Evening star., 1911-06-03
THE WEEK
Epltome Of Events Fading June
8, 1911.

President Taft has left Washington for
Chicago. where he will deliver an ad-
dress. The American Tobacco Company
was found guilty Of violating the Sher-
man antitrust law by decision OF the
United States Supreme Court. The bill
to revise the wool schedule has been re-
ferred to the committee on ways and
means of the House OF Representatives
Government regulation Of prices Of the
products Of the United States Steel Cor
poration was advocated by Judge e. II.
Gary, chairman Of the board Of directors,
at a hearing before the House investigat-
ing committee. The largest cotton crop
in history is announced in the govern
ment cottoon report. Representative
Nye, the first Ohio legislator to be tried
on charges of graft. has been declared
not guilty. Storms sweeping over Cleve-
land, Ohio, and vicinity cost four lives.
Nine lost their lives in a head-on collision
between fast trains near McCook, Neb.
For the first time in the history Of the
service the Post ONCE Department prom
ises to show a surplus for the present
year. Dreamland, Coney Island, was de-
stroyed by fire. Diplomas have been
awarded to the graduates Of the Naval
Academy class Of 1911.
Foreign.
Nearly a hundred soldiers were killed in
Fortress La Iona. Managua- Nicaragua.
destroyed by dynamite. For fishing with
in the Canadian limit an American
schooner has been conhscated to the
British government by the Canadian
court. Land and sea forces have been
assembled by Chile to prevent further at
tacks on Peruvians by Chilean mobs at
Iquique. where the Peruvian flag was
burned. Japan and Russia express will
ingness to share In the fifty-million-dollar
International loan to China. Former Pres
ident Diaz sailed from Vera Cruz. Mex.
on the way to seek an asylum in Switzer-
land; Gen. Madero, victorious revolution
airy leader, started for Mexico City to CO.
operate with President de la Barra. Ha-
vana is expecting the arrival of ex-Presi-
dent Castro Of Venezuela: the State De-
partment Is advised that he is In Lisbon.
Portugal. Aviators Beaumont and Garrss
reached Rome in the Paris Turin Rome
flight. Several towns In British Colum-
bia are threatened by forest fires. Dis
railroads in Asia Minor by an American
syndicate has been postponed for year
by the Turkish chamber Of deputies.
Abba, capital Of Assyr. and 5000 Of its
garrison. have been captured by rebel
Iious Arabs. The Prussian Order Of Merit
ering of Harvard, the first American since
Agassiz so honored. Sir w. 8. Gilbert.
librettist Of "Pinafore,' "Mikado'' and
other famous operas. after attempting
syncope. American cavalrymen who are
to take part in the international horse
show have arrived in London.
District Of Columbia.
The L. S. s. Dolphin. carrying Miss
Helen Taft. Mrs. George Won l.. Meyer,
four daughters Of the Secretary Of the
Navy. Assistant Secretary Winthrop and
others on pleasure cruise on the Poto-
mac river. sunk the motor boat Culprit
Fay, costing one life; a naval court of in
quiry will determine responsibility for the
accident. President Taft. speaking at
Memorial day exercises in Arlington
cemetery. urged the cause Of universal
peace and arbitration. A favorable re-
port on the loan shark bill has been di-
District of Columbia. Representative
Seaborn A. Roddenbery Of Georgia en-
gagged in fist. fight In a street car with
a negro passenger who crowded him in
his seat. Representative Caleb Powers
woman in the District Of Columbia, has
urged President Taft to pardon Mrs
Matte e. LOmax, who murdered her hus.
band. Four men have been indicted by
the grand jury charged with defrauding
q telegraph campany by securing money
on bogus money transfer kilograms. Mrs.
Katherine Moran, former Washington
woman. was murdered by a Jealous ad-
mirer in st. Louis. Giant trees were up
rooted. great branches tofn from the
trunks and houses unroofed by q heavy
wind and rain storm which, delused
Washington. DR.. Wallace Radcliffe de-
ciares IT true that Washington disre-
CARDS Sunday observance. The trial Of
John Barton Miller. charged with lootins
the First Cooperative Building Associa-
tion, has begun. Harry e. Hay. who at
tackled his infant son with an az, March
10. has been declared sane by the Jury
which tried him. Prizes were awarded to
victors In the Interscholastic Rife Asso-
cation tournament.