Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-04
WEEK ENDING AUGUST 4. 1908.

President Roosevelt reiterated that he
was not q candidate for the presidency.
President Roosevelt has given Public Print
er Stinings free hand In the management
OF the big printery. conference between
the leading railroads and the interstate
commerce commission was held at WASH
ington. Secretary Taft consented to make
several speeches to aid Representative Lit
tlefield In his fight for denomination. secre-
tary Bonaparte declared In a speech that
this country had no room for the lazy
ignorant and vicious members OF any race.
Lithographers in several cities struck In
obedience to orders received from Their.
headquarters. The battleships Alabama and
Illinois collided and were badly damaged.
The international policyhoiders committee
began Its active campaign. A meeting Of
representatives of southern railroads was
held in New York to discuss steps to COM
ply with the rate law. Mayor johnson OF
cleveland was found not guilty OF contempt
OF court. John Alexander Dowie decided to
appeal from the ruling of Judge Landis
The camps of instruction at Mt. Gsetna and
Chickamauga were opened. The men en-
ployed on the reconstruction of San Fran
ciscos street railway lines struck for moro
pay and shorter hours. The Pennsylvania
hailroad Company announced the reduction
Oh the one-way passenger rates to IN cents
mile Both sides of the Hartje divorce
suit concluded their testimony DIR w T.
Harris, former United States commiss. oner
OF education. received a. life allowance OF
$sVu from the Carnegie fund. Gov. Ma
sooh OF Panama was appointed vice gov
ernor OF the Philippines. Gov Cumn,ins of
Iowa was nominated for governor OF that
state for the third time. A former book
keeper of the Union Trust Cornpapy Of
Pittsburg confessed to having embezzed
large amounts of money from that institu-
ton. Floyd Carmichael. a negro was shot
70 death by posse in the presence OF a
girl he had attacked in a suburb OF Atlanta
len persons were drowned NJ he "a, xip
OF two sloops on the bar OF Anglesea N j.
Three Brooklynites were drowned in Lake
Hopatcong- Three men were killed and
Two seriously injured In explosion in a
chemical works at Newark n J. Three
men were killed by the wrecking OF a train
near Pittsburg.
Foreign.
Sharp fighting reported at Poltaya,
Russia, where a battalion of the Sevskt
regiment mutinied. Four men were SEN
fenced TO death at Sebastopol for COM
phcity In the mutiny Of November 1905
troops at Sveaborg fortress and Skattudden
barracks mutinied; five hundred killed and
a general strike ordered hitch occurred
IN the selection OF a new cabinet and the
names of the new members were not
announced. The workmen councils at
MOSCOW and st. Petersburg issued orders
Tor a general strike Communication with
Constadt was restored The crew OF the
al
mutinied. killed the captain and four Of
fcers and seized the vessel Gen. Mark
gransky, the head of the Warsaw gendar-
merle. was Killed by revolutionists. An
unsuccessful attempt was made 10 blow up
the police headquarters at Moscow
moo attacked the great monastery near
Borky, built by Alexander III, and the
Monks defended Il. A party of armed men
entered printing establishment and had
i5o,ooo copies of the Viborg manifesto
struck OF. The governor of Samara was
oiown TO pieces by bomb. A mutiny on
board the cruiser Bogatyr was quickly sum-
pressed Mr.. Balfour in England accused
the premier of breaking pledge in regard
10 the debate on the trades disputes bill
which was reported TO the house; the union
ISIS left the house In body Winston
Spencer Churchill in the house of commons
explained the governments plan for a
Iransvaal constitution; equal suffrage
rights We're given to Boer and Briton. The
British Association for the Advancement of
Science met at York under the presidency
OF Edwin Ray Lancaster. Debate on the
education bill was begun I'm parliament
The colonial marriages bill passed the
mouse or commons. Ambassador Whitelaw
heid lectured on Americas DEVELOPMENT
al Cambridge University. John Lawrence
oIoole the famous English comedian. died
at Brighton. Emperor William ordered an
investigation of Maj. Fischer. who is ac-
eused OF getting graft on South African
army contracts. The losses of the Ham
burg- Bremen Fire Insurance Company ow-
mated at 81 1865 600. and an assessment OF
90 per cent was levied on the stockholders.
new krupp submarine for the German
government was launched at Kei Fire
caused loss estimated at S2.O0O 600 in the
international exposition at Milan Shusha
was bombarded for three days nv twenty-
one guns and set on fire; the customary
peace between Armenians and the Tartars
was arranged. Bulgarians attacked Greeks
at Phiiippopois and seized two churches
representative and Mrs. Longworth left
Bayreuth for Nuremburg Munich and
Parls The Samoan affair was settled the
United States paying to Germany the award
OF s2ooo The pope received a delegation
or American pilgrims and expressed his
warm regard for President Roosevelt Sec
rotary Root spoke before the pan-American
congress on the laborious process of estah-
fishing effective self-government and the
progress which nations had made toward
self-control. Secretary Root held a recep-
ton on board the Charleston before sail
ing for Montevdeo.
In the District
Several changes in the faculty of tho
Georgetown University were announced.
Assistant District Attorney Easby-smith
resigned and was succeeded by James
Proctor The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company secured the Issue of a building
permit for the erection of two roundhouses
and shops, the estimated cost of which is
S+O0oo The board of education were
undpie 10 seiect superintendent for the
public schools Public Printer Stillings dis
missed w. A. Miller and Milo Shanks from
the big printery for the good of the pub
lie service" The Negro Young Peoples
Christian and Educational Congress con-
vened in Convention Hall and elected
Bishop G. w. Clinton president Mr.. Chas
E; Howe accepted the craftsmanship of the
citizens and business mems committee.
Miss Eiinor Douglas Wise well known in
Washington society was severely Injured
In an automobile accident in Baltimore.
VIM r. Simpson was severely injured by
being thrown from a buggy Daniel White.
a colored barber. was drowned in the river
VIM. Pitts. colored fireman on the steamer
jamestown, fell overheard and was
drowned. Four deckhands of the steamer
st. Johns were arrested for mutiny and
were held under $1,000 bonds. Armistead
Lee was charged with knocking Miss CLAIR
issa Regain down and stealing her purse
John Lynn. proprietor OF. the Keystone
Hotel, died after an illness OF two weeks
John Doyle, an aged resident of the city.
died at the age OF eighty-four years Prof
Almon Harris Thompson died from cancer
of the stomach. VIM. Henry Selden for
many years proprietor of the Metropolitan
Hotel. died heart failure John E. Nor
ton, one of the oldest employees at the Cap
itol. Is dead Mr.. e. G. Farrell well-known
in labor circles of Washington died after n