Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-18
WEEK ENDING MAY 1s, 1907.

President and Mrs. Roosevelt left the city
/ Friday to spend a few days at Pine Knot.
va. PRESIDENT Roosevelt was invited by the
governors of sixteen states to make a trim
by steamer down the Mississippi river. In
uphoiding the constitutionality OF he eight
hour law the Supreme Court decided that
men employed on dredging work are not
anected by Its provisions. Senator Foraker
repudiated the Cox proposition for a deal
with the Taft forces and declared he would
regard the action Of the state convention
only as binding. The Brownsville inyestipa-
tion was resumed by the Senate COMMITTEES
on military affairs The submarine boats
octopus and Lake successfully PASSED the
test Of being submerged twenty-four hours
dne general assembly OF the Presbyterian
Church met at Columbus Ohio and
e S,ee, Key DR.. William Henry Roberts Of
Philadelphia as moderator. Abraham Ruef
startled San Francisco by pleading guilty To
the charge of extortion, at the same time
declaring himself innocent: Mayor Schmitx
many .aiheo -. commission to administer NUM-
ciTal aIairs The price of wheat advanced
ABOVE tne 81 point on the Chicago exchange
ana great excitement prevailed. The 81 $50
w w SLdeWneeier City of Cleveland built for
the lake service, which was nearing COM
pietion, was burned at Detroit Twenty-one
carnegie hero awards were awnrded Gen.
a Nu Ir. was accorded a hearty welcome in
c;I merger was formed in .Iichgan. The
chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul railroad
pleaded guilty Of rebating in New York
ana IA was hned $4,000; Thirty-n were
...leo In a wreck of the Mystic Shriners'
special train at Hondo, Cal, and MANY 9TH
ers were injured. Nine men were killed and
nSu' injured by the premature discharge
ern railway, near Alta Pass. N. c. Fruits
ana other crops were reported to be much
damaged by frost In Delaware
Foreign.
A terrorist plot to kill the Russian EN-.
peror was discovered through the comics.
sion OF soldier of one Of the guard regi-
ments at Tsarskoe Selo. who said that he
mad accepted large sum of money in re-
turn Tor promise to aid the conspirators.
Inc russian, upper house rejec.ed the bill
passed by the duma to abolish trial hu
drumhead court martial Grand Duke
Nicholas Nicholaievitch, second cousin TO
the car. was married to Princess Anas-
tasla or Montenegro. Cossacks rushed into
factory at Lodz and shot .sixtv-eIpht
Workmen. twenty-one of whom were killed:
the attack followed the robbery of a mali
wagon near the mill. band of terrorists
attacked railway Office In Warsaw and
escaped with 5000; four persons were
killed and nine wounded Doubt was ex-
pressed in English political circles in re-
gard to the fate of the IRISH bill. Mr. Nor
icy, secretary for India, in a speech before
the house OF commons. confirmed the re-
ports OF the grave unrest in India, and jus-
tlned the measures taken by the officials to
suppress the agitation; the imperial con-
ference closed Its sessions; the premiers
were reported to be detected over the failure
/ OF their plans for colonial preferences: Sir
Edward Grey, the foreign secretary, clos
Ing debate in the house of commons on
the Congo question, said that Great Britain
was not disposed to define satisfactory
conditions until the Belgian plan Of annexa-
ton was known. The French chamber of
deputies sustained the policy of the cabinet
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nor Tittoni. the Italian foreign minister, in
speech before the chamber of deputies
explained the attitude Of the powers toward
the question of the Limitation of armament
at The Hague. The reichstag passed the
third reading OF the German-American tar
IN convention with only q few negative
votes. King Alfonso and the queen mother
opened the Spanish parliament. Guatemala
offered to compromise with Mexico on the
demand for the extradition of Gen. Luna,
but Mexico returned a cold reply. num-
Der Of steam-shovel men at Panama struck
for an increase from $210 to $500 month.
Chinese officials. at dinner for Consul
General Rodgers in Shanghai said that the
famine relief had healed the breach be-
tween China and the United States.
In the District.
Despite the objections offered by Capt
Morrow, Engineer Commissioner. Commits
sioners Mcfarland and West approved the
application of the American National
Bank, owners Of the Sun building on F.
street, to construct an additional story
on the building, to be known as dome.
The fourth meeting of the special milk
commission appointed by the Commission
ers was held. The board of directors OF
the Washington Chamber of Commerce
held it's first meeting, and ar election or
officers followed. The members of the
Hotel Mems Mutual Beneficial Association
assembled in Washington for the twenty
eighth annual convention. The American
Baptist Missionary Union met for its
ninety-third annual session. The diocesan
convention of the Episcopal church met at
st. Adams. The state convention of the
knights of Columbus of the District OF
Columbia was held. The committee of the
National Society of the Fine Arts on the
Preservation of Rock Creek Valley met
Mr. T. G. Parsons was reelected president
of Columbia Typographical Union. No. 101,
at the annual election of the printers. The
Oldest Inhabitants Association rendered
dinner to Mr.. Henry A Willard on his
eighty-fifth birthday. Justice Anderson OF
the Supreme Court heard the arguments OF
counsel in connection with the application
of Miss Mary E. Nalle for writ of man
damus to secure restoration to the force
of public school teachers. 1t was conceded
by both employers and labor leaders that
a critical stage had been reached in the
building trades situation in the District.
Wilson Redheffer was accidentally crushed
to death at the new Senate office build
ing. Edward Hines, an insurance solicit
tor, who disappeared from his home ten
QdyS ago, was lOuIu iiodtlHS III TIE ISdst-
ern branch. Mrs. Marie l.. Jolley commit
ted suicide by inhaling illuminating gas.
Charles A. Edwards was arrested, charged
with stabbing Alexandra Garland, jr, OF
the Peruvian legation. Joseph Aultman,
aged fifteen, stabbed Ernest Langley, If
teen years of age, to death with pen
knife. Eugene Rutherford was stabbed TO
death by Gilbert Lewis. Among those who
died We're: Charles w. Petit, John Locke.
Luke Kelly and Ebenezer Ellis, librarian
of the fish commission.