Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-16
WEEK ENDING SEPT. 10, 1905.

President Roosevelt approved the Market
contract for furnishing food for the Pan.
anna canal employees. and made public the
reply or Chairman Shonts to the protests
OF unsuccessful bidders. W. r. Powell
| minister to Hayti. resigned. United States
Consul Lee. at Panama was assigned by
the State Department to attend the trial OF
William s. Albers, an American citizen ar.
rested In Nicaragua, to see that his rights
are preserved. Gen. r. d. Grant. In COM
mand OF the Department OF the East In hIs
annual report. advocated the re-establish.
ment OF the canteen. NJ. witte and other
members OF the Russian peace Commission
sailed from New York on their return 20
81. Petersburg. Baron Komura, the Japa-
nese peace envoy. was stricken with ty.
phoio Fever whilo In New York; his case
was not pronounced as alarming. The Dow.
ager Empress Of China formally entertained
the members Of the Taft party. Auditor
David Z. Sherrick of Indiana was accused
OF violating the law and betraying a pub
nc trust by investing state funds In private
ventures and was removed from ONCE by
me governor. The legislative investigating
ods or insurance in New York continued If
sessions: Treasurer Randolph of the New
1ork Lfe insurance Company testified 70
cor,na noIe practices In the conduct of the
company s business. While fishing I'm IakA
Erie the American tug w j. McCarter vac
! hred on and slightly damaged by the Ca.
. cruiser Vigilant. At last reports the
so.ai NUMBER or cases OF yellow fever IN
New orleans was placed at 2bOS and the
to,si number OF deaths at 331: I'VE cases NJ
ssiiow Iever were discovered In Cincinnati
among refugees from Louisiana sixtv mar.
sons were injured nine seriously nv IN.
| oVerturning OF an electric car near Pitts.
purs FIVE persons were killed and sixtv.
- Injured In collision OF trolley cars
near York. Pa. A car left the tracLs -
the L road in New York. and twe,ve
persons were killed and forty injured: the
,no.o,man. who was charged with man.
sares sa escaped and rewards were Of
-. ca ioI ms arrest. An explosion occurred
az the Rand powder works at Faircbance
fa.. ana nineteen out of the thirtytwo
Ilien at work were killed. Seven persons
"eIe Killed by an explosion In a fuse fac.
tory at Avon, Conn. Among those uho dJes
was Patrick A. Collins, mayor OF Boston.
at Hot Springs. Va A'
Foreign Affairs.
four hundred and six policemen ana 1-.
men We're injured and nine civilians wers
Aiiieo ana as1 wounded during riotiug IN
Aohio following the news OF the accantanca
ot peace terms by the Japanese enyovs.
tio'ihs also occurred at Yokohama follow.
ing an anti-peace meeting and thirty-seven
.. Were injured: generals represents
ing zen. Lnevitch and Marshal ovama
met and signed an armistice providing
neutral zone of four kiloneters bet tween sba
W imies' storm swept Korea and a
on account of the approximation az ae,,,
square miles of seacoast land Koreans at
lacked the japanese guard in Seoul; one
was Killed and several rioters wounded,
the Japanese battleship Mikasa Topo's aag
snip. caught fire and in an explosion which
ioiiowed wrecking the ship go men vera
killed and 3f3 wounded. An IMPERIAL ukas
issued by the car placed the government
OF universities in the hands of the pro-
.essors; Il ukase abol!shing the discrimina-
tlon against American goods was also made
In Ilalrr
improved. but the revolt gained strength IN
the country districts; a general strike be-
gan at warsaw owing to the execution of
a socialist leader; rioting occurred at Hal.
singfors Finland. and threats were rnada
to XIII the governor general A semi-officiai
announcement was issued from Stockbolm
10 the effect that the Swedish government
regarded the reports of the mobilization OF
part OF the Norwegian conscription as cor.
rect The Hungarian cabinet resigned A
plot FOR general uprising in Macedonia
and the murder of King Peter and Prince
Ferdinand of Servia was reported from Rel.
grade. The volcano of Strombou in Italy
became active and threatened a large Sec
ton of the surroundings country. The bridge
over the Zambez river East Africa the
highest span in the world. was formally
opened to traffic. Among those who died
was Pierre Paul Francois Camille de
BrazZa, the noted French African explorer,
in French West Africa.
In the District.
port of the Keep commission on the investi.
cation of the government printing Office.
Capt. Isaac Pearson, inspector in the DO.
lice department, was placed on the retired
list and Capt. F. Z. Cross. in charge Of de-
tectives was named to succeed him; Lieut.,
I. b. Amiss of the first precinct was made
a captain to succeed Capt. Cross. The board
of education concluded the examination OF
witnesses in its investiga ion of the charges
against Principal Swartzell of the Eastern
High School. NJ. White and Baron Rosen :.
the Russian peace plenipotentiaries visited
the city and spent a day in sightseeing Cor
poral Tanner Of this city elected COM
mander-in-chief OF the Grand Army of the
Republic at its annual reunion in Denver
Col. The United Spanish War Veterans
in annual convention at Milwaukee decided
upon Washington for its annual convention
next year. The National Council Order
= United American Mechanics. and the Ma
tional Association of Master Bakers held
annual sessions. Infatuated by jealousy,
Charles Souder. lunch room proprietor,
shot and killed George T. Morgan, ma
chnist: seriously, If not fatally, wounded
his wife. Lillian Souder. and then commit
ted suicide. Allen Hayes, colored seriously
wounded Ella Hinton. also colored, with g.
razor and then attempted suicide with the
same weapon. George Robertson, bar
tender committed suicide by jumping into
the river near Whitestone Point The
father of Henry Beverly. colored, who was
fatally shot by companion while on a trip
down the river, swore out Il warrant charg-
ing Richard Smith. colored, with murder.
Mrs. Mena Stack of Forestville Md was
killed by fall from a wagon and her son,
Frederick Stack. was locked up TO await the
verdict of a coroner's jury. Charles Keri-
kes, twenty-five years old. was killed by q
train In the Baltimore and Ohio yards at
Trinidad, D. c. Among those who died
were Andrew B. Duvall, corporation coun-
sci for the District of Columbia while at
sea. returning from Europe; Judge Charles
Fletcher Scott of the Police Court; Brig,
Gen. George II. Weeks, L. S. A, retired;
Gen. Lawrence Pike Graham, u. S. A, re-
tired, and Robert Burns, a veteran member
of the metropolitan police department.
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