Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-31

Rave worked to .shc downfall OF the
Gutenberg and his rfou.-s. 10 The great
relief of the German empire.
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The fight for good government In state
and city resulted in several notable vic
/ tories
For Good Through the confess
n.r.r. SONS OF Abe Reuff.
boss Of San Francisco,
the system o. graft long in vogue there
was broken up, and the laws most con-
spicuous victim. Mayor Eugene Schmidt.
was found guilty on June l3 OF extorting
money from French restaurant keepers.
and on July sentenced 10 eight years In
the penitent!ary. Eight days later the su-
perVisors elected as mayor. DR. f. c. Tay-
! Tor. for years one Of San Francisco's fore
! most citizens. ard in November the good
government l.arty elected him to that Of
I tiCe.
spent weeks Investigating the alleged
| frauds perpet rat. d in connection with the
construction OF Pennsylvania capitol rec
commended EImerous prosecutions: four
| teca arrests We're made. and among those
! Who will stand trial in 1905 are Represen-
tative Burd Cassell of Pennsylvania. Jo-
seph NJ. Huston. the architect. and the
| leading contractors
The GOOD government program carried
out almost III its entirety by Gov. Charles
f. Hughes of New York. inauRurated Jan
uary !. attracted wide attention He fail
ed in getting Otto Kelsey. state superin-
tendent of insurance. removed, but he
won nearly everything else he wanted. al
| though he had to call a special session OF
| the legisla ture to do so. His bill to re-
count the ballots cast In New York city
L., Wall
against Hearst was declared unconstitu-
! tional on November % by the state court
of appeals Eleven days later the gov
| error. charging John F. Ahearn with
gross negligence In office. ousted him ~
president OF the borough OF Manhattan,
| Ntw York city.
| Japan had troubles a-plenty for any
! country In Korea. The appearance OF "a
Korean delegation at The
Japan Hague peace conference in
June was the signal for re-
| newed anti-Japanese riot
ing in Seoul. When the conference re-
fused to receive the delegates the Korean
ministry demanded the abdication OF the
emperor. declaring that by sending the
delegation to The Hague he had endan-
gered the welfare OF Korea since by
treaty All foreign dHatFS or INe n6tlOn
are under japanese control This was
on July 49, the next day the poor. harass
ed emperor abdicated in favor of his son,
a weakling. who Is advised by the Mar
auis Ito. Japanese resident general in
Seoul. Before the capital got used to
complete foreign domination OF its en-
peror there were serious riots, In quellinE
which the japanese killed and wounded
many Koreans. Korea is full of japanese
soldiers ard outwardly ''pacifed," and
the work of colonizing and developing the
tcountry is well under way.
The dead of 1907 have been Illus
! trious as in other years: the shining pro-
cesson was led by the
Marked Baroness Burdett-CoUtts.
h- n..+h whose burial was January
2. Other January deaths
were Marie. Queen of Hawaii at IS; Rus
sell A. Alger. almost ~, United States
senator from Michigan and Secretary of
War while the Cuban trouble was on;
and S. C. 7. Dodd, II, long general coun-
sci Of the Standard OIL
The Rev II. Q. Pentecost led the Feb
ruary list at 80. while Rear Admiral
Kautz. 6S. and Charles H.. Loring, 20.
both of the United States navy, came
| next. Then followed Viscount Goschen.
the famous English economist, at 70: ".
H Russell (''Bull Run Russell" war cor
| respondenD at s.: Carducct. great italian
poet and critic. who won the Nobel prize
for literature last year; Archibald Claver-
| ing Gunter author of Mr.. Barnes of
New York. 81; Wendell Phillips Gar
rison. 81. and o. D. Mum. founder OF the
Scientific American. at So.
| March DR.. Oronhyatekha, the Mohawk
Indian. who was chief Of the Worlds
| Good Templars for years, was added to
the obituary list aged SO. John A. Dowie.
the fake Elijah. 50; ex-senator J. L.
who resigned the presidency OF France
some years ago, 90; Maurice Grau, once
famous i'm. rosario, S.; NJ. Berthelot,
French scientist and statesman. 50:
Lamsdorf. Russian minister, Of foreign
affairs, 81: T. B. Aldrich, author Of THE
Story of Bad Boy" 20; Pobyendonostev,
formerly head Of tho Russian church.
70. and Galusha A. Grow of Pennsyl-
.vania, completed a notable months list.
Aprrs list was led by the names OF
Bishop ]. c. Cranberry. NJ. E. Church
South. and Bishop J. n. Fitzgerald, M. 4.
Church North, each 20 years old. Gen.
Barllas of Guatemala, g.: the Rev. Paul
Mcneil. grandson Of Henry Clay. head OF
the Lutheran synod of North America, IS;
D. II. Chamberlain. Reconstruction" gov
ernor of South Carolina, q; j. II. Eckels,
former United States controller of cur
rency. only 40; Mrs. Esther Mcneil. first
president of the w. G. T. L.. "a. and
Denis Kearney. Sand Lot Orator in San
Francisco thirty years ago, 20, also died
in April.
Dr. John Watson dan Maclaren. the
novelisD the first Of International
fame to die in May. in Iowa; OH the same
day his countryman. the picturesque Mai
Gen. Henry r. McIver. hero" of eighteen
real wars. passed away at 65. Ernest
Huffcut, 46, Gov Hughes legal adviser;
Charles II. Haswell, oldest civil engineer
in the world. 9S: G. p. Ross, So whose
vote saved President Johnson from i'm
parchment" E. II. Conger. United States
minister to China during the Boxer trou-
BILE, "a Theodore Tilton, once the great
est editor and denouncer of Henry Ward
Beecher. -: Mrs. William Mckinley, 50.
and Karl Blind. the German patriot, ST.
complete the May list
Gen. Thomas II. Ruger. -. was the
first to obey deaths call in June. United
States Senator John T. Morgan of Ala
bama. 81: Prof A. S. Herschell of the
famous English astronomical family; Mrs
Agassiz. widow of Louis. S.. and Francis
Murphy. the famous blue ribbon temper
| ance man, II, also passed away in June
In July. the 4th died Francis r.
Thurber. 81. famous for many things
After him came Sir William H. Perkin.
who discovered the secret of aniline dyes,
20: Theobold Chartran, French painter,
So Angelo Heilprin. geographer, "a; Mrs.
Lyman Abbott. 10; Col. Will S. Hays, the
poet. 20; United States Senator +. W.
PettuS af Alabama Sc and r. M Finch.