Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-25
WEEK ENDING JUNE IS, 1904.

WEEK ENDING JUNE 25, 1904
The republican national convention met
at Chicago and nominated Theodore Roose.
welt for President and Charles W. Fair
banks of Indiana for vice president. Geo.
B. Cortelyou was chosen chairman OF the
republican national committee. President
Roosevelt announced the following changes
I'm the cabinet: VIM. H. Moody. Secretary
of the Navy, to be Attorney General; Paul
Morton Of Illinois to be Secretary of the
Navy. and Victor II. Metcalf of California
to be Secretary OF Commerce and Labor.
Secretary Taft issued orders applying the
tariff rates of the Dingley act to the canal
strip on the Isthmus of Panama and es.
tablishing post offices there; Secretary Taft
and the canal commission concluded ar
rangements for a currency system for Pana-
ma. Assistant Attorney General Robbs
investigation found nothing Improper in
the administration of Third Assistant Post
master General Madden; VIM. J. Eickery
was appointed chief OF post Office In
spectors Arrangements were begun for
the joint army and militia maneuvers TO
be held in September around Manassas.
Va DR.. II. w. Wiley made a preliminary
report on the use of borax in foods az q
result of his Investigations commission
of government officials and naval officers
was designated to investigate the steam
boat Gen. Slocum disaster; the inquest into
the accident was begun In New York; the
total number of bodies recovered was 9l2,
of which 79l were identified, with 290 re-
ported missing. Five democratic state
conventions were held: Minnesota. Yer
mont, North Dakota and North Carohna
sent uninstructed delegations to st. Louis,
while Texas instructed for Judge Parker.
Kent J. Loomis brother of Assistant Sec
rotary OF State Loomis. who bore the COM
mcrcial treaty negotiated between the
United States and Emperor Menelik, dissp-
peared from the Kaiser Wilhelm ii whiie
IN
ported as having left Paris for AFRICA
Commander Kellogg. L. S. navy, was killed
by a fall from the window of his room IN
Portsmouth, Va. Chas a. Swayse dropped
from the eleventh story OF building In
Detroit after shooting Miss Effie Aivord
and irving to throw her out Of the window.
Foreign Affairs.
A juncture of the armies OF Generals oKu
and Kuroki was reported: the Russian
Vladivostok fleet ended Its raid ana retired
in safety to that port after the captSfe OF
sinking of three japanese transports ana
two sailing vessels: Vice Admiral kami-
mura was severely criticised for permitting
the Russians to escape him; another efea.
battle was reported to have occurred AT
Kali Chow General Stakelbergs forces De-
ing reinforced by troops under GeHerai
EUROPA tkin; the Russian losses At Natan-
gov were admitted TO be from 400 10 oJ"
men: a force of 5000 Russians un5er Gen
eral Konradtsvich was surprised by the
japanese. the former losing Loo Iacni the
Marquis Oyama was appointed supreme
commander of the japanese forces In the
field. with General kodama as 6h,ef OF
staff Ion Perdicaris and Cromwell Narley,
who were held captives by the baH.it Kali
souli were set free and arrived at ranger.
Sir Charles \. +. Eliot, British com mission
err in East Africa. who refused II concur IN
the grant of land to the proposed Jewish
settlement syndicate, resigned ana demand
ed a public inquiry. The third in ssrnational
Of ha Salvation Logan
London NJ Won Plehwe. Russian minister
of the Interior, expressed himsel. as oppos-
ed to harsher measures in Finland. The re-
gatta at kiel was begun. Thirty persons
were killed in a train wreck in the province
of Tereul. Spain. The French ard German
ministers to Haiti were stoned by the palace
guards in Port-au-P Prince. the former being
slightly injured: Haiti apologizee - France
for the outrage. but that county decided
to send yarship to demand fur'.er repa-
ration. The landing of Sieur de @onts at
st. John. n B., in 1Gio was reires=, ted IN
a procession at that place Adolrn |ancob
confessed at Fort William to hav.,g set fire
to buildings worth $4,000 In Manitoba. An
imperial Chinese edict pardoned a.! REFORM
ers of 1898 except thee.
In the District.
The changes In the fire department Que
to the reorganization of the service were
| announced. MIR. Weston Flint. librarian of
| the Washington Public Library. having an
DOUnCeu that he was not a canUlQate TOT
reelection to that position, Mr.. George +.
Bowerman, librarian of the Wilmington In
stitute Free Library, was chosen to succeed
him The trustees of the Columbian Uni
versity filed n certificate setting forth the
change in the name of the institution TO
the George Washington UniveC sity. The
commandments of the Washington high
schools were held. The will OF the late
Levi L. Letter was filed. Raymond Sweeney,
twenty years old. was drowned while swim
ming in Little river. William l. Hamil-
ton, an ironworker, was killed ty a fall
from a fire escape on the Southern Railway
building. Augustus l.. Shaffer charged
with killing his wife. found guilty Of
murder in the first degree. Andrew Weed
on was placed on trial charged with killing
his mother-in-law, Rachael Ann Peall. last
was arrested, charged with strangrng his
common-law wife. Lizzie Lyman 20 death.
The following committed suicide Mary
Gillian, nineteen Years old by TAX ne poison;
Lloyd Geiser. twenty-three years old an
Insurance agent. by shooting: James Joseph
Greble, an express company employe, by
shooting: John +. Duffy by hanging and
r. A. Bensch.- wanted by the police for
passing alleged worthless checks. by opium
poisoning. Winfield Smith attempted to
commit suicide by taking laudanum. Among
those who died were Mr.. Jesse Brown a
well-known clubman and resident of wash
ington: James III. Hopkins. "A former repre-
sentative in Congress and for nuraher
of years q resident of this city. ard Mr..
Adolph Lindenkohl. the senior craftsman
TO the coast and geodetic survey.
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