Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-05
WEEK ENDING DEC. 5, 1908.

President Roosevelt issued an order put
ting over 1900. fourth-class postmasters
under the classified service. The Presi-
dent received with elaborate ceremony
Tang Shao vi, the Chinese special envoy.
Secretary Root made public the eX-
change of notes in the agreement between
the United States and Japan. Postmaster
General Meyers report shows a deficit of
$40. 100000. Secretary Newberry issued an
order creating a virtual general staff of
the navy. Secretary Cortelyou and Con-
troller Murray recommended to the none
tary commission changes in the present
banking laws. Timothy Woodruff dropped
out of the New York senatorial fight. Civ
ing Secretary Root clear field. Herbert
L. Satterlee of New York city was APP
pointed assistant secretary of the navy
Daniel J. Keefe was appointed commits
sioner general of immigration to succeed
Frank P Sargent. Rear Admiral Capps.
chief constructor of the navy. submitted
his annual report, estimating S14 $40. 100
for new vessels in the coming fiscal year.
The American mining congress met in
Pittsburg. Twentyone Chinese held by
immigration officials in San Francisco
pending a decision as to their right of
entry escaped from the detention shed.
Chief of Police Buggy of San Francisco
who had been accused of neglect of duty
because of the suicide of Attorney he
y
launch and probably drowned.
Foreign Affairs.
The British government Withdrew the
education bill from the house of COM
mons, owing to the demand of the Arch
bishop of Canterbury for a larger grant
to schools not aided by rates than the
government was willing to allow. The
naval conference to revise the laws OF
foundation of an international prize court
opened in London. The German imperial
estimates showed that the country must
borrow $50. $50. 600; the reichstag discuss
ed the socialist and radical motions for
legal regulations of ministerial response
bilty; Prince Won Bulow did not attend
the session; German liberals, supported
by members OF the center. introduced five
motions demanding that the constitution
be changed so as to make the ministers
responsible to the people. Germans re-
gard with suspicion the efforts of Amer
lean consuls to obtain Information re-
garding the cost of production and other
details of the business of German manu-
facturers, with view to using the figures
as basis for tariff revision. A dispatch
from Berlin announced an arrangement
with the United States for a penny post
service. beginning January l. French
newspapers inclined to the belief that
President Castro will not return to Vene-
English banks. The body of Nine. Japy,
mother of Nine. Steinheil. was exhumed.
and a preliminary examination indicated
that the woman did not die from strangu-
lation. The American battleship fleet left
Manila on it's hOmeward voyage. Nord
Alexis was deposed from the presidency
of Haiti and was forced to flee from
the palace to the French Warship Duguay
Trouin: a provisional government was
established The diamond jubilee of the
Of E>rar
brated at Vienna The Shah of Persia
said in Teheran that he was heartily in
, favor of constitution. and that the
Persian people would learn gradually
VI under the name of Hsuan Tung
assembled the throne of China. Three hun
dred and fifty japanese fishermen were
lost in a typhoon.
In the District.
Controller Tracewell decided that the
auditor for the State Department has no
jurisdiction to examine claims against the
District of Columbia when such claims
have not been audited and approved by
the auditor for the District and certified
by the Commissioners. Chairman Stell-
wagon named CorcOran Thorn as Secre-
tary and Clarence E. Norment as treas
urer of the inaugural committee and Maj.
Gen. J. Franklin Bell. chief of staff. United
States Army, as grand marshal of the
parade. Fire Chief Belt in his annual re-
port urged the Commissioners to renew
their efforts to obtain the gravity high
pressure water system. Before a notable
gathering of officials of church and state
in ST. Patrick's Church a solemn mass
was eung in celebration of the sixtieth
anniversary of the coronation of Emperor
Francis Joseph of Austria Hungary. DR..
Charles w. Needham, president of George
Washington University, in his annual
report pointed to an annual deficit
amounting to S97 SOS.21. Salary increases
aggregating $4,000 to classified civilian
employees of the Washington navy yard
went into effect this week. The Catholic
University of America may not recover
against the estate of the late DR.. Daniel
B. Clarke the 500, 900 penalty of the bond
of the late Thomas E. Waggaman, ac
cording to an opinion of the District
Court of Appeals. Mrs. Mary A. Green.
seventy years of age, of 219 +, street
northeast was accidentally burned to
death. Mrs. Rose Byrne, thirty-five, COM
mitted suicide by swallowing carbolic
acid. Among those who died were Rich
ard Henry Lindsay Washington CORE
spondent of the Kansas City Star Prof
Lucian Eugene Colliere and John A. Bres
nahan