Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-25
WEEK ENDING APRIL Is, 1908.

The President signed the employers Ia
biiity bill: he nominated Milton D. Purdy
to be federal judge for the district OF
Minnesota Secretary Root created d.
vision of far eastern affairs under the
direction of Assistant Secretary Hunting
ton Wilson. Secretary Taft planned to
sail for Panama next Thursday. return
inS May Is. Senator Borah spoke on the
brownsville affair. asserting the guilt OF
the negro soldiers. Twelve million dollars
was added to the pension appropriation
biz by the Senate. An amendment to
the naval bill appropriating s1WO.OOO for
beginning work on two battleshtps. was
ado pted; speeches were made IN DehaiI
of the Presidents four-ship program The
Serate voted 100000 to survey the pro-
posed inland waterway from Boston to
WI mington. n. c. Speaker Cannon. 8
action in his controversy with Mr.. VIII
lans was sustained and another rule TO
prevent filibustering was adopted. Speaker
Cannon's resolution. providing for an In
vestigation of the alleged paper trust.
was adopted. resolution authorizing
he Attorney General to bring suit for
forfeiture of several million acres of land
ela1 ted to the California and Oregon Rail-
way Company was adopted by the House.
More than 1000 pension bills were passed
by the House. The House submarine In
vestigators severely scored Mr.. Lilley for
writing letters criticising the committee.
The American battleship fleet arrived at
arranged for the issue of $4O.OOOUD
bonds. The first steps were taken in
the proceedings to have Harry X. Thaw
released from Matteawan. tornado
Ala bama, causing large loss of life; de-
vastating storms were also reported in
Texas and Nebraska.
Foreign.
Winston Spencer Churchill was defeated
for reelection to parliament. Notices
were posted in the streets of st. Peters
burg warning the inhabitants of an ex-
pected epidemic of cholera. A serious view
of the situation in Persia was taken in St.
Petersburg; more tribes joined the brig
ands. Representatives of Germany. Great
Britain. France. Denmark, Holland and
Sweden signed the North sea and Baltic
treaties at Berlin. President Cabrera of
Guatemala announced to representatives
of the powers that he had unearthed an
extensive conspiracy against him and that
eighteen of the ringleaders had been shot.
Turkey granted the Italian demands. and
orders for the departure of the fleet were
countermanded. A disease reported to be
bubonic plague spread rapidly at La
Japanese boycott pledged themselves to
have their fathers and grandfathers
branded traitors if they prove unfaith-
full to the cause. Among those who died
were Sir Henry Campbell. Bannerman,
former premier of England; Gen. N. p.
Linevitch one-time commander of the
Russian armies in Manchuria. and the
Due de Chaulnes. who recently married
the daughter of Mr.. Theodore Shonts of
New York.
In the District.
AS result of charges made by +. j.
Brennan of the Brennan Construction
Company that favoritism was shown GER
tain contractors doing District work and
that Charles Fernald had accepted money
from contractors. which charge resulted
in the latter's dismissal as assistant en-
gineer of highways, the Commissioners
decided to give public hearing Tuesday
to contractors with complaints to make
The Gallinger bill to suppress usury in
the District was the subject of a public
hearing at the District building. The
Commissioners announced their views on
the pending excise bills and outlined a
high-license measure for submission to
Congress. A favorable report on Sum
day-ciosing bill was ordered by the Sen
ate District committee. The House Dis
trict committee voted to report a bill fix
ing the price of gas at so cents. Mr.
Madden introduced bill providing for
air brakes on all street cars In the Dis
trict. The seventeenth continental con-
gress. National Society Daughters of the
American Revolution convened. The
second session of the American Society
of international Law was held. The
spring meeting of the National Academy
Of Sciences was held. Capt. Smiley sue
ceeds Maj. Brett as adjutant general of
the District militia. Suicides were re-
ported as follows: William John Kelly
by shooting; Edward r. Taylor by shoot
ing. and Robert Lee Robinson by car
boic acid. Among those who died were
Edgar P. Rucker and Karl Wilhelm
Breuninger.