Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-28
WEEK ENDING DEC. %, 1907.

FTeSlOeNL roosevelt ana MS IdI1lly dIleT
spending a quiet Christmas at the White
House left for Pine Knot, Va. Rear Ad-
miral Willard H. Brownson caused a sur
prise in naval 'circles by resigning as
chief of the bureau of navigation. The
interstate commerce commission issued an
order to prevent railroads from evading
its rulings by disseminating a rate at short
notice. The interstate commerce COM
mission announced that the joint. rate
law could not be used to help new lines
compete with old-established railways.
Specifications for an airship larger than
any yet built were shown bidders by
the War Department. The Supreme
Court decided against the appeal of Greene
and Gaynor, who must now pay 500, 1i9
fines. Panama canal progress was re-
ported to have been best in the month
of November. The American Federation
of Labor contends that Justice Gould's
anti-boycott order is in violation of the
constitutional guarantee of free speech
Admiral Dewey received congratulations
and many gifts on his SEVENTEEN birth
day. William James Bryan was appointed
United States senator from Florida to
succeed the late Senator Mallory. RAJ
leigh, N. c., voted to abolish the dispen-
sary, which gave $4,000 a year revenue
to the city. Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy is to
found a s., 600, coo Christian Science insti-
tute for the poor. Police from Pittsburg
quarters of the Black Hand in the Smoky
city. and arrested seventeen Italians, VINO
were being instructed in the art OF muir
der. According to the Iron Age, ,, 100
miles OF new railroad track was built
during the past year. most Of the mileage
being in the southern states The ship Atlas
275 days out from Baltimore, ended an
ill-starred voyage at San Francisco. os-
car w. Reid. soldier discharged M con,
nection with the Brownsville riot, sued
the government for wages due since ms
discharge. Three persons were Killed
and seventeen injured in a coilslon De-
tween an Atlantic City express and way
train at Camden, n. ].
Foreign.
Seven hundred survivors of the Indian
mutiny were reviewed by Lord Roberts
at Albert Hall. Laurence Ginnell, the
Irish member of parliament who urged
the peasants to continue the cattle raids
was arrested. The consistory court
granted permission to open the grave of
T. C. bruce. The body of Lord Kelvin
was buried in Westminste- Abbey. In
dustrial depression in Berlin has lie
thousands OF children. in the primary
schools dependent on the authorities for
food. The Harden charges against Won
Moltke appear to be collapsing. Frau
Won Elbe, the principal witness, modi-
fed her statements and is declared to b
neurasthenic. Christmas eve was gayly
celebrated in Paris, theaters gave special
performances and the boulevards were
brilliantly illuminated; midnight masses
were held in the churches. Gustave
Herve, the French anti-military agitator,
was sentenced to years Imprisonment
and to a fine of $3.50. Gen. Liantey re-
ported the junction Of two French col
umns on the Algerian frontia-.9 adding
that the tribesmer were becoming con-
WINGED of the futility of resistance. The
shah answered the British and Russian
ministers that he would not abolish the
constitutional form of government and
would endeavor to cooperate with par
lament. Premier Franco intends to issue
decree recognizing the Portuguese
house of peers and transferring its jul
dicial powers to the courts. The Dutch
cabinet resigned owing to it's defeat
on the army estimates in the second
chamber; the parliament may be dis
solved. The trial of 169 members of the
first duma, who signed the Viborg mani
pected Premier Stolypin said that the
petition from America FOR the liberation
Of M. Tschaikowsky would receive due
consideration. The Brazilian senate pass
ed a compulsory military service bill.
Thousand of strikers in the Chilean nj
trate fields returned to work; there was
sharp fighting at Iquique, resulting in the
defeat of the strikers with heavy losses.
A detachment of Chinese soldiers murder
ed their officers and then went through !
a Manchurian district raidlng villages and
-obbing caravans A long edict was is |
sued in Pekin warning the people to
make no further demands and authoriz-
ing the framing of a law for the regu-
lation of political societies. The Japa-
rese- Canadian emigration problem is
thought to be solved. The governor Of
Trinidad entertained the officers of the
American fleet which will sail for Rio |
de Janeiro Sunday morning.
In the District.
Commissioners Mcfarland and West
approved the report of the committee on
the treatment of the insane, appointed by |
the Society of Nervous and Mental Dis |
eases The Commissioners ordered fire |
stops for street cars at AZ street and Vir-
ginia avenue southwest and 18th and Fir- |
ginia avenue southwest. Secretary Harry |
O. Hine of the board OF education declines |
to act as superintendent of schools in DR.. |
Chandeliers absence. Mr.. Hine stated to |
DR.. Chancellor that the president of the |
board and his counsel believe the rules |
which the board adopted prevent the sec |
rotary from performing the duties deSlg-
mated. Public Printer Stillings issued an |
filing record blanks and time slips hereaf-
ter will be punished by suspension and |
discharge "for the good. of the service
The temporary injunction granted by JUS
tive Gould against the American Fedora
ton of Labor at the instance of the Buck
Company of St. Louis became effective
Tuesday. Thomas G. Hayes, the receiv-
ing teller of the American National Bank.
was arrested. charged with embezzlement.
James ]. O'Shea, assistant manager of
the Regal Shoe Company's store, on Penn
sylvania avenue, is charged with the lar
ceny of $500. so from the store. but cannot
be found. In the case of Engineer Harry 7
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