Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-03
WEEK ENDING JULY 3, 1909.

WEEK ENDING JULY 8, 1909.
President Taft attended the Yale Uni
versity commencement exercises and re-
turned to Washington. The President
designated ex-Goy. w. %. Dawson of
West Virginia a United States commercial
agent in China. The Senate placed cot
ton bagging and binding Irvine on the free
list and adopted the corporation tax
amendment. after having rejected the in
come tax substitute by majority OF
eleven. Senator Aidrich predicted the re-
peal OF the corporation tax within two
years. President Taft in q speech at Yale
warned Congress and the republican lead
ers of possible defeat If, the party s
promises are not kept The bill provid-
ing for the taking of the thirteenth census
was signed by the President. The treas
ury showed a deficit Of approximate
$50. 100000 at the close of the fiscal year.
The government reports of q short crop
of cotton caused priceS3rO advance sharp
ly. Ten naval officers were retired on
their own request and nine others were
selected for retirement by the elimination
board. A proposition was advanced In
the House for the government, to- under
take the bonding of it's own employees.
A suit to restrain the Standard Oil Com
pany from operating in that state and TO
tuted in Mississippi. Five men were
scalded by an explosion on, the torpedo
boat Hull at San Francisco. The state
wide prohibition law went into effect in
by an injunction. The Georgia Central
arbitration board decided against dis
eliminating in favor of white flremen.
An application for the appointment of
receiver for the United States Express
Company was dismissed in New York. A
strike OF Pittsburg street car operatives
was begun and settled after two days
continuance. Mayor Mcclellan sum-
marty removed Police Commissioner
Bingham from Office for, refusing to obey
orders issued in conjunction With the
''fogues' gallery" case. Broughton
|, Brandenburg was acquitted in New York
! OF selling a spurious letter of Grover
Cleveland to a newspaper. but was re-
arrested on an accusation of kidna ping.
The directors Of the Delaware. Lacka-
wanna and Western railroad declared an
extra cash dividend of 80 per cent and
a stock dividend of Is per cent. Orville
Wright made several flights at Fort Myer
in his aeroplane, concluding Friday with
a flight which caused the temporary dis
ablement of the machine. State Senator
Israel w. Durham of Philadelphia, local
republican leader, died suddenly in that
city.
Foreign Affairs.
Suffragettes tried to see Premier AS
quith, and as q result H. were arrested.
Lord Rosebery warned the liberal party
of the possibility of his withdrawal from
that allegiance A young Hindoo student
assassinated Lieut. Col. William Wyllie
and DR.. Lalcaca in London; fears were
felt that this was the beginning of a
campaign of crime In an effort to drive
the British from India. Three aeronauts
planned to fly across the English chan
ned In aeroplanes. Plans We're outlined
to Emperor William and the Prince of
Monaco for fight to the north pole
with Zeppelin dirigible. Walter Well
mans balloon shed at Spitzbergen was
destroyed by a storm. Prince Won Bue-
low, German chancellor, announced his
intention to resign upon the completion
Of the pending financial legislation; Am
bassador Won Bernstorff, stationed at
washington, was mentioned as his posi-
Die successor. A plot to aSsassinate the
Car of Russia on his visi. to Sweden
was discovered at Stockholm. Russian
political prisoners at Yakutsk Siberia,
mutlnled and fled toward Alaska. Add-
tional deaths from cholera were reported
in st Petersburg. The Russian government
issued orders for the occupation of Te-
heran, Persia, by troops. Archbishop Ril-
card was fined 800 at Auch, France, for.
denouncing secular education as anti
christian and anti-patriotic. An earth
quake shock visited Messina and Reggie
and destroyed much property. Twenty
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Alexandria dock at Newport England.
Prof. Ernst Won Halle, a noted German
political economist, died
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In the District.
incidental to the first of the fiscal year
there were several promotions in the
health office STAFF. The new police pre-
c1nct at Anacostia was organized, caus-
ing several promotions: former Building
inspector Snowden Ashford took office as
municipal architect, and the changes in
eidental to that shift occurred. The Dis
trlct governments tax receipts for the
Closing fiscal year amounted to S6,O4S-
3l4S4, an increase of 1868. s65.32 over the
year previous. The President issued an
order relative to the purchase of District
supplies which in effect defined the status
OF the District as a municipal corpora
ton and not as federal department. A
question of jurisdiction arose between the
government and the District regarding
the projected penal institutions. Com
missioner Macfarland outlined plans for
| improved food-purveying conditions; the
police regulations governing the selling of
| foods from carts and wagons were
amended. The Commissioners refused
| permit for the establishment of a market
at the corner Of 14th and streets. The
| Commissioners gave a hearing on the
subject OF the tracking of mud on the
streets. Representative automobilists
voiced their complaints to the Commits
sioners against the manner in which the
| traffic regulations are enforced. Steps
were taken to establish public drinking
fountains. The school board reelected
James F. Oyster president. and ordered
| numerous promotions and changes in the
| teaching staff: charges were filed against
Asst; Supt- r. c: Bruce. The bathing
| beach and Camp Good Will were opened.
Fifteen public school Fairgrounds were
opened. The Capital Traction Company
distributed a bonus of $1,000 to its en-
ployes. The car-crowdng cases were
argued in the Police Court. Federal Off
GERS conducted a raid in the local China
| town and several arrests for violating the
ant-lottery laws were made Intense
heat prevailed throughout the week and
several deaths were recorded in conse-
quence. The corner stone of the Christ
| English Evangelical Lutheran Church
was laid. The body of George w.
Feuchter, aged twenty-one, was recovered
from the tidal basin. where he had taken
| swim alone at night. Three men and
| two boys were drowned Sunday while
| swimming Alfred l.. Hartman was killed
| by lightning near Nomini creek John
Kane committed suicide by inlialng gas
Among those who died We're Dr. George
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