Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-04
WEEK ENDING JULY 4. 1908.

"00A 0NOANU JULY &, 1SUo.
Gen Luke E. Wright was sworn in as
Secretary Of War to succeed Mr.. Taft.
Secretary Cortelyou called in s45, 100000
OF government funds on deposit in banks.
treasury omclals estimated the years
oencit In government revenues at 10000.
OOO. Col. William l.. Marshall was made
chief OF engineers of the army. Mr.. Taft
and MS amily left Washington for Hot
Sprlnss'~~Va, to spend the summer.
!roops were oroered to the Texas border
to preserve the neutrality laws in Next
cos behalf. The National Educational
Assoclatlon held its convention in Cleve-
land. Ex-President Cleveland's will, leav-
ing the bulk of his property to his n idow.
was hied In Mercer county, n j. Receiv-
ers were appointed in Trenton. N. j.. for
the United Box Board and Paper Com
pany. Harry X. Thaw began his effort to
nave his sanity passed on by a jury.
mayor McClellan's title to the office OF
chlef executive of New York city was
sustained by the supreme court. Mae
Z. WOOD was indicted on charges Of per-
jury and forgery as an outcome of the
Piatt case. A tornado swept over Clin-
ton' MINI. killing seven persons, injur-
Ing twenty-five. blowing down twenty
houses printing office and two churches
and causing other damage. The death
sentence of Harry Orchard was commut-
ed to life Imprisonment at Boise, Idaho
among those who died were Murat Hal
stead, noted writer. editor and war cor
respondent. and Joel Chandler Harris.
the writer OF negro dialect stories.
Foreign.
Advocates of the womans suffrage
movement attempted to storm the house
or commons. but were repulsed by the
police; windows in Premier Asquith's res
idence were broken; twenty-nine arrests
were made. Three hundred and one Brit
ish warships were modified for maneu-
vers In the North sea. The British for
elgn once refused to surrender to the
PERSIAN authorities the refugees at the
legation In Teheran and protested to the
shah against the stationing of troops near
Its building; the shah removed his Gordon
of guards. British treasury returns for
tne nrst quarter Of the financial year
showed decrease of $11. S6S.94O. COM
pared with the same period of last year.
Lord Curzon unveiled the memorial me-
dalton of Mrs. Craigie at University Col
lege, London. The Russian duma voted
$46,OOO.OOO for military needs and tenta-
lively approved another loan of 500. O0O.
600 for the period Of 1921. The Russian
Emperor received NJ. Khomyakoff, pres
ident Of the duma. and praised the work
of the representatives. The Russ, at one
time the leading liberal newspaper of
Russia, suspended publication on account
of financial difficulties. Two hundred
miners were killed by an explosion in a
mine at Yuzovha. Russia; three women
dropped dead from the shock Of seeing
their husbands bodies. The trial Of
Prince zu Eulenburg on the charge of ex-
revelations case began in Berlin. Prince
Jaime of Spain was christened in the
chapel Of the palace. The Sultan of
Turkey yielded to the powers and ordered
the withdrawal Of his troops from Persia
Count Zeppelin and a crew Of fourteen
men broke the worlds record for an air
ship flight remaining in the air twelve
hours, at an average speed of thirty-four
miles. DR.. Alpolm. chief of the progress
sive dissidents. told in the Portuguese
inside history of the plot which led to the
assassinations of King Carlos and the
crown prince. Election returns from
Panaman provinces indicate a sweeping
victory for the partisans of Gen. Obaldia.
Henry Arthur Cadogan, Viscount Chelsea
died in London.
In the District.
With salute of tWenty-one guns the
new Municipal building was formally
dedicated and opened to the public The
Commissioners announced that prosecu-
tons for violations of regulations pre-
scribed by the local health department
for the sale of milk and cream and other
food products within the District will be
made in the future under the federal pure
FOODS and drug act. Application was
made to the Commissioners by the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad Company, under
the act of Congress of February, 1903, for
the payment of $1.5OO,OOO on account Of
the elimination of the grade crossings.
The announcement that the child labor
law would be in effect Monday, July 6,
caused hundreds of children to go to
Franklin School for permits to work The
Fairgrounds for the children of Wash
ington were opened. The interstate COM
merce commission named John M.
Wilson, Commissioner West and
Thomas w. Smith to serve as examin-
ers into local rapid transit condi-
lions. T. c. ]. Bailey. jr., was made as
sistant engineer in charge of sewer con-
struction for the District The grand
jury began an investigation into the COL
lapse of the Pickford apartment house.
Abraham Stein. fifty-four years of age.
was seriously wounded by a bullet placed
on the car tracks. Albert Brown, colored
was hanged for numbering his brother
John McCalip. twenty-one years Of age.
was drowned while swimming in Rock
creek and Lincoln Feaffer and George
Robb lost their lives in the Potomac
river. Among those who died were: Syl-
vanus e. Johnson. correspondent of the
Cincinnati Enquirer; John Angermann
and Joseph Y. Potts, chief clerk of the
Police Court.