New-York tribune., 1903-02-16
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MONDAY. FEBRUARY 16, 1908
THE NEWS THIS MORNING

FoRETGN.-The blockade Of the NeheZuetdta ez. tbn
ooss+ was officially raised yesterday py a tae
sbins of the allies, and there wac o;+;a.. q
ioicing among the people oI me oao 80 viii sail
Isrce number of vessels at CurdSoh "iii D.,
,,itb supplies for Venezuela to-day - a.
liar1ent reassembles in London to-oas. ~,
rbo british shipping industry is lang oii
~ -,-re. about 100 tramp vessels are re
r,orted as having no work TO do -, inI 49,. -
man Minister of Commerce IN speech a., az Il". III,
Yer advised his cOuntTymen to aocpt tiie m Ilesl u
o,7s Of the trusts in America - AmoaSSaooL @
~hoate returned to London from ms -.ai toMl
.l,,o,,gb tho countries OF the Eastern Meol-
-ere,Ses, eear - The American demand for pig
iron is growing in Germany. - me t3 ohItSu
States revenue cutter Seminole Is sun ulaple a
to enter the Bay of Islands TO assisl oHe Rrit rc
hound American fishing vessels there =, bIt
ish coal exporters point out that put lor & lle
excentional demand from America the eApoi - -
Of coal from Great Britain would nave Iaiieii ol
serionslv - Services in commemoratlon OF
The destruction of the Maine We're held d,r at lne
wreck Of the hattleship in Havana f1arooi ~
D0MESTIC-There is no prohablllty OF d coi,i-
,,ron7ise on the Statehood BILL and It's atlach-
T,1ent 10 the Postoffice Appropriation measure
may block the Senate's action on the t u g -
- The necessity of the esta blishment OF Lhe
Denartu1ent of Commerce was shown py ne-
1lres illustrating the growth Of the country oo
mestic and foreign trade - An 1llcIease 80, ~
wages was granted TO conductors ana moloTIhell
on all trolley lines of Eastern Massachusetts out
ei5a Of Roston Services were held In
Gloucester Mass, in memory of the hsher1nen
of that town who lost their lives at sea lasI
wear .-= Many Colorado towns are isolated
hy heavy snowstornls, and the citizens are IN
danger of starvation: cattle are reported TO De
dying by thousands on the ranges =" Inc
Jury in the case of Dr. Alexander, accused OF
grave robbing in Indianapolis, disagreed
CITY.-Lieutenant General Nelson A Miles
and the party which accompanied him on MS
trip to the Philippines and around the world ar
lived here on the Lucania- - President
Roosevelt. in sending TO Police Commissioners
Greene q letter from ex-District Attorney Phil
hin opposing the promotion of Captain Schnitt-
berger. said he had great confidence IN MI.
philbin's Judgment. - The Philadelphia beat
her old rival the Lucania, in a race through
gales. - Park Commissioner WILCOX ordered
the Degnon- Mclean Company. subway con-
tractors to remove their plant in Bryant Park,
II having been the subject Of many complaints
While dance was going on two young
men, rivals for the affections of an East Side
belle had a revolver duel in the street; neither
was hit and one escaped and the other was
captured - A disturbance was caused by a
question asked by man in the audience at a
meeting of the Peoples Institute, at which Ed
gar Gardner Murphy. of Alabama, spoke on
child labor. - A man and a woman were ar
rested. charged with stealing from the Waldorf
and from a number Of fats.
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for to-day:
Rain OF snow. The temperature yesterday:
Highest, 81 degrees; lowest % degrees.