Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-28
WEEK ENDING MAY %, 1910.

President Taft, in letter to James A.
Tawney, chairman of the committee on
appropriations of the House of Repre-
sentatives, said he was panied by the
reflections on southern hospitality made
during a debate in the House. Secretary
Knox and Ambassador Bryce signed
treaty delimiting the boundary between
the United States and Canada through
Passamaquoddy bay and Grand Manan
channel Secretary Ballinger postponed
Hetch-He-chy water concession. Fred
W. Carpenter resigned as secretary to
President Taft and was appointed minis
ter to Morocco. The announcement of
Pay Director Cowies appointment as
paymaster general of the navy was con-
firmed by Secretary Meyer. The Senate
passed the naval appropriation bill. car
rying S134, 100000 and assuring the con-
struction of two battieships Of the Dread
nought type. The Senate adopted the La
Toilette amendment to the railroad bill.
placing telegraph and telephone lines I'M
der control of the interstate commerce
commission. The Senate, by % to 49, re-
jected the Cumpins amendment and
struck from the railroad bill the stock
and bond provisions The House, by
party vote. adopted the item appropriate
ing S25O,OOO to enable the President to
get tariff information in regard to cost
of production. The House passed bills
to charter railroads in Alaska and Ha-
wall. After hot debate democrats in
the House prevented the plan to have the
sos 900 travel item for the President made
availab at once: amendment to the
sundry civil bill to restore the canteen
at soldiers homes was defeated. Attor-
neys Brandeis. PEPPER and Vertrees made
their arguments before the Ballinger
Investigating committee. c. P. Connolly,
a magazine writer, sued Assistant Attor-
ney General Lawler for $4,000 damages
for SANDER. The interstate commerce
commission ordered reductions in Ciu
cinnati-C Chattanooga rates. A new worlds
record for target shooting with Pinch
guns was made by the new battleship
South Carolina off the Virginia coast.
Considerable damage was done in Salt
Lake City by an earthquake. William
Adams, at Atlantic City. was acquitted.
Two fires caused a loss Of 100000 to
business sections of Wister. Okla. Ex-
Representative Jesse Overstreet, who
1900. dieuat his home in Indianapolis.
Foreign Affairs.
King George. in the first act of his
reign. RENTED. ami reduced sen
fences of culprits; his majesty also
issued an address to his people
thanking them for their affection
and sympathy. Mr.. Roosevelt and his
family are the guests of Lieut.. Col. and
Mrs. Lee at London. a movement was
started at the annual meeting of the
Peace Society in London to promote an
international movement to prevent war.
The agreement for the Hankow and SEE
Chuen railway loan was signed by the
powers at Paris; America will receive a
share in the financing, though doubt is
expressed whether China will accept the
terms. An issue of 50,O0J,OO0 francs of
Big Four railway bonds was subscribed
in full at Paris. The French submarine
Pluviose. with her three officers and
twenty-four men. was sent to the bot
tom Of the English channel about two
miles from the French coast by the
steamer Pas de Calais. TWO soldiers were
convicted in Paris of the murder of Nine.
Goum, widow of former governor OF
the Bank OF France, whose body was
found on a railroad track near the
French capital Three hundred families
of Jews left kiev, Russia. under the or
ders of the government. A dispatch from
ST. Petersburg says that negotiations be-
tween Russia and Japan regarding the
far east are assuming definite form.
Commander Robert f. Peary received the
honorary degree of doctor Of laws from
the University of Edinburgh. Unusual
spring heat melted Norwegian SHOWS,
causing floods in many parts of the coun-
try. Robert Koch, the noted German
physician ana UatteTlOiOplSt, uleu dl
Baden-Baden from heart disease. Open
valves and uncovered manhoIes caused
the sinking of the dry dock Dewey at
Alongapo. Philippine Islands; the struc-
ture is being raised. The Nicaraguap
insurgents seem to have been defeated,
but still appear to hold the town of Blue
fields. Native riots occurred al Chaun-
CHA, China.
In the District.
After weighing carefully the protests