Evening star., 1909-07-10
WEEK ENDINNG JULY 10, 1909.

ait IttuTHeu ~ the tltN lIoul
Beverly, Mass, having on his way south
participated in the Norwich, Conn, and
the Champlain anniversary celebrations.
The Senate passed the tariff bill by a
vote of 45 to 34, ten republicans voting in
the negative and one democrat in the
affirmative: the House sent the bill to
conference by a vote of lis to 151: eight
conferees were named by the Senate and
nine by the House. An appeal for free
trade was issueI by John Bigelow,
Charles Francis Adams, William Lloyd
Wickersham, in an address at Paducah,
Ky, declared that Congress should con-
troll the organization of corporations doing
an interstate business. Thirteen battle
ships of the North Atlantic squadron
assembled off Cape Ann, Mass, for sum-
mer maneuvers. A court of inquiry was
appointed to investigate the death of
Lieut.. Sutton at Annapolis in October,
1907. John d. Rockefeller added 0,GdU, 600
to the general education board fund
previously established by him. The gov
ernment crop report indicated that the
corn yield would probably exceed 5000
100000 bushels. The National Education
Association met at Denver. An impor-
tant local option campaign at Bristol, Va,
was decided in favor of the ''wets" De-
structve floods occurred in Missouri and
Kansas and other parts of the middle
west. y parachutist at Portland, Me,
ing signals. y man and six children
were burned TO death at South Boston,
Va. Among those who died were Repre-
sentative Francis w. Cushman of Wash
ington.
Foreign Affairs.
English suffragettes manage TO obtain
an audience with Premier Asquith and
forced him TO accept their petition for
equal franchise. .Amba ssador and Mrs.
Reid gave a brilliant dinner and dance a
Dorchester House, which was attended by
the king. Rioting occurred at the Glace
Bay, Cape Breton, mines, and troops were
ordered to the scene. The British gov
ernment granted a pension of 500 a
week to each of four granddaughters of
Charles Dickens. Great Britain. Austria
and the United States protested against
the agreement between China and Russia
concerning the railroad area in Man
churia. The French navy severely
scored in the course of a debate in the
chamber of deputies; later an ex-deputy
struck the minister of finance in the face
in consequence of a charge that the for
mer was interested in selling supplies to
the navy. The Car of Russia attended
a celebration of the battle of Poltava. A
revolution broke out i'll Colombia against
the rule of President Reyes. The high
court of Venezuela annuled two of the
Castro DEGREES; companies In which he
was interested were reorSanized. The
Duke of Albuquerque was arrested in Mad
rid at the request of the Portuguese au-
thorities and taken to Lisbon on a charge
of being implicated in the assassination of
King Carlos. President Fonseca of Aree-'
tina decided practically In favor of Peru
i'm the Bolivian boundary dispute: Boil
vians stormed the Argentine legation at
La Paz. Earthquake shocks were felt in
India but without serious damage. The
MARQUIS of Ripou, formerly lord Of the
privy seal, died in London.
In the District.
Independence day was celebrated with
out the promiscuous use OF fireworks and
firecrackcrs, and in consequence no acci-
dents of any kind occurred. steps were
taken TO continue the practice of cele-
bratiug the Fourth on Il community basis.
REQUESTS for permits for the erection of
billboards on the Union station plaZ "a
were denied. The Commissioners, In con-
sidering the bill to substitute electro
cution for hanging In the District. invited
an expression of public sentiment. a bill
was introduced in the House TO punish
kidnapping by death The Commissioners
considered the amendment of the auto
mobile regulations. Commissioner Jud-
son proposed a plan for cooling the
streets in summer by flushing. 1t was
decided that amendment to the law
will be necessary to enable the United
States to hold title TO the penal institu-
tion sites +. S. Perry was named as
legal adviser of the board of education.
The final arguments in the avenue con-
demnation cases were delivered Three
stockholders sought an injunction to pre-
vent the issue of coal storage bonds by
the Washington Market Company. John
$. Early was released from detention in
the District as "A leper and permitted to
go to New York for treatment. The local
anri-s loon factions united for vigorous
campaign against the liquor traffic. Elton
Garner was sentenced 10 a year impris-
onment for selling cocaine. Maj. James
w. Long, L. 5. A., retired. was killed by
AN automobile driven by y. W. Lawrence
under the instruction of -Galen Green,
both men were held. August Goebel com
mitted suicide by taking acid. Louisa
Moore aged ten, was accidentally killed
by a shot fired by Bernce Sheehan. aged
eleven. near kensngton. Among those
who died were Z. P. Hanna. solicitor of
the Navy Department, and George +.
Pollock