Evening star., 1909-06-26
WEEK ENDING JUNE 26, 1909.


After conference at the White House
between the President, members OF the
cabinet and republican leaders in Con-
gress, the terms of the proposed cor
poration tax amendment to the tariff bill
were drawn. The amendment was later
submitted to the Senate from the finance
committee; the Senate voted to raise the
tariff on pineapples to about 12S per cent:
the duty on sawed lumber was placed at
$1.JO and on coal at 6Oc per ton; higher
rates We're voted on shoes, shoe leather
and collodian; several long speeches were
made in the Senate, The House passed
bill granting $1,000 emergency appropria-
zion to the census bureau, the House ac-
cepted the Senate's amendment to the
census bill requiring the taking of ex-
aminations in states to which candidates
for examination are accredited. Attorney
General Wickersham dismissed the gov
ernment suit to prevent the New England
railway merger
The State Department received assur-
ances from Peking, Paris, Berlin and Lon
don that American bankers Will receive
their share of the Hankow loan; it was
made plain that this country will be salts
fed with no less than - per cent; the
American bank at Peking was opened.
Gov. Hoke Smith of Georgia, on the eve
of his retirement, suspended the chair
man of the state railway commission.
Prof George B. Foster from the Uni
versity of Chicago was dropped from the
Baptist ministers congress in that city
for the utterance of heretical views. The
American Turnerbund met at Cincinnati.
The jury in the Patrick Calhoun case
in San Francisco disagreed. Ten per-
sons were killed and forty injured in
wreck on the Chicago, Lake Shore and
South Bend electric road. Seventeen
miners were killed and sixteen badly hurt
by mine explosion at Wehrem, Pa. Six
teen children were struck by lightning
under a tree at Sparta, Ga, and six fatal
~ injured. The main building of the
Fort William Henry Hotel at Lake
George was destroyed by fire with loss
of S25o.OO. Examination of Chung Sin.
the New York police that Leon killed
Elsie Sieei, the girl missionary in
Chinatown; the pursuit of Leon
continued without success; the Chinese
minister issued a proclamation urg-
ing all Cinnamon in America to
tive. Mrs. Albert Woodhill Of Los
Angeles, Cal. found dead In the Chop
tank river. Nd; Robert f. Eastman, a
fugitive New York broker, was accused
of the crime and pursued, killing himself
just before capture, leaving letters i'm
plicating an unknown woman in the
crime. A mine cage in Indiana fell 315
feet. mortally injuring several men. An
lIteIlSelS not wave dHcClGu the GEIlTc
eastern section of the country and many
deaths from heat were recorded. Among
those who died during the week are Sarah
Arne Jewett, the author, at Berwick, Me-.
and II. ). Henry, an art collector, at
Philadelphia.
Foreign Affairs.
The proposed British financial scheme
was opposed at a mass meeting of in
fiuential Londoners; Lord Fitzmaurice,
chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, and
Thomas r. Buchanan. parliamentary sec
retary of the Indian office, resigned from
the British cabinet. The British cruiser
Sappho is seriously injured by collision
with a steamer of the Wilson line. Red
Star liner iceland collided with an un-
known vessel off Southampton and was
badly damaged. Eleven persons, includ-
ing five American tourists, were drowned
in lower Killarney lake, Ireland. Cam
bridge. University conferred degrees upon
several Americans. including Secretary
Walcott of the Smithsonian Institution
and Supreme Court Justice 0. W. Holmes.
The German reichstag rejected the minis
terieS' bill to extend Inheritance taxes to
direct heirs; the reichstag passed the
finance bill clause providing for an un-
earned increment tax; it was announced
that the reichstag would not be dissolved
and that Prince Won BueloW would re-
tain his post. A serious riot occurred at
stable boys union. Cholera continued to
spread in ST. Petersburg and great fears
were entertained of a serious epidemic. 1t
was announced that the protecting powers
will withdraw their troops from Crete
July 27 and will endeavor to preserve
peace through their influence upon the
Cretans. Turks and Greeks. The troops
of the Sultan of Morocco defeated the
rebels under Roghi outside of Fee. 1t
was announced at Madrid that in case Of
the death of Carlos. the Spanish pretend
er. his followers would recognize King
Alfonso. Twenty-three slight shocks were
felt at Messina in one day. The acting
President of Colombia granted amnisty to
political offenders in exile and adopted
economical measures. NJ de Martens.
Russian expert on International law. died
in a railway station at Balk.
In the District
The Commissioners rejected all bids for
laundry work and readvertised after
hearing testimony at a public hearing.
Commissioners approved the new chicken
regulations with notifications Commits
sioners have heard protest against
award of the public library binding con-
tract to an outside establishment Pro-
motions in fire department were an
nounced. Stuart Mcnamara resigned as
assistant. United States attorney for the
District in order to go to Paris in con-
nection with the canal libel cases; James
NJ. PROCTOR was pTOHOleQ 10 SuCCceu him
and r. S. Huidekaper was appointed to
succeed Mr. Proctor. An appeal jury was
summoned to appraise track elevation
damages. A commission to condemn
the Mall avenue property for proposed
public buildings resumed work: 1t was
found that certain important records
were missing. The public printer ap-
pointed August Dopath superinte ndent of
documents. James Denison retired after
forty years service as principal Of the
Kendall school for deaf mutes. The con-
ferees of the Senate and House on the
census bill struck out the provision for
new building. President Needham is
sued his final statement regarding the
financial status Of the George Washing
ton University. at a mass meeting of the
university alumni resolutions were
adopted looking to an inquiry into the
financial status of the institution. The
high school commencements were con-
cluded and the graded schools were
cloSsd. Eight candidates for the Catholic