Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-26

tonight at 8: Congressman Bonnet of New
York VIII speak on Sunday at pm: gospel
services daily, IL IN. and 80 pm; Sundays
pm.
WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 26, 10
President Taft withdrew his nomina-
tons for the new customs court because
Congress would not pay $4,000 salaries
the President announced that the five
measures which he considered should be
passed at the present session Of Congress
In order TO redeem party pledges were
postal savings banks, interstate commerce
law amendments. conservation, anti-in-
Junction and statehood for Arizona and
New Mexico. The United States Supreme
Court handed down more than fifty de-
cisions, several of them being in impor-
tant railroad cases. Secretary Meyer will
call for the building OF two twenty eight
thousand-ton battleships, the largest in
the world. Mr.. Aldrich declared $500 OOO.-
wv could be saved by a more business
ike administration of the government.
chairman Eikins reported to the Senate,
without conference, the Taft Wickersham
Dill to amend the interstate commerce
laws. An appropriation of $125 600 for the
Immigration commission was voted i'm the
urgent deficiency bill by the House; the
1'otoii tsRPi opi AotlOu Oil ana the ShoTlpV
bankruptcy bill, which defines the limits
OF the present law and reduces the COM
pensation of receivers, were passed. the
House took up the Post Office appropria-
tlon Dill. lie Roy Percy was elected
United States senator in Mississippi Phil
adelphia's trolley strike caused rioting in
many parts of the city. and hundreds of
arrests were made. The National CITY
Bank of Cambridge. Mass. was forced
to close its doors because Of me alleged
embezzlement of $4,000 by George ".
Coleman. the bookkeeper of the institu
ton. }. z. Morgan gave $780, 600 collec-
ton OF Indian relics to the American
Museum of Natural History. Fifteen per
sons. two so seriously that they NAV die
were burned in an incendiary blaze in a
New York tenement.
Foreign Affairs.
Premier Asauith completed his cabinet:
parliament was formally opened by King
Edward; the Irish refused to support
Mr.. Asauith's program, and another gem
eral election is feared within o. few
months; the first division disclosed a
majority OF thirty-one for the govern
mcnt. against tariff reform: the Irish
members abst aimed from voting. The
Moroccan envoy In Paris announced to
the French minister of foreign affairs
that the sultan had ratified the agree
ment between the two governments
France sends cruiser TO the Island of
Guadeloupe, where a strike of cane sugar
workers Is IN PROGRESS. to restore ORDER.
Lintilhac In duel In Paris. and the
men were then reconciled France and
England urged China to respect the
wishes OF Russia and Japan regarding
the Chin-Chow and Aigun railway. For
mer Vice President Fairbanks occupied
the pulpit in Berlin church. Boutros
Pacha Ghalf. Egyptian premier and min
lister OF foreign affairs, died from the
effects Of bullet wound inflicted by
nationalist student. Twenty three peo-
pie were killed by an avalanche which
inguifed an Icelandic village. Gen. To-
iedo, the Nlcaraguan minister of war, an
nounced that the government forces mad
defeated the insurgents, under Gen. Cha
MORO, at Tisma widespread revo-
lutionary plot was discovered In Portugal
In the District.
Agreeing with general sentiment that
the federal buildings in the National Capi-
tai should stretch along the south side of
Pennsylvania avenue the Senate commit
tee on public buildings and grounds Or
dered favorable report on Senator Hey
burns bill appropriating $4,000, 600 for
the purchase OF the property between
Pennsylvania avenue and the Mall An
appropriation of $1.OOOOOO for the i'm
pfoVemeIit OF the AnacOStla flats was pro-
posed by Senator Gallinger The Commits.
sioners OF the District reported favorably
the bill to regulate the practice of osteop-
athy. Assistant Secretary Norton of the
Treasury Department issued statement
saying that about 2C0 employees of the de-
partment will lose their positions about
July 1. Charles c. Rogers, collector of
tax s. issued 1000 copies of a book con-
tanning the lists of real estate in the Dis
trict on which taxes are overdue The
Society of Sponsors of the United States
Navy held its third annual meeting. The
Better Washington Association. composed
of pubic-spirited women. to further meas
ures adding to the beauty of the National
Capital, was launched. Attorneys argued
before Justice Wright that the acts of
congressman as committeeman are not
subject to review by the courts. Moses
Hass of New York, Indicted here in con-
nectIon with the cotton leak scandal
of the Department Of Agriculture in 1905.
must come to Washington for trial. John
Ward Sturgis. wanted in this city,
charged with extensive forgeries. was
captured in New Orleans. Among those
who died were Rev. J. G. Amos and
Charles G. Sloan.