were killed.
sixteen fatally injured and nifty hurt by
an explosion OF two powder magazines at
Lowell, Mass. Three men We're killed and
five injured by an explosion of an engine
in brewery in New York. A bridge col
lapsed in Portland. Oregon. throwing 100
persons into the river and drowning three
Three men were drowned in reservoir at
Hagerstown. Md. Four persons were Killed
and thirty injured in collision on the
Great Western railroad near Dodge Cen
ter. Iowa; two persons were killed and
three hurt In wreck at PrinceVllle, H.
Joshua Butler his wife and child were
killed by train at Wilkesbarre, Pa; one
woman was killed and forty-eight persons
were injured in a headon collision on the
Boston and Worcester street railway near
Westboro. Mass; three persons were Killed
and twenty injured in a collision between
an electric car and a train In East St
Louis. Two negroes were killed and four
fatally injured in a riot in a church at
Camak. Ga. Two negroes were lynched.
one white man Killed and eleven persons
wounded in a race war at Danville, III.
Thirteen convicts broke Jail at Folsom.
Cal. after killing one guard and wounding
two others. Among those who died were
Representative r. J. Forderer OF Pennsyl-
vania: President F. j. kimball of the Nor
folk and Western railroad. and A. B.
Youngson grand chief engineer of the
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers
Foreign Affairs.
The body Of Pope Leo was inferred in
st. Peters after imposing obsequies; Card
inal Gibbons was given a flattering recep-
ton in Rome; the conclave for the election
of a new pope began in the Vatican sixty
two cardinals participating. The officers
of the United States European squadron
los visited the ships. King Edward and
Queen Alexandra continued their tour
through Ireland; South Dakota divorce
was adjudged void under English law by
the president Of the divorce court in Lon
don. Prince George son of King Peter
karageorgevitch of Servia. was pronounced
a degenerate by a ST Petersburg specialist.
religious riot against Babfsm was re-
ported from Nezo. Persia. A revolutionary
movement was reported to have been start
ed in Santiago Province, Cuba. Panama
was thrown into a state Of panic by the
seizure by government officials of an
edition Of FL Lapiz. the organ of the lib
erals. Exports of wheat to Japan were
stopped by Russian officials at Newchang.
Among those who died was John G. Long,
consul OF the United States at Cairo,
Egypt from the effects of a fall in Scot
land.
In the District.
The Commissioners ordered general in
vestigation Of all the departments under
their control and connected with the Dis
trict government. The Commissioners de-
cided to effect reform in the method by
which supplies for the District pur-
chased The board of charities recon-
mended that the designations of Drs. w.
S. Cain, resident physician and Bruce
Mackall, inferno, at the Washington Asy-
lum Hospital. be requested. The controller
of the treasury decided that government
employees could be paid while at camp
with the National Guard. The controller
of the treasury decided that the Commits
sioners and not the authorities of that in
stitution should supervise the expenditure
for the reconstruction of Providence Hos
pital. The annual report of the coroner
showed a decided increase in the number
of suicides. The Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road awarded the contract for the con-
struction Of the eastern approach and VIA
duct leading into the new union depot.
Secretary Shaw announced his intention to
secure the square bounded by 18th. 18th,
E and F streets the site for the pro-
posed hall of records. Bids were opened
for the construction of the highway bridge
mons made his first annual report as
perintendent of public buildings and
grounds The validity Of the union station
act attacked in the courts by coun-
sci acting for property owners on the pro-
posed site Eight cases of smallpox were
discovered at Falls Church. Va. Oscar
Shepard. colored, seventeen years old. was
fatally crushed by train Two persons
were killed and seven injured in rear
end collision on the Southern railway at
Springfield. near Alexandria. Va, many of
those injured residing in this city. Herman
Stommel, a government employee, commit
ted suicide by hanging. Isaiah Banks COL
ored, an inmate of the Government Hos
suicide in the James Creek canal Among
those who died were Marcus B. Latimer,
for many years a prominent auctioneer;
and w. B. Denny, a civil war veteran, well
known the ''armless driver"
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