Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-26
PROBATE COTRT-Justicn Co,
WEEK ENDING OCT. %, 1907.

After TRAVELLING throu@h eleven states,
and hunting In the canebrakas of Lou!si-
for two weeks President Roosevelt
returned to the White House. The first
regular cabinet meeting since asst June
was held, and many important questions
were considered. Secretary Metcalf order
ed all the ba.tesh'p s of the Atlanic feet
TO mobilize in Hampton roaCs, Va, De-
cember o, ready to sail for TIE Pacific.
Contractors paid SlGO,nG0 to the Post Of
flee Department for failure to ma.nta. n the
standard of paper required in stamped
enve ,opes and wrappers. The govern
ment seized 81 600 worth of tobacco at
Norfolk to demonstrate to the English
allies of the trus' its power under the
Sherman law Chicago lost its utility
corr "a on TAX suit in the Supreme Court
Confidence was largely restored In Wall
street as the result of act on taken by
]. Pierpont Morgan, Secretary of the
Treasury Cortelvou, John D. Rockefeller.
and others. The Fish Hartman fight
was halted by the postponement of the
Illinois Central meeting until October %
Gov. Conner, Of ALBANIA, and the South
ern raj way rea ched an agreement on the
rate fight. The German balloon Pommarn
won the distance race. TIE main bu Id
ing of the United States weather bureaus
station at Mount Weather, Va, was
burned.
Foreign.
w HIldf fnRHSn waning. MIS-. waning
and her sister, Miss Strunsky, were ar
rested in ST. Petersburg because of-their
association with Finnish progre ssists, but
were later released. no discriminating pa
pers having been found by the police
The general British market for stocks was
little affected by the fall In American Sc
curities. and a similar tone prevailed in
Berlin; prices fuctuated widely in Paris
The French parliament reopened; dates
reset for interpretations on the state
of national defense and on Morocco. A
re port from Tangier said that the French
had suffered a serious reverse near Casa
Blanca and had been driven back to the
walls. France concluded a treaty with
Liberia. giving her additional rights at
the head of various rivers. The trial of
Editor Harden in Berlin for libel was be-
gun and was marked by the attendance
of many of the emperors court. 1t was
announced from Madrid that King AL
fonso will go to London under strict in
cognito to be examined by spe ciaist in
tuberculosis. The physicians in attend
ance on Emperor Francis Joseph an
nounced that the convalescent stage of his
illness had begun. Secretary Taft, speak
ing at a dinner given by members of the
assembly at Manila, expressed hope for
the adoption of a lower tariff and favored
the limiting of exports of sugar and to-
bacco to the United States; he warned
agitators against attempting to iniure the
eooO ISid lloliS pttWetH America ana the
islands. The Shah of Persia dismissed
his cabinet. and joint action by Russia
and Great Britain for the restoration Of
order was predicted. Imperial edicts pro-
Viding for provincial legislatures with
power for the present limited to debate
were issued at Picking China began a
grain rate war directed against the Jap
anese lines in Manchuria Cancelled the
foreign concessions on-the imperial rail-
way and sent Chinese troops into the dis
,tA1
in Italy decided on a general strike. JUS
tlce Riddell of Toronto imposed a fine OF
$4,000 on the Michigan Central for the
explosion of a car of dynamite listed as
powder. Earthquake shocks in Italy caused
the deaths of fully COO persons.
In the District.
Commissioner West issued strict orders
to Maj Sylvester to the effect that all
automobiles in the District must have the
new official tag by the first day of next
month Louis c. Wilson. assistant asses
sor of the District. was appointed by the
Commissioners a member Of the board of
assistant assessors of the District to fill
the vacancy on the personal tax board
caused by the death of Albert A. Wilson;
benjamin r. Adams was promoted to the
assistant assessorship to succeed Mr..
Wilson. Two conventions of postma sters
met in this city. The Supreme Council of
the 33d degree Masons began a conven-
ton. At meeting of the heads of the
passenger departments of the various rail-
road lines entering this city. it was de-
cided not to charge a union station tax.
Two cars Of the Great Falls and Old Do
minion electric line collided on the Aque-
duct bridge. seriously injurng both motor
men and other persons who We're on the
car at the time. Justice Anderson, in
Circuit Court No. 3, ordered writ of
mand1muS to issue against Thomas r.,
Drake, superintendent of Insurance com
handing him to issue to James A Bates
& Co. license as insurance agents for
the year ending April 30. 1908. The grand
jury returned indictments for false pre-
lenses. embeZZlement and conspiracy
against Eugene Davis and Edward c.
Bryan, vice president and treasurer,