Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-15
WEEK ENDING SEPT. Is, 1906.

The President sent Secretary Taft and As
sistant Secretary Bacon to Cuba to repre-
sent the United States there. President
Roosevelt ordered warships to Cuba to pro-
tect the rights Of Americans there. The
President conferred with Gov. Higgins OF
New York. President Roosevelt presented
the Roosevelt cup to the owner of the Vim,
the winner of the international yacht race.
Abram Salcido. president of the Douglas
junta on Mexican revolutionists. was turn
ed over to the Mexican authorities by Or
der of the Department Of Commerce and
Labor. Secretary Bonaparte has taken
steps to prevent the bad treatment OF the
United States sailors and marines in GER
tain ports. VIM. T. Cobb was reelected
governor of Maine. and Mr.. Littlefield was
returned to Congress by very greatly re-
duced majority VIM. Jennings Bryan be-
gan his trip through the south. H. Clay
Pierce, president of the Pierce-Waters Oil
Dick regained the leadership of the repub-
licans in Ohio. Col. Henry c. Sniffin was
appointed paymaster general OF the army
Mayor Thayer of Norwich was nominated
for governor of Connecticut on the demo-
cratic ticket. Vice President Fairbanks in
a speech at Concord, N. H, deplored the
smallness of the American merchant ma
rine. Gov. Higgins of New York sent let
ter to the heads of all the state depart
ments warning them that the spirits as we'll
as the letter of the law regarding political
assessments must be observed. Miss Ethel
Roosevelt was thrown from buggy at
Oyster bay, but escaped serious injury.
Alva Adams of Pueblo was nominated by
the democrats of Colorado for governor.
The United German Catholic Societies be-
gan their annual convention at Springfield,
Ill. Gen. H. C. Corbin was retired from
the army on account of the age limit. A
Southern Pacific train was wrecked at
Santa Barbara, Cal, and twenty-seven per-
sons were injured. A panic was caused at
he ant
Columbus by people striving to get view
Of Mrs. .Longworth. Lightning did consid-
cradle damage at Newport. r. l. Mrs. E.
II. Pavitt. wife of a farmer living near
Media, Pa, was brutally murdered with
Ratchet. Ephraim Kinds. father-in-law Of
Postmaster General Cortelyou, died at Pitts
ford, N. Y.
-. Foreign. asses 50
Bomb explosions and murders of soldiers
and police in Warsaw were answered by in
discriminate shooting on the part Of the
troops, in which many persons were killed
or wounded. The casualties at. Seidlce were
estimated at two hundred killed and one
thousand wounded. Terrortsts killed
colonel in Warsaw; the governor general
took steps to prevent an attack on the Jews.
The constitutional democrats in Russia de-
cided to hold congress In Finland "A
great meeting of students In st. Peters
burg passed a resolution in favor of OPEN
Ing the universities; it was also decided to
continue the struggle for liberty. Sir Ed
ward Gray of England stated that Sir Rob
ert Hart would remain at the head of the
Chinese customs service. DIR. Charcot an
nounced at session Of the Polar Congress
at Paris that he was organizing an expedi-
ton to the south pole, and Charles Bernard:
said that the Belgian Oceanegraphic Se-e
ciety was organizing an expedition to the
north pole. The Humberts. famous French
swindlers, were released from JAIL Rumors
of Franco-Japanese agreement were cir
culated In Paris NJ. Fallieres and his staff
went to Marseille to visit the colonial ex-
position; over eleven thousand troops and
detectives have been amassed in the city.
The French prelates have agreed to give
The separation law a trial, and have formed
d plan of action. The German army ma
neuvers ended with satisfaction to the kali
ser. German. destroyers made a dash for
the British coast in the course of the re-
cent maneuvers. reached 1t and returned
without being observed Over go people
were buried in landslide in the township
OF Kwareli, In the Caucasus. King Oscar
of Sweden received President Francis of the
jamestown exposition. Woman suffrage
proved failure in austria. Prince AL
brecht of Prussia, one OF the richest peers