Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-25
THE WEEK
Epitome Of Events Fading Ne
vember Is, 1911.

President Taft was confined to the
White House by severe cold; he improv-
ed sufficiently to attend the Friday cabi-
net meeting The interstate commerce
commission continued its investigation
into the methods Of express companies In
the United States. Gen. Reyes was ar.
rested at San Antonio charged with vio-
lating the neutrality laws In plotting
revolution against Mexico. and gave bond
for $4,000. John D. Rockefeller author
lied denial that he used fraud in &C
curing the ore and railroad properties Of
the Merritt brothers: Leonidas Merritt
testified in the steel investigation that he
lost $1OOOO,OOO in dealing with the oil
magnate. DR.. John NJ. T. Finney Of Bal
timore declined to be considered for pres
ident Of Princeton University. w. J.
Bryan was among the passengers Of the
steamer PrinZ Joachim, stranded on At
wood Keys. off Haiti. Followed by the
publication of his confession OF the brutal
murder of his wife. Henry Clay Beattie
was electrocuted for the crime In the
state penitentiary at Richmond. Acting
on reports of the serious illness Of Bank
er Charles w. Morse. the President has
ordered him transferred from the Attain q
penitentiary to the army hospital at Fort
MCPHERSON, Ga. Among those who died
during the week was John F.. Dryden,
United States senator from New Jersey.
Foreign.
Yuan Shin Kali, premier of China, has
announced that he has a plan for end
ing civil war in China: customs were
ordered deposited in foreign banks to
pay indemnities in the event OF interven-
ton. Turkish forces we're reported in
possession of the oasis of TripOli, pre-
venting the Italian soldiers from extend
ing their front. Persia has yielded to
Russia. apologized for the improper SELF
ure Of the property of the ex-shah's
brother: Great Britain will not stand in
the way If Russia demands the removal
of the American. Shuster. from his post
at the head of Persian finances. James
Bryce, ambassador to the United States,
was mentioned as the possible successor
as foreign secretary Of Great Britain. in
the event that the impending crisis In the
cabinet forces the resignation OF .-arl
Gray. Gen. Castro was reported to have
gained a victory in Venezuela in dis
patches from Caracas. President Caceres
of Santo Domingo was assassinated. Jose
Pine Saurez was sworn in as Vice Presi-
dent Of Mexico; President Madero. ex-
pressing regret for Reyes arrest, thanks
the United States for its friendly atti-
tude toward his. administration. --gr.
fdICOnlO was received Dy the rope VINO
announced that he would be the dean
Of American cardinals and resident in
Rome. Florence police have recovered
the stolen painting of the Madonna Of
Fra Angelica. Gustave Thery and Pierre
Mortier, Paris Journalists. fought duel
as an outcome Of the romance Of Nine.
Curie, and NJ. Mortier was scratched on
the wrist. Kisses greeted the sentence
of one month in jail imposed upon Mrs.
Pethick Lawrence, suHragette. in the
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or more were killed when a train plunged
through a bridge over a swollen river
in France The appointment Of Rev.
Frederick Percival Farrar as royal chap
lain Of the British court was Cancelled
by the king: the deposed chaplain is sup
posed to have fed the country to es-
cape arrest.
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