Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-31
WEEK ENDING AUGUST 81, 1907.

President Roosevelt sent an identical tele-
gram to the rulers Of the five Central
American republics urging them to submit
all future differences to arbitration; favora-
BILE answers were received. The President
received Prince Wilhelm of Sweden at Oys-
ter Bay. The President authorized Secre-
tary Garfield to announce that the admins
tration will make no further effort to OBJ
tain joint statehood for Arizona and New
Mexico. The State Department decided to
allow fishing smacks to 60 to Newfound-
land, the renewal Of the modus yivendi be-
ing regarded certain. The controller Of
the treasury decided that government off,
cials should sign all documents by hand.
as the use Of the rubber stamp 'signatures'
was Illegal. The Secretary of the Interior
expressed himself as pleased with the work
of the departments agents. Preliminary
orders for the Pacific fleet were issued by
the Navy Department. William Jennings
Bryan reviewing Secretary Taft's recent
speech declared he was straddler. Rear
Admiral Charles H. Davis and Col. Amos
Stickney reached The age limit and were
retired from the army. The thirtieth an
citation opened Its convention at Portland,
Me-, and ex-Judge Alton B. Parker made
the presidents address Radical changes
in New York's transit system were ordered
by the public service commission. Judge
Pritchard decided in the North Carolina
rate dispute that he had Jurisdiction and
that the injunction to restrain state Off
Gals from enforcing the new law stands
The lie was passed at a meeting of the
directors of the Illinois Central railroad
and President Harahan was knocked down
by former President Fish. About eighty
workmen lost their lives in the collapse Of
the cantilever bridge under construction
across the ST. Lawrence river near Quebec
Fifteen persons were killed and fifty in
jured in a collision on an llipois electric
line. Four persons were killed in a COLI
sion bptWe automobile and electric
car near Canandagda, N Y. The Louisville
Courier-Journal building was destroyed by
fire. Richard Mansfield, the actor, died at
New London, Conn. Archbishop Williams
of Boston died.
Foreign.
Twelve thousand Moors engaged the
French forces at Casa Blanca, but were re-
pulsed; the Moroccan minister of war was
forced to ask the French bank tC negotiate
loan to meet the demands Of the MorOc-
can troops. Muai Haig, the newly pro-
claimed Sultan of Morocco, issued procla-
nation stating that he proposed to satisfy
the French demands and enter into good re-
lations with all the other powers. The Brit
ish house of lords forced the commons to
accept the amendments to the Irish evicted
tenants bill; the deceased wife's sister bill
passed the house of lords l.. P. Farrell,
nationalist member of parliament, and forty
others were committed al Longford on the
charge of melting a riot. r. B. Haldane,
the British minister of war, declared he
would buy army supplies in America when
he could buy them cheaper than he could
at home. Parliament was prorogued. Mat
uschenko, leader of the mutiny on board
the Russian battleship Kniaz Potemkine,
was executed; three Russians were found
guilty of plotting against the cars life and
sentenced to death. Ten persons were kill
ed and $50 injured In the collapse of a
platform at Oporto. 1t was reported in
Madrid that there was a dissension in the
cabinet as to the course of Spain in Moroc-
CO. The Empress DOwager of China sum-
moned her leading advisers to a council at
her summer palace a great revolt Of the
Chinese against the Manchu dynasty being
feared and steps were taken to amalga-
mate the races; it was reported that hun
dreds of persons were dying daily from
cholera in the lower Yang-ste ports. Heavy
floods in central Japan caused great dam
age to private property and railroads; the
greater greater part Of Kakodate, Japan, was
was fined 100000 by a Venezuelan court
Five new cases Of yellow fever were re-
ported in Cuba. Canada made it plain that
she wished to restrict the number Of jap
anese immigrants.
In the District.
Commissioner Morrow inspected the
streets in various sections of the city pre-
paratory to recommending improvements
to be included in the annual estimates OF
the Commissioners to Congress. The Com
missioners abandoned the idea Of using
crude oil on macadam roads as a preventive
Of dust and mud and decided to test hot
tar. The Commissioners received a ruling
from Controller Tracewell on the matter Of
school salaries. The assessors made de-
tailed report upon the taxes paid by public
service corporations. Five propretors Of
bucket shops were indicted by the grand
jury: Judge Mullowny announced that he
would impose the extreme penalty on men
convicted OF running handbooks. lively
fracas over strike breakers occurred be-
tween the local building trades unions and
members Of the Employers Association at
the Pennsylvania railroad station. Police
man Charles A Strobel was seriously
stabbed by Eugene Bell. a negro whom he
attempted to arrest. One youth was killed
and the leg of another was fractured in
an accident on the Pennsylvania railroad.
Among those who died were Judge Lewis
I. O'Neal. AMI Smith, document clerk of
the Senate, and Anton Eberly, one of