Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-26
WEEK ENDING JAN. 26, 1907.

PRESIDENT Roosevelt cent q special mes
sage to Congress urging the passage of
the modified ship subsidy bill. After an in
vestigation 1t was decided that A. II. Bangs
should not be accepted as a bidder for the
canal contract, leaving W. j. Oliver, his
partner, in the lowest bid, to seek another
associate; Theodore P. Shonts resigned the
craftsmanship of the Panama canal COM
mission to take charge of the Belmont
Ryan street railway interests in New York
Chief Engineer John F. Stevens was made
head of the canal commission. Charles D..
Walcott, director of the geological survey,
was elected secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution. The substitute Foraker reso-
luton providing for an inquiry into the
Brownsville affair was passed by lie Sem
ate, and February was chosen as the date
of beginning the investigation. The amend
ment increasing the salaries of the Vice
President, the Speaker, and members of the
cabinet, and of the two houses of Congress,
was agreed to by the House and Senate.
Senator Beverdge delivered in the Senate
an illustrated speech on child labor. The
House passed the District of Columbia, the
consular and diplomatic, the military acad-
envy and the pension appropriation bills,
the bill to increase the artillery, and the
bill to investigate the conditions of child
and women workers. Joseph w. Bailey
was reelected to the United States Senate
by the Texas legislature on the condition
that he should resign in case investigation
proved him to be guilty Of improper re-
lations with certain corporations. Both
the death of Senator Alger who expired
suddenly on Thursday. Customs reports
showed falling off of millions in the traue
between the United States and the Phnip-
pines. Secretary of State Root returned
from Canada. The trial of harry X. Thaw,
for the killing of Stanford White was be-
gun in New York.
Foreign.
The American warships under Admiral
Davis sailed from Kingston after a per-
emptory request from Gov. Swettenham
that the troops be withdrawn; deep regret
over the incident was expressed in Lon
don and official notes were exchanged at
Washington which developed a disposition
on the part of the British government to
repudiate the governors course; shocks still
continue In Jamaica and more buildings
were destroyed. Delegates of the labor
party in Great Britain met at Belfast; the
levy on each member for the support of
the party's representatives in the house
of commons was doubled, and 1t was de-
cided to tndorse local option in temperance
questions. w. Whitley, head of great
department store in London, was shot and
shot himself. Military forces prevented a
great socialist demonstration in Paris in
support of the weekly rest-day movement:
a new bill granting further concessions to
Catholics was approved by the French cab
met and introduced in the chamber of
deputies. The election for members Of the
German parliament occurred Friday, with
an apparent victory for the government.
Anti-clerical disturbances occurred in Bill
bao and San Sebastian, Spain; gendarmes
charged a Catholic procession at Barcelona,
and number of persons were injured.
The second anniversary of Red Sunday
was observed In LodZ, Russian Poland by
a complete suspension of work, while in ST.
Petersburg the men in a number of fac
tories struck: arrangements were made to
float a '$25OOOO00 internal loan to relieve
fo viii Ial,@ A
Shah of Persia, received the diplomatic
cops at, Teheran; turbulent scenes charac-
terized the session of the Persian parlia-
ment. Nicaragua and Honduras agreed to
the Corfnto agreement. The police arrested
100 students at Lemberg University, Aus
tria, for riotous demonstrations. - -
In the District.
The Commissioners of the District decided
to report adversely upon the House bill to
incorporate the American Medical Union In
the District. The Commissioners decided
not to prohibit the use Of sidewalks by roll
er skaters. The District of Columbia ap-
preparation bill was passed by the House
of Representatives.. Senator Gallinger intro
duced In the Senate, with a favorable re-
port from the District committee, a substi-
tute bill for Senate bill 6141, authorizing
changes in the street railway tracks to
connect with the union station. President
Rooscvelt's selection of a design for the
statue of kOsciuszko, the Polish patriot
which Is to be erected on the northeast
corner of Lafayette Park, was formally
adopted by the Kosciuszko statue commits
sion The trial of F. L. Cardozo, supervis-
ing principal of the thirteenth division of
the public schools, charged with insubordi-
nation and writing an anonymous letter re-
flecting upon a superior. was begun on
Wednesday and adjourned to Saturday. sThe
National Marine Engineers Beneficial Asso-
citation held its annual convention. The In
terhationaf Association of Photo Engravers
met. Fire caused the almost total destruc-
ton Of the Academy of Music 9th and, D
streets. the damage to the building and com
tents aggregating about $4,000. fire In
the coal and wood yard of Johnson Bros.
on the water front. at 1871 and Water
streets, which spread to- the. wholesale and
retail. lumber yard Of Johnson q VIM
satt. adjoining on the east, caused dam
age estimated at $4,000. The annual
poultry and pigeon show was held Isaac
8. Jones, who had been missing for three
months. was found by the police dead un-
der his house. death having been caused by
heart failure. Among those who died were:
United States Senator Russell A. Alger,
Miss Mary a. Coyie. Capt: James e. Nc