Evening star., 1909-08-28
WEEK ENDING AUGUST %, 1909.

President Taft, Secretary MacVeagh,
Attorney General Wickersham and Sec
retary Meyer had conference at Bever-
ly, Mass, on the proposed changes in
the Sherman antitrust act; the President
called upon the Interior Department for
full report upon the coal lands in dis
pute in Alaska. Postmaster General
Hitchcock decided to raise the registry
fee to 10 cents. and called a conference
of registry officials. The standing army
by July 10. 1910, will be within the new
$4,000 limit set by President Taft with
out cutting of enlistments. according to
estimates made at the War Department.
Mrs. James n. Sutton was granted
permit to exhume thes body of her son.
Lieut.. Sutton, buried at Arlington. which
was later suspended. Representative
Fowler of New Jersey, in an open letter
to Speaker Cannon, charged him with
engaging in a conspiracy with Senator
Aldrich to prevent tariff reductions. Ed
ward H Hartman returned to America
and went to his home at Arden: reports
Of serious illness circulated. Six men
were killed and a number injured as
result Of strike rioting at the Pressed
Steel Car Companys works In Mchees
Rocks. Pa
Foreign Affairs
Premier Asouith Informed the house of
commons Of the plans to build strong
defense. The verdict OF the inquest into
the death Of Lord Eliot. the English noble
man, was that he committed suicide. The
Spanish cabinet caused the Incarceration
OF many persons charged with taking part
in the recent revolutionary movement. The
Spanish troops in Morocco began their ad-
vance against the Riff tribesmen. Henry
Farman won the Grand Prix de la Cham-
pagne in the aeroplane contests at Rhelms,
breaking the worlds record for duration
Of fight and distance. The Russian army
maneuvers began; Emperor Nicholas de-
parture for the Crimea was postponed
until September 13. In the trial OF the
men implicated in the murder OF Deputy
Hertxenstein In Finland, 1T was adduced
der the deputy. Advices from Constan-
tinople say that the incident between
Turkey and Greece regarding Crete Is
closed; Turkey will propose changes In the
insular government to the powers. From
$50 to 900 excursionists were drowned as
the result Of a collision Of steamers at the
entrance to Monteyideo harbor mar
quis was arrested as the newly elected
head Of the Italian Camorra. tWenty-three
members of the grand council being also
apprehended. Severe earth shocks occur
red in the Province Of Siena. Italy.
In the District.
With view to greater promptness and
efficiency, radical changes in the methods
Of handling the correspondence and rec
ords of the District government were
recommended to the Commissioners by a
special committee. Maj. Morrow in his
annual report stated that the Washing
ton aqueduct, after forty-six years of
service, is in excellent condition. with no
necessity for any additional source of
supply to meet the demands of the i'm
mediate future. Warrants were issued
for seven retail merchants conducting
stands, in the X Street and Northern Lib
erty markets. charged with violations of
the pure food laws. The Sons of Vet
Grams, u. 8. A., held it's twenty-eighth
annual encampment. The Central Labor
Union dropped from its list of affiliated
bodies Electrical Workers Union, No. 26
and Local 49, composed of linemen. The
National Guard Of the District of Column
bia arrived on transports from Boston
The excise board granted liquor license
to the Columbia Turnverein. permitting
the organization to do business at Its
new home, 92S NJ street Seth w. Van
Dever was dismissed from the police force
for stealing while on duty. Alphonso
Holmes, aged twentythree, and Nathan
Holmes thirty-three, were drowned IN
the river. Among those who died were
Henry Elliott Waggaman, Capt. P. F.
Faunce and Mrs. w, b. Moses.