Clarence E. Darrow is appointed special corporation counsel to have charge of street railway litigation in Chicago.
April 13.—Four employees of the Beef Trust indicted by the Federal Grand Jury in Chicago for opposing a deputy marshal in serving subpœnas.
Judge Alton B. Parker and Mayor McClellan are the principal speakers at the New York Jefferson Day banquet. They both urge harmony and conservatism.
At the Chicago Jefferson dinner Mr. Bryan and Mayor Dunne urge Government control of public utilities.
Secretary Taft informs the South American Ministers that the United States will maintain the open door in the Panama Canal Zone.
Senator Burton, of Kansas, again indicted for acting as attorney for the Rialto Grain and Securities Company before the Post-Office Department at Washington.
President Roosevelt leaves Oklahoma for Colorado.
April 16.—The Legislative Investigation Committee inspects the lighting plants of New York City.
National Congress of Women demands equality of the sexes.