Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-21
News Briefs.

President Alfred w a1ter OIL the ScdDodIu
Air Line railway has given official denial
to the many recent reports to the erect
that he intends to retire from the presi-
dency of the Seaboard system. Mr.: wal
ter said there is absolutely nothing in any
Of the reports.
Henry Olde OF Buffalo. N. Y. and Olaf
Olson of Sault Ste Marie. Mich. fremen
on the steamer Empire City, were fright
fully scalded Saturday by the bursting of
a steam pipe shortly before the vessel
reached Ashtabula, Ohio. subsequently
Olde died.
Another change in the militia regiments
at Chickamauga National Park encamp-
ment was made at Chattanooga Saturday.
The First and Second Tennessee and First
North Carolina take the places OF the First
South Carolina. Third Tennessee and a
battalion Of infantry from Mississippi. The
force Of regulars remains on duty.
Coe D. BARNARD. convicted of perjury as
a witness to the final homestead PROOF OF
Chas A. Watson, was sentenced Saturday
at Portland, Ore. to imprisonment In the
government penitentiary on McNeills Is
land for two years and fined $1,000.
Everett Short. colored who shot and kill
ed John Holloway, colored. at c. E.. Wells
sawmill in Surry county. Va, several weeks
ago, for whom the authorities have been
diligently searching. returned to Peters
burg Saturday and surrendered to Police
man Roberts and was taken to the county
Jail.
sending a bogus order to business rival.
Robert Cusck, young Ice dealer. was
fatally stabbed at New York Friday night
Pasquale de shon. also an ice dealer. and
Mary de Shon, his wife, are held pending
the result of Cusick's injuries.
The Forest City. small passenger steam
err plying between Muskogee and Fort Glib
son, I. T.. on the Grand river, sank near
the latter place Saturday: There were
forty passengers on board. but all escaped
safely being removed from the craft in
small boats.
The K. Y. Townsend. the biggest steamer
on fresh water, was launched at Superior,
Wis.,. Saturday. Miss Emma Phelps.
South Shore railroad. christened the steam
er with champagne. The vessel measures
COZ feet in length, is SO feet beam and
SO feet depth.
In response to a petition Of three credi-
tors. with claims amounting to $142. filed In
court at Chicago Saturday, Referee East
man appointed E. G. Day receiver for
Harry R. Eagle & Co.. grocers and cigar
dealers. Harry r. Eagle is said to be the
sole proprietor of the business. Total liabil-
tiles. 1t Is said. will reach $4,000. Assets.
It is claimed, will not exceed $4,000.
A special from Mccormick. Ga. says the
negro population became so wrought up
that white citizens. to prevent a lynching,
had to take Jack Samuels, negro, who had
assaulted negro girl, to Greenwood, where
he was met by the sheriff of Abbevillo
county and Jailed at the latter place for
safekeeping.
The explosion Of the gasoline tank used
in lantern show last Friday. which gave
rise to rumors Of attempted assassinations.
took place while Tuan Fang. governor of
the province of Human. was trying a NOV
ing picture machine which he had brought
to Picking from Europe for the amusement
of the dowager empress before taking 1t
to the palace.
Engineer Dahl of the Trans-Caucasian
railroad has been murdered In the railroad
station at Batoum by revolutionists He
was a prominent member Of the constitu-
tfonal democratic party which Is now I'M
der the ban of the revolutionists.
Fully $1,000 persons witnessed the Vene-
tan festival given at the suburb OF Bota-
fcgo, near Rio Janeiro, Sunday night by the
city in honor of the delegates to the inter-
national American conference. A great fire
picture, representing President Roosevelt
and the American flag, shone out from the
middle of the bay.
George Baumgartner, aged sixteen years.
who came from Germany two years ago
to study for the priesthood. accidentally
killed himself at the play hall of st. Bene-
diets College in Atchison. Kan. Sunday:
Playing burglar with loaded revolver
Claude Lanciano. eight years old, shot and
killed his baby brother Edmund, aged three
years. at Philadelphia Sunday Claude also
shot himself through the hand.
Reports received here from points In
Allegheny and neighboring Pennsylvania
counties indicate that great damage has
been done by a storm Sunday afternoon
and last night Telegraph and telephone
service was interrupted
Fiye-year-old Louis Raoenr slipped and
fell on an Amsterdam avenue car track in
New York Sunday. He was run down
and terribly mangled by car, which wit
nesses declare the motorman made no eff
fort to stop. Faremen say motormen fire.
ouently violate the law at this point by
running past the fire house without stop
ping.