Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-20
CHURCH NOTICES.
WEEK ENDING AUGUST 20, 1904.

WEEK ENDING AUGUST 20, 1904.
President Roosevelt left Washington for
Oyster Bay to remain a month. A salts
factory solution Of pending questions was
arrived at with Turkey. Gov. Wright Of the
Philippines ordered a concentration Of the
inhabitants Of several districts in Samar,
where there are disturbances. 1t was
stated the native chiefs of Manua Island in
the Samoan group, had acknowledged the
sovereignty of the United States over the
island. Democratic national headquarters
were opened in New York. The republican
campaign text book was issued. In his
speech In New York accepting the populist
nomination for President, Thomas E. Wat
son made a severe attack upon the demo-
cratic party. Ex-senator Henry G. Davis
was officially notified of his nomination by
White Sulphur Springs. w. Va. The an
nual encampment of the Grand Army of
the Republic was held at Boston. The
Knights Of Pythias held their biennial con-
clave in Louisville. Philip Weinseimer, head
of the New York Building Trades Alliance,
was indicted on a charge of extortion. The
packing house strike continued in Chicago
and rioting occurred in connection with the
butchers strike in New York. tornado
caused property loss of 100000 in st.
vicinity. An exploding sawmill boiler killed
four persons and injured several at Senola,
Ga. Paul Reed and VIII Cato, colored. two
of the principals in the murder and burning
of Henry Hodges and wife and three chill
dren near Statesboro', Ga, were burned at
the stake by a mob.
Foreign Affairs.
The Russian admiralty received word that
Prince Ouktomsky's five battle ships and
the cruiser Pallada had reached Port Arthur;
the Rossia and Gromoboi were reported
to be at Vladivostok badly damaged; news
of the sinking of the cruiser Rurik was con-
firmed; seven japanese destroyers entered
the harbor of ChefoO and took possessi On
OF an unknown steamer, the impression
being that the seizure took place in Chinese
waters; the navy department at Tokyo Of
fcially explained that the seizure of the
Russian destroyer Ryeshitelni at Chefoo
was due to the fact that the boat was not
disarmed, although this was denied by the
Russian commander; General Stoessel. COM
mander of the garrison, reported that a
general assault en- his whole front at Port
OF the sea fight; demand for the surrender
Of Port Arthur and an offer of removal Of
nOn-cOmbatants made by the Japanese
were refused by General Stoessel; the ex-
penditure by Russia from the beginning CT
the war, February Z, to August 16. was
s12S, 10000. The car appointed General
GlaZoff minister of public instructions;
Prince Obolensky began his duties as gov
ernor general of Finland Parliament was
pr orogued by King Edward; the British AS
ISOLATION for the advancement Of Science
began its annual meeting at Cambridge;
the archbishop of Canterbury left London
on his visit to the United States. The
United States South Atlantic squadron ar
seph visited King Edward at Marienbad,
Bohemia. About 1000 German troops de-
feated 5000 Hereros near Hamakari Ger
man southwest Africa. Colonel 1smail
Monies was inaugurated as president Of
Bolivia. Paraguayan insurgents were re-
ported to have bombarded and completely
isolated AsunciOn. General NOrd, through
United States Minister Powell, denied that
a repetition of the terrible massacre of 1904
in Haiti had been threatened. Twenty-Five
persons were drowned while searching for
"Kruger's Millions a treasure supposed to
be sunk off the Natal coast. The British
bark 1nverkip was wrecked off the coast of
Ireland and twenty persons We're drowned.
In the District.
The annual reports of the building in
spector, the United States attorney for the
District of Columbia and the superintend-
ent of parking were submitted. The Com
missioners decided that the Washington
Fertilizer Company must live up to Its
contract for the collection of city garbage
or pay the full penalty for any violations.
number of changes were announced in
the classified service of the Treasury De-
partment. During the annual regatta on
the Potomac river launch carrying four
teen persons was capsiZed at the foot of
33d street. and ]. Herbert Coates, VIM. H.
Smith, Hazel Hizer, Lulu Dreyfus, Bertha
Setback, Andrew ]. Boose, Charles H. Blu
mer, J. George Smith. John Waldman and
Helen e. Moore were drowned; coroners
jury decided that the capsizing was I'M
avoidable and accidental. Secretary Met
calf of the Department Of Commerce and
Labor arranged to draft certain rules and
regulations governing the use of power
boats, to be presented to Congress In the
fall. Cecilia Mudd. an elderly colored
woman, was killed by a train at South
eighteen years old, was drowned in the
river at 11th street southwest. Mrs. Isa
bella H. Leopold. formerly well-known In
the Post Office Department, was killed by
being thrown from a train near Mongolia,
N. ]. John l.. Krause, sixty-one years old,
a laborer was killed by a cave-in at the
navy yard. Ewald Fabritz ten years old,
was killed and Willie Gier, seven years old.
was injured by the overturning of a gro
Gerry wagon near 7th and H streets north
east. c. Y. De neal, a brakeman. was
killed in wreck on the Pennsylvania rail-
road near Benning. and coroner's jury
held Charles w. Nichols. the telegraph OPP
orator at Deanwood tower, responsible.
VIM. A. Hamacher was drowned while
swimming at Colonial Beach, Va. A fire
at the Mt. Vernon Hotel aroused a panic
among the guests and caused a property
loss of about $1,000. Ella Gray, colored,
twenty-f -four years old. attempted to COM
NIT suicide by taking poison, and Winslow
w. Murray, colored. nineteen. also at
tempted to take his own life by swallow
ing laudanum. Among those who died were
Mrs. Mary K. Fuller. wife of Chief Justice
Fuller of the United States Supreme
Court. at Sorrento, Me; Wright Curtiss, a
well-known resident of Woodside, Nd. :
Henry Douglass. a veteran of the Mexican
war; Col. Walter H. French, for many
years file clerk of the House of Repre-
sentatives, and Mrs George w. Davis
wife of Gen. George w. Davis, governor OF
the Panama canal zone.
Tobacco and Badness.