Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-28
WEEK ENDING FEB. 20, 1908.

WEEK ENDING FEB. 90, 1908.
President Roosevelt was the chief speaker
at q mass meeting held in New York IN MEM
DRY Of John Wesley; he signed the agreement
with Cuba ceding two naval stations to this
country: he sent a special message to Con-
gress asking for the passage Of the Phil
ippine tariff bill. The republicans Of the
Senate agreed upon a compromise statehood
bill which the democrats refused to accept
and statehood legislation was allowed to go
over; the Panama canal treaty occupied
most Of the time of the Senate; the Senate
passed the agricultural. post office, naval
and Military Academy appropriation bills,
In connection with the settlement of a con-
tested election case the democrats Of the
House organized a filibuster to prevent leg
islation by unanimous consent of that body,
necessitating the bringing in of rules to ia
ciiitate business; the House passed the gen
eral deficiency bill. the Senate Philippine
currency bill and discussed the Fowler cur
rency law; the House committee on mer-
chant marine and fisheries voted against
favorable report the ship subsidy bill.
The Supreme Court upheld the right Of the
United States to prohibit the sending Of lot
terry tickets by express from one state to
another. Charles w. Fulton, republican,
was elected United States senator. from
Oregon. daily newspaper containing the
news by wireless telegraphy was printed
on board an ocean steamship. Fire destroy
ed 100000 worth of property In Cincinnati,
Ohio, and 100000 worth of cars and barns
OF the Barnum circus. Bridgeport, Conn;
one person was killed and others seriously
hurt in fire which destroyed $125,0OO worth
of property in Lowell, Mass A dynamite
explosion at lockwood. Pa, killed four
persons and injured several others. Three
hundred miners in West Virginia had
fierce fight with federal deputies, three
miners being killed and two fatally wound
ed, one deputy being reported missing. AL
bert Knapp, at Hamilton, Ohio, confessed
that he had killed five women Ernest Hay
wood, lawyer, shot and killed J. Ludlow
Skinner, a business man. at Raleigh. N.
c. E. L. Burdick, a wealthy manufacturer
OF Buffalo, N. Y, was found murdered In
his home.
Foreign Affairs.
Minister Bowen refused the demand OF
Germany for immediate payment of $27 500
by Venezuela; the Germans returned to
Venezuela; the gunboat Restaurador, which
they captured during the blockade; Minis
ter Bowen and the French ambassador to
the United States signed the French
Venezuelan protocol Irish nationalists,
un1onfsts, landlords and tenants were re-
ported to be in favor of the Wyndham land
bill; King Edward promised to send the
collection Of Queen Victoria's jubilee gifts
to be exhibited at st. Louis; the proposed
vote of censure for Secretary Of War Brod
erick failed of passage in the house of COM
mons; gale of almost unprecedented
violence ragged in England: Exceptional
activity in military circles in Russia was
reported. The Sultan of Turkey accepted
the plan Of the powers for reforms in Mace
donia. Chinese rebels killed 500 imperial
soldiers in ambush at Yang-Uing pass.
Port de Paix, Haiti, was destroyed by fire.
Mextcans near Colima volcano were terror
stricken by the increasing strength of the
eruption and sought safety in flight. The
n riyvnr ny, 1n
rocks at Feuntenot. France, and broken
up, her crew and passengers to the number
Of thirty being drowned.
In the District.
The House Of Representatives receded
from its disagreement with the Senate on
the union station bill, insuring it's passage.
The Senate agreed to the amendment to the
sundry civil bill providing for an, office
building for members of the House and in
serted paragraph looking to a similar con-
struction for the Senate Secretary Cortel-
you asked for 81 100000 for a new building
for the department of commerce. A Senate
amendment to the naval bill provided for
$125,00O for new buildings for the United
States naval hospital. The Senate commit
tee on the District decided not to recon-
mend an amendment Of the existing anti
smoke law. The President signed the bill
providing for monuments to be erected here
to the memory of Brigadier General Count
Pulaski and Major General Baron Won Steu-
ben. Bids for the proposed filtration plant
were In excess of the appropriation and the
War Department asked for an increase in
the cost limit. Rev. DIR. ]. E.. Rankin re
signed the presidency of Howard University,
Rev. Dr. Teunis s. Hamln being elected
president pro tenn. The Daughters Of the
American Revolution held their twelfth
annual congress-; the National Republican
Editorial Association held its first annual
meeting; the National Legislative League
held its annual meeting. Miss Rebecca ].
1Nox r1<,. cd fhn a,fc
vice for criticising President Roosevelt, ar
gued her own case in court. John Roland
Johnston was arraigned, charged with as
sault with intent to kill Major George A.
Armes. The body of Thomas McCuen,
drowned by the sinking of houseboat in
the tidal basin, was recovered. Max Girtis,
an inmate Of the Soldiers Home, fractured
his skull in falling to the pavement, dying
from his injuries. An unidentified white
man was killed by train near St. Asaph,
Va. Among those who died were Colonel
J. Madison Cults Of the adjutant generals
office, Louis Schade, a well-known author,
correspondent and lawyer and Christopher