Evening star., 1908-01-25
WEEK ENDING JAN. Is. 1908.

Gov. Magoon of Cuba was called home
for a conference with the President. Sec
retary Cortelyou asked New York banks
to return $40, 100000 to the treasury. Re-
bate cases involving the packers were ar
gued in the United States Supreme Court
The interstate commerce commission re-
ported / ,339 railroad fatalities during last
July, August and September. Secretary
Taft wrote a letter to Representative Par
sons of New York warning against divid-
ing the Empire state delegation; it was
regarded as insuring the unanimous in
dorsement of Gov. Hughes; Gov. Hughes
announced his Willingness to run for
President if his party desires. Senator Al
drich declared his currency bill or none
would be adopted. and received Secretary
Cortelyou's excuses for not sending need
ed information. Senator Teller introduced
a bill providing for the purchase of $780,
e0O,GO0 in silver for subsidiary coinage.
The House passed "a bill providing for
new immigrant station at Philadelphia.
Chairman Tawney of the appropriations
committee urged the need of strict econ
omy in expenditures, saying that the deii-
cit for the current fiscal year might
amount to SlCO,GOU. 600 The Pennsylvania
suprt me court declared the two-cent rate
law unconstitutional. The supreme court
of Missouri declared unconstitutional the
law making illegal for foreign corpora
tons to take cases from the state to the
federal courts. The North Carolina legis-
lature convened in special session to con-
slider railroad-rate and other bills, Gov.
Glenn in his message urging the enact
ment of prohibition law. The Model
License Law League began its first an
nual convention in Louisville. The ordi
nance to prohibit smoking by women in
public places was passed by the New
York board of aldermen. Among those
who died were: Charles Emory Smith
editor of the Philadelphia Press and for-
me-Iy Postmaster General. and Morris
K Jesup. a New York tinancier and phil
anthrOpist.
Foreign.
Lord Curzon was elected a representa-
i've Irish peer in parliament The Congo
Reform Association at meeting in Lon
don adopted resolutions denouncins the
proposed treaty of transfer. and urging
the government to take prompt action.
The Bank of England reduces the rate
Of discount from ) to 4 per cent, while
the Bank of France announced cut
from :'la 10 ) per cent. Prince Won Bu-
low declined to answer a socialist ques-
ton on the subject of suffrage in Prussia
and in the uproar which followed the
minister's left ille house. The military
court OF honor at Berlin acquitted Count
V IN Hohenau. formerly adjutant TO the
empe ror. on charges growing out of the
Harden trial Many persons were injured d
BY the police in Berlin. who used their
Sa bers freely in dispensing parade of
unemployed men. The claim of the Ere nch
government against the new Panama
Company and Colombia for s.. 100000 was
compromised. the company paying Sl.6D-
oO@ of which Colombia contributed
$30o.00u Advices from st. Petersburg
noted serious dissension between the
cor servative and liberal members of the
ministry; the Novoe Eremya published an
article attacking the Russian diplomatic
service The duma resumed its sessions
and passed some minor bills The pro-
gressive party at a meeting in Toxic
adopted IA platform attacking the cabinet
70" bad finance and weak diplomacy. The
Japanese cabinet escaped defeat in the
house over the budget by narrow mar
gin. y Filipino governor WaS shot dead
after his election by defeated rival. The
battleShip fleet was given Il notable fare
Well demOnStra ton on It's departure from
Rio The Guatemalan Northern railway
wis formally opened at Guatemala City.
com Getting the Atlantic and Pacific. Haiti
an government forces attacked and re
captured the town of St Mare. the in
surge nts offering slight resistance; Coma
Yes was reported To be closely invested.
The Chilean congress passed the bill for
railway running from north To south.
Volcanic disturbances off the coast Of
Nucatan caused the disappearance of
three islands.
In the District
The Commissioners held public hear
ing to determine the sentiment of the
local people upon Representative Sims
absolute prohibition bill. Representative
Lambs bill providing an election upon the
question and Representative Helms bill
prohibiting the sale of liquor at the
Union station. The substitute for the Gal
linger Union station trackage bill, pro-
viding for both temporary and perma-
nent tracks. was passed by the Senate
without amendments. The House Dis
trict committee reported an emergency
track bill. postponing action on the per-
manent provision. The District appro-
priation bill was reported to the House
from the committee on appropriations.
The Secretary of War received from the
Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington
Railroad Company a deed conveying to
the United States the passenger station
building at the corner of 9th and B streets
with all it's appurtenances for the sum- OF
81 500. .00O The National Board of Trade
held it's thirty-eighth annual convention.
The annual meeting of the board of re-