Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-30
WEEK ENDING MAY 80, 1908.

Wainwright and Schroeder acting rear
admirals. Secretary TAFT held confer
ence with his managers. Vorys and
Hitchcock. and with Senators Aldrich.
Hale and Depew. BY combining certain
features of the Aldrich and Vreeland
bills. the conferees agreed on a compro-
mise currency measure. but its final pas
sage was blocked by a filibuster in the
Senate. The bill for a new Capitol ap-
proach and Lincoln memorial passed
the House. Receivers were appointed for
the wabash-Pittsburg Terminal Railroad
Company. The anthracite roads sued by
the federal government as an alleged
combine. had a hearing before referee
in Philadelphia. North Carolina voted
10000 William T. Jerome .poke in his
own defense in court at the attempt TO
remove him from the district attorneys
office Harry X. Thaw was declared to
Mrs. Alfred G. Vanderbilt obtained d.
vorce and the custody of her son. the
father being forbidden to marry again.
High winds and heavy rains In Texas
and Oklahoma did great damage and
caused disastrous floods.
Foreign.
King Edward welcomed President Fall
Heres on his arrival in London: cordial
sentiments were exchanged at state din
ner. Mr. Prize introduced Scotch home
rule bill in the house of commons. which,
by o57 votes to 1O2. permitted the meas
ure to go to first reading. The Bank of
England reduced its rate Of discount from
to 2h2 per cent. The fourth annual con-
ference of the International aeronaut1c
federation opened in London. The men
involved in the shipbuiding strike in
Great Britain voted to accept the terms
offered by the employers. The French
chamber of deputies adopted the section
of the income tax bill! placing a duty on
eminent bonds. The Temps of Paris ex-
pressed the opinion that the time was
ripe for an Anglo French alliance, pro-
vided that the British army was radi-
cally reorganiZed France agreed to with
draw some troops from Morocco at Ger
many's request, a dispatch from Berlin
said that a complete agreement on Moroc-
co had been reached between France and
Germany: advices from Rabat reported
that Abd-el Axis army was losing
ground. The American Association of
Commerce and Trade of Berlin gave a
dinner for Mr. Tower. the retiring ambas-
sador. Four revolutionists were SEN
fenced to death at st. Petersburg. An
armed attack was made on the residence
of the Russian financial agent in Teheran.
Persia. NJ. Ostrograndski. and thaV official
was dangerously wounded. The Russian
battleship Peter the Great struck a rock
in the gulf of Finland. near Reval and
her bow was pierced. but she was re-
hoated without assistance. Many suits
for unpaid bills were filed by tradesmen
against the members of the Portuguese
royal household. In a revolt in the Greek
island of Samos. tributary to Turkey. the
fighting continued for three days. many
lives were lost and the palace was in a
state Of siege. A typhoon at Hankow.
China. and coal mine fire at kwang-S
caused the death of about two thousand
persons President Castro ordered the
port of La Guaira to be reopened.
In the District.
Declaring that the division of the re-
surfacing contract in March. 1907. be-
tween the Brennan and Crawford COM
panies to be gross favoritism. Charles A.
Douglas scored the engineer department
of the District in his closing arguments.
The bill appropriating s423,oo0 for the ad-
dition of 100 acres Of land to Rock Creek
Park. which had passed the Senate. was
defeated in the House by vote of 161 to
$50. Senator Gallinger introduced a bill
for codification of municipal laws of the
District recommended by the Commission
ers. The bill providing home for feeble
minded children in the District was passed
by the Senate. Rev. DR.. Frank NJ. Bris-
toll. pastor of the Metropolitan Church.
was elected bishop at the general confer
ence OF the MethodlSt Episcopal Cnurch,
held in Baltimore. Ground was broken
for the building Of the Bethlehem Chapel
OF the Holy Nativity. a memorial to the
late Bishop OF Washington. Henry Yates
Satterlee. Clarence F. Norment was
elected president Of the Washington Kali
way and Electric Company. Work was
commenced on the laying of the tracks to
the Union station. The remains of George
Clinton. major general in the revolu-
tionary army. first governor of New York
and Vice President Of the United States.
were removed from Congressional ceme
terry to Kingston. N. Y. Fire destroyed
the top floor of the establishment of E. F.
Droop & Sons Company. 924 Pennsylva
MIA avenue Indictments were returned
by the grand jury growing out of the
cotton leak scandal of 1905 in the De-
partment Of Agriculture against Theodore
II. Price. Moses Haas, Frederick A. Peck
ham and Edwin S. Holmes. jr. CASTOR
Philip, accused of numbering Frank Mac
alloy. was placed on trial before Justice
Barnard in Criminal Court No ,. Joseph
Sudsburger was killed by Walter ]. John
son. colored. who killed himself when
pursued. Mrs. Mary Hamilton and May
Estell Cole copmitted suicide. Among
those who died were DIR. G. NJ. Sothoron.
Capt. Wallace a. Bartlett, Warrington
Dorsey and Levi Hanford.