Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-14
WEEK ENDING MARCH IA, 1908.

President Roosevelt delivered a sermon
to the delegates to the international
mothers congress. who were received at
the White House; Minister WI Ting
fang was formally received by the Presi-
dent. The Supreme Court decided that
solicitation of campaign funds by letter
was as unlawful as personal application
Commissioner of Corporations Smith be-
gan an investigation into bucket shops
and trading in stocks. Railroads own
over $1JO,OOO.O00 in coal and oil lands that
must be sold under the commodities clause
of the rate law. James Clark & Co., dis
tillers. In answer to government suit,
attacked the legality of the whisky pro-
visions Of the pure food law. Secretary
Metcalf. in a letter regarded as a severe
blow to navy critics. defends the bureau
system and the administrations manage
ment of the navy. Senator Bailey said
that the President was a mixture of good
and evil never before seen. The Senate
voted to repeal an act by which it is
alleged large tracts of government land in
Washington were decided to Sidney Bieber
Capt. Winslow and Commander Key tes-
titled in the Senate naval committees in
quiry. The President sent to Congress a
special message asking power to restore
certain of the discharged negro troops
who can prove their innocence i'm the
Brownsville trouble. and bill will be in
trodueed for that purpose. The Senate
passed the DILL increasing the pensions Of
widows about $15.OOO,OoO year. In the
House Mr.. Hamilton of Michigan made a
speech upholding the light of the federal
government to control corporations and
sustaining the President. The post office
appropriation bill was passed by the
House. District Attorney Jerome sent to
Gov. Hughes his reply to the charges
brought against him. The California su-
preme court upheld the decision of the
lower court that ex-Mayor Schmitz was
unlawfully convicted of extortion. Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw filed her suit for the an
nulment of her marriage to Harry X.
Thaw. The fleet of American battleshps
under Admiral Evans arrived at Magda-
lena bay two days ahead of time.
Foreign.
The letter from Emperor William to
Lord Tweedmouth will not be made pub
lie; the opposition leaders in both houses
OF parliament acquiesced in the govern
ments decision; Lord Rosebery accuse
the nation of making itself ridiculous
over the incident. Mr.. Asquith forcibly
rvasserted in the house of commons that
Great Britain would build warships to
meet the German program. The British
foreign office denied a report from Toxic
of interference in the case of the Tatsus
seizure. The house of lords refused to
advance the governments Scottish small
holdings bill to the second reading; the
action is regarded as defiance, but it is
thought doubtful whether an attempt will
be made at once to curtail the powers
of the upper house. The liberals in
the house of commons rejected by ma
ia rity of 149 votes the labor party's I'M
employed workmens bill. The British
premier. Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman
is reported to be growing weaker. and
1t is believed that the return OF King
Edward will be followed by a change i'm
the premiership. Gen. d Amade reported
tina, his forces routed two Moorish tribes
and a part of Mulai Hafig's adherents.
The visit of King Alfonso to Barcelona
was marked by great enthusiasm. NJ
Beernaert, Belgian minister of state, de-
cided to oppose the revised kongo treaty
owing to the inclusion of the grant to
king Leopold. A dispatch from Caracas