Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-04
THE WEEK ENDING NAY 4, 1907.

oHCeTS WISHING JAMESTOWN AT a Drill dut
reception and dinner. The Supreme Court
Of the United States. In decided a North
Carolina case. ruled that a state railroad
road schedules. The new inland water
ways commission held its first business
meeting and organized. The text Of the
new German-American tariff agreement
was made public. Three arrests resulted
from an investigation into the election OF
the New York life and the Mutual Life
Insurance companies by the grand jury.
The decision that the meat packers hal
accepted rebates was upheld by the Unite
States circuit court Of appeals in st. PAU:
A town was destroyed, eight persons Killed
and great damage done by a tornado IN
Texas. A cOroper'S jury in Macon, Ia
brought in a verdict OF justlfiable homicide
in the case OF a man who killed MS SIS
ter's alleged betrayer. A quarrel amons
labor unions caused build. ng tie-up IN
Philadelphia, threatening to throw 3O,0o)
men out Of work.
. Foreign.
An attack on the Russian army by rad
ieal member of the duma caused stormy
scene followed by ali ultimatum from the
cabinet that unless the member was sus-
pended relations would be broken; President
Golovino, on behalf of the duma. made an
apology and the recruiting bill was quickly
passed; the radical members again left the
hall. Not less than ]. 1i4s executions have
lately taken place in Russia as result OF
drumhead courts-martial. 49, Six thousand
bakers have been locked out In st. Peters
burg. Tariff preference was discussed py
the imperial conference at London; Alfred
Deakin, the Australian premier. made the
principal speech. Great Britain paid $1o,OoO
as ransom for Robert Abbott, the Turkish
government refusing to meet the demand:
Fierce fighting between mobs and police and
troops marked May day in Paris; over a
thousand arrests were made and twenty
persons were seriously injured. "he french
government refused to accept the certlacate
provided under the food law for american
meats. and it was announced that 1t may
exclude shipments which are not accompa-
MED by a statement of microscopic examin-
alton. Kink Edward and President Fallieres
exchanged visits at Paris and the former re-
ceived Premier Clemerceau and the foreign
minister, M. Piehon. M. Bourgeois. Baron
d Estournelles de Constat and Louis Re-
nault were appointed French delegates 10
the peace conference at The Hague. The
German chancellor, Prince Won Buelow, in
speech before the reiohstag, clearly defined
Germany's position in regard to discus
sion of limitation of ornaments at Ihe
Hague. The German rechstag passed the
first reading of the bill, providing for be-
ginning the work OF enlarging the Kiel ca
nal; the reichstag passed BY a large major
ity the bill establishing colonial ministry.
Many casualties resulted from fighting be-
tween japanese strikers and troops; part of
the shipyard at Kuraga was destroyed.
new Belgian cabinet was formed, with NJ
De Troos, the minister Of the interior. as
premier. The Dominican congress ratified
the new treaty with the United States.
Mexico demanded Of Guatemala the extra
dition Of Gen. Lima, who Is implicated In
the murder of Gen. Babarillas, threatening
a rupture of diplomatic relations.
In the District B..
Major John Biddle, Corps of Engineers,
U. s. A.. was relieved Of duty as Eng necr
Commissioner of the District, and Capt.
Jay J. Morrow, his assistant, was des g
mated to succeed him. The Commission
ers awarded the contract for furnishing
1000 tons of eight-inch water pipe for
the District to the Lynchburg Foundry
Company Of Lynchburg, Va. At'the third
meeting of the special comm ssion consld-
ering means to improve the local milk
supply, a report was submitted by a sub
committee assigned to investigate the con
ditions from hygienic and sanitary stand.
points Public Printer Stillngs dismissed
2Of employees of the bindery because o.
lack of funds. President Roosevelt. cabi-
net officers, and army and navy officers
and men prominent in civic life, partici-
pated in the ceremonies attending the un-
yelling of the statute to Gen. George B
Mcclellan. The Army of the Potomac
assembled to attend the thirty-seventh an
nual reunion. Inc Work OF framing a. con-
stitution for the recently organized cham
Der of commerce was practically completed
at meeting of the subcommittee selected
from the JOINT committee of the Business
Mems Association and the Jobbers AMI
Shippers Association. The controversy
which existed for week between the
bricklayers and slate and tile roofers and
the Mcfarland Contracting Company, in
connection with their work on the unio1
station, was settled. The new Connecticut
avenue bridge was officially turned over
to the District George Flick was struck
by a Baltimore and Ohio train near Lang
don and instantly killed. Frederick Wal
tiers committed suicide by swallow ng car
bo!:c acid Among those who died was
Charles H. Hinton, second assistant ex-
aminer in the patent Office.