Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-27
WEEK ENDING AUGUST 27, 1904.

Lieut. Gen. Chaffee completed an nspec-
ton OF army posts in the far west. Rear
Admiral John c. Watson was retired on
having reached the age limit. In the last
fiscal year 1928, So acres of public lands
were disposed of at a price of So 795, 500
The annual report of the commissioner of
pensions was made public. The control of
ocean meteorology was transferred from
the Navy Department to the Department
OF Agriculture. An agreement was
reached In New York by which the liti-
cation against the shipbuilding trust and
=. NJ: Schwab was ended The entire issue
OF *3.OOo.OOO Philippine certificates of in
oepoedness was bought by NJ. L. Turner
Q! oklahoma. September wheat touched
SI.S5 IN Minneapolis. James J. Jeffries
defeated Jack Munroe in a fight for the
heavyweight championship of the world
~ fiot In the stock yards in Chicago
one man was killed and eight injured by
bullets Non-union miners took posses
SION or Cripple Creek and deported many
residents The great sea wall at Calves
, ,oI was completed. Mrs. Florence Eliza
oeIh Maybrlck arrived in New York. Five
persons were killed by an explosion of
dynamite at Nevada. Mo. Seven persons
were drowned and property was damaged
a. 20 the extent of $5OO.00O at Glove, Ariz,
~ uurlns tornado. Sixteen persons were
kiIeo and a property loss of 81 600 OOU
was caused by gale that swept Mime
apoiis and st: Paul Salvatore BossOto. an
italian, was killed in New York becanse
ne exposed secrets of the alleuad .RIaaI
Hahd organization.
Foreign Affairs.
Port Arthur's garrison was reported 70 be
N the direst straits. the Russians hold
ing only three of the forts in the chain Of
Notifications: a general tbree-dav oss.u,,
Wy the Japanese was reported to have fall
ed; the Russian battle shin Sebastono, and
several torpedo boats which endeavored to
Slear the mouth of the harbor Of mines
VIZ seriously damaged; the protected
cruisers ChitOse and Tsushima defeated the
RUSSIAN cruiser Noyik and forced her
ashore $50 miles northeast of Vladivostok:
me Russian cruiser Diana was reported at
saigon, French China: the final time limit
LOT the disarmament of the Russian cruiser
Askold and torpedo destroyer Grozovoi
winch put into the neutral harbor Of Shang-
hal for safety, having expired the car or
dered their flags hauled down, and the in
ternational complications In regard to the
neutrality OF China which threatened were
believed to have been settled for the pres
ent: the British government ordered two
cruisers, at the request of the Russian gov
eminent to locate the Russian volunteer
fleet steamers SmOlensk and Petersburg and
to convey to them the orders of the Rus
sion government that they must not fur
Their interfere with neutral shipping; in
northern Manchuria the Japanese occupied
Anshanshan General Kuropa tkin again re-
eral kuropatkn sent to st. Petersburg de-
tails Of the fighting around Liaoyang. when
the Japanese tried to drive wedge into his
outer defenses at Anping and Liandiansian.
The car issued manifesto at the chris
ten!ng of the cZarovitch providing for the
abolition of many punishments the COM
mutation of sentences for political offenses
and granting concessions in regard to Fin
land and the Jews. King Edward approved
the appointment of Sir Francis Levson
BERTHE to succeed Sir Edmund J. Monson
as ambassador at Paris. The effort of
Montagu Holbein to swim the English
channel failed. Germany sent 500 more
troops to southwest Africa for the cam
paign against the Hereros. Destructive
storms were reported in Italy. Cardinal
Satolli had an audience with the pope con-
corning the former $ American trip. Para
guayan revolutionists captured the garri-
son of Villa Reyes and set up new gov
eminent at Villa del Pillar
In the District
The Commissioners approved the plan
prepared for the competition between ar
chitects for the contract for the new Po-
lice Court building The District secured
large area of land from the b. and ..
Railroad Company for the plaza
of the new union station, giving in ex-
change certain street property and 500
900 bonus The Commissioners received a
report from the national board of fire
underwriters on the condition of the fire
department of the District. The people
OF the District We're advised by the health
officer to boil all drinking water on ac-
count of the prevalence of typhoid fever
at Mt. Savage, Md, in the Potomac wa
tershed. The hucksters who were alleged
to be squatters on public space at the
Center market decided to appeal their
cases to the Court of Appeals. Two
Washington banks brought proceedings
to have set aside deed of trust for SS76,-
16S.9S made to secure Thomas f. Wagga-
mans alleged Indebtedness to the Catho-
lie University, of which he is treasurer:
the Supreme Court of the District was
asked to appoint a receiver for certain
property of Mr.. Waggaman by five resi-
dents of Maryland and his removal as
trustee for certain real estate was also
asked. Hearings were begun for the con-
demnation OF land for the proposed of
flee building for the Senate Capt Mere
dith of the bureau of engraving and
printing reported that it is now impos-
sible to prevent entirely the pollution of
the Potomac by refuse from that build
ing. number Of United States warships
with several hundred mdShipmen visited
the city. The first train was pulled across
the new double-track bridge of the Penn
sylvania railroad over the Potomac Ethel
J. Penrose, colored attempted to kill her
husband, John H. Penrose with a Ratchet
and committed suicide by taking poison
Lizzie Lane, colored received word that
her daughter Cora Lane was killed In
Cleveland, Ohio. John w. Burnley. colored
was hanged at the District Jail the first
execution IN the District for the crime of
rape. The body of Charles Cable fffty-ffve
years old, colored was found in the river
Guy SBeckwith, twelve years old was
drowned while swimming in Rock creek
ROBERT Sk1dmore ten years old. was
k1lled by an electric shock while leaning
against a Ferris wheel at the "Mardi Gras
and FAN Fee uvaI on the circus grounds:
a coroner's jury delivered a verdict of
accidental death. Rear Admiral r NJ |
Shepard was buried with military bo,or.
at Arlington. Among others who dieJ
were Mr.. George w. Cissel, a prominent
business man; Dr. George De Witt Shnl
water. veterinary surgeon, and s. w |
Cans, retired merchant. w.
A National University.