Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-10
WEEK ENDING OCT. 10, 1908.

President Roosevelt made public his let
ter to Gov. Haskell regarding ship
ments of whisky into prohibition ter
ritory. The President announced that he
would not take the stump. Mr. Taft and
Mr.. Bryan met at the dinner of the
Chicago Association Of Commerce. Gov.
Conner conferred with President Roose-
Welt and Attorney General Bonaparte
relative to the prosecution of southern
railways under the Sherman antitrust
law. Controller Murray decided to or
ganize the bank examiners of the coun-
try into eleven districts. with an inspector
uel Gompers. DR.. Flick and others spoke
at the Labor day meeting at the tu-
berculoss exhibition. Philadelphia cele-
brated the 225th anniversary Of the city's
foundation. The inland waterways con-
gress. which met in Chicago. urged a
$50, OOO. 600 connection of the great lakes
and the Mississippi. Col. Goethals. in
New York. denied charges that favorit-
tracts for the Panama canal. An a1bi-
tration treaty with China was signed at
the State Department by Secretary Root
and Minister WI. Eight hundred men
were thrown out Of work by fire In the
Pittsburg Plate Glass Companys plant.
In q New York tenement. when an In
cendiary blocked the doors with lighted
barrels and boxes. Mrs. ]. Clayton Erb
was arrested on a charge Of killing her
Mrs. Catherine DIESEL had confessed
Foreign Affairs.
Prince Ferdinand declared Bulgaria IN
dependent Of Turkey and himself Car Of
all the Bulgars: France. England and
Russia agreed on united action to prevent
war between Turkey and Bulgaria. and
sent tentative proposals to Constantine
pie: Germany. it was said at Berlin,
would support Austria-Hungary IN plans
for annexation of the provinces. but
would not advise Turkey to make war on
Bulgaria Crete declared independence Of
Turkey and union with Greece. and the
sultan sent warships to seize Samos. In
retaliation upon Greece; British war
The American fleet rode out typhoon at
Manila; the officers from the fleet were
given a dinner at the Manila Army and
Navy Club. The faculty of st. Peters,
ministry to reopen the university. The
cholera situation in st. Petersburg was
brought under control. A socialist men,
Der Of the duma was arrested In st.
Petersburg for trying to organize strike
of the street railway employees. Wilbur
Wright carried passengers in his airship
and remained In the air one hour four
minutes and twenty seconds, thus fulnll-
ing the conditions of the $4,000 contract
with NJ WELLER. The Canadian Pacific
railroad. in accordance with q PROPOSE
ton made by its striking mechanics.
shipped the strike-breakers away and the
mechanics returned to work. China sue
ceeded in borrowing e5.O0O000 on favor
able terms for the taking over OF the
Peking- railroad bonds.
In the District.
AS the first step toward the improve
ment Of the valley Of Rock creek from
Massachusetts, avenue by the open treat
ment. the Commissioners decided to in
clude an item in their estimates for an
appropriation Of 100000. Health Omcer
woodward asked for a total appropriation
Of $2O2. 6O5 to maintain his department
during the next fiscal year. The Wash
1ngton jail commission returned to the
city after an inspection trip through the
west and northwest. The District rail-
patrons Of the Brightwood railroad. The
board of education passed on the esu-
mates for the next fiscal year. aggregat-
ing A.73O, $40. The Washington. Airing
ton and Falls Church Hallway Company
placed on record a mortgage on all its
property to secure an issue OF 81 100000
in bonds. with the Girard Trust Company
Clabaugh appointed H Rozier Dulany,
George Truesdell and George w. F.
Swartzell as the commission to determine
the value of the land in the five squares
south Of Pennsylvania avenue between
18th and 10Th streets. Robert McCulio
was held for the grand jury for causing
the death Of Carl Fink. Among those
who died were Capt. Daniel A. French,
Gen. Ira c. Abbott. Augustus D. Lynch
and Mai. Charles H Darlington.