Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-11
WEEK ENDING JULY II, 1904.

Secretary Hay had an important confer
ence with the President at Oyster Bay on
the Jewish petition to the car and the
Alaskan boundary question. Il was an
nounced that Gen. Jose Manuel Hernandez
had been appointed Venezuelan minister to
this country. Exports OF the United States
TO Canada during the last fiscal year in
creased N3.Ooo.oo0 and imports Increased
100000. Admiral Dewey resigned as presi-
dent of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial As
ISOLATION and Gen. Miles was elected hia
successor. British naval squadron was |
entertained at Bar Harbor. ]. w. Cook
Illinois was elected president of the Ma
tonal Educational Associati ton in conven-
ton at Boston. The battle ship kearsarge /.
broke the speed record for vessels of her
class across the Atlantic ocean a recent
run. Seventy-ffve persons were killed In
a cloudburst at jeanette Pa, the damage
amounting to a.50o,Ooo Four persons were
shocked to death by live wire falling into
pool of water in Pittsburg. A street car
fell from a bridge in Cincinnati, killing
three persons and injuring many more.
Over forty deaths resulted from the hot
wave in New York city. The Hammond
Packing plant at st. Joseph Mo. was
burned, with a loss OF nearly So 600 000 Two
trainmen were killed and several passengers
injured In a wreck on the New York Gen.
trail railroad near Buffalo. Twenty three
persons were killed. four OF them from
washington and nine injured in a wreck
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One person was killed and seven fatally
injured In collision between two trolley
cars at Lockport N. Y. Pennsylvania
train struck a wagon near Cincinnati kill
ing four persons. fatally injuring three ana
seriously injuring two. A race riot oc-
CURED at Evansville. Ind. necessitating tho
calling out of the militia: the soldiers were
forced to fire upon the mob. killing ten
and wounding twenty-four. Troops wero
retained in Richmond Va, on account Of
threatened lawlessness during the street
car strike.
Foreign Affairs.
Pope Leo XIII was stricken with pneus
monia and his physicians stated that there
was no hope for his recovery; two opera
lions were performed upon the pleura, the
pontiff rallying after each and becoming
stronger; the last sacraments Of the church
were administered President Loubet OF
France was welcomed to London with dis
tnguished honors upon the occasion OF his
visit to King Edward The European squad
ron OF the United States arrived al Ports
mouth, where it received an ovation; the
officers Of the squadron were entertained
at a state ball and at luncheon by King
Edward. The British admiralty disclaimed
knowledge of a special gathering of war.
ships in the Gulf Of Pechili China The
Irish land bill was passed through the COM
mittee stage. and reported to the house of
commons. Emperor William left for Nor
way on the Hohenzollern. Ten Bulgarians
and two Turks were killed in a fight at
Vodena. Thirty-six children died from
poisoned candy in Cracow, Austria. Vio-
lent debates concerning the canal treaty
took place in the Colombian senate. Five
United States vessels were reported to have
been captured by government and revolu-
ZIONIST forces in Venezuela.
In the District.
The tender of the Office Of auditor Of the
District made by the Commissioners to
Alexander Mckenzie was withdrawn be-
- <I4
company with which the District contracts
for asphalt. Three Wills in the matter Of
the estate of Geo. A. Shehan. deceased,
were stolen from the Office of the register
of wills; certified copies of the Wills re-
tanned in the Office defeated the purpose
of the theft Justice Anderson revoked
the injunction he granted restraining the
Commissioners from interfering with wires
strung to Wildwood Policeman elliott and
Crossing Policeman Martin were placed be-
fore the trial board on charges of having
secured positions in the police and fire de-
partments by bribery and influence. DR..
M. j. Stack was appointed acting superin-
tendent of the Government Hospital for
the Insane. General orders for the annual
encampment of the National Guard were
issued contract was let for the erection
of a handsome mausoleum in Rock Creek
Cemetery in memory of Ex-Gov. Alexander
r. Shepherd The corner stone of the new
Catholic church of St Vincent de Paul was
laid Louis Hogan. colored, nine
teen years old, was killed in a fight be-
tween white men and negroes at Oxon
Hill, Md. Henry T. Hall. colored. forty
eight years old, was stabbed and killed
by Thomas Joyce, colored- twenty-three
years old Clinton Bush colored, an en-
ploye of the House of Representatives. was
drowned while bathing at Arundel on-the-
Bay, Nd. Frances Jackson, colored. at
tempted to commit suicide by taking poi
son. William Dugan a civil war veteran.
attempted to commit suicide by jumping
into the river. The body of Edward J.
Delehanty of the Washington Base Ball
Club, who had been missing for some days.
was found in the Niagara river. Mrs. Ade-
line Shilling of Rossyn, Va, committed
suicide by taking carbolic acid. The body
of Frederick w. Myers was found In va
cant lot at 10Th and c streets. Among
those who died were Arthur Hill O'Connor,
formerly assistant corporation counsel for
the District James Wilkinson, superintend-
ent Of the Washington Gaslight Company.
DR.. Samuel ]. Radcliffe one Of the Oldest
physicians in the city, and Herman kirch-
ner, a retired newspaper correspondent