Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-02

| Mr. w. ]. Bryan thinks the trusts could he
GurDed Dy denying them the use of the
United States mails. II. U. Nudge sr..
vice president of the Rock Island railroad
said organized labor is largely to blame for
accidents. Officials of the Pennsylvania
railroad issued statement to the effect
that no other cause for the accident near
Johnstown could be found than the broken
I brake hanger. District Attorney Jerome's
nne OF questioning in the Thaw case seemed
to indicate that he was continuing to pave
the way Tor an application for a lunacy
commission. Thirty-two cases of typhoId
fever deve.oped on the battleship Connecti-
cut. Mrs. Viola Bywaters told the story of
her betrayal by William Bywaters at the
trial of her brothers. James and Philip
Strother at Culpeper, Va Among those
who died was Archibald Clavering Gunter
author of Mr.. Barnes of New York" and
other interesting novels.
Foreign.
Advices from Paris say that there are no
signs that the Vatican will permit further
concessions regarding church leases to be
made, and Premier Clemenceau is quoted as
saying that neither the chamber of deputies
nor any member of the cabinet is in favor
of granting further concessions. The fire.
quency of murders and robbery in France
has caused such alarm that the government
was interpolated in the chamber of depu-
ties. Richard Burden Haldane. the British
secretary of war, outlined before the house
OF commons his plan for army reorganiZa-
ton on the basis of a field force of 16O,00O
officers and men and territorial force OF
100000. The house of commons by a vote
of 1SS to 90 approved the principle of disesi-
adjustment and disendowment of the
Church of England and Wales the resou-
| ton passed does not commit the govern
ment. King Edward. accompanied by
Queen Alexandra, opened the new central
criminal court on the site of Newgate
prison. The British naval estimates pro-
vided for the building of one battleship less
| If IAN understanding between the naval
powers is reached at The Hague confer
ence" Count Won Stolberg- Wernigerode,
president of the reichstag. was received by
the emperor, who expressed his satisfaction
with the result of the recent elections.
Prince Won Buelow. the German chancellor.
in speech before the reichstag. attacked
the centre party for aiding the socialists in
the recent campaign. and outlined the gov
ernment's program of legislation. A dar-
gerous lunatic disguised a Dragon Off
Ger. tried to enter the kaiser's palace at
Berlin. President Zelaya of Nicaragua sent
out dispatch charging Honduras with re-
sponsibility for the war and telling OF a
number of successes Fighting between Rus
sian troops and Chinese bandits was re-
ported twenty miles north of Barbin; tho
Russian commander appealed for reinforce
ments, which were sent. The Japanese
cruisers Tsukuba and Chitose left Yokohama
for jamestown, to take part In the naval re-
viey there. A number of Cubans paraded on
Governor Magoon to revoke the order
against cockfighting. j. p. Morgan is re-
ported to have secured several Vandyke pic
lures in Italy by outbiddng Emperor Will
liam. Six rurales were slain while asleep by
a notorious Mexican bandit and his fol-
lowers.
In the District.
The Commissioners transmitted to Chair
man Gallinger the draft Of bill to amend
the act of Congress regulating the practice
of pharmacy and sale of poisons in the Dis
trict. The act. although comparatively new.
having only been in operation since last
May, has been found faulty and in need OF
more stringent provisions The bill pre-
pared by the Commissioners which proposes
to place building and loan associations In
the District under governmental supervision
has been criticised to such an extent by
prominent persons connected with local
building and loan associations that the Conn
missioners have decided to give public
hearing upon the subject. With the recon-
mendation of several amendments OF a
minor nature. the Commissioners reported
| favorabIy to the District committees of the
! Senate and the House on bill which Is
before both branches and which provides
for the widening of Benning road from 18th
street northeast to the Anacostia river Az
| ter an exceedingly animated discussion
during the course of which Chairman bab-
cock Of the House was accused Of bad faith
and of breaking repeated promises to his
colleagues, the House by vote of 159 to
90 QeIedteu tne uhl u permit tHt ioSdt
ton companies to build their lines to the
Union station. Admiral Baird, president OF
the board of education. stated that Superin-
tendent Chancellor will be back in time for
the meeting of the board next Monday to
continue the Cardozo trial. Award has been
made by the board of arbitration between
the Master Plumbers Association and the
Journeymen Plumbers and Gasftters' Lo-
cal Union No. 5. The decision Is in the ma
ture of victory for the master plumbers.
Fire Quilted the carriage repair works and
80 10 mt T.. al raa
to the amount of $4,000. Jewelry to the
value of about $1,000 was stolen from the
home of Mr. William A. Mearns, 231O
street northwest. Andrew Jackson, colored.
was run down by locomotive at 7th and
c streets southwest, and later died at the
Emergency Hospital James Martin and
William Mcnamara were badly beaten by
crowd of negroes in front of a saloon on
South Capitol street. Mrs Annie M. Brad
ley was arraigned and pleaded mot guilty.
to the charge of numbering ex-senator
Brown of Utah. Miss Ellen Pucdett, the
woman forger, was sentenced to five years
in the pententiary.