Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-07
WEEK ENDING MARCH 7, 1908.

President Roosevelt called an extra ses-
sion Of the Senate to consider the Panama
canal and Cuban reciprocity treaties; In a
letter to Clark Howell he discussed the out
cry against his southern policy; he renomi-
mated W. D. Crum to be collector OF the
port of Charleston. S. c., and VIM. NJ.
Byrne to be district attorney for Delaware.
The Fifty-seventh Congress adjourned, the
democratic filibuster in the House contlnu-
ing until the close: the Senate of the Fifty
eighth Congress met in extraordinary ses-
sion: the Senate referred the canal and Gu
ban treaties to committees; Senator German
was chosen minority leader. VIM. A. Day
and Milton d. Purdy were appointed assist
ants to the attorney general, the former to
prosecute trust cases. Rear Admiral Crown
inshield asked to be retired and Lieut.. II.
H. Ward, his secretary resigned. The Pan
anna Canal Company agreed to keep alive
the option on its property until the ratifica-
ton of the treaty. ]. Frank Alice and l..
Hefsler Ball, republicans, were elected
United States senators from Delaware. On
the application Of the Wabash railroad an
injunction was issued in ST. Louis restrain
ing the ordering Of an original strike on
that road. Pittsburg. Parkersburg and
other points along the upper Ohio river
were swept by floods and much property
was damaged An explosion at the Edison
cement plant at New Village, n. J., killed
six persons and injured score of others.
Seven negroes were killed while fighting in
a construction camp on the Texas and New
Orleans railroad near Jacksonville, Fla.
Four Italian workmen were fatally wound
ed in a fight on the Little Kanawha rail-
way in West Virginia. Among those who
died were Major General William Farrar
Smith.
Foreign Affairs.
Gales again swept English coasts, many
ships laundering and number of sailors
losing their lives. President Loubet of
France received David R. Francis. presi-
dent of the st. Louis exposition, in special
audience. The twenty-fifth anniversary OF
the coronation Of Pope Leo XIII was cele-
brated at Rome in the presence OF 1900
persons; the pope was reported to be suf-
fering from a cold and insisted upon per-
forming most OF the duties connected with
the celebration. socialist revolution was
threatened in Holland because Of proposed
ant1-Strike legislation. The leading polt-
ical parties of Germany combined against
the socialists. A general rising in Macedo-
MIA was reported in Constantinople. Chi
nese government troops were reported to
have been ambushed by rebels and to have
lost heavily In men and supplies. The fail
ure of the rice crop caused famine in Japan
Among those who died was Prof. CASTOR
Paris, professor of the College of France.
In the District.
Commissioner Henry B. F. Mcfarland was
renominated by the President to succeed
himself, the Senate confirming the nomina-
ton. The District appropriation bill as
finally agreed to carried SIS, 647, 497, $500, S42
more than as passed by the House and
$116,S57 less than pa ssed by the Senate,
but S103, 037 more than for the current year.
President Roosevelt signed the bill provid-
ing for union railroad station. The Court
of Appeals of the District confirmed a con-
viction on a charge of refusal to exhibit
to the proper official a glass milk measure.
The assistant corporation counsel, in an
opinion, declared that the property of the
Pennsylvania railroad within the District
was subject to the personal tax law.
In the year ended February 20 last
there We're 1872 cases of typhoid
fever in the District. 1t was estimated that
foreign governments held property in
Washington to the amount of S5141 T6. The
National Wholesale Lumber Dealers Asso-
citation met in annual session. the retail
lumber dealers Withdrawing from utilization
with the national body. 1t was stated that
the Chesa peake and Ohio canal would open
for the summer coal season March 10. Joel
Weller died from the result of fall while
at work. Edward Donohue attempted to
commit suicide by inhaling Illuminating gas
John Roiand Johnson was acquitted of a
charge of assault with intent to kill MAJ or
George A. Armes. Among those who died
was Mrs. E. NJ. Gillen. the first woman to
volunteer as nurse in the Spanish war.