Evening star., 1907-08-24
WEEK ENDING AUGUST "a, 1907.


town address, reasserted the policy of the
administration in regard to the prosecu-
tion OF lawbreakers and declared that
only such had anything to fear from the
administration. President Roosevelt an
nounced the plan for the trip Of the bat
tleship fleet to the Pacific. Secretary Root
went to sanitarium at White Plains. N
Y. to recuperate. Secretary Taft made a
declaration of his political principles in a
speech at Columbus. Ohio. and started on
his trip around the world. The Secretary
of the Treasury announced that hereafter
national repositories would be permitted
to accept Philippine railway bonds at 30
per cent OF their market value for Sc
curity. He also announced plan to pre-
vent money strtngency and aid the crop
movement. The Panama canal commits
sion asked for an additional $4,000, 900
for this years expenses. Senator Foraker
replied to Secretary Taft's Columbus
speech. With the telegraph strike over a
week old each side claimed victory; a
committee of labor leaders was appointed
to arbitrate the strike If the opportunity
offered Prince Wilhelm of Sweden ar
rived in the United States. Action was
begun in the Supreme Court Of the Dis
trict of Columbia to entoin permanently
the American Federation of Labor from
using the boycott and the unfair list.
Governor Conner of Alabama gave the
railroads until October ! to comply with
existing state laws. Plaintiffs in the
Eddy suit requested a dismissal Of the
case. The Southern railway reduced its
dividend. assigning as it's reason '1egis-
lative reduction of revenues" The Clover
Leaf system practically acquired the Chi
cago and Alton. railroad from the Rock
Island. Two mailbags with $25O.OU0 were
stolen from train on the way from
merly mayor of Louisville, committed.
suicide. Forest fires did great damage in
Massachusetts, and Michigan. Gasoline
caused two fires in. Pittsburg- which
Sn1 lnSc Of nd 1r,j,,
Of four firemen. An uprising of insane
prisoners at Clinton prison, New, York,
was quelled after one convict had been
killed. Six men were killed by the ex-
ploSlon of boiler on coal barge at
Hoboken, NJ j.
Foreign.
Conditions in Morocco were reported criti-
cal; the sultans brother marched on Casa
Blanca and three new columns of tribesmen
appeared before the city; France ordered
1000 additional men to Join the defenders;
Raisuh remained uncaptured after strenu-
GUS efforts on the sultan's part. The Trans
'vaa parliament voted to buy the Cullinan
diamond, valued at $1.OOO.0OO, and give it
to King Edward as a mark of gratitude for
the recent constitution. The British ad-
m1ralty decided to sacrifice a submarine
boat to test the effect of torpedoes and
mines on such craft. Col. Schroeder.
Russian officer. was murdered; he was ac-
cused of organizing recent attacks on the
Jews; the first preliminary duma election
resulted in liberal victory. 1t was an
nounced that Russia and Japan were plan
ming a wireless telegraph connection to re-
duce by half the cost of kilograms between
those two countries. Emperor William of
Germany toasted Emperor Francis Joseph
as a friend and ally. The International So
cialist congress opened at Stuttgart. The
American proposition of an international
high court of justice for arbitration. con-
Cured in by Germany and Great Britain.
was completed. The United States delegates
received instructions from Secretary Root
to adhere to the American plan for an ar
bitration court. A sharp earthquake shock
was felt in the West Indies. The New Zea-
land upper house unanimously rejected the
bill passed by the lower house. making
women eligible to election to the legislative
council. A spread of the revolutionary
movement in China was reported to Berlin
from Shanghai. Walter Wellman made one
ascension in preparation for his flight by
airship to the north pole.
In the District.
The Commissioners decided to repave the
streets around the new Senate and House
Office buildings, Assistant Attorney General
Atkins received notice from the Attorney
General of the United States that prisoners
from the District would hereafter be sent
to Trenton, N. j. The Fidelity and Trust
Company of Baltimore paid the bond of
So, 600 on James Arthur Kemp. The local
telegraph strike remained unsettled. About
100 men struck on the work controlled by
Contractor Charles A. Langley. Dr. Har-
rison Crook brought suit against the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad for $6,361 for
treating victims of the Terra Gotta wreck.
Edwin H. Potts was charged with the theft
of $1,000 worth of securities from the
American National Bank. Five bucket
shops" were raided by the police, and the
proprietors were charged with setting up
gaming tables. Edward A. Green was ar
rested on the charge OF making handbook.
The steamer Norfolk went aground in the
eral days later. Ellis Jones was killed by
hitting a switch lamp while returning from
Chesapeake Beach. Mrs. Annie McCallum
died after fall from a street car. T. Boil
ing Robertson shot and killed himself.