Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-11
WEEK ENDING APRIL II, 1908.

President Roosevelt sent to Congress a
special message calling for legislation to
stamp out anarchy. The President direct
ed that southern railroads which fall to
furnish proper accommodations for ne
groes be prosecuted. The President sent
90 the Senate the name of John s. Leech
to be pubic printer. The Senate passed
the army appropriation bill, and a resolu-
ton by Mr.. Foraker relating to the
Brownsville affair was adopted. The en-
ployers' liability bill, passed by the House,
was adopted by the Senate without
amendment. Senators Hale. Aldrich and
Teller Vigorously opposed the plan to In
crease the army and navy. The House
passed bill providing for a naval sta
ton at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The naval
bill was reported to the House. appro-
priating $103. 96751S- and providing for
two new battleships. The House COM
mittee voted to pigeonhole the ocean
mail ship subsidy bill. In the course of
stormy session rules to check the demo-
cratic flibuster and two resolutions intro
duced by Speaker Cannon calling for in
formation about the alleged paper trust
We're adopted The House passed the bill
to increase the efficiency of the revenue
cutter service. The special grand jury
investigating the American Ice Company
evidence did not warrant the indictment
Of the company or its president. The
Great Northern railway was fined 5000
for giving rebates on sugar. Six boats or
the torpedo 1otilla arrived at Magdalena
bay, one day ahead of time; the fleet
sailed for the north.
Foreign.
Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman resigned
the British premiership, and the resigna-
ton was accepted by the king; Mr.. AS
quith. acting premier and chancellor of
the exchequer, was summoned to Biarritz.
where he was appointed premier. The
French ministry of justice decided not to
grant the request of the United States for
the extradition Of Paul L. Roy, but ruled
that a trial might be held In France. A
dispatch from Paris told Of huge repub-
lican plot recently suppressed by France.
to capture the royal family of Portugal
coup d'etat. Three well-known anarchists
and a CARLOAD of dynamite were captured
in Paris. the police asserting that num-
Der Of bomb explosions were planned FOR
May 1. Fierce riots followed the elections
in Lisbon, troops firing on the'crowds and
killing and wounding many persons: the
monarchists won victory at the polls:
the republicans charged fraud. Baron
Rosen, the Russian ambassador to Amer
lea. explained the attitude Of the en-
pire toward Manchuria; the duma sue
ceeded In forcing the retirement of M.
Alexeiff, the vice minister Of commerce,
the victory being regarded as the first
step toward establishing ministerial re-
sponsibility. The kaiser was given an
enthusiastic welcome at Corfu: the reich
stag adjourned over Easter after passing
the German language bill and the bourse
bill. The boycott against the Japanese
due to the release Of the Tatsu is spread
ing rapidly in China. The Chinese for
eign board rejected the Japanese propo-
sal regarding reciprocal postal arrange
ment in Manchuria. -Four Japanese en-
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and attacked the native staff.
In the District.
The House passed the District of Column
bia appropriation bill, after adopting an
amendment restricting the rate to be paid
for gas used in the public schools to Is
cents a thousand. Engineer Commission
er Morrow forwarded to Senator CALM
ger substitute bill for the one recently
introduced by Senator Hepburn providing
for the purchase of the land between
Pennsylvania avenue and the Mall. The
concluding hearing on the prohibition
question was held before the House Dis
trict committee. The House of Represen-
tatives, by a majority vote, went on rec
out, of locating the Grant memorial stat
ue upon a site within the Botanic Garden.
Tribute was paid to the memory of Cros-
by Stuart Noyes. the late editor of The
Evening Star. at memorial service at
the National Theater. Additional indict-
ments in connection with the recently dis
covered patent Office scandal were report
ed by the grand jury. The police began
the work of taking the census Of the Dis
trict Louis r. Pfeiffer, convicted of max
ing handbook. was committed to serve
the sentence of three months in Jail and
to pay a fine of $500. John Moore, a pri-
vate Of Battery D, 4th Artillery, was
killed by Washington, Arlington and
Falls Church car.