Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-31
WEEK ENDING JANUARY 81, 1908.

President Roosevelt and other prominent
men made speeches at q banquet In honor
Of the late President McKinley's birthday
at Canton, Ohio. Secretary Hay and Min
ister Quesada signed an agreement extend
ing the time for the ratification Of the Gu
ban reciprocity treaty: treaty for an adj
justment Of the Alaskan boundary dispute
to joint commission Of three from each
side was signed; the terms of the Panama
canal treaty were made public Ex-Secre-
tary Of State William r. Day accepted the
Presidents tender Of place In the United
states Supreme Court to succeed Justice
Shiras. soon to retire. John L. McDonough
was chosen associate justice Of the supreme
court of the Philippines. A volunteer force
organized to dispense ladrones in Zambales,
IT. the Philippines, was defeated and three
Americans were killed; the constabulary
routed and killed eight ladrones in West
Leyte province; Major E. F. Glenn was
acquitted at Manila Of the charge of hav-
ing murdered Filipino prisoners of war
legislation in the Senate was further block
ed by Senator Quay in his efforts to force
a vote on the omnibus statehood bill: he
offered the bill as an amendment to the
sundry civil appropriation bill: the Senate
passed the diplomatic and consular appro-
priation bill and devoted one day to eulo-
gies Of the late Senator Mcmillan: the
House held services in memory of the late
Representatives Russell, De Graffenreid and
Sheppard; the House passed the agricul-
LUZ I'll dito MILITARY. ACADEMY APPROPRIATION
bills. and the bill increasing the salaries of
federal judges; Senator Morgan questioned
In committee the authority of Minister Her
ran Of Colombia to sign the Panama canal
treaty; the House naval affairs committee
closed its inquiry into Representative Less
ler's charges Of attempted bribery: Philip
Doblin confessed perjury before the COM
mittee In declaring he offered a bride to
Representative Lessler. The following were
elected United States senator's: Colorado,
Senator Henry NJ. Teller, as a democrat;
south Carolina, Representative A. c.. Lati-
mer, dem.; North Carolina, Lee s. Over
man, dem.; Nevada. Representative Francis
G. Newlands. dem. Baron Speck Won Stern
berg. the German ambassador to the United
states, arrived in Washington. The coal
operators closed their testimony for the am
thracite coal strike commission. Resolutions
protesting against the erection Of monu-
ment to General Lee at Gettysburg were
adopted by a Pennsylvania G. A. R. post
Four men We're killed. one fatally and three
others seriously injured in an explosion in
the Eckart Packing Companys plant at
Fort Wayne. Ind. Lightning burned out a
transformer at the Niagara Falls Power
Company's plant, gripping many Industries
In that section. A boiler in the Southern Car
and Foundry Company plant at Admission,
Ala, blew up, killing six persons and In
1ur1ng twenty others, several fatally. Capt.
John Collier and four sailors were drowned
IN the sinking of the schooner w. H. Smith
on Thimble Light, Va. Twenty-three per-
sons were killed and many injured in a
train wreck on the Central Railroad Of New
Jersey at Graceland, N. j. Two trainmen
We're killed and several passengers injured
In a wreck on the Pennsylvania railroad near
Lofty, Pa Three persons were killed and
twelve injured in a rear-end collision be-
tween stock trains on the Chicago and
Northwestern railroad near La Fox Ill.
Two trainmen were killed and several pas
sengers injured in a wreck caused by
Washout on the Oregon railroad near Bing-
nam Springs, Oregon. Twenty-four persons
were Killed and renOrfa1 missing In
a wreck on the Southern Pacific railroad
near V aiPs Station, Ariz. Two tranmen were
knlled In the yards of the Virginia and
Southwestern railroad at Roanoke Va
Henry E. Youtsey made a confession of the
alleged conspiracy to murder VIM. E. Goe-
bel at Frankfort, Ky. Among those who
o1ed was ex-senator John B. Allen Of Wash
lngton.
Foreign Affairs.
Minister Bowen, on behalf Of Venezuela,
offered to the allied powers 30 per cent of
the customs receipts at La Guayra and
Puerto Cabelo in settlement of claims. the
negotiations received a setback by a refusal
OF the allies to accept the proposition to
allow all nations having claims to share in
the payment; the blockade of Venezuelan
ports continued. The Anglo-German alliance
was reported to be daily growing more I'M
popular In London. The sentence Of Col =
Arthur Lynch, convicted of treason, was
committed to penal servitude for life.. An
drew Carnegie made another gift Of s., OOO,-
Ooo Tor Scotch education. Fifty-four insane
patients were burned to death in fire at
the Colney Hatch asylum, London The
German reichstag reelected Count <,yon
Balestrem as president. A bill to revise the
french constitution was introduced in the
chamber Of deputies. France threw sup
port to the Sultan of Morocco against the
revolutonists. Signor Prinetti Italian min
lister of foreign affairs was stricken with
paralysis at Rome. The volcano of Strom-
hn in, ,ntix
Prof. Tfzzoni of Bologna University an
nounced the discovery of serum to combat
pneumonia. Prince Gustaf assumed the du-
ties of regent Of Sweden and Norway DIR
Ing the dangerous illness of King Oscar A
fresh eruption of Mont Pelee took place,
terrifying number Of excursionists Blu
bon1c plague created panic at Durham
Natal Foreign ministers in Pekin, except
MT Conger. drafted a note to China re-
quest1ng that bonds be issued to each power
to cover the indemnity. The ,rrest of seven
conspirators in Hongkong II d to the ex-
nosure Of plot for simultaneous uprising
there and in Canton. Prince Wolfgang
George, eldest son and heir of Prince Alfred
or Stalberg was found shot to death near
MS. castle: Among others who died were
Wilhelm Jordan, famous German poet;
robert Planquette, composer of the Chimes
OF Normandy, and Augusta Holmes
pianist and composer.
In the District.
The Commissioners made an unfavorabIe
report to Congress on the bill to regulate
pharmacy in the District Five House bills
and two Senate bills Of minor Importance
were passed by the House. Proposals for
the erection of a filtration plant were
opened; the bids were found in every in
stance to exceed the amount estimated.
The public health committee of the Board
OF Trade held a we'll attended meeting. at
which sanitary conditions of the city were
discussed. A committee that included one
hundred business men met and adopted a
statement urging Congress to sanction the
proposed federal advance to the District of
$1O,O00O0O The southern education board
organized and it was announced that John
d. Rockefeller had promised 100000 an
nually for ten years. The ''get coal" con-
vention called by the mayor of Detroit
met. movement was inaugurated by the
Caledonian Club to erect in fnis city a
monument to Robert Burns, the Scottish
poet The new Mckinley Memorial Manual
Training School was dedicated. The board
of regents Of the Smithsonian Institution
met in annual session. Rust Hall was dedi-
Gated War was declared by the police on
gambling, which was stated to be on the
increase. The engine of No. 3 fire company
collided with car of the Capital Traction
Company at Goth and M streets, seriously
injuring the driver Jacob H. Oliver John
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