Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-03
THE WEEK ENDING SEPT. 8, 1904.

THE WEEK ENDING SEPT. 8, 1904.
President Roosevelt entertained number
Of callers at Sycamore Hill. Gen. F. D.
Baldwin, commanding the department Of
the Colorado, advocated the re-establish-
ment of the army canteen. Preparations
for the army maneuvers in Virginia were
continued. David B. Hill announced that
he would retire from politics after Janu-
airy 1 next. Senator c. w. Fairbanks made
his first speech of the campaign at White
River Junction, VT. Fred. A. Hyde and H.
P. Dimond, accused Of conspiracy to defraud
the United States out Of a large tract OF
public land, were remanded from San
Francisco to Washington for trial. Presi-
dent Donnelly of the butchers national or
ganization decided that his strike order. by
which a meat famine was to be created,
shall apply only to Chicago and st. Louis;
an application to the packers by the stock
yards strikers in Chicago for a conference
on the strike was refused. By an almost
unanimous vote the unions comprising the
employees of the elevated railroad system
of the marlborough Rapid Transit Com
pany of New York decided to strike IL nee
essary In support of the Brotherhood OF
Locomotive Engineers. Judge George Gray
consented to arbitrate the differences be
tween the Pennsylvania coal operators and
the miners. The United Garment Workers
Of America, in session at Buffalo, voted
down a resolution committing the Organiza-
tion to socialism. Capt. VIM. E. English
assumed command of the United Spanish
War Veterans, with headquarters at In
dianapolis: The city of Binang, Laguna
persons being killed and 5000 rendered
homeless. Six persons were killed and
three fatally injured in a fire and Oil ex-
those who died was DR.. Thomas Herran.
who represented Colombia at Washington
for several years, at Liberty, N. Y.
Foreign Affairs.
Following rear-guard action, which Gen.
Kuropatkin fought in his retirement from
Anping and Anshanshan. he was forced to
give battle at Liaoyang, the strength OF
the armies being estimated at about 100000
men each, although the japanese claimed
to be numerically inferior to the Russians;
the Japanese force consisted Of the combin-
ed armies of Kuroki, NodZu and Oku and
overlapped a semi-crcle of about nine miles
in length occupied by the Russians in pro-
tecting Liaoyang; definite information was
not obtainable. but the fact was reported
that Kuropatkn was forced to withdraw
the main portion of his army to the north.
or right bank of the Tatse river, his left
flank having been turned by Gen kurok
and His center and right beaten back by
Gen. Oku; hot fighting continued at Port
Arthur, and Gen. Stoessel was reported to
have wired both the car and Gen. kuro-
patkin that Port Arthur could hold out but
for a short period; the disarmament of the
Russian warships at Shanghai was COM
pleted. King Edward approved the appoint
ment Of Earl Grey as governor general OF
Canada. The congress on the history of
religion met at Basic, Switzerland. Princess
Louise Of Saxe-Coburg, daughter Of King
Leopold Of Belgium, escaped from a sani-
tarium at Bad Elster, Saxony. where she
was held state prisoner. Sedan day was
observed in Berlin. The photographer who
was accused at Arcoli. Italy, Of having
stolen the ancient cope. committed suicide
In his cell. Mount Vesuvius was reported to
be showing signs of activity. Prince George
Of Greece declared that it is impossible to
longer delay the union of Greece and Crete
The American school for boys at ErZeroum,
Asiatic Turkey, was destroyed by fire. c.
B. Spahr. a New York magazine editor. dis
appeared from the steamer Prince Albert
between Ostend and Dover. ferry boat
on the River kamien, Russian Poland, cap
sized and seventy persons were drowned
Nine persons were killed and twenty-three
injured in a head-on collision on the Grand
Trunk railway near Richmond, Quebec
Five women were killed and six men were
injured in a wreck on the Canadian Pacific
railroad at Sintaluta, Northwest Territory
Murad ", the deposed Sultan of Turkey
died at Constantinople.
In the District
The Commissioners received the annual
reports of the superintendent of police, the
health officer, the sealer of weights and
measures and the inspector of gas and
meters. Hearing of additional testimony
In reference to the charges of maladminis-
| tration against the superintendent of
street cleaning was heard by the Commits
sioners. Columbian University officially
changed its name to the George Washing
ton University. A party of fifty members
of various chambers of commerce in Aus
tria Hungary visited the city. The Naval
Battalion started on its annual practice
cruise. DR.. S. Clifford Cox was unanimous
ly elected department commander of the
United Spanish War Veterans of the Dis
trict. The District of Columbia Supreme
Court heard argument on the petition of
three banks for the appointment of a re-
ceiver for Mr.. Thomas E. Waggaman's
estate. The will of the late Mary Alma
roia, colored, was filed for probate. The
twentieth annual convention of the Ger
man. American technOlogists was held.
Samuel Maloney, colored, was electrocuted
and several others injured by live wire
while at work on the office building for the
House of Representatives. Abram Spruce
bank, seventy-five years old, was found
dead. his death being due to asphyxiation
by gas. Mrs. Sarah Skidmore. mother of
Robert Skidmore, who was killed by
electric shock at the circus grounds,
brought suit for $4,000 damages against
the operators of the Mardi Gras and Fall
Festival. Miss Rosa Stern attempted to
commit suicide by cutting her throat with
razor; Bessie D. Crump. colored, at
tempted to commit suicide by jumping from
window; Reuben Shirriffs, a civil en-
gineer, committed suicide by inhaling illu-
minating gas. Among those who died were
Judge VIM. Garnett Riley, formerly of the
United States consular service; Kerr
Craige, an assistant postmaster general
under President Cleveland, and Prof John
A. Robinson, professor of law at the Cath
Ollie University, at New Haven, Conn.
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