Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-17

the morocco conference nor the commits
tees met today. Everything has been de-
ferred until the French and Germans agree
On the remaining details.
PARIS, March 17.-Official advices show
that Switzerland has not been consulted.
and does not approve of the Austro- German
plan for placing a Swiss commander over
the Franco Spanish police IN Morocco.
MADRID. March 17.4It is announced that
Emperor William will visit Madrid in
April and elaborate fetes are being planned
as evidence of the continued German-Span-
ish cordially. .-.l
PARIS, March 1.-THE authorities have
granted six months delay to Elliot F.
Shepard of New York. sentenced to pay
fine, and indemnity, and three months i'm
prisonment for running over and killing a
girl while driving In his automobile at St.
Ouen in April last. This is considered a
virtual abandonment of the Imprisonment
part of sentence.
LONDON. March 17.-The Indian secre-
tary has purchased 81 .375, Coo in Austria ian
gold due mere April Z.
DRAM, Algeria, March 1.-THE forces of
the pretender to the throne of Morocco have
had another skirmish with the Moroccan
troops, the former losing two men killed
and seven wounded. 1t is reported that the
pretender Is preparing to make an attack
upon Fez the capital,
LENS. France, March 1T.-Interior Min
lister Clemenceau arrived here today in
cognito for the purpose of investigating the
catastrophe at Courrieres a week ago and
the strike which was ordered as a protest
against the management of the mines.
There are now $1,000 miners on strike.
GREENSBURG, Pa, March 17-An at
tempt to wreck eastbound limited train No.
q on the Pennsylvania railroad near here
last night was frustrated by a shifting crew
finding switch and frog spliced near &c.
T." tower. The discovery was made lust
two minutes before the limited was due
CHICAGO. March 17.-Fire today de-
stroyed the Bradley building. a four-story
structure at 5S to 70 Fulton street, occupied
| by number of small manufacturing con-
Germs. Loss, $1000OO
PHILADELPHIA. March 17-Ann,ica-
ton was made today for the release on a.
writ of haheas corpus of Lewis q. Tewks-
pufy, the FORMER New York broker. who
was was a. here yesterday; Argument
was deIerred until next week. Governor
Pennypacker has been notified that extra
dttion will be contested.
NEW YORK. March 17.-,samuel O..
Howe, treasurer of the Chicago and North
western Railway Company. died suddenly
today on the Christopher street station OF
the Ninth avenue elevated railroad. He
was seized with an attack Of heart failure
while on his way from his home to his
ONCE in Wall street.
LONDON, March 17-Iocal arrangements
have been completed for the intervarsity
cable chess match March 24-31 between Ok
ford and Cambridge and Cornell. Brown and
the University of Pennsylvania for the Isaac
l.. Rice international chess trophy. The
Oxford-Cambridge team has been selected.
Portland. Ore. and San Francisco for Bos-
ton, which passed Punta Arenas, Chile,
March 10, carried away her anchor chains
and went ashore in Possession bay March
IL and 10 now embedded In three feet In the
gravel beach.
CHICAGO. March 17.--Mrs T. Hanrath
was the first witness today in the Iyens
murder trial. She said that she had known
lvens for several months and that on the
night Of the murder of Mrs. HOLSTER wit
ness saw him at the home of Mrs Evans
between and o'clock.
LINCOLN, Neb., March 1.-THE average
low temperature for Nebraska last night
was degrees below zero. This was the
coolest weather known In the state this
season.
UNIoNTowN. Pa. March 17-Mrs. Mary
McKittrick. believed to be the oldest per-
son In western Pennsylvania, today ceie-
brated her 10Sth birthday. A large number
of friends were invited to her home, and
made merry over the event.
KIEFF, Russia, March 1.-THE trial here
of a military train armed with machine
guns and quick frers, and intended for
use In punitive expeditions. IL said to have
developed d speed of one hundred miles an
hour.
MOSCOW, March 17.--Capt Shamansky
who refused to order his company to tire
on the people during the riots here last
autumn, has been sentenced by court
martial to be dismissed from the service
ana TO be confined for eighteen months in
q fortress.