Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-24
WEEK ENDING OCTOBER "a, '0s.

President Roosevelt in q letter to Sena-
tor Knox demanded that Mr.. Bryan state
whether he is committed to Gompers' la
Dor legislation program. 1t was reported
that the President will become the asso-
ciate editor Of the Outlook on returning
from Africa. Secretary Root refused the
request Of Russia for the extradition Of
Jan Janoff Pouren. The fortieth annual
convention of the National American Suf-
frage Association ended at Buffalo. The
corner stone Of the two-million dollar
st. Louis was laid by Archbishop
Falconio The Atlantic advance squad
ron. consisting of the battleships Maine
and Alabama. completed a cruise around
or Gould lines were merged under a
$50. 100000 mortgage. p. II. Gay & Co.
Of Boston failed for $7.OO0,OOO Charles
]. Magness, who was married to a daugh-
ter of the late Senator German in Louis
willie, September 5. was arrested there as a
deserter from the navy. Gov Patterson
declared martial law in that part of Ten
nessee where the recent murder Of Capt.
Rankin by night riders took place: two
arrests were made. Forest fires set off
napin, Pa, and endangered millionaires'
camps in the Adirondacks. When the
Hudson day steamer New York burned at
her dock four negro walters persisted.
Foreign.
Premier Asquith said in the house of
commons that the government would pro-
vide fund Of $1,JOOOOO to relieve dis
tress OF the unemployed and would adj
vance work on naval construction. add
ing that the War Department was ready
to take $4,000 for training in the special
reserves. David Lloyd-George, chancellor
of the exchequer. and Herbert Gladstone.
Home Secretary. were witnesses at the
trial of the suffragetteS at the Bow street
police court British fire insurance COM
panes offered to pay 50 per cent of the
claims for losses In the Kingston fire;
the policyholders committee asking 90
per cent. Ambassador Reid delivered an
address at the unwilling of tablet in
memory of Edmund Burke at Bath, Eng
land. NJ. Thomson. the French minister
of marine. resigned after the chamber Of
deputies passed resolution depioring
the negligence in his department. The
reconstructed Zeppelin airship made trip
of three and half hours. Duchess Alex
andra Victoria of Schleswig- Holstein. was
married to Prince August William, fourth
son of the German emperor. Austria
opened direct negotiations with Turkey
regarding the annexation of Bosnia and
Herzegovina. and the leaders of the par
ties In Bulgaria agreed to demand SINH
lar settlement of questions in dispute;
dispatches from Budapest and Sofia gave
further indications of a settlement of the
Balkan questions through direct negotia-
tons A bronze statue of George Wash
ington at Lugano. Switzerland. was taken
from its pedestal and thrown into the
lake Unprecedented honors were shown
to the officers of the American fleet by
the Emperor and Empress of Japan. and
messages of friendship and good will were
exchanged between the emperor and
Sperry. Advices from Picking gave de-
tails of the Chinese constitution. to be-
come effective in nine years. Additional
reports from Manila indicated that the
loss of life in the typhoon of October IL
reached five hundred: three Americans
saved the lives OF one hundred natives.
In the District.
The Commissioners formally accepted
the addition to the Eastern market at 9TH
and c streets southeast. Appleton p
Clark, jr., Leon E. Dessez, James L. Par
sons and Paul E. Pelz agreed to serve
on a special committee to inspect the pub
lie schools to determine their safety and
to suggest such improvements as may
be necessary. Herbert Putnam, librarian
of Congress. was appointed by the Dis
trict Commissioners to fill the vacancy
on the board of trustees of the Public Lii
brary caused by the death of Aims worth
r. Spofford. Better equipment and i'm
proved service on the Tenleytown and
Rockville railway were promised in a let
ter received by the interstate commerce
commission from Clarence F. Norment,
president of the Washington Railway and
Electric Company: the local traction COM
mission recommend that through car
service be required on the Brentwood
line Fire destroyed the main building
of the National Fireproofing Company 5
plant at Terra Gotta. The grand jury in
dicted George NJ. Tucker. a former en-
ploye of the bureau of engraving and
a nr
from the bureau. James Arthur Kemp,
former chief clerk and property clerk Of
the local police department. was SEN
fenced to two years In the penitentiary
William T. Belt, jr.. son of the engineer
of the District fire department, was
drowned in the Potomac.