Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-11
THE WEEK ENDING JUNE II, 1904

President Roosevelt formally entertained
the honorary board of Philippine commits
sioners to the ST. Louis exposition at the
White House. Governor Pennypscker OF
Pennsylvania appointed Attorney General
Philsnder c. Knox to fill out the unexpired f,
term of the late Senator Quay. Ex-Com-
missioner of Pensions Dominic l. Murphy
was elected secretary of the Panama canal
commission. The joint commission appoint
ed to agree on a coinage system for Pan
ANA assembled III Washington. Five state
democratic conventions were held; Colo
RADIO. Utah and Virginia sent uninstructed
delegations TO ST. Louis; Delaware instruct
ed for Judge George Gray. and Idaho in
structed for VIM. r. Hearst. The fifty-ifth
annual meeting OF the American Medical
Association was held at Atlantic City, n.
j. Fire destroyed s4p. coo worth OF prop
erty In Danville. Va. Fourteen men were
Killed and four injured in a fire and ex-
plosion at the Corning distillery at Peoria.
III. Five men were killed in an explosion
In powder mill at Pinole. Cal. Four per-
sons were fatally hurt and eight others
injured In an explosion of natural gas at
Fairmont w. Va. Nine lives were lost
IN Hoods in the Indian territory. Fifteen
non union miners were killed and seven
injured by the explosion OF dynamite
nomo supposed TO have been the work If
union men, at the railway station at In
dependence. Col; six union miners were
Killed ana h!teen captured In a pitched
battle between them and militia and inp-
ules at DunnvlIn near Victor Col: riot
,ng took place At Victor. one man being
Killed and many others wounded; martial
law Was prociat.re ID and the mine owners
org aniZsd 10 expel every union miner from 4
the cripple Creek district. Tie executive
board of the Western Federation of Labor
appealed to President Roosevelt to inyes-
tigate conditions in Colorado Nan" Pat
teison was held without bail In New York
I"ilt '.1nS the mys "T!ous murder Of Gaze
sar Young. weIl;.y hookmaker. Hannah
Ihas, a heg:ess, VS. sued I'm New York by
j. II Plitt to recover nearly s1O0OoO said
10 nave been gotten from him by black
mail; the woman WAS released on the
criminal charge of eNtor;ion. Joseph NJ
Pouch killed his four children and COM
mitted suicide at Rosele. n. j. Among
those who died Vas Levi Il. Letter of WASH
hStcn. ID. c, AID Chicago, at Bar Har-
Dor, ale.
Foreign Affairs
battle was fought at Port Arthur the
Japanese attacking by both land and sea:
serious hght!ng continued almost constantly
and the Japanese captured Sfu-Yen, an
important strategic position. in effect driv-
ing in the right flank of Kuropatkin's army
Protecting Niuchwang; the japanese were
reported TO be landing a new army north
of Port Arthur; Gen. kuropatki pressed
his movement 20 threaten from the rear
me Japanese army under Gen. Oku: Lewis
EtZe!, an American war correspondent, was
killed by Chinese soldiers. United States
marines were landed at Tangier upon re-
quest for the protection Of the Belgian en-
baSSy, a Moroccan envoy was sent to Raj
suli, the bandit chief. to present final terms
for the release Of Ion Perdicaris and Crom-
well Marley: Great Britain and Spain de-
cided to join in the nsval demonstration at
Tansier great free trade demonstration
held in London; the British govern
ment made public its correspondence in
reference TO the outrages in the Congo
State, uphO1ding the charges made. The
Grand Duke Of Mecklenburg- Schwerin was
married to Princess Alexandra, daughter of
the Duke Of Cumberland. NJ. V. V. Jadov-
ski, Russian minister to Switzerland, was
shot and wounded at Berne by dIsappoint-
ed fellow countryman- Terms for ending
the Santo Domingo revolution were made
at a conference of government and insur-
gent representatives on the cruiser Detroit
\ bill for the purcha Sc of two warships was
introduced in the Brazilian congress Dutch
troops captured native fortress at ram
pering in the Gajoe country, Island OF SUI
matra killing 176 Achnese. Tibetans at
tackled the British post at khang- Ma, but
were repuised with loss of IA Among
those " no died were Mrs. Sa muel i. Gem
ems, wife Of Mark Twain, at Florence.
Italy; Miss Lena Morton, daughter OF for
mer Vice President Levi +. Morton, at
Paris and Princess Mary OF Baden, oloest
daughter of the Duke of Cumberland
In the District.
The Commissioners reappointed Mrs.
Mary Hope West a member OF the board
of education; the Commissioners and
ment decided upon a number of changes
in connection with the reorganization OK
the department Bids for the construc.
ton of the foundation OF the municipai
building were opened. Representative
men of the District of Columbia paid
notable tribute to Mr.. Crosby s Noyes,
rendering him a reception at which ne
was presented with a loving cup Wen
dell Phillips Stafford took the oath as
associate judge of the District Supreme
Court. The new Episcopal Eye. Ear and
Throat Hospital was dedicated Inc cor
ner stone was laid for the new Homeo-
pathic Hospital. Confederate Memorial
day was observed at Arlington cemetery:
The work of changing the grade or
street was begun. The monitor Puritan
was ordered by the Navy Department to
be placed at the disposal of the District
naval militia. Company b of the Central
School won the annual competitive drill
of the High School Cadets A number of
ice cream dealers were alleged to be SELL
ing short measure boxes. 1t was stated
that certain certificates Of deposit OF the
receivership of MessrS. Fields Lips
comb for the Washington Beneficial En-
dowment Association have not been found
since T. NJ. Fields alleged disappearance:
a warrant issued for the arrest OF
Fields. Harry Allen of Philadelphia de-
feated Franklin Geoghegan, holder OF
the southern lawn tennis championship.
The government nolle pressed the re-
naming indictments against Harrison j.
Barnett in connection with the Post Of
fee Department frauds. Albert III. Wells
CT this city was fatally injured by n rail-
road train near St. Louis, Mo. Earl Rueb-
sam. twelve years old, was drowned in
Northwest branch. near Hyattsville, Md.
VIM. Pierce was killed by car on the
Rrightwod line between Piney Branch
road and Wildwood station. Frederick
Ache, fiagman. was killed by shifting
engine in the Anacostia freight yards.
Arthur ]. Sullivan. eleven years old. was
drowned in pool of water near his
home. John a. Heaton. a wireworker, fell
from a fire escape on the Jefferson School
building and was killed. John +. Behrens,
manager of the Behrens livery stables,
committed suicide by shooting.