Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-06
WEEK ENDING AUGUST 8, 1904.

Senator Charles w. Fairbanks was for
mally notified at Indianapolis of his nomi-
nation for the vice presidency by the re-
publican convention. Secretary Taft issued
an order permitting army officers on duty
at the War Department to wear civilian
dress. Plans were approved for the new
100000 water system for the city
of Manila. Internal revenue collections
the last fiscal year were $232. 940OO4. an in
Iease of $2,163,O7 compared with the pre-
ceding year. Umpire Jackson II. Ralston
signed the final award in the Italian claims
against Venezuela. giving that country
S6OO,OOO and completing the work of the
mixed commissions. Panama formally pro-
tested against the placing of a United
States custom house in the canal strip. The
Sultan Of Turkey again evaded his promises
to Minister Leishman. Minister Dawson at
Santo Domingo asked for a warship to pro-
tect American interests there. Wheat pass
ed the 81 mark in New York. Judge Alton
B. Parker resigned as chief judge of the
New York court of appeals. The Building
Trades Employers Association put into ef-
feet a general lockout in New York. AFFECT
Ing nearly 10000 men, when unions affiliat-
ed with the Builders Trade Alliance failed
to return to work. The fourth convention
of the American Federation of Catholic So
cietfes began its sessions in Detroit.
shutdown of the collieries in the Schuylkill
region of Pennsylvania threw coco miners
out Of work. Forest fires in Montana caused
great damage Michael Riley, his daughter
and six of the latter's little girl friends
were drowned while bathing in the Mssis-
sippi river at Alton, ILL., Among those who
died was Robert A. Pattison, twice demo-
cratic governor Of Pennsylvania, at Over
brook, Pa.
Foreign Affairs.
The Japanese were reported to be win
ming all along the line in central Manchuria
in the great assault being made by the
combined armies Of Generals Kuroki. Oku
and Nodzu against General Kuropatkin;
they occupied Simoucheng. cutting off Gen
eral Stakelberg from General Kuropatkin.
and after three days terrific fighting occu-
pied Hai-Cheng forcing the latter to retire
to Lao Yang; in the fighting at YangZe
pass Lieut. Gen. Count Keller in command
OF the I'd Siberian Army Division was killed
by Japanese shell; refugees from Port
Arthur reported that the Japanese were re-
pulsed after terrific assault on that point
In which the japanese navy combined under
Admiral Togo; these refugees estimated
the Japanese loss at 10000 men; the Vladi-
vostok squadron returned to port: the
naval prize court at Vladivostok decided
to release the Arabia after all -four and
foodstuffs consigned to Japan had been I'M
loaded; America, Great Britain and Ger
many continued negotiations regarding the
definition of contraband goods; the depart
ure of the cruiser division of the Baltic
weeks; Russia instructed naval command
ers not to sink neutral merchantmen with
contraband of war in the future except in
case of direct necessity. Joseph Chamber
lain made a notable speech on his fiscal
policy in Nottinghamshire. Most of the
British Tibet exI edition advancing on
Lhasa, Tibet, successfully crossed the
Brahmapootra river. 1t was officially de-
MED in Berlin that Germany had sent an
ultimatum to Venezuela demanding the
payment of interest on the indemnity. The
funeral of NJ. Won Plehve, the murdered
Russian minister of the interior, took place
at St. Petersburg without incident. Four
professors in the University of Finland
were exiled on account of the assassination
Of Gov. Gen Bobrkoff. A French officer
was appointed chief of the Tangier police.
and alarm increased among foreign resi-
dents. A bill to raise Brazirs tariff to a
prohibitive figure passed its first reading in
the chamber of deputies at Rio Janeiro.
Enght persons lost their lives by the
laundering of the tender of the yacht Ouida
near Digby, Nova Scotia.
In the District.
Contracts for the pedestal and statue of
Gov. Alexander r. Shepherd to be placed
at the entrance of the municipal building
were signed, Uric Stonewall Jackson Dun
bar, Washington sculptor. being awarded
the contract for the latter The District
Commissioners decided to reopen the inves-
tigation into charges preferred against
Warner Stutler, the superintendent of street
cleaning, in order to allow him to present
further evidence. Annual reports were sub
niitted by the habormaster, the electrical
engineer. the fire marshal. the chief of the
fire department and the commissioners of
pharmacy. 1t was decided to begin pro-
ceedngs against delinquents who have not
paid personal taxes. The route for the pro-
posed highway bridge across the Potomac
was decided upon. The cornerstone of the
NJ. E. Church at 18th street and Columbia
road was laid John Mcmahon. thirty
five years old, was drowned in the Eastern
branch while boating. James w. Pumph-
rey, an attendant at the Government Hos
pital for the Insane. was found dead beside
the railroad tracks in Anacostia, having
been struck by B. & o. train Clarence
George, sixteen years old, was drowned in
the river at Sd street. John Paris shot and
seriously wounded his wife and then com
mitted suicide by shooting at their home
near Fort Myer Heights. Henry HUH muir
dered Mrs. Agnes Levy by cutting her
throat at 1918 + street northwest, and af-
ter escaping and attempting to commit sui
eide was captured. George NJ. Long,
Spanish war veteran, killed Miss Nora
Adams by cutting her throat at 1lO6 4th
street southeast, and then committed sui
eide by cutting his own throat. Among
those who died were Mrs. Nelson A. Miles,
wife of Lieut.. Gen. Miles, at West Point,
N. Y, and Edwin Clifford, cashier of the
government printing office.