New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-02-19
arsu.llork DAILY 0iribn,re
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1905.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESS.-Senate: A controversy over the
Statehood bill arose, but was postponed until
Monoay; it was decided not TO ADMIT 1uose
SWayne's statement before the house commit
tee: eulogles OF senator Quay were oellNereu'
- House: President hooSevelts Order NO.
IS upheld in the passage OF the fehston
bill by a refusal TO strike out the Sf'OoV'VVo
needed TO pay pensions unoer Al.
FOREIGN.-The general situation appears 70
be worse; the strike mas spread 10 the rallroauS
in Russia proper, and telegrapners nave joiner
forces with the employees; compositions at LouZ
again ceased WORK, and there Is an omlhous
lack of news from the mining regions; Two
officials were murdered in Iranscaucasia- -
No members of the Russian lmperial IaInny
attended the state requiem mass Ior the IIatio
Duke Serglus at St 1Saacs Cathedral litS
police il Is SAID, recognize thelr lhapiilt! ~
1rotect the rulers from attacks OF the terrorist
party; there are rumors that the Impress
DoWager has received warning OF assass .ile,
ZION The Council of the empire mas been
summoned in extraordinary session 10 consioeI
the situation arising from the grand ouhe
murder. - japanese dispatches from the
army say that General kuropatAln mas chdnseo
his base to Fu-Shun. ana seems TO be pfepar-
ing a general attack - Desp~> oenlais from
the Foreign Offices at st. Petersburg ana TOXIC
t5inlou1ats at the Russian capital MAINTAIN the
oninion that the Car will be forced 10 MAKE
terms of peace. 49, The AMBASSADORS Oh
Great Britain, France, Italy ana RUSSIA Pre-
sented a note to the French Foreign once
declining to accede TO Prince Georges proposal
for the annexation of Crete by Greece
DOMESTIC-President Roosevelt has not
abandoned the hope of obtaining satisfactory
arbitration agreements with foreign countries,
looking for this result from the second Hague
conference. Admiral Walker explained the
action of the Isthmian Canal Commissioners IN
accepting fees as directors of the Panama Rail-
road. - President Roosevelt received a por-
trait of the Empress Dowager Of China as
token of the Chinese governments good VIII
toward the United States - Five men were
killed and thirteen injured by fall Of rock in a
mine at PottsViile, Penn. - Representatives
Of sixty companies dealing in crude petroleum
met in Chicago and took steps toward a perTna-
does not expect TO survive the operation for
cancer which he is to undergo next Wednesday
60 It was said at New-Haven that the strike
situation was practically unchanged although
the prospects for strike were brighter -
Assemblyman Bowling has introduced a bill at
the Charities Department in New-York City.
80 Boston law firm announced a robbery
of notes and bonds valued at $4,000; the de-
tails were kept secret - Three lightshps in
Long Island Sound drifted from their positions
owing TO the pressure of ice: two were rescued
by lighthouse tenders: the third is lodged in the
ice. - 1t said in Boston that general
prosecution of milliners in Massachusetts was
likely, because Of a violation Of the laws pro-
hibiting the sale Of song birds for their plumage
CITY.-Stocks strong. - The Amen Cor
ner dinner was held at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
- Munroe & Munroe issued statement de-
nying that they had made wash" sales 80
An alarm was sent out for a young Mr.. Girls
com, relative of the steamship man, who had
been missing for ten days. - The State Rae
ing Commission made public its decision refus-
ing a license for running meeting to the En-
pire City Trotting Club. - An exceptionally
bold hold-up and robbery occurred in Harlem.
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-day:
Fair The temperature yesterday: Highest,
% degrees; lowest, 1S