Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-17
WEEK ENDING OCTOBER II, 1908.

| Senator German criticised President Roose-
velts efforts toward harmony in the republic
| can party in Maryland as meddlng In state
! politics: the Presden; attended the unwilling
of the statue of Gen. sherman In Washing
ton. Leopold j. Stern, indicted i'm connec-
ton with post Office scandals. was brought
to Washington from Toronto and commit
| ted to Jail: the trial of Daniel V Miller and
Joseph NJ. Johns on charges connected with
| the postal frauds began In Cincinnati.
Capts. Lamberton. Chadwick. McCalla and
| Whiting were promoted to be rear admirals
| OF the navy. TWO army officers who were
! sent to Venezueia on secret mission re-
ported that the situation in that country is
| diSquieting y lieutenant and thirty MEM
| bers of the Philippine constabulary were
attacked by head hunters of Neuva, Wis.,
caya. ana lost two men. after killing fifty.
| three and wounding large number Of the
enemy. The United States Supreme Court
| resumed Its sfttings. The National Civic
| Federation began its conference in Chicago
| Inc eastern missionary convention of the
| N +. Church met In Philadelphia. The
american board OF Congregational missions
met at Manchester n. III. A monument to
| Fresioent Mckinley WAS unveiled at Ad-
ans Mass. Dependence on faith cure in
| sickness was declared by the New York
J John o' nnppeais to be criminal negligence.
OF 4Voo persons. arrived in New York to
pegln an evangelistic campaign Senator
anomas Z. Piatt and Mrs Lillian Janeway
| were married In New York. The damage
done by flood in Paterson and Passaic. n.
| D.. was estimated at over two million dol.
| IaIs Inc barge Oracle foundered or Cape
| Henry during the hurricane and her crew
| OF TOUR men were lost. The Profestan
| episcopal bishop Of New Jersey refused TO
approve the call to a church within his 1u-
| Ilsdlcuon OF a clergyman who was married
| 70 divorced woman Three men we're
Killed and three others injured in a collision
On ,ne missouri. Pacific and Frisco rail-
| road in Kansas City. Four men were kiIIcd
|
| property In Aberdeen, Wash James n.
| human was acquitted at Lexington : e.
bia t1ufder Oh N. g. Gonzales at Column
| killed. and two wounded during a drunken
| row on the Blackfoot reservation Montan.
| Ilannk nose who died were Col. Richard
henry savage, a we'll known soldier Iaryyar
| anu author. in New York; Dr. Marcus M
| Jastrow noted Hebrew scholar and rohhi
~ I phiiadelphia. and Archbishop John
0'e'i i>aih OF ST. Louis. in Baltimore
Foreign Affairs.
me Russian minister to China declared
1 'nat the Manchurian convention under
.h nussla agreed to evacuate Manchu-
ria had lapsed, the treaty diving: Russia
continued her war maneuvers at Port Ar
thur and Japanese troops were Iandaa a+
| P1ng-yang, at the outlet of Core, b,y. cor
| Ierences at Toxic for a settlement or the
Russo-Japanese differences were held. but
| no result was reached. The Alaskan hour
! dairy commission did not reach n dcciSio,,
| put increasing pessimsm' was reported
| In Canadian circles; the Duke of Devon
shlre accepted the presidency of the Free
| ROOD League, organized to campaign
| asinst the fiscal policy of Joseph Cham
| pertain and Premier Balfour; Great Brit.
am dispatched two more war ships to Chi
| neSe waters; the son of the late premjer
| the new Marquis of Salisbury, accepted the
| position of lord president of the council
competing the English cabinet. Boris Sa-
| rafon, the Macedonian insurgent leader
| was reported killed. desperate fighting
| took place in the district of Dibra the in
surgents killing nearly all of body of 600
| Turks The arbitration treaty between
| England and France was signed Stems
were taken toward framing an arbitration
treaty between France and Italy. The
| King and Queen of Italy were given a
| warm welcome in Paris. Seven persons
| were killed and thirty-three wounded in q
| tight between socialists and clericaIs at
cedes, sister of King Alfonso OF Spain was
thrown from motor in Munich and
| suffered concussion of the brain The Do
| minican government. in view of the pro-
| test of the United States decided to recall
| the bill providing for the neutrality of
Dominican waters. The American whaler
| Joseph Mania, with her crew of fifteen
men, was reported lost near the Azores.
The British bark Loeb Long. with twenty
| four persons on board, was reported lost
| at the Chatham Islands
! In the District.
| The statue of General Sherman was I'M
| yelled in the presence of a distinguished
| gathering, including President Roosevelt.
| who delivered a speech; in connection with
| the unwilling the societies of the armies
| of the Ohio, Tennessee, Cumberland and
| Potomac held annual meetings. The Dis
| trict Commissioners began the preparation
| of their annual estimates; they received
| the reports of the superintendent of sew
ers, the engineer of highways. the board
| of children's guardians and the estimates
|
| of taxes submitted his summary OF the
real estate and personal taxes collected
| during the past fiscal year. The auditor
| for the District submitted technical state
| ment of the appropriations. charges and
| revenues of the District for the current
| fiscal year. Antonio NJ. Opisso de Ycaza.
| a Filipino, was admitted to practice
| attorney, being the first person not ma
! tive-born or naturalzed citizen admitted
| to practice before the District courts. The
| formal opening OF the new driveway along
! the river front was postponed on account
! of bad weather. The synod of Baltimore.
| Presbyterian Church. met in annual ses-
| sion; the annual meeting of the WOmans
| Synodical Societies for home and foreign
| missions was h.iu; the Woman's Home
| Missionary Society Of the Washington Dis
| trict Of the NJ E. Church met in annual
session. The fall tournament Of the Golf
| Association of Maryland and the District
| took place. Peter Elliott, who recently
| raised disturbance at the White House,
| was adjudged insane Mrs. Ellen Hortense
Hunter died the result of a fall from a
street car. James SwartZ. a conductor.
was killed, and Alfred Barkley. a brake
| man, and Edwin L. Bell a fagman. were
| injured in collision on the Pennsylvania
| railroad near the navy yard tunnel Mrs.
| Clara Miller in fit of dependency caused
| by i'll health. attempted to commit suicide
| by taking poison. The body of Richard
| Caraway, a clerk in the Department Of
! Justice, who had been missing about
month, was found near the river above the
| Chain bridge, where he had committed sui
eide by shooting.
Virginia Postmaster Appointed.
Nettie B. SurbAr has been appointed q