Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-17
WEEK ENDING SEPT. II, 1904.

President Roosevelt's letter accepting the
republican nomination for the presidency
was made public at Oyster Bay. The
President decided to return to Washington
from Oyster Bay September %; he decided
that the Russian auxiliary cruiser Lena.
which put into San Francisco for repairs
to boilers. must, at the end of a brief
period allowed for the repairs, either leave
port or be dismantled; the commander Of
the vessel decided on disarmament. and the
State and Navy Departments arranged to
oismantle the boat at the navy yard at
Mare Island The commerce OF the United
States with its noncontiguous territory the
last fiscal year was valued at sos, $50, 800.
The total immigration to the United States
In the fiscal year just ended was 81, $50.
compared with S57, O48 in the corresponding
preceding period. The Interparlamentary
Union, representing many countries. began
its convention at st. Louis. The election in
Maine showed a republican plurality of
21.13O, as compared with &. 3S4 in 1900.
Frank w. Higgins was unanimously nomi-
mated by the republicans of New York for
governor. The American Bankers Assoc
citation began its annual convention in New
York. The cruiser Milwaukee was sue
cessfully launched at San Francisco. About
1000 men affected by the recent strike at
the Chicago stock yards applied for work.
The special commission appointed to In
vestigate the Slocum steamboat disaster
resumed its inquiry in New York. Many
persons were drowned and much damage
caused by gale which swept the Atlantic
coast from Charleston to Boston. Seven
persons In one family were burned to death
and six others injured seriously In tene-
ment house fire In New York. Eight per-
sons were drowned by the capsizing of a
naphtha launch In collision with steamboat
on the Delaware river near Burlington,
N. ].
Foreign Affairs.
Gen. Kuropatkin's official report on the
battle of Liaoyang was received at st. Pc
tersburg; he estimated his loss at 1000
killed and 1000 wounded, as compared
with Marshal Oyama's estimate of 1880
killed and wounded on the Japanese side.
and held Gen. Orloff's failure to hold tho
vital position at Yentai mines responsible
for the breaking down of his general plan
of battle. Gen. Kuropatkin retreated TO
Mukden and then to Tie Pass where he
established fortificatiOns; the Japanese
army kept in close touch with Gen. Kuro-
patkin's rear guard. the main body OF
troops remaining in the neighborhood of
Yentai; advices from Mukden indicated
that the Japanese were ready to make q
further forward movement on Tie Pass.
having massed troops on the Russian east
flank; the assault on Port Arthur. planned
for Tuesday, was again postponed, and
Gen. StoeSSel was reported to have made
preparations to blow up the Notifications
II the Japanese were successful in carry
ing them the Russian Baltic feet sailed for
the east; Russia made important conces-
sions to the United States and Great Brit
ain in reference to contraband of war. Col.
Younghusband. after signing the Tibetan
treaty, declared that Tibets political status
will remain unchanged. The British an
arctic expedition ship Discovery returned to
England Serious anti-Jewish disturbances
took place at Sosnowice, Russian Poland.
The International archaeological congress.
in session at Berlin, decided to meet next
year at New York. German army maneu-
vers began near Schwerin. A son was born
to the king and queen of Italy. King AL
fonso of Spain deferred his visit to France
until spring The Sultan of Turkey de-
posted $4,000 in the Ottoman Bank at
Constantnople to pay for land seized from
an American citizen at Smyrna. serious
revolt broke out in Albania. Natives at
tackled the Catholic mission in German New
Guinea and murdered ten persons. Fire de-
stroyed property worth s500O0O in Halifax.
N. 8. Prince Herbert Bismarck was report
ed to be critically i'll at FREDERICKSBURG.
Germany.
In the District.
The Commissioners decided that II street
and Massachusetts avenue should not be
closed at the same time during the work
on the union station. The superintendent
of the bathing beach submitted his annual
report The Commissioners prepared speci-
ficationS for the proposed new fire boat.
The corporation counsel held that the po-
lice department cannot hold railroad COM
panieS responsible for violations OF the
existing speed regulation. and submitted a
new one; the officials of the various rail-
roads were granted a hearing on the sub
ject of Its adoption: Captain William r.
Wooten, Corps of Engineers, was desig-
mated to take temporary charge OF the
Washington aoueduct and Potomac river
improvements. The Catholic University
filed its answer to the original petition or
creditors of Thomas E. Waggaman, deny
ing that Mr.. Waggaman committed an act
Of bankruptcy by giving the university
deed Of trust to certain property; Justice
Anderson of the District Supreme Court
ordered that all securities and property
of Mr.. Waggaman involved In the bank
ruptcy proceedings be placed In charge OF
the United States marshal and held by
him pending final action of the court The
federal government began suit against the
administrator of the estate OF the late
William s. Yeatman. who was alleged TO
have been $64,011.11 short In his accounts
as disbursng officer Of the War Depart
ment Prominent chemists from various
countries visited the city as the guests
of local members of the Society OF Chemi-
cal Industry. Benjamin Fletcher was
killed by fall from car at the car barn
of the Washington Railway and Electric
Company. coroner's jury decided that
John Sullivan, who was found dead on the
tracks of the City and Suburban railroad at.
Henrys crossing, Brentwood, came to his
death by accident. Robert C. Lough-
borough of Georgetown died from injuries
sustained in train wreck at Harrisburg,
Pa. David Paul Liebhardt, for many years
Superintendent of. the dead letter office,
killed himself by shooting at his desk in
the Post Office Department building. An
unidentified white man committed suicide
in the grounds of the Soldiers Home by
shooting. Ada r. Low of Baltimore at
tempted to commit suicide in the Treasury
Department building by taking poison.
Among those who died were Colonel A:
Macomb Miller, Corps of Engineers. United
States army, in charge of the Washing
ton auueduct and the Potomac river i'm
provements: Judge Woodford G. Mcdowell.
a we'll known lawyer; G. Thomas Noyes a
prominent treasury employe. and william
Henry Pugh, a well-known Mason