Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-30
WEEK ENDING JULY 80. 1904.

"0IA GNOAN0 JULY 81, 1SO4.
president Roosevelt was formally notified
at Oyster Bay, N. Y, Of his nomination by
the chicago convention; the President re-
turned to Washington. The State Depart
ment addressed itself to the Russian gov
eminent on the subject Of the seizure Of
the cargo Of the Arabia by the Vladivostok
squadron. The State Department received
the details of the killing of Clarence Way
an American, by Mexican officials. Rear
Admiral George A. Converse was appointed
to succeed the late Rear Admiral Henry c.
Taylor as chief of the bureau of navigation,
Navy Department. The controller of the
treasury decided that the canal zone in
States in the full meaning of the law.
Judge Parker's notification was fixed for
August 10 at Esopus, N. Y. The democratic
national committee met in New York and
elected Thomas Taggart of Indiana chair
man. A decree of foreclosure of the mort
gage for $16,OOO,OOO against the United
States Shipbulding Company was signed by
United States Circuit Judge Platt in Con-
necticut. The meat packers and union lead
ers failed to reach an agreement in Chicago
and sympathetic strike was called by the
trades allied to the meat cutters, nearly
1900 men quitting work. More than 10000
cotton mill operatives at Fall River, Mass
struck all but one of the eightyone mills
being closed. The town of Bonesteel, 8. D.,
experienced reign of terror at the hands
of gamblers. and citizens vigilance COM
mittee was formed The federal grand jury
indicted seven persons, including two steam
boat inspectors, as being responsible for the
General Slocum steamboat disaster In New
York. John j. Ryan, the noted thurman,
was arrested in New York charged with
the larceny of 100000 in connection with
"get-rich- quick schemes in the west.
Among those who died were Rear Admlra!
Henry c. Taylor, chief of the bureau OF
rt M
Cliff, near Sudbury. Ontario, and Lieutenaht
James w. Legare Clement, jr., U. s. N, at
Trieste, Austria.
Foreign Affairs.
Minister of the Interior Won Plehve OF
Russia was assassnated by being blown
almost to pieces by bomb thrown by an
anarchist while driving in st. Peterspurg'
the coachman was killed and the minister's
servant and many others were injured by
flying missiles: the assassin himself was
wounded; his identity was kept secret py
the police. Refugees from Port Arthur con
firmed reports of a general assault having
been begun there by the japanese; an I'M
portant stage in the land campaign III
Manchuria was marked by the japanese
occupation of Niuchwans and It's port III
koW after severe fighting; the russians
evacuated Tatchechkiao after burning the
town and retreated to Hai-Cheng; in ST.
Petersburg Gen. Kuropatkln retreat was
regarded as part of the general plan OF
harasSing the japanese during tnal re-
treat to Hardin; the VladivoStok squadron
in the course of it's raid appeared off the
coast Of Japan and captured the British
steamer Knight Commander and the Ger
man steamer Arabia: the former was sunk
by the Russians; both the Knight Comman-
der and the Arabia carried American ear
goes and protests We're received by the rus,
sian government from Germany, England
and the United States against the summary
action taken with regard to the Knight
Commander; the steamer Korea from San
Francisco with 81 100000 In coin on poard,
arrived safely at Tokyo: Russia released
the German steamer Scandal, seized In the
Red sea and ordered the volunteer fleet to
cease interference with foreign shipping;
the prohibition on the use of balloons for
dropping explosives agreed to at The Hague
peace conference, expired. Sir Robert Bond,
premier OF Newfoundland, predicted that
unless reciprocity were granted Newfouno-
land by the United States all OF the form
er's trade with this country would go to
Canada. A British commission reported
that fresh meat does not cause cancer. Col
Younghusband notified the Tibetans that
he would make peace only at Lhassa. Inc
Finnish system of coinage. hitherto dis
tinct, was ordered reduced to the Russian
basis Turkish troops near Kumanova, Ma
cedona, killed fifty Bulgarians, whom they
accused of setting fire to granaries. Presi-
dent Castro of Venezuela put an attach
ment on the property of the New York
and Bermuda Asphalt Company, from
which he Is trying to collect s., eco, OOO.
Among those who died was Frederick Good
all, a noted English artist.
In the District.
The investigation of the charges of mall
administration in office against Warner
Stutler superintendent of street cleaning,
preferred by Royal Robinson, a former con-
tractor for machine street sweeping, was
begun. The commission in charge Of the
municipal building decided to purchase
stone Of light color In advance Of award
ing the contract for its construction. The
acting corporation counsel decided that the
Commissioners have no authority to inter-
fere In the location Of the Eastern Dispen-
sary and Casualty Hospital. James E.
Easily Smith, attorney in charge of par
dons Department of Justice, and Peyton
Gordon, assistant United States attorney
for the District of Columbia, by arrange
ment exchanged positions. The estimates
for the fire department called for an In
crease of $3.50, 40 over those of last year;
the estimates for the assessors office called
for an additional appropriation of "a 500.
The contract for a fireboat was awarded.
Col. c. s. Bromwell, superintendent of pub
lie buildings and grounds, submitted his an
nual report. The striking firemen at the
Heurich Brewery returned to work; the
District Supreme Court sustained a demur-
rer to the petition to prevent the Brewers
Association and certain employees of the
Heurich brewery firm from combining to
raise the price of beer. The striking brick
layers at the Washington barracks were
notified that they would be taken back as
emergency men, the civil service eligible
list having been exhausted. Percy Acker-
man, two years old, was killed, and Mr..
and Mrs Costa and Paul Toriana, four
years old. were injured by an explosion of
gasoline at 127 California street. Harold
Hammond, fifteen years old, was drowned
in the Potomac above the Aqueduct bridge.
Ernest T. Harrison, Baltimore and Ohio
hra a f0cOmnffVa q
LIST and G streets. Thomas Murray, colored,
was drowned in the river near Fort Foote,
Md Edward Nalle was instantly killed and
George Morgan wounded in shooting at
fray at Takoma Park, Md; Arthur Robin
son was held for the crime. Annie Prue
negress. attempted suicide at Hillsdale, by
jumping from a window. Among those
who died was David Wolf Browne, Official
reporter of the House of Representatives