December 16. Senate: The Panama Emergency Appropriation bill is passed, after being amended so as to call for estimates of salaries. House: Representative Pearse, of Maryland, introduces a resolution blaming the officers for hazing and similar evils at Annapolis and providing for an investigation. December 18.-Senate: In discussing the status of indicted members, Senator Bailey, of Texas, declares that the Senate is " as clean now as it ever was." The committees are announced. House: Representative Mahon, of Pennsylvania, declares that midshipmen in the Naval Academy should take oatli not to indulge in hazing. Representative Littauer introduces a resolution requiring the use of the metric system in all Federal departments. Insurance, Russian Jews and immigration are discussed. December 19.-Senate: Senator Dolliver introduces a rate bill which he declares meets with the President's approval, and Senator Spooner (Rep.), of Wisconsin, criticizes Presidential encroachments upon the prerogatives of Congress. House: The Philippine Tariff bill is adopted by the Ways and Means Committee. December 20.-Senate: Senators Foraker and Culberson discuss the railroad rate question. Confirmation of the members of the Panama Canal Commission is rescinded after the President's nomination of Joseph B. Bishop, secretary of the commission, for a place on the commission is received. House: The Panama Appropriation bill is passed. December 21.-Senate: The nominations of Isthmian Canal Commissioners are referred back to the committee. A substitute for the Philippine Tariff bill is presented by the Democrats. Both houses adjourn until January 4. OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS. December 17.-Correspondence between the President and Attorney-General Moody regarding the Atchinson & Sante Fé rebate cases is made public at Washington. An immigration inspector reports that immigrants, doctored at foreign ports to hide traces of disease, are admitted here suffering from trachoma. James R. Garfield, Commissioner of Corpora- The Pratt Teachers' Agency tions, declares, in his annual report, that the S. Stanhope Orris, Professor Emeritus of Princeton University, dies at Harrisburg, Pa. December 18. The Chicago National Bank, the Home Savings Bank and the Equitable Trust Company, allied Chicago institutions, fail, with liabilities of $26,000,000. Judson Harmon, formerly special counsel in the Santa Fé Railroad rebate case, declares President Roosevelt and Attorney-General Moody seem to be congratulating each other because the Government lost its suit, The investigation into hazing at Annapolis results in the first class men ordering the fourth class men to tell all they know to the authorities. December 19.-Governor La Follette, of Wisconsin, resigns to become United States Senator. Attorney-General Moody decides that Secretary Bonaparte has no power to dismiss midshipmen accused of hazing without first holding a courtmartial. December 20.-A court-martial is ordered by Secretary Bonaparte for midshipmen accused of hazing. December 21.-Ex-Governor Odell of New York attacks President Roosevelt, Governor Higgins and others, accusing them of trying to wreck the Republican party in New York State by their advocacy of Mr. Wadsworth for Speaker of the Assembly. 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