Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-07
WEEK ENDING APRIL z, 1906.

| The President presented at a White
| House conference called by him court
review amendment to the railway rate bill.
The court-review amendment to the rate
| bill was offered in the Senate, as was an
other amendment having similar
| ject; the urgent deficiency bill was
passed by the Senate; in the House
| consideration Of the post office appropria-
! ton bill was begun and the national quar-
| antine bill was passed. The case of Sem
ator Burton of Kansas was again argued
| before the United States Supreme Court.
The official program for the pan-American
congress, to be held in Rio de Janeiro was
made public. John Alexander Dowie was
formally deposed by his followers at Zion
City, Ill Henry c. Ide was formally in
stalled as governor general of the Philip
pine Islands. The suspension of work in
the coal regions continued, all but two of
the anthracite collieries and most of the
bituminous collieries being idle; the
ference between miners and operators in
New York adjourned temporarily without
having reached an agreement. James NJ.
Barr resigned as president of the Seaboard
Air Line Railway Company, and Alfred
Walter of Baltimore was elected his
cessor- The Chicago election resulted in
vote to acquire the street railway proper
ties, but the proposition to operate them
was lost. SubpoenaS were issued for lead
ing Pennsylvania railroad officials in a suit
to recover s250.O00 because of alleged dis
elimination against certain coal shippers.
Inc dppeildCe DIVISION OF the new YORK Su-
preme court decided that Justice Joseph NJ.
Deuel. cannot be connected with any out
side business so long as he remains upon
the bench. The city Of Philadelphia began
suit to recover $500o000 from contractors
and former city officials interested in the
construction Of filtration plants.
Foreign.
The election of two leading constitutional
democrats was annulled in st. Petersburg
and a storm of protest was reused by the
action; radical gains continued; Moscow
newspaper printed a report from Man.
churia stating there is danger of con-
fiict between Russian and Chinese troops.
The British foreign office regarded the
Moroccan agreement as being only tenn
porary relief; nationalists. labor members
and some liberal representatives bitterly
denounced in the house of commons the
government action in Natal, where twelve
natives convicted of rebellion were put to
death. The Algeciras conference reached an
agreement on all questions affecting Mo-
rocco. Fatal fighting occurred between
striking miners and troops at Lens, France
The last survivor of the disaster at the
Courrieres mines on March 10. was rescued
from pit No. 4. after having been entomb-
ed for twenty-five days. A plot was discov-
cred by which anarchists planned to kill
King Alfonso, the Dowager Queen Chris
tina and the infanta during holy week, at
Seville. Spain. Chancellor Won Bueiow
tainted while listening to debate In the
reichstag and had to be carried out of the
chamber. The eruption of Mt. Vesuvius
was reported to be growing more violent,
and the inhabitants of the villages near
the crater prepared to leave their homes
A hotel at Nagold, Germany, collapsed KILL
ing hfty-two and severely injuring seventy
persons.
In the District.
President Roosevelt sent the following
nominations to the Senate: To be Commits
sioner of the District of Columbia, Henry
! b. F. Macfarland; to be postmaster of
Washington, D. c.. Benjamin f. Barnes OF
New Jersey, formerly assistant secretary to
the President: to be Judge of the newly
created Juvenile Court. William Fl. De-
Lacy. The appointment of Mr.. Barnes as
postmaster raised storm of protests from
all classes of citizens OF the District and
charges were brought that IN addition to
not being citizen of the District he was
not even naturalized citizen of the United
states. and that his action in connection
with the recent ejectment of Mrs. Minor
Morris from the White House disbarred
him from the position; subcommittee OF
the Senate committee on post offces and
post roads. to which the nomination was re-
ferred. consisting of Senators Burrows
Carter and Culberson, was appointed to IN
quire into these charges, as well his
qualifications to serve as postmaster Earl
Grey. governor general of Canada, and
Countess Grey, accompanied by distin-
gu1Shed party, visited washington ana were
entertained by the President. The Babcock
bill providing Increases in the salaries OF
local school teachers, and providing other
changes In the school system, was ordered
reported to the House by the District OF
Columbia committed; extensive hearings on
the insanitary buildings bill and the meas-
ure to provide an increase of land for Rock
Creek Park were granted by congressional
committees. The railroad commissioners of
the various states held their annual meet
ing. The board OF education refused to en-
tertain charges brought against Grace M.
Campbell q colored teacher. assistant
director OF kindergartens. LOttie Hawkins,