Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-23
WEEK ENDING MAY %. 1908.

WEEK ENDING MAY %, 1908.
Legal action was instituted by the. At
torney General against the New York.
New Haven and Hartford Railroad Com
pany as an alleged combination in re-
straint of trade. Secretary Taft returned
from his visit to Panama. Col Thomas
w. Symons was chosen TO succeed Gen.
Mackenzie chief of engineers OF the
army. The omnibus public building. the
general deficiency and Military Acad-
envy appropriation bills were passed. By
the Senate: the conference report or the
agricultural appropriation bill vas agreed
TO. bill creating a conservation Of re-
sources commission was introduced: Sena-
tor Forakers plan to suspend the COM
modify clause" was rejected by tie SEN
ate. 81 to %. the House passed the gen.
eral deficiency bill: the bill making an
appropriation Of S1,5Gn.c0O for representa-
ton of the United States at the Toxic en-
position in 1912 was passed. bills pro-
viding for a national forest commission
and bureau of mines and mining in the
Interior Department were passed. a cam
paign publicity bill, with an amendment
providing for reduction OF the repre-
sentation in Congress or states having
Acknowledgement laws was passed the
conference report on the post office appro-
priaton bill. cont aiming a provision for
ocean mail subvention. was rejected The
submarine boat investigators in their re-
port TO the House found Representative
Lilley guilty of bad faith, and declared
that his charges were unfounded. John
Sharp Williams denounced Liiley and
called for his expulsion from the House.
a Texas law imposing TAX on railroad
receipts was declared unconstitutional.
Cardinal Gibbons fight TO have Indian
trust funds used for seotarian schools WAS
sustained by the Supreme Court. The At
lantic feet of battleships left San Fran
cisco for Seattle. Miss Mae Woods suit
dismissed
she was arrested on a charge of perjury
and forgery.
Foreign.
The house of commons passed the sec
ond reading of the education bill by a
vote of $40 to 206: Premier Asquith in
formed deputation from the house of
commons that he would not oppose
amendment to the reform bill in favor Of
woman suffrage Arthur Ponsonby. for
mer secretary TO Sir Henry Campbell Ban
herman. was chosen 10 succeed the late
premier in the house by an increased lib
eral majority. NJ. Caillaux announced 10
the French parliament that the budget
showed an estimated deficit Of SS.sooOp:
he expects to meet this shortage by strict
collection of taxes on stock. bond and
realty transfers and by doubling license
fees on saloons where absinthe is sold A
French syndicate of banks obtained a con-
cesson for the construction of railway
in the DonetZ region French forces under
Gen. Vigy occupied Boudenib. the strong
hold of Mulai Hassan, scattering COCO
tribesmen. An express train from Ant
werp to Brussels hit a standing passenger
train at Contich. Belgium. and thirty nine
dead were taken from the wreck and 1.U
were injured, 30 severely. Premier Stoly-
pin. in a speech before the duma. urged
that legislation be enacted giving the en-
pire control over Finnish matters OF joint
without infringing the auton-
omy of the grand duchy. NJ kokovsoff
the Russian minister of finance. an
nounced the governments intention TO
raise 4CO0OO,OOO by internal and foreign
loans to meet railway construction and
army reforms. NJ. Milyoukcv, leader OF
the constitutional democrats in the duma
and editor of the "Rech." was beaten in
his Office by two editors of the Russ.
against whom he had made charges. Ad
vices from Hongkone stated that the
Yun-Nan rebels defeated the government
troops and that urgent appeals for aid
had been sent to Picking.
In the District.
The hearing being held by the Commits
sioners of charges of favoritsm shown by
the District engineer department was con-
tinued. BY vote of 164 to 122 the House
of Representatives agreed to the confer
ence report on the Union station trackage
bill The conferees on the District of CO.
| lumbia appropriation bill agreed TO COM
| promise. the total appropriation being
| $40. III .6GS.S IS. 1923 600 less than the cur
rent appropriation and $3,6S0.ON less than
| the estimates Frank E. Ferguson was
| appointed assistant director of the bu-
| reau of engraving and printing. Thomas
| Grant was elected permanent secretary OF
| the Chamber of Commerce. Frank A.
Kidd was elected president of the CO.
| lunlbia Typographical Union. No. 1O1.
The Department of Agriculture filed suit
in the District court for the seizure of
lao sacks of -four alleged to have been
misbranded. Edward Kennedy committed
suicide by swallowing carbolic acid.
Among those who died were Brig. Gen.
David Perry. veteran of the war OF the
rebellion, and Capt. William Broun.