Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-08
THE WEEK ENDING JULY 8, 1905.

President Roosevelt and his cabinet at
tended the funeral of the late Secretary of
State John Hay at Cleveland, Ohio, where
the body was inferred with simple cere-
monies; the President returned to Oyster
Bay and then went to Asbury Park. N. J.,
where he delivered an address before the
National Educational Association In an
nual session there; he announced the ap-
pointment of Elihu Root as Secretary Of
State; Charles E. Magoon was appointed
by the President minister to Panama; the
Secretary Of Agriculture caused 200 suits
to be brought against railway companies
for violations of the statute requiring live
stock in transit to be unloaded once In
twenty-eight hours for food and water;
the report on the alleged leakage OF infor-
nation on the condition OF the cotton crop
was placed in the hands OF Secretary Will
son; United States Senator John H. Mitch
ell Of Oregon was convicted at Portland OF
a charge of accepting pay for practicing
before a federal department while serving
as O. senator; indictments were returned by
the Chicago grand jury which has been in
vestigating the beef trust against seventeen
persons prominent in packing Industries.
against four officials OF one firm and
against five of the principal firms; accord
ing to statistics from 100 of the principal
cities of the country, thirty-six persons
were killed and 1877 injured in celebrating
the Fourth of July; twenty-six persons
were killed and fifty injured and $2OO,0O0
damages was inflicted by tornado which
swept over northern Texas; a negro named
Hicks shot and killed three persons and
fatally wounded four others at Americas.
Ga.
Foreign Affairs.
The Black sea fleet, which had been or
dered to capture sink the battleship
Kniaz Potemkine in the hands of the rebels
arrived at Novorossisk, a town on the north
east coast; the rebel warship put in at
Theodosia and demanded supplies under a
threat to lombard the city; a proclamation
was issued by the mutineerS declaring war
on all Russian ships which refused to Join
them; the torpedo boat. which accompanied
the kniaZ Potemkine to kuztenji was fired
on by Roumanian warship but was unin-
1ured; the destroyer Stremitelny anchored
off Varna. Bulgaria, and demanded supplies,
which were furnished; mutiny broke out
on the Russian cruiser Mimic at Crondstadt,
but the uprising was suppressed and the
rlngleaderS arrested rumor that the Rus
slams interned at Manila were plotting to
murder their officers caused the American
officials to place the monitor Monadnock
near the Russian warships; general polit-
1cal strike was proclaimed in ST. Peters
burg, and over 5000 men walked out; riot
Ing occurred at the Putiloff works in that
city; Russia selected Ambassadors Mura-
vieff and Rosen and Japan Baron Komura
and Minister Takahira as peace plenipo-
tentiaries with full power TO conclude
treaty of peace. The body of John Paul
Jones was formally handed over to the
United States officials at Paris with bril-
liant display of public ceremonial France
replied to Germanys note on Morocco, the
tenor of the answer being favorable to a
conference, though leaving a number Of de-
tails to be settled; Germany forbade Deputy
Jaures, leading socialist of France, to
speak in Berlin. 1t was definitely stated
that the Swedish army will be mobiiZed to
give force to the attitude Of King Oscar to-
ward Norway. Delegates representing 10000
[ q 70 ,frva - A.
of the boycott of American goods Loss of
life variously estimated at more than 200
and less than 1000 persons and property
damage to the extent Of 500, 600 was caused
GEantajuanto, Mexico, the result of
cloudburst.
In the District.
The Fourth of July was appropriately cell
ebrated by the various organizations and
societies of the District; J. l.. Parsons was
awarded the contract for the erection of
the superstructure of the municipal build
ing; the heaviest rainstorm experienced by
Washington in thirty-three years occurred;
St. Thomas Episcopal Church was dam
aged by fire to the extent of 5000; Paul
Spangenburg, sixteen years old and Will
liam Simmons, nine years old, were
drowned while bathing in the river; VIII
liam Burns, colored deckhand was
drowned in the river al Riverside; Freeman
Epes Pryor of this city was drowned
in Lake Tribune, near Yazoo City Miss;
Eugene p. Garges of this city was drowned
in a lake near Battle Creek Mich John
r. Clements, tifty-five years old. a painter
was killed by a fall from ladder; Petra
Popovitch was accidentally killed by illu-
minating gas in an uptown hotel: the grand
jury returned an indictment for conspir-
acy against Orrin G. Staples, Tracy L. JEFF
fords. John l.. Fehr and Elisha H Fitch,
officials of the Interstate Live Stock Insur-
ance Company; Hilley B. Holmes. a cav
alryman, who shot George Bell, the latter
dying subsequently of his injuries. was ac-
quilted of a charge of mansaughter, Lin
coin Jacobs, colored, was killed by being
struck with a base ball bat in the hands of
James Jordan, also colored; Philip Hol-
stein, a salesman of Baltimore, committed
suicide by inhaing Illuminating gas.