Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-10
THE WEEK
Epitome Of Events Ending De-
cember 10, 1910.

II cember 10, 1910. II
President Taft called special meeting
of the cabinet to discuss Supreme Coure
and Commerce Court appointments. The
annual reports OF the Secretary OF the
Treasury and the Secretary Of the In
| terror were made public. Secretary Knox
decided to sur. ender Porter Charlton tc
the Italian authorities for trial for the
murder of his wife Secretary -Ieyer in
his estimates for the navy for next year
| made heavy reductions. The Sixty-hrs'
Congress assembled for it's final session
President Tafts annual message was
read in both houses. The Ballin- er-Pin-
chot. Investigating committee made its
final report generating Secretary Bal
linger. Mr.. Loud introduced in the
House a bill appropriating 100000 to fin
! ish the crypt at the Naval Academy,
where the bones of John Paul Jones
are to rest; after discussion over IT,
regular claims the House passed the In
dian appropriation bill: the rivers and
harbors bill, carrying little over $21,-
100000, was introduced; the Kentucky
delegation formally Endorsed Champ
Clark for Speaker. James a. Patten OF
Chicago. Eugene Scales Of Texas. Will
liam p. Brown Of New Orleans and
others were indicted by federal grand
jury in New York, charged with con-
| spring to monopolize interstate commerce
| in available cotton.
| Indictments We're found at Detroit by a
federal grand jury against firms, cor
| porationS and individuals in the so-called
bathtub trust. Important changes IN the
| laws of the Catholic Church were an
nounced in New York. Rene Barrier made
n ttHa6
at Memphis, Tenn, making sixteen miles
| in 10 minutes 30 1-5 seconds, and defeat
| ing Moisant for a five-thousand-dollar
prize. The Temple Iron Company was de-
clared an illegal combination by the
| United States circuit court at Philadel-
phia. John r. Early, the alleged leper.
was barred from Cleveland. The fourth
annual meeting of the Associate of Life
Insurance Presidents opened in Chicago.
The trial Of Hattie LIE B.anc. for the muir
bridge. Mass Mrs. Mary Baker Glover
Eddy, founder and head Of the Christian
Science Church. died In Boston.
Foreign Affairs.
With the return Of 419 members of par
Lament in the British elections out Of
GO, the Cnionists have made net gain
Of only two seats, and it is now certain
that the political complexion of the house
OF commons will be unchanged. II. 4.
Franklin, the male suffragist. who at
tempted to assault Winston Spencer
Churchill, was sentenced In London to
SIX weeks in Jail. 4 bronze statue Of Sir
Henry Irving was unveiled in London.
Forty persons We're seriously and some
OF them fatally injured in q collision be-
tween railroad trains near London \
committee Of the French chamber Of
oepntles reported in favor of a limited
SURFACE for women, and also voted
81, 100000 for the relief of victims of the
present floods. The royalist, Lacour who
attacked the French premier, NJ. BRAND,
was sentenced to three years imprison-
ment. The death of the Duke OF Char
tres. grandson Of King Louis Philippe,
wa, was announced IN Paris. The German
imperial supreme court, a dispatch from
Leipzig says, ordered the Reichsbank to
surrender to the Turkish government
81 ooOOOO deposited with it by the deposed
Sultan Abdul Hamid. The German reich
stag passed the second reading Of the Bill
establishing labor exchanges, composed
equally of representatives of employers
and iaborers to settle labor questions a
provisional census of Berlin and its SUBJ
urbs showed population of about So, 40O,-
600. Eleven cases of cholera and two
deaths from the disease were reported in
Italy. Princess Louise brought suit in
Brussels to recover SS.OOO,0UO belonging
to the late King Leopold of Belgium, and
three TN trunks s.. turned over to Baroness
Turkish garrison and 100 Christians were
massacred by Bedouins at .Kerak. a town
in the Turkish vilayet Of Syria Twenty
lives We're lost and property damaged to
the value of $25lOO0 by floods in Min
danao and Zamboanga, P. 1.
District.
A bill to make the penalty on arrear-
ages Of general taxes prior to July l.,
1908. per. cent instead Of per cent a
month was sent to Congress by the Com
missioners. The District of Columbia ap-
preparation bill, estimating for the con-
duct Of the District government during
the fiscal year 1872, carries a total o.
$I2.S129S5.W. The House District con,
mittee held it's first meeting OF the ses-
sion without transacting any important
business. The seventh annual gathering OF
the National Rivers and Harbors Congress
opened three-day session. and delegates
to the second convention of the Woman's
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
held a two-day session. President Taft
presided at the annual meeting of TIE
American Red Cross. The annual meet.
ing of the American Warehousemen's
Association was held. Thomas w Bra
hany was appointed executive secretary
of the tariff board. Locations for the
John Paul Jones and Barry statues were
determined. Gas at the rate of S. cents
was decided on at q meeting of the di-
rectors Of the Washington Gas Light
Company. Holding that the keeping Of
fowls on private property is Il proper sub
ject of regulation by the District author
tiles and that the twenty-five foot limit
is not unreasonable, the appellate court,
in an opinion bv Justice Roob, Affirm
the action of the Police Court, which
sustained the District fowl regulation.
Arthur Johnson, coiored. was held for
the death Of G. Herbert Ofenstein. Maj.
Gen. Wallace +. Randolph committed
suicide by shooting Among those who
died were Commander Robert Tlatt. Rev.
DR.. Joseph Edmund Smith, DR. John
Augustus Swope and Hawkins Taylor, jr