Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-24
THE WEEK
EpitOme Of Events Ending De-
cember "a, 1910.

The President and Secretary Knox held
conference on negotia tons Tor reel
procity with Canada. Secretary Bali1nger
turned over to the President all the rec
ords in the Cunningham claims for his
decision. BY vote of 81 to 10 the Sen
ate refused to accept the ruling OF wee
President Sherman that a senator having
pair with another senator could be
counted to make up quorum the Sen
ate passed the omnibus claims bill. The
Senate committee on privileges and elec-
tons reported that the election OF Senator
Lorimer of Illinois was not due to bribery.
Representative Rainey of Illinois offered
a resolution to appoint committee to
investigate the report that Col. RooSe-
welt. while President, incurred travelling
expenses which remain unpaid. Both
houses adjourned for the holiday recess.
to meet January >. The Newport News
Shipbuilding Company was awarded the
contract to build the battleship Texas.
The interstate commerce commission call
ell for valuation of railroads and control
of stock and bond issues. single and
final gift of $10.H1.0O by John ID. Rookie
Teller to the University of Chicago was
announced at the quarterly cOnvOcation of
the university in Chicago. The govern
ment dismissed all pending land fraud
charges against former Representative
Binger Hermann. at Portland, Ore. Dr.
FIeueG1ck n. LOOK, the .eAplOIeI, dITlNeu
at New York from England. A power
house of the New York Central railroad,
in the heart of New York city, was blown
up by an explosion of gas with large
loss of life. Chief Horan and thirty men,
bers of the Chicago fire department lost
their lives by the collapse of a building
of the Morris & Co neat-packing plant.
Seventeen firemen and policemen were
killed by falling walls at the Friedlander
Leather Company fire in Philadelphia.
Foreign.
The British elections were concluded.
with the result of increasing the govern
ment majority from 12J to 126. The
Navy League gave a brilliant ball in
London in honor of the officers of the
American fleet in British waters. Claude
Grahame- White, the English aviator, was
hurt in the fall of his machine at Dover,
England. The murder of three police
men in London started an agitation for
the armins of constables at night. More
than three hundred GOLFERS lost their
lives in mine near Bolton, England, as
a result of explosion. The German
government introduced in the reichstag
far-reaching amendment to the law of
patents. Capt. Trench and Lieut.. Bran
don of the British army were convicted
at Leipzig of espionage on German fOrti-
fications and sentenced to four years i'm
prisonment The French government $
attitude in the railway strike was in
dorsed by the chamber of deputies after
a socialist attack. The French govern
ment announced measures to prevent
strikes. especially in public service utili-
ties. by means of compulsory arbitra-
ton. The trial Of Count de CATCHY"
and his American wife at Tours, France.
for fraud was begun. The Spanish cham
Der of deputies passed the paddock bil'
by vote of los to 90. The measure pro-
hibts the creation of further religious
orders for two years. Emperor Nicholas
gave an audience to John Hays Ham
mond the American mining engineer, in
st. Petersburg. At the opening of the
Japanese diet in Toxic. the emperor
the necessity for the mainte-
nance of peace i'm the far east. Theo- |
dore kalOw. Manila editor, was SEN
fenced to one years imprisonment and
fined $1,000 for criminal libel. Ramos |
Barros Luce was inaugurated President
of Chile.