Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-22
WEEK ENDING DEC. 22, 1905.

sage to Congress relating his observations
in the course of his trip to the isthmus; he
transmitted, with a special message, Secre-
tary Metcalf's report on the Japanese trou-
bles IN San Francisco, and submitted also
a special message on the dismissal of the
colored troops Secretary Bonaparte as
sumed office as Attorney General, Secretary
Metcalf moved to the Navy Department
and Oscar S. Straus began service as Sec
rotary of Commerce and Labor. Former
ATTORNEY General Moody took his place as
associate justice of the Supreme Court OF
the United States. Secretary H1tchcock
and Secretary Wilson admitted that they
had acted without warrant of law In with
drawing millions of acres of Indian lands
from allotment The Senate passed the
Daniel bill to loan 81 100000 to the James
town Exposition Company. The urgency
deficiency bill was passed by the senate.
Senator Foraker made a severe CRITICISM
of the Presidents dismissal of the colored
troops, but failed to secure an immediate
investigation of the subject. Senators Ray
ner and Whyte introduced resolutions ae.
signed to curb the Presidents interference
with states rights. The House passed the
Indian appropriation bill. Both houses al
journed until January 3. The interstate
commerce commission in its annual report
urged the need of legislation in regard to
car shortage. Attorney General julius
Mayer of New York began an action TO
dissolve the American Ice Company: Arch-
bishop Farley of New York, Archbishop
Blenk of New Orleans and others de-
nounced the attitude of the French gov
eminent toward the Catholic Church
George Durham jr, vice president, president OF ro ,me
pany. was sentenced to two years in Sing
Sing for larceny. Mayor Schmitzs case
was called in San Francisco the court oe-
clining to act until the co-defendal-t, Ruel,
should be ready. Receivers were named
for the National Wire Corporation, its
debts being placed in the petition at more
the death sentence of Albert 7. Patrick to
life Imprisonment. Herman kallenberg.
New York alderman, was put on trlal
charged win demanding go brlbe LOT
a franchise. Among those who died were
Col Andrew Jackson, son of an adopted
son of President Andrew Jackson, and
Bishop Charles c. McCabe.
Foreign.
Roman Catholic services in Paris were at
tended by large congregations; commune
cation issued at the Vatican limited that the
letters seized at the Paris nunicature might
have been sent there in order to make out
a case for the government; Cardinal Rich
ard vacated the episcopal palace at Paris.
his departure being made the occasion for
an impressive pro-Catholic demonstration;
the French chamber of deputies passed the
amended separation law by bote of Alb
against 1855; the Vatican declared the new
law to be bad as the present one and
named the condition under which 1t would
abandon opposition. Advices from Warsaw
stated that the governments policy of re-
preston had been successful; a bomb was
thrown at the commander Of gendarmes at
Radon, blowing off his leg The house or
lords, by a vote of 132 to g. rejected the
concessions offered by the government in
the matter of the education bill. and the
measure was thus formally defeated. The
Imperial Bank of Germany raised ITS rate
of discount from 6 to Z per cent. The ad-
miralty court decided that Kaiser Will
helm was responsible for the collision with
the Orinoco off Cherbourg. Col. SerranO
informed the Ecuador government that ne
had defeated the rebels at Pasaje and was
marching to attack, the insurgent forces at
Santa Rosa. Ali Mira, heir to the Persian
throne, arrived at Teheran; the condition of
the shah was reported unchanged Mgr.
Adami one of the wealthiest Roman pre-
lates died leaving the pope $1.OOO,OOO. A
number OF Englishmen and Americans met
in London to celebrate the 3OOth anniversary
of the sailing of the first British colony for
Jamestown President Castro of Venezuela
was reported to be much worse. Premier
Theotokis Of Greece tnttmated that the
union of Greece and Crete might soon be &C
complished The Hamburg-American steam
err Prinzessin Victoria Luise went ashore off
Port Royal, being totally wrecked; her
commander killed himself.
In the District
The Commissioners, after making an in
yestigation into the conduct and character
of the applicants for licenses to conduct
employment agencies in the District, grant
ed ten applications and refused four. The
chief of police submitted estimate of the
amount required for his department for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1905. Repre-
sentative Madden introduced a bill p-ovid-
ing for IS cents gas throughout the Dis
trict, and another prescribing universal
transfers and more adequate street rail-
road facilities. The matrons of the police
department sent petition to the Commits
sioners declaring that it was hard for them
to exist on their present salaries and asking
for an increase. At the annual meeting of
the District Society of Engineers f. H.
Newell, chief engineer of the reclamation
service, was elected president. The twenty
fifth annual reunion banquet of the Union
Soldiers Alliance was held. Pasquale
Morazono was fatally wounded and Harry
Wilson, colored, was charged with the
crime. William Krause and David Hous-
ton, Columbia Golf Club "caddies," were
sentenced to two years in prison for set
ting fire to the clubs store house., Among
those who died were Capt. Zera L. Tanner
a retired naval officer; Anderson d. Johns
ton for many years employed in the Treas
ury Department, and Andrew Gleeson,
we'll known contractor.