Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-06
WEEK ENDING APRIL 6, 1907.

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A sensation was caused by the publica-
| ton Of q private letter. written by Ed
ward H. Hartman to a friend, in which
the PRECEDENT was represented as solicit
ing financial aid for the republican cam
paign committee in 1904; the President de-
MED the allegation, publishing a series of
letters that had passed between himself
and Mr.. Hartman; o: result Of the dis
cussion Of this subject was the assertion
| by White House officials that the Presi-
| dent had been Informed that a combina-
ton Of capitalists had been formed with
preliminary fund of 100000 to defeat
| the continuance Of his policies In the
national administration; Senator Penrose
| Of Pennsylvania denied that 1t was he who
| disclosed the secret understanding; Secre-
| tary Cortelyou decided to redeem S,0O0,-
| 600 Of the 4 per cent and refund 50,000,-
600 in new per cent bonds. Many changes
| and promotions in the consular service
were announced. The postal differences
between Canada and the United States
were adjusted. Capt. William Swift of the
| battleship Connecticut was found guilty
Of neglect Of duty and suspended for nine
| months. Col Charles b. Hall and Col.
| Earl ID. Thomas We're appointed brgadier
| generals. Justice Gould decided that In
| dian treaty funds could not legally be paid
| to sectarian schools Busse defeated Dunno
| for mayor of Chicgao by 1906 and inn
| mediate municipal ownership was defeat
| ed by more than 80, 600 votes. The brew
| cry strike in st. Louis ended. The lunacy
| commission appointed to inquire into the
present mental condition of Harry X
| Thaw unanimously reported him sane.
| Andrew Carnegie and twenty-seven other
| famous Pittsburgers were guests of honor
| at q BANQUET in that civ. The Threaten cd
| strike of the trainmen and conductors Oh
| western railroads was averted through in
teryention of federal officials: James ].
Hill resigned as president of the Great
| Northern railroad and became chairman
| OF its board of directors; he was succeed
| ed as president by his son, Louis W.
| Hill. Among those who died We're eX-Rep-
| resentative Galusha A. Grow of Pennsyl-
vania and Bishop John C. Cranberry of
the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Foreign.
| A London newspaper printed story to
the effect that Car Nicholas would shortly
abdicate in favor of his brother Grand
Duke Michael, as regent NJ. Kokovsoff. the
| Russian minister of finance made an ap-
| peal to the duma to aid the government in
its financial distress by passing the budget
M. kutter. In reply, charged the officials
| with extravaganza. Fears were expressed
| in st. Petersburg that the reactionists might
| support the radical amendment in the duma
| to reject the budget. The passage of such
| a measure would be regarded a justifica-
ton OF dissolution. An outbreak occurred
| in the duma by the reading of an article
| from London paper rejecting on the gov
| eminent which led score of conservatives
| to leave the house. but later they returned
and presented a protest A plot to break
| up the duma was alleged by the organ of
| the constitutional democrats. The Russian
| cabinet rejected a proposal for a tunnel
under Boring strait to join the Trans
4 ihari nd
| Russia. Germany, Austria. England and
| Japan reserved the right to abstain a The
! Hague conference from the discussion of
questions which cannot, in their opinion,
| lead to practical and satisfactory results.
| Prince Won Buelow was quoted as saying
| that there were no conflicting interests be-
| tween Germany and Italy. The German
anarchist congress met in an open field
The palace in Rome occupied by United
| States Ambassador Griscom was damaged
| $4,000 by fire, and the ambassador was
| slightly burned fighting the flames A state
| ment by the Vatican authorities in regard
| to a letter by Cardinal Merry del Val to
| Monsignor Montagnini was made public,
| showing that the inference from it that
I demonstrations against the taking of in
! ventories were encouraged by the papal
! authorities was unwarranted and that
pacific and legal methods We're counseled.
| The situation in the disturbed districts Of
Roumania was officially reported as being
much improved. A plot to assassinate King
| Charles of Roumana is said to have been
/ discovered President Boni!la according
/ to dispatch from San Salvador was still
! holding Amapala. The bonba rdment of the
city has ceased. Port Livingstone, Hon
duras, was captured by Nicaraguans Sec
| rotary Taft made trip across the isthmus
| to Colon and inspected the work on the
| ma with President Amador, at which
number of questions were settled. The
earthquake in Bitlis. Turkish Armenia
wrecked 300 houses. killed eight persons and
| injuIe many others.
In the District.
Commissioner West returned to the city
from business trip to Mexico The Com
| missioners received an official communica-
| ton from Oscar G. Murray, president of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, in
forming them that the company proposes
occupying the new union station some time
in May. The Commissioners gave a public
hearing to the Retail Grocers' Protective
Association which applied for permission
to store gasoline in tanks under the pave
ment in front of stores. prohibited by the
fire regulations. The Commissioners for
warded to Judge c. s. Bundy as chairman
of the Columbia Heights Citizens Associa-
ton. communication in which the uues-
ton of water meters and their methods of
installation were explained in detail The
Commissioners named a large committee
of scientists and business men to confer
with them on the subject of the sanitary
I
sioners decided to dismantle the Woodley
Lane bridge. Mr.. D. E. Garges, secretary
to Commissioner Biddle, and the lessees of
| a number of the piers along the river front
Mr.. w. ]. Douglas, the engineer of bridges
for the District, and Lieut.. John R. Sutton
held an informal conference to discuss the
improvements in the Washington harbor
George Otis Smith was appointed director
of the geological survey, in succession to
Charles D. Walcott. The seventy-ninth an
nual session Of the Maryland annual con-
ference of the Methodist Protestant Church
was held. The Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution of the District met In the
eighth annual convention. The thirteenth
annual convention Of the Delta Chi Legal
Fraternity was held. Work on the new
Masonic Temple. to be erected on the
triangle at the intersection Of New York
avenue and 18th and H streets. was COM
menced. By unsolicited gift of $4,000
Mrs. Florence Lathrop Page started an en-
dowment fund for the Associated Charities
Owing TO the failure of the conference COM
mittee of the Master Plumbers Associa-
ton and of the Journeymen Plumbers and
Gasftters Local Union, No. 5, of the Dis
trict of Columbia to appoint an umpire
the board of arbitration appointed William
H. DeLacy, Judge of the Juvenile Court, as