Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-22
WEEK ENDING AUGUST %. 1908.

James 3. Sherman was formall notified
at Utica Of his nomination for Vice Presi-
dent by the republican party. ISugene w.
Chann was notified at Chicago OF his
nomination by the prohibition party for
the presidency. w. J. Bryan opened his
experimenting campaign at Des Moines.
Iowa talking on the tariff. Judge Taft
addressed large audience at Hot
Springs. speaking in answer to Mr..
Bryan's speech of acceptance. After a
conference at Oyster bay b-tween the
President and the republican leaders II
was announced that Mr. Roosevelt de-
sired the denomination Of Gov. Hughes
Gov. Johnson of Minnesota was renOmi-
mated for third term by the democratic
convention and decided to ccept the
honor. An American Bar Association com
mittee decided to report to that organi.
cation in favor of deciding court ap-
peals on the merits of the cases rather
than on legal technicalities. Rear Admiral
r. d. Evans was retired A receiver was
road, connected with the Wabash sys-
tenn. The turbine trans-At. tic liner
Lusitania established a new westward
record and a new days run record The
grand jury at Springfield. ILL.,. returned
indictments against a man AMI woman
for completely in the recent race riots ir
that city. Capt Peter c. Hams, jr, and
his brother. T. Jenkins Hams, were held
for trial at Sayville, L. l., for the killing
of William Annis by the former.
Foreign.
The American battleship fleet arrived
at Sydney. n S. W., Australia. and was
accorded an impressive welcome by the
colonial authorities and the people; a
complication over the landir-: of armed
sailors to participate in the procession
was avoided by the discarding OF ammu-
milton. The Dutch government deci:ed
to endeavor to settle it's dispute with
Venezuela by amicable means. failing
which to use force to compel recOgni-
ton of rights. the United States having
tacitly given assurance that it would
not object to strictly punitive measures.
not coupled with territorial aggressions;
Holland increased the garrison at Will
Moors against the French In Morocco was
reported; information was received in
Paris that Sultan Abdel-Azziz mad re-
gained possession of Morocco city.
Turkish cabinet. died. The fourth inter-
national Esperanto congress assembled
at Dresden. An explosion in a British
coal mine killed large number of work.
men The Belgian house of deputies pass
ed the kOngO annexation bill. Forest
fires swept through Vancouver, B. c..
threatening many settlements and caus-
ing enormous timber losses. Thirty-six
sentences of death were signed in Rus
sla Augusta Leguia was formally pro-
Claimed PRESIDENT of Peru.
In the District.
The board Of assistant assessors COM
pleted the triennial assessment. John
P. Twohy resigned as superintendent of
street cleaning. The commission named
to investigate conditions in the District
Jail visited other cities to examine insti-
tutions of Imprisonment. Virginia COM
muters organized to fight the proposed
location of a railroad substation on Wa
ter street southwest. w. w. Black re-
signed as supervising principal Of the
public schools to accept q professorship
in the Indiana University. The army air
ship board formally accepted the Bald
win dirigible balloon; Mr.. Orville Wright
arrived with his aeroplane to undergo
the official tests. The corner stone of the
school for boys of the Immaculate Con-
ception Church was laid The grand jury
indicted r. II. Partridge for embezzle-
ment and false pretenses in connection
company: David Rose. keeper at the
Geological Park. was bitten by rattle
snake and his life was saved after a
hard fight against the venom. A sur
geon at the Emergency Hospital pro-
longed boy patients life by massage of
the heart following an operation. "Owly-
out Lodge. on Lake Chateaugay, N Y,
owned by Misses Westcott and Bentley of
the Washington public schools, was
burned; the guests. many of them from
washington. narrowly escaped death.
Severe rain and electric storms passed
over the city. doing much damage; light
ming fired two houses. Mrs Mary A.
Given was killed by being struck by a
runaway team. Miss Ella c. Redmond
committed suicide.