Evening star., 1909-06-19
CRIMINAL COURT NO. 2.-Justice An
WEEK ENDING JUNE 19, 1909.

President Taft sent message to Con-
gress recommending the enactment of a
per cent tax on the net incomes of all
corporations and the passage of resolu-
tion proposing an amendment to the Con-
stitution granting the right to levy an in
come tax. The President accepted the
resignation of Francis E. Leupp as COM
missioner of Indian affairs and named
Robert g. Valentine to succeed him. The
Philippine free trade section of the tariff
bill with amendments was adopted by a
vote of 40 to % by the Senate: the finance
committees amendment placing duty of
81 a ton on print paper was adopted by a
vote of A to 81 William LOrimer of I'LL
nois took the oath of Office as senator
Rev. DR.. y. G. B. Pierce, President Tafts
pastor. was elected temporary chaplain of
the Senate The East st. Louis meat in
spection inquiry was made secret. Medals
were presented to the Wright brothers by
Congress, by the city of Dayton and by
the state of Ohio. Broughton Branden-
burg. the author Of the alleged Cleveland
interview. on trial on charge of fraud
admitted that the signature was not that
of the ex-President. Charles w. Morse S
appeal for a new trial was heard and he
was admitted to bail. The price of hogs
reached a figure not. equaled In Chicago
since 1882 James B. Gentry, the actor
who killed Madge Yorke. an actress, in
1S95 was recommended for pardon by
the Pennsylvania board. The body OF a
young woman was found in a trunk In a
New York house occupied chiefly by Chi
neSe.
Foreign Affairs.
a dispatch from London says that the
English people are assured that the meet
ing of Emperors William and Nicholas
will strengthen the movement to main
tain the peace of Europe. The British
home secretary said.in the house of com
mons that he would investigate the death
and inquest of Mrs Mary Agnes Ruiz if
furnished with the facts. Great Britain
expressed a desire to meet America S
wishes regarding the Chinese railway
loan. perhaps to the extent Of an agree
ment to finance the entire Hankow and
SZe-Chuen line, America receiving It's
share. Miss Ida Wynne. daughter of the
former American consul general In Lon
don. was married to Lieut.. Hugh Ronald
French. The French budget for 1910
showed a deficit of s21 100000 to be met
by taxes on petroleum for automobiles,
on dogs and q new Inheritance tax. IT
was denied in Paris that any serious
hitch had occurred in the plan to list
steel common on the French bourse. The
French Institute divided the Osiris prize
of $o0,OOO between NM. Bleriot and
Voisin for aviation work. More earth
quake shocks occurred in southern
France: the water in the harbor at Mar
seille receded two feet. The German en-
peror received and cordially greeted sixty
English clergymen at the palace at Pots
dam The German government intro
duced in the bundesrath a supplementary
taxation bill which is expected to yield
SD, 600 600. Emperor William and the
czar met off the Finnish coast and ex-
changed visits on their respective yachts.
a Russian warshp guarding the bay
fired on the British ship Woodburn,
wounding the engineer and damaging the
vessel. Twenty-four new cases of chol-
era were reported In St. Petersburg. A
court chamberlain was killed, his wife
fatally hurt and two others seriously In
jured in a falling balloon in st. Peters
burg. A general strike of steel railway
employees began in ST. Petersburg. Twelve
Turkish battalions repulsed the attack of
10000 Albanians at Djakovitch. in north
ern Albania. The powers acceded to the
request Of Turkey to continue their oc-
cupation of Crete temporarily. Over
sixty Turkish officials of high rank were
sentenced to imprisonment for completely
in the recent revolutionary movement
More indictments We're found against the
rioting of Japanese laborers in Hawaii.
Cuba's secretary of state refused to pay
to Spain $3.50 ,OOO 600. claimed as a debt
made before the treaty of Paris. DR..
Alphonso Penna, President of Brazil,
died.
In the District.
Morris Hacker was named inspector of
buildings and John p. Healy was named
principal assistant inspector of buildings.
The board of real estate assessors COM
pleted it's annual assessment of all new
structures and additions to old structures
and estimated the assessed value of all
the improvements in the District during
the last twelve months at S5,OOO,OOO. E.
Dana Durand took formal charge OF
the census bureau. Justice w. p. Stat
ford of the District Supreme Court de-
cided that in cases of non-support be-
tween husband and wife where no chill
dren exist the Juvenile Court is without
authority to try and determine the mat
ter Oden B. Gray. accused of forging a
check for $4,000, was acquitted. John P.
Trilling, who murdered Mrs. Hiram Cor
liss, was sentenced to Imprisonment for
life. Decatur B. Treadway, forty q
years of age. committed suicide by in
haling Illuminating gas. and Hiram But
Ter, colored. twenty-nine years OF age.
by shooting. Bentley T. Murray was
struck by street car and killed. Will
liam Lewis of Atlanta was seriously hurt
by a car. Jacob Robin, seven years of
age, was drowned while swimming in
Rock creek Among those who died were
Rev NJ Ross Fishburn, C. C.. FitZpatrick