Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-02

Africa.
en- route to his home in Minnesota. He.
with other missionaries, translated Chin
dou." which Is the native tongue OF lam
hest and made dictionaries and many
transcripts Of religious works.
NEW YORK, November 2.-The second
davis sale Of furniture from offices of ex-
President McCurdy and other officials OF
the Mutual Life Insurance Company
brought in ST coo. The total amount re-
ceiyed at the two days sale was about
S35. 900 The highest price realized at the
second days sale was 1885. paid Tor
carved and gilt Louis XIV parlor suit.
DETpoIT Mich. November 2-John 8.
Klein of st. Louis. connected with the
chemical trade in that city, dropped deao
from heart failure Yesterday m the once
of G. w House in the Union Trust build
ing. He had arrived mere 1ust a nuh
hours before his death in connection with
a business enterprise which he had Deen
discussing for only half an hour When ne
was stricken
ST PETERSBURG. November 2.-For-
eign Minister Iswolsky, who has been IN
Paris, has been forced to break MS re-
turn journey to Russia on account OF
Illness. and is stopping at the Siiesian
estate of Prince Donnersmarck. His III
ness however, Is not serious, according
to the reports received here.
N,
announces that the United States govern
ment has contracted with Glasgow ship
brokers to convey 100000 tons of coal to
the Pacific for the use of the American
fleet. Twenty-one Glasgow steamships
have been chartered.
KANSAS CITY. Mo-, November Upon
petition of Edward Corrigan, Chicago.
and George Witt, Memphis. principal
stockholders. the federal court here yes
terday appointed James F. Halpin, Kan
sas City, receiver for the Kansas City
Jockey Club and Fair Association. The
court ordered the sale of the track, valued
at 100000 and considered one of the
finest in the country. division of the
proceeds among the stockholders is Or
dered.
ROCKVILLE, Pa, November q
David Bish is under arrest charged with
the death Thursday night at Oakridge,
near here Of Newton Reddinger, seventeen
years old, during a Halloween celebration.
Bish is alleged to have fired into crowd
of boys who annoyed him. Reddinger's
head was blown off.
NEW YORK, November 2.-Announce-
ment was made at the Argentine con-
sulate in this city yesterday that the Ar
gentine republic is planning to hold an
exposition in Buenos Ayres in 1910 in cele-
bration of the two hundredth anniver-
sary of the revolution Of May" May
25. 1910. a monument to the revolution
will be unveiled.
COVENTRY. R. l.. November 2.-Aris-
ing before the sun today. Edward Payson
Weston. who is attempting to break the
record made by himself forty years ago
in walking from Portland Me-. to Chicago,
made an early start. He expected to ter
inmate his days work today in Hart
ford. Conn, seventy miles from here,
bringing the total distance travelled In
five days up to about $50 miles.
HONGKONG. November 2.-The Scan
dinavian mission in the district of Nam
hoi has been attacked by the anti-foreign
element of population. The missionaries.
Misses Wendell and Ericsson, were stoned
by Chinese. who alleged that native
women were forced to become Christians
and were kept for immoral purposes. The
magistrate at Namhei succeeded in re-
storing order
PITTSBURG. Pa. November mime
foreigners were seriously injured in
stabbng ARRAY early today. One will
probably die All had been drinking and
free for all fight started. Eight of the
men were arrested after medical atten
ton had been given them.
BUTLER, Pa, November 2.-Several
persons were injured, none fatally. and
property loss of so. 600 resulted early to-
day when the magazine of the Petroleum
Torpedo Company. sixteen m les from here.
exploded There were $50 quarts of nitro
glycern in the magazine. and the cause of
the explosion is not known. The factory
building of the company. 100 yards away.
was completely demol shed.
CHATHAM, Mass. November 2.-The
Norwegian steamer Garibaldi, New York,
bound from New Brunswick went
aground on Shovelful shoal during the
night but was floated during the fore
noon, and apparently sustained no dam
age.
MANILA. November 2.-The new rail-
road bridge over the Pasig river near
Fort Mckinley collapsed owing to the
breaking of the superstructure, and sixty
workmen We're precipitated into the
river. Three Americans and twenty
Filipinos were injured. The damage is
estimated at 100000.