Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-06
WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 8, 1909.

President Roosevelt returned to Washing
ton from Oyster Bay: on the train he had
an important conference with Charles E.
Hughes; the President has selected Judge
Charles E. Magoon to be governor of Cuba.
Secretary OF State Root, accompanied by
Minister John Barrett. arrived in Washing
ton after a trip through South America.
Attorney General Moody ordered suits
brought against twenty-seven railroads for
violating the safety appliance law. Cuban
affairs were discussed in detail at the first
cabinet meeting OF the autumn. Secretary
Wilson states that 1925 meat inspectors are
now at work in packing houses Though
there Is a decrease Of 12,47O pensioners,
Commissioner Warner states that an appro-
priation Of $l36. 237. 749 will be required. An
army medical school, museum and library
are to be erected in Washington's suburbs,
| the entire group to bear the name Of DR..
Walter Reid. The United States output Of
coal in 1905 was a record one. exceeding by
nearly 80 per cent that Of any other coun-
| try. The interstate commerce commission
| ordered that when a state rate is included
| in an Interstate rate the former must also
be filed with the commission. The United
States and Great Britain have adopted a
modus vivendi that willenab!e United States
| fishermen to fish with profit in Newfound-
land waters. American mills, the census
| bureau states consumed 1871 16S bales of
/ cotton during the year ended August 81.
| 1905. A severe earthquake shock. supposed
| to have occurred in the Indian ocean, was
| recorded by the weather bureau seismo-
| graphs Charles E.. Hughes formally ac-
cepted the republican nomination for gov
ernor of New York. The annual convention
Of the United Irish League Of America
| opened in Philadelphia. Fifty thousand dol
| lars in gold was found hidden In a house
/ a HndcoO NJ Plat emnhat ical-
ly denounced reports that he would shortly
apply for divorce from his wife as pack
| Of lies. None of the calendars submitted to
| courts bore the name Of Harry X. Thaw.
| and his case may not be taken up before
| the end of the year. John D. Rockefeller
| in an interview declared that the tendency
| toward government regulation OF indus
tries menaces national prosperity. Five
persons were killed in a collision between
| a troop train and a passenger train at
Lansingburg, N. Y, twenty others peing
| injured Fire in dangerous section or
New York compelled ninety families to
leave their homes, destroying $4,000 worth
| of property and resulted in the injury of
| three firemen. An Internal machine ad-
dressed to Gov. Pennypacker was he'd up
at Harrisburg. Eight men were killed ana
| some forty persons were injured by an ex-
| plosion of gas in the Philadelphia subway,
under construction. "Ar' Adams, the no.
served a term in Sing Sing. killed himself
in his apartments at the Ansonia. The
| death list as the result of the storm In the
vicinity of Mobile, Ala, now numbers sew
enty-nne
Foreign.
The Cuban insurgents began to disarm
and disband without signs of opposition;
sanitary measures have been started to
prevent a spread of yellow fever; Mr. Taft
denied having given any interviews In re-
spect to persons or issues In the Cuban
situation The final step to set in motion
the machinery for the distribution OF land
| to the peasantry was taken in st. Peters
| burg. Sentences were imposed on several
| hundred of the mutineers at Cronstadt,
nineteen being ordered shot. and a member
| of the duma was ordered deported. me
Paris Temps declared that the Cubans had
proved their unworthiness for liberty, and
| would receive no pity II they lost IT, Spain
purposes to create a loan of $1O,0OO,0OO for
| the erection of 5000 primary schools An
| International conference to regulate wire
| less biography will be held in Berlin. Ger
many, this week. Mr.. Hager, the Swedish
while out driving. King Frederick deliver
| ed his first speech from the throne to the
| Danish parliament The mysterious muir
| der of an English girl in the Public Park
| at Essen, Germany, has caused great ex-
| element, especially as the victim was
| distantly related to royalty. A Berlin
| butchers organ alleges that efforts are
being made to form German meat trust
| American ambassador to Turkey, was re-
| ceived by the sultan, and presented his
| credentials. Advices from AMMAN say that
the king has been seized with homicidal
mania, and caused seven of his wives to
be tortured to death Further details were
| received at Hongkong of the laundering
| in typhoon Of the emigrant steamer
| Charter House, with loss of over sixty
| lives twenty-five persons being taken from
raft after they had been afioat forty
three hours. 1t was announced In Teheran
| carinp
| The army transport Sheridan was foated,
but beached at the entrance to Pearl har-
Dor to prevent her from laundering
In the District.
The President appointed Charles H
Robb of Vermont to be justice of the
| District Of Columbia Court of Appeals. to
| succeed Justice Due1l, resigned. The Dis
| trict grand jury indicted the American
| Ice Company and two of Its officers and
the Chapin-Sacks Manufacturing Com
| pany and two of it's officers. alleging con-
spiracy in restraint of trade and trust
agreement. The Court of Appeals of the
| Supreme Court of the District of Column
bia convened for the fall term District
Attorney Baker has moved that the $10,-
| 600 bond of Frederick A. Peckham in the
cotton Leak cases be forfeited. One
hundred and eleven new lawyers were
admitted to practice by the District Su-
preme Court. The Bar Association held
memorial meeting All uoHoi VI Tic ldtS
| Col. E. 3. Hay. Funds sufficient to carry
| out the entire program of entertainment
| of the Spanish War Veterans have been
secured. Nine night schools began their
| sessions this week. Impressive cere-
monies were held in the Franciscan Mon
| astery Brookland. d. c.. in commemora-
| ton of the feast day of St Francis. In an
address tc the District Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union Mrs. Clinton
Smith held the War Department RESPONSE
| BILE for allowing dives and drinking
| sued their husbands for divorce or sepa-
! rate maintenance, and two men asked to
| be declared bankrupt. Russell p. Belen.
| q Virginian, was made assistant clerk Of
| the District Supreme Court.
OURDAN-KELLERM WEDDING.
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