Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16
WEEK ENDING FEB. 16. 1902.

WEEK ENDING FEB. 16, 1907.
President Roosevelt, in a special mes.
sage. urged that the government retain the
| ownership Of its coal and timber lands;
the President received assurance from tho
Presidents OF Nicaragua and Honduras that
! they would accept arbitration; the Presi-
| dent held further conferences with the dele
cation from San Francisco on the japanese
| school question, and a solution OF the prob
lem was found In an amendment to the
| pending immigration BILL passage of which
| through the Senate was temporarily block
ed by a filibuster by southern senator's.
| cases against railroads for violating the
| livestock law. Attorney General Bona
parte Investigated the authority of the
| Postmaster General to exclude from the
| mails newspapers containing Objectionable
| details of the Thaw trial. The Senate pass
| ed the army appropriation bill; the crimi-
with the Rayner amendment: the District
of Columbia appropriation bill was passed
| by the Senate: Senator Knox defended
Reed Smoot and denied the right of the
Senate to expel the Utah senator. Repub-
| licans in the House defeated an amendment
| offered by Representative w. w. Kitchin to
save $500 600 by buying coal in the Philip
pines. The Thaw trial came to a sudden
| stop by the death of the wife of Juror
Bolton and postponement was ordered
until Monday. The Pennsylvania railroad
|
| Joy line steamer Larchmont and the
| schooner Harry Knowlton collided near
Block Island. the former sinking, with q
heavy loss of life. William F. Walker,
| treasurer of the Savings Bank of New
| Britain, Conn.,, was accused Of embezzling
over half a million dollars from that insti-
Company increased the salaries of Its OFF,
| GERS 10 per cent in its principal offices.
| The presence of spot on the sun covering
| 100000 square miles was announced by
| A RraSbaQr ALLEGHENY H..
| servatory. Among those who died were
| ex-Gov. Frank Wayland Higgins End AL
fred Walter, president of the seaboard Ale
| Line.
| Foreign.
1t is denied by those close to Cardinal
| Richard that an agreement as to the leas-
| ing of churches In France will in any
| sense constitute a solution Of the religious
| issue. War Minister Picquart told the
| French chamber of deputies that II Ger
many was violating neutral territory
| France would take measures to meet the
situation. Opposition to the proposed In
| come tax is being made the occasion for
| attempts to upset the French government.
| King Edward opened parliament. the lib
-eral attack on the house of lords being
| foreshadowed in the speech from the
| throne in which he also thanked America
| for the aid offered at Kingston. Suffrag-
| cites made determined attempts to enter
the house of commons and fought hercely
| with the police; sixty arrests were made.
| James Bryce the ambassador of Great
! Britain to the United States. and Mrs.
| for New York Gen. Kuropatkin's history
of the Russo-Japanese war, which the Rus
sian government had confiscated, was
made accessible and proved to contain
| amazing revelations of the incapacity and
inefficency of those in charge of the prepa-
rations for and conduct of the campaign.
Elections held in nine large Russian cities
| swelled the majority against the govern
ment; another Internal machine was round
at the home of Count Witte In ST. Peters,
| burg; the attempt to Kill the former premier
| Is attributed to reactionists. The Shah OK
Persia sent a message to parliament grant,
| ing all popular demands and formally rec
| ognizng the constitutional government.
The Dutch ministry rendered Its reslgna-
| ton to the queen, owing to the rejection or
| the army estimates. Ben Mansour, former
| lieutenant Of Rasuli was killed In the
| tribe in revenge for his treachery. Among
| those who died were Giosue Carducci. the
Italian poet and critic, to whom the Nobel
prize for literature was awarded last year:
Nice, and Mgr. Manuel Santander, formeE
| bishop of Havana.
In the District.
| The Senate committee on the District
| of Columbia ordered favorable reports
made on a large number of bills of es-
| pecial interest to the District; the most
! important was House bill 1929, requiring
| the steam railroad companies entering
| the District to conform to the smoke law
| after January /, 1908. The Senate COM
| mittee on appropriations reported the
| District Of Columbia appropriation bill.
| carrying a total appropriation OF Slo,-
an increase sese s9s eTsr t by
| amount of the bill as passed by the
House. and the bill wasspromptly passed.
| with some amendments, one requiring
| the gas company to submit annual re-
ports and one extending public school
! hours from to o'clock. Favorable re-
| ports on Senate bills providing for four
| additional parks in the District were au-
| thorized by the House committee on pub
lie buildings and grounds. Several lively
| tits between speakers and members OF
I Congress marked the course Of a hearing
! on the Weber bill, proposing prohibition
| of the manufacture and sale of intoxf-
| eating liquor in the District of Columbia.
| A bill to place the government of the
| District of Columbia in the hands OF a
| mayor, board Of aldermen and common
| council was introduced in the House by
| Representative Morrel of Pennsylvania. a
| member of the House District commit
tee. Health officer. Woodward reported
| to the Commissioners on the condition or
| the abattoirs markets, provision stores
and other places where food products are
| sold The board of trustees of the George
| Washington University decided to sell
| the square of ground known as van Ness
Park and buy the Dean place. on Connec-
| tfcut avenue. Justice Gould granted d.
| yorce' to Charles c. Bassett, who named
| Rev. E. Lawrence Hunt as correspondent.
| The trial of Congressman Blnger Her
| mann, charged with destroying govern
ment letter books, was begun. Leonard
| T. Brown killed Miss Margaret Straub
and then ended his life by shooting. VIM.
| Greenleaf and c. HI. Adams were each
| fined $500 for selling liquor without
| license. Among those who died was rev.
Richard 7. Kerfoot