Evening star., 1907-11-09
WEEK ENDING NOV. 8, 1907.

President Roosevelt promised CT 6mmit-
tee of publishers to urge the repeal of the
tariff on print paper and to investigate
the paper trust. Secretary Straus decided
to admit eight foreign photographers in
'spite of union labor protest. Commission
err Capers asserts that southern distillers
defrauded the government of millions of
dollars in internal revenue taxes. Warn
ing was issued to army officers that
round robins or any form of criticism
of officials or policies will be promptly
punished. William ]. Buchanan was Sc
lected to represent the United States at
the Central American peace conference.
Dr. David Jayne Hill was appointed am
bassador to Germany. Elections were
h cid in twelve states, with the following
results: Tammany swept everything in
New York; Johnson was reelected mayor
of Cleveland; the reform element tri-
umphed in San Francisco; J. Franklin
Fort, republican, was elected Governor of
New Jersey; Curtis Guild. jr., republican.
was reelected Governor of Massachu-
setts; Austin l.. Crothers democrat. was
elected Governor of Maryland; Augustus
E. Wilson, republican, was elected Gov
ernor of Kentucky; James H. Higgins,
democrat was reelected Governor of
Rhode Island, and in Delaware, where the
issue was local option. half the state went
dry and the other halt wet. The Tennes-
see Coal and Iron stock loans were taken
up by ]. 2. Morgan & Co, thereby adding
strength to the New York market. The
steamer kronprinZessfn Cecille brought
81, 100000 in gold and was followed by
the Lusitania with $4,000 600 to relieve
the financial situation. The strike of the
commercial telegrap pliers formally ended.
Raymond Hitchcock, the actor, reappear-
ID in New York, and was arraigned on
one of the charges against him. The
Santa Fe railroad was fined $3.50 600 in
Les Angeles for rebating. Chicago de
ded to charge a 8 per cent tax on the
telephone company $ gross receipts. A
railroad engineer was blown to pieces in
an effort to save an Arizona town from
destruction by pulling burning powder
train out of the way -Four thousand
miners In Illinois went on strike because
he company offered them checks instead
If cash.
Foreign.
Nearly 1900 British railway employees
,oted in favor of a strlkS to enforce their
demands; Richard Bell, NJ. p, leader of
ne movement, later announced that set
!ement Of the trouble had been made be
ween the men and the employers. Fiji
,een men were killed and thirty Were
seriously injured oy an explosion of the
boilers on the German torpedo school
ship Blucher. The banks of England
France. Germany, Belgium. Bombay and
Bengal advanced the discount rate. En-
peror William and the Empress Augusta
Victoria left Berlin for Flushing to en-
Dark for England. A violent earthquake
It Tore La Ribera in Spain, accompanied
by subterranean rumblings, caused
panic among the population and destroyed
many houses. Az member of the Russian
absolutist party announced that plan
10 destroy the duma had been formed.
The Swiss people voted to approve the
Dlan of army reform. Secretary Taft left
Manila on his homeward trip. The
Netherlands government presented TO par
lament a bill to reclaim 10000 acres of
and frofn the Zuyder Zee at a cost of
IL 10000 The pres. dents of Nicaragua.
Honduras and Salvador met at Amaplia
md de clared for peace in Central America.
In the District.
The Commissioners received the annual
report of Charles C. Rogers. disbursing
,fficcr of the District. S. p. Bayly, the
contractor for collecting ashes. abandoned
the work November l the Commission
nrs Immediately invited proposals, with
;ae result that the current price of s54
900 was raised to $4,000; this price was
considered excessive and the Commission
,.rs decided to have the District do the
work Supt. Chancellor submitted his
views for the improvement of the
present school law to a special com
mittee of the board of education. The
Washington Gas Light Company appealed
to the District Supreme Court for the
asce. 'tainnent OF the actual cash value of