Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-30
WEEK ENDING NOV. so, 1907.

President Roosevelt and fiiS5 family visit
ed Montpelier. the old home of James
Madison, in Virginia. on Thanksgiving
day. The President entertained. Admiral
Evans as last honor before sailing the
fleet to the Pacific: he also gave a dinner
and reception in honor of President ANA
dor Of Panama. AdJt. Gen. Ainsworth In
his report said that, eenscriptsen may be
necessary tip fill depleted Easlasst. of At the
arrny:. Senator Foraker Of Ohio announic-
ed himself candidate. for The republican
nomination for President At banquet
in Washington given in his honor Mr..
William j. Bryan expressed strong hopes
Of democratic victory. Material reduc-
lions in meat and poultry prices were an
nounced in Chicago and New.York- Five
others badly injured in eoli7sf6m between
a freiaht stzRin and astrodley ecaF ans Water-
bury. Conn Sevenrcpersona lost their
lives in a Kansas City, boarding house
fire started by an explosion Of natural
gas. W. r. Chambers. the oldest resident
of Pennsylvania. died at the age of 10o
years.
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The Russian duma voted to reject the
title "autocrat''' for the car as incon-
patible With the new order: through
Premier Stolypin the ezar rannounced tie
the durna that he is still autocrat OF all
the Russians and that parliament is rex-
pected to do his bidding. The trial of 1879
bassador Reid, Field MarshSl White, Lord
Justice Moulton and Sir George Goldie
spoke at the Thanksgiving dinner of the
American. Society in London. The Ca
madam parliament was opened by Lord
Grey. Ten thousand Moorish trtbesn1en
who attacked French 'carnp were beaten
Off with 'aioss or 800. FRINGE Won Bue-
low, at the opening Of the refchstag. made
annotahle speech defending the emperor.
the German army and himself; Herr
gressive speech in the reichstag.' SIR
william, Crookes and Rudyard Kiphng
were selected as recipients tor Nobel
prizes. Neapohtans were alarmed by
dense smoke pouring from assures IN
Mount Vesuvius.. accompanied by roaring
With the completion Of the Cuban census
the first step toward the. withdrawal of
the United States was taken. =
-, -..,>. In the District.,r..,.sas ~
The Commissioners of the District: START
ed an inquiry into the wreck which oc-
CURED at the south end Of the new ter
minal tunnel. e. F. Gibbs, manager Of
the Gibbs Fire Escape Company. accused
Snowden Ashford, the District inspector
OF DuhQ1nSS, OF DISCRIMINATING dSdiitSe any
fire escape other than one invented by
MI. Ashford. The justices 81 the. District
Supreme Court declined to take cognf.
zance Of Supt Chancellor's petition for the
removal from the board Of education o.
two Of its members. Organized labor pa
raded along Pennsylvania avenue 1900
strong Tuesday night. later being adj
dressed by w. J. Bryan at Convention
Hall. Ezra Meeker called on the Presi-
dent with the team OF oxen he had driven
across the continent from Seattle. Wash.
The Washington, Jockey Club and its
stewards, s, IS. Rowland, sHeHry.J. Morris
and Samuel Ross, were named defendants
in a suit to recover $4,000 DAMAGES insi-
tuted in the District Supreme Court by
Joseph Marrone, a horse trainer. TIL
District grand jury. returned indictments
for conspiracy to ,defraud against Mrs
Ruth McCracken, her. two daughters ant
her. SON. Harry L. Holmes, who killed.
Mrs. Mary Ellen Hamilton, was. caught
hiding In a closet in a house near Balti-
more, Albert. Brown, -colored.A entered
plea OF guilty to an indictment charging
him with. the murder Of his brother. Har-
vey Brown. Charles w. .Schmfdle COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself In the
head while he was seated in Lafayett
Park. Among those who died were Johr
Francis Legge. Edwin A. McIntire ane
w. P. Knight.