Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-01
WEEK ENDING OCTOBER l, 1910.

President Taft issued an executive or
der, extending the classified service to
include all assistant postmaSterS, affect
ing about 5000 persons; President Taft
reduced army and navy estimates by
about S5.000.00O; President Taft and the
members of the cabinet met at the White
House for a session which lasted five
days, Supreme Court appointments being
the first subject considered. The Presi-
dent established bureau to institute
modern business methods in the execu-
tive departments. The New York repLb-
llcan state convention was held at Sara
toga Springs: Theodore Roosevelt defeat
ed Vice President Sherman for temporary
chairman by vote of 56S to 443, and the
convention nominated Henry l.. Stimson
OF New York as it's candidate for gov
ernor. John A. Dix of Washington cOun-
ty. chairman of the democratic state
committee, was nominated for governor
by the democratic state convention at
rochester. Naval Constructor Richard
M. Watt was appointed chief constructor
or the navy, succeeding Rear Admiral
Washington L. Caps. The Muscogee
town lot cases were dismissed at McAles-
ter, Okla; the principal defendant was
Gov {. n. Haskell. Walter Brookins, in
a Wright aeropiane. broke the Ameri-
can sustained fight record by flying 1872
miles from Chicago to Springfield, Ill.
Ihe freight rate hearing in Chicago be-
fore the interstate commerce commission
was adjourned without date The Ma
tlonat irrigation Congress convened in
Pueblo. b. H. Scheftels & Co., a New
YORK brokerage concern, making a spe-
c1alty of certain mining stocks. and its
raided by federal officers on charge of
fraud
Foreign Affairs.
Sir Thomas Vesey Strong was elected
Lord Mayor of London. The Federation
or Master Spinners Of London, after an
other fruitless conference with delegates
OF the employees orderedtheir mills to close
at noon today. The coroner's jury in Lon
don returned a verdict finding the remains
discovered IN the Crippen home to be
tnose or Belle Elmore and that she had
peen willfully murdered by DR.. Crippen.
Hundreds of persons were injured in Ber-
lin, where the police adopted severe
measures to quell the strikers in the MOa-
Dit district. Jeanin. the German aero
naut, won prize of $500 in flight
from Treves. Count Heinrich Won der
GOltZ and cousin Of the German cham
cellor fought a pistol duel. Ambassador
Hill requested the foreign Office at Berlin
TO make proper redress for the assault
committed by police on on American news
pepper man In Berlin: the chi eft of police de-
cl1ned to take action The total deaths in
the Russian empire from cholera since
the outbreak Of the epidemic are given
as 92.429. The Hague held it's first session
to hear the Orinoco Steamship Company's
case in the dispute between the United
States and Venezuela. DR.. Manuel Condra
was elected President of Paraguay. Ad-
vices from China received in this city
say that another uprising similar to that
of the Boxers is not unlikely, and that the
lives OF foreigners are in jeopardy. George
Chavez, who crossed the Alps in an aero
plane. died of his injuries. An official bull
letin issued in Rome says the number of
deaths In Naples province from cholera
in twenty-four hours was eighteen.
In the District.
Commissioner Rudolph directed the cor
poration counsel to prepare regulation
which will force every doctor to report to
the health Office every case Of infantile
paralysis. thereby putting an end to all
argument as to whether the disease is
infectious or contagious President Taft
appointed Norman A. Merritt postmaster
of the city of Washington Prince Tsai
commission. was received by the Presi-
dent. and exchanged official visits with
Secretaries Knox and Meyer. Cardinal
Vannutelli was greeted by a crowd Of
10000 when he reached this city. The
national conference of Catholic charities
began its sessions at the Catholic Uni
yersity. The Sultan OF Sulu, after. three
days in this city. left for Chicago. The
International Prison Congress and allied
organizations began their sessions. A
merger of the Mount Vernon. Alexandria
and Falls Church car lines was proposed
raj Charles r. Rocker, Maj. George NJ
Downey and Everett J. Dallas.