Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-29
WEEK ENDING SEPT. 20, 1905.

WEEK ENDING SEPT. 20, 1905.
President Roosevelt left Oyster Bay on the
yacht Mayfower to review the North At
lantic fleet off Provincetown, Mass. Presi-
dent Roosevelt contributed 500 to be used
by Rear Admiral Thomas in a suit begun
at Newport, r. l.. to inforce respect for
the American naval and army uniforms.
The foreign commerce of the United States
has crossed the So, 600 100000 line according
to the bureau of statistics. American rail-
roads the past year employed ,3S2, 1875 per-
sons took in 50 0s2 4S2, 7o3, killed 1903 per-
sons. and wounded S6,OS. Attorney Milton
D. Purdy has returned from Europe and
will push the government cases against the
Standard Oil Company. The republican con-
gressional campaign committee has estab-
lished a bureau at Washington with a
view to securing contri buttons from federal
employees. Samuel Gompers tells why Ia
Dor objects to Taft chairman of the
Panama canal commission. District Attor-
ney Moody returned to Washington and
began making preparations to push the
anti-rebate suits. w. Morgan Shuster, a
native of Washington, has been appointed
Philippine commissioner, and will draw
salaries aggregating $4,000 The board of
visitors, of which General Horace Porter is
chairman, reports that haZing has been
stamped out at West Point. The right of
possession Of Porto Rico and the Philip
pines and the policy Of the United States
In Cuba are reviewed. Texans declare that
Senator Joseph W. Bailey will be vindicat-
ed by an overwhelming majority. The re-
publican state convention at Saratoga, with
much enthusiasm, nominated Charles E.
Hughes, counsel for the insurance inveStf-
cation committee, for governor. The situa-
ton in Atlanta is practically over; eighteen
negroes and three white persons are known
to have been killed in the recent riots.
Rowdyism was rampant at Coney Island the
closing night of the Mardi Gras, and
women We're insulted and struck. The New
Of l,,i1S hag har
on the use of four by eight inch North
Carolina pine beams in spans of twenty
feet or more. Governor Higgins of New
York declined denomination by the repub-
leans at Saratoga. Two arrests were made
in connection with the case of the uniden-
tilted man, parts of whose dismembered
body were found in New York. An in
fernal machine addressed to Jacob Schiff,
the New York banker, was found near a
mail box in Philadelphia. Paul o. Stems
land, defaulting president of the milwaukee,
Avenue State Bank, reached Chicago. was
arraigned, pleaded guilty of embeZZlement,
was sentenced to Joliet and began an in
determinate period of Incarceration The
Central Passenger Associa ton has reduced
all fares on it's lines east of Illinois to 2l2
cents a mile. Reports from Mobile showed
that from five to fifty lives were lost, a
property damage of about $3,0OO.OW was
caused, and many vessels were sunk by the
storm. The city was under martial law and
food was scarce. Bertha Bellstein, an In
sane matricde escaped from Pennsyl-
vania asylum with the assistance of two
men and an automobile.
Foreign.
The Cuban congress met and voted to ask
President Palma to reconsider his resigna-
ton, which was presented to congress; the
president declined to do so; intervention
seems certain. There are rumors in Ha-
vana that the rebels were planning an at
tack on the city; bands of insurgents are
active in Santiago and Matanzas. A dis
patch from Havana says that Beekmar
Winthrop, the governor Of Porto Rico, will
be recommended by Mr.. Taft civil gov
ernor of Cuba as soon as conditions justify
the withdrawal Of military rule. Dmitri
Shipoff the well-known Russian reformer,
predicted the downfall of the empire I'M
less a constitutional government and a re-
sponsible ministry were speedily granted.
Hard fighting between reVolutiOniStS AMI
troops occurred at Baku, and serious agra
rian riots continued In the region of Baku,
there was another burst of lawiessness In
the Baltic provinces. Joseph Chamberlain
Is not recovering from the govt as rapidly
as was expected and has Cancelled all en-
gagemerts for the autumn. French troops
in Madagascar killed $50 insurgent tribes
men; the soldiers are said to have suffered
heavy losses; other tribes in the northern
part of the island are taking the offensive.
American securities were listed for the first
time on the Paris exchange, the issue In
question being Pennsylvania railroad bonds.
Sultan Abdul Ham!d is said to have cancer
of the kidneys One hundred and seventy
traders were drowned by the capsizing OF
q boat on the River Indus. An insurrec-
ton is reported to have broken out in Ecua-
dor, and the capital of Bolivar is said to
have been captured by the rebels. Four
towns in Cagayan province, Luzon. We're
reported destroyed by typhoon on Septem-
Der IL; heavy damage has been caused. to
crops. The Turkish government has again
postponed the audience set for the Ameri-
can AMBASSADOR, Mr.. Leishman. An Ameri-
can millionaire is reported to have bought
a portrait of Titan for $4,000. Several
earthquake shocks were felt in Porto Rico
and st. Thomas, but the damage to prop
erty was slight and there was no loss Of
life.
In the District.
The report of the water registrar George
A. Wallace. for the year ended June 30,
1906. as we'll as his estimates for the con-
Quoting of business of his department from
June, 1907, to June, 1908, has been received
by the Commissioners. The contract for
the erection of the ten-story Office building
of w. II. Hibbs & Co, on 18th street Just
south of III, has been awarded to the George
A. Fuller Company. On the charge of vio-
lating the federal eight-hour law, a warra Mt
was ordered issued for Warren +. Brenizer
of BreniZer & Co., contractors on District
work. Justice Gould's friends are protest
ing against the Bar Associations indorse-
Court of Appeals. Mgr. d. j. O'Connell has
arrived and is preparing for the opening or
the Catholic University October 2 The eX-
penses of the District sewer system are estl-
mated at 1854, S2J increase OF S2J9,ooo
Engineers in a special report assert the De-