Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-02
WEEK ENDING APRIL 2, 1910.

Proclamations were signed by the Pres
ident granting the minimum rates under
the Payne-Adrich tariff law to Canada,
Australia and other countries: the Pres
ident appointed Maurice II. Thatcher of
Kentucky member of the isthmian
canal commission. The Senate passed
bill amending the employers liability law:
Mr.. Root finished his speech in defense of
the administration interstate commerce
bill. The House adopted a resolution
providing for an investigation of the al
legged ship subsidy lobby: the Hobson
bill to contribute funds equaling a GER
tain per cent of the cost of warships
built or purchased to the cause of in
ternational peace was decisively defeated.
a democratic attempt to repeal the new
tariff law was defeated in the House;
Chairman Mann reported the radically
changed railroad bill to the House. In
the Ballinger-P inchot inquiry, II. X. Love
and Elmer T.. Todd, testified in defense
of the secretary of the Interior. 1t was
announced that about SOO0.000 had been
paid in under the corporation law. but
that many corporations had been remiss
in the matter. Two hundred thousand
soft-coal miners quit work. pending the
settlement OF wage demands. Burglars
robbed the Richmond. Va, post office
and were later caught in New York.
Foreign Affairs.
IItSldeIt dlleTueu Tic loIllldI
opening of the racing season at Auteuil
The Paris Aero Club drafted rules for
air navigation, asking the government 70
enact them into law. A new Italian cab
met was announced Clifford Pinchot
arrived in Copenhagen: he refused to
discuss political questions, but said he
expected to meet Mr. Roosevelt. Theo-
dore Roosevelt and members of his fam
lily arrived at Naples from Alexandra
1t was reported that King Menelik Of
Abyssinia had died at his capital; the
report was later questioned Lava from
Mount Etna engufed a village, but no
lives were lost: seven earth shocks were
felt at Messina. More than 300 persons
were killed by fire in a dance hall in
Hungary. Eight men were killed in gun
practice on the cruiser Charleston off
Luzon, Il breect block of three-inch gun
blowing out. Fifteen thousand men at
tached to the mechanical departments of
Canadian railroads demanded higher
wages, threatening to strike.
In the District.
The District Commissioners approved
the Peters bill providing for directors of
education and of charities in the Dis
trict of Columbia and doing away with
the board of education and the board of
charities. The bill authorizing the Com
missioners to accept a donation of $50
Ho and land for the establishment OF a
branch library at Takoma Park was
passed by both houses A bill to create
a public service commission of three
members to investigate and report upon
the public service corporations of the
District was introduced i'll the House by
Representative Smith. James l.. Pugh
was appointed by the President to he
judge of the Police Court. +. NJ. Talcott
was appointed assistant assessor. Con-
tracts amounting In the aggregate to
S11s.Oo5 were awarded for the collection
and disposal of refuse. The sixth Grand
Chapter conclave of the Sigma Phi Epsi
Ion Fraternity helds its sessions. About
100 owners of teams employed hauling
sand. gravel. etc. in the District went on
d strike. Eight Richmond couples who
came on "Cupids special were mar
ried in this city. John Ward Sturgis
pleaded guilty and was sentenced to a
term of three years and six months at
Leavenworth for embezzlement. Frank
Rosa and Pappalardo. charged with
counterfeiting, were convicted. Edward
D. Brooks, colored. killed Alice Gray.
colored. and then took his own life. The
following persons committed suicide: Miss
Jessie S. Howe, NJ. F. Talbert, Miss Grace
A. Sewell and James O'Leary. Among
those who died were Justice David Jo-
siah Brewer III. V. Gotten. Charles ".
Otis and William Gallant