Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-13
The Evening Star is the official
organ Of the Supreme Court of the
District Of Columbia In bankruptcy
matters.
WEEK ENDING APRIL 10. 1907.


WEEK ENDING APRIL 10, 1907.
President Roosevelt and DR.. D. ]. Stafford
were the speakers at the unwilling Of the
Arlington monument to the Rough Riders
President Roosevelt appointed Ralph w.
Tyler colored, of Ohio auditor of the treas
ury for the Navy Department. The Presi-
dent transmitted to the Secretary of Agri-
culture an opinion of the Attorney General
which holds that straight. blended. COM
pounded and imitation whskys should be
labeled as such. The President appointed
Oscar r. Hundey of Huntsville federal
judge despite strong protests from Ala
bama. The interstate commerce commission
decided to resort to the courts to compel
Hartman to answer certain questions re-
garding stock transactions. The Supreme
Court decided that the Isle of Pines is Gu
ban territory. The steamship Bluecher.
with Speaker Cannon and the congressional
visitors to Panama on board. landed in
three years leave of absence in order
to try to reach the north pole next sum-
mer. Senator Foraker opened his cam
paign in Ohio with speech at Canton. L.
F. Loree was elected president Of the Della
ware and hudson Railroad Company. The
Carnegie Institute in Pittsburg was rededi-
Gated with imposing ceremonies. The
Thaw trial ended with the disagreement
and discharge Of the jury, seven voting
for murder in the first degree and five for
acquittal. The car barn and power house
Of the New York City Traction Company
were destroyed by fire, the loss being
placed at $1,5oO,OOO. The higher court in
Chicago confirmed the decision of the lower
tribunal forbidding the recovery of insur
ance on person executed for murder.
Foreign.
The Russian lower house continued the
hot he oil
speakers except those belonging to the
conservative party advocated compulsory
appropriation, disregarding a warning that
expression of such opinions might result in
dissolution of the duma. DIR. Kennard. in
vestigating Russian famine conditions, re-
ported that twenty million persons would
die before the next harvest unless prompt
aid were given. M. Golovin, president of
the duma, sent a curt letter to Premier
Stolypin, rebuking him for curtaiing the
activity of parliament. The Russian police
announced that another attempt to kill
Grand Duke Nicholas had been foiled. NJ.
Neildoff, NJ. Martens and M. Tcharykof
were named as Russia's delegates to the
Hague conference. Russia assembled
troops on the Persian frontier, conditions
in the shah's empire having been reported
as chaotic. Mr.. Haldane's army bill was de-
bated in the house of commons the liberals
generally approving the measure. Lord
Cromer, British agent and consul general
in Egypt, resigned, and Sir Eldon Gorst
was named to succeed him. News of the
jury's disagreement in the Thaw case was
received with great interest in London:
barristers generally expressed unfavorable
comment on the procedure. The British
battleship Trafalgar went on the rocks
of Devils point, just outside of Davenport,
but was pulled off. committee of the
allied provisions trades unions decided to
call general strike at Paris soon. Able
Jouin, rector of the Paris Church of st.
Augustin, was placed on trial, charged
with melting to rebellion. King Edward
and Queen Alexandra arrived at Cartagena,
where they were welcomed by King Alfonso
and other members of the Spanish royal
family. Five persons were seriously in
jured by a bomb in Barcelona, Spain. The
United States government interfered in the
Central American war to the extent of in
terdicting the bombardment of coast towns.
A dispatch from Caracas said that PreSi-
dent Castro was steadily improving, and
that peace had been restored in all parts
of Venezuela Consul Olivares, at Managua,
the capital of Nicara qua. sent a dispatch
to the State Department at Washington
saying that Anapal had been surrendered
by President Bonilla of Honduras and that
the war was ended.
In the District.
Commissioner Macfarland returned from
Harrisburg. where he made an address on
the National Capital and the City Beauti-
full The Commissioners of the District
invited expert chemists, psychologists,
milk dealers, business men, physicians,
typhoid experts and veterinarians to confer
upon the possibility of adopting further
means of lettering the milk supply of the
District of Columbia. Members of the
Hotel Mems Association appeared at a
public hearing before the Commissioners
and discussed the new fire escape law, COM
planning of requirements imposed by the
municipal authorities. With an elaborate
military display and appropriate exercises
the men of the Rough Riders who served
during the war with Spain was dedicated
in Arlington. The work of altering and
resurfacing Pennsylvania avenue from 9th
street to 18th street and otherwise inn
proving it was begun. The Northeast Citi-
zens' Association adopted a report from
its school committee severely arraigning
In answer to criticisms of the District
excise board by opponents of the liquor
traffic of the District Chairman Griffin de-
clared that most of the expressions and
allegations of the opponents of saloons
We're erroneous and unjust to the members
of the board. Attorney Thomas NJ. Fields
convicted of embezzling the funds of the
Washington Beneficial Endowment Asso-
citation, whose appeal to the United States
Supreme Court was ignored by that court,
was sent to the penitentiary. Benjamin
Allen, a conductor of the City and Subur-
ban line, was crushed under his car at
lexington, the coroner's jury holding that
his death was caused by his own careless
ness. Among those who died We're: Mai
Edmond Mallet, Richard M. A. Febwick
Rev Armory Dwight Mayo, Isaac c. Slater.
Baker.