Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-20
WEEK ENDING JULY 20, 1907.

WEEK ENDING JULY 20, 1907.
President Roosevelt approved the plan OF
rifle practice In the public schools. The
President received Gen. MorteZa Khan
special ambassador from Persia, who form
ally announced the accession of the new
shah to the throne. The interstate COM
merce commission decided that railroad
has no right to declare an embargo against
one shipper when service Is being given to
other shippers in the same line. The board
Of inquiry decided that the explosion on the
Georgia was caused by a bareback. The
prospect of the cruise to the Pacific caused
a rush to enlist in the navy. The Elks held
their convention in Philadelphia The
standard Oil Company denied every charge
as to rebates and prices at the opening OF
the government prosecution in St. Louis.
The Hearst recount law was declared uncon-
stitutional by the New York supreme court.
Judge Long of the state court at Raleigh.
N. c., fined the Southern railway 5000
and Agent Green IS for violating the new
rate law, while federal Judge Pritchard, at
Asheville. issued writs of habeas corpus for
two other Southern agents. Two-cent rail-
road rates went into effect in Illinois, Iowa,
Missouri and Minnesota. The strike Of the
telegraph operators in San Francisco was
called off large part of the testimony in
the Haywood case was ruled out and the
closing arguments were begun. Mrs. Angie
of Mississippi for the murder of DR.. Thos.
Butler. Upward of $500 heat prostrations
occurred during the Elks' parade in Phila-
delphia. Prof. Angelo Heilprin. explorer,
scientist and author, died suddenly in New
York.
Foreign.
An attempt to kill NJ. Fall'eres. president
of France, was made on the Avenue des
Champs Elysees by naval reservist named
Leon Maille, at Havre. who fired two shots;
Maille was arrested; no one was injured.
French officials were ready to suspend the
imposition of further duties American
goods after August ]. pending further ne
gotiations Notice was given in the house
of commons of a motion to investigate the
bcstowal of peerages and other honors IN
connection with contributions to campaign
funds. The British premier expressed re-
greet that the subject of the limitation of
ornaments would not occupy more ad-
vanced position at The Hague; Sr Edward
Grey said that Great Britain's object was
to make the question easier of solution at
future conferences. Ambassador Reid, at
a luncheon in London, toasted King Ed
ward and President Roosevelt together as
peacemakers. Heavy rains in Germany
caused floods in which fifty persons los.
their lives dozen railway accidents were
reported, and crops along the Oder, the
of Karl Hau formerly a professor at
George Washington University, for the
murder of his mother-in-!aw was begun at
X karlsruhe. Gen. Horace Porter spoke in
support of the American proposal for a
modified Drago doctrine before the Subcom-
mttee of the peace conference. Gen. Alik-
hanoff. former governor of Tifiis, hated for
his repressive measures; Nine Glieboff,
wife of a Russian general. and coachman
were killed by bomb thrown at the car
rage in which they Were driving at Alex
andropol. Preparations were completed for
a meeting of the Russian and German en-
perors in Finnish waters. A bomb eX-
ploded at the summer house at the Ameri-
can embassy in Turkey and four persons
were injured. The Japanese stock market
showed a sharp rise in prices, due to public
confidence that no trouble was to be eX-
pected between America and Japan. The
foreign ministers of Italy and Austria met
at Desio. Lombardy, and announced that
they were in entire accord and would ex-
anime the general European situation as
we'll as matters relating especially to Aus
tria and Italy. The Emperor of Korea form
ally abdicated and the crown prince sue
ceeded him, thus still further fastening
Japans power upon the Hermit kingdom.
A revolution broke out in Guayaquil. Sir
William Henry Perkin, who discovered the
mauve dye, died in London.
In the District.
The Commissioners by unanimous opin-
ion decided to erect the stables of the Dis
tricts water department on lot immedi-
ately in the rear Of the new pumping sta
ton on Bryant street northwest, settling a
question which has called for much COM
ment and protest among the residents and
property owners in that section of the city.
Judge I. c. Kimball announced his inten-
ton to send all convicted handbook makers
to Jail. Public Printer Srillings suspended
Capt. William r. Ramsey, foreman of the
Navy Department branch of the govern
ment printing Office. The Army and Navy
Union held it's thirteenth biennial conven-
ton in this city. The tenth annual meeting
of the International Acetylene Associa ton
was held. destructive fire occurred on
Brightwood avenue just north of Florida
avenue, several stables being destroyed and
twenty-five horses and two mules being
burned to death; the clubhouse of the Ma
tional base ball club was destroyed and the
rear of the grand stand damaged Justice
Wright ruled that Mrs Anna NJ. Bradley,
indicted for frst-degree murder, should be
released on bail in the sum of $4,000
Guy II. Johnson and Edwin l.. Wilson,
trustees in bankruptcy of the Standa I'd
Dairy and Ice Company, by Attorney Wal
ter c. Clephane, filed suits in the District
Supreme Court to recover for alleged I'M
paid installments of subscriptions to the
capital stock of the defunct corporation.
Henry E. Winters, colored, died as result
of fall from the Senate office building
Miss Nellie Castle, twenty-one years of age,
committed suicide by inhaling Illuminating
gas.