New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-02
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THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1908.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESS- Both Senate and House held
dey and night sessions. devoted to passage o.
appropriation bills and action on conferences
reports; among the bills passed We're the. Post
Office Pension, River and Harbor, Fhlippilio
Tarif, Pensions and General Deficiency.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS from st. PeteIsOutts
take a gloomy view OF the operations olI -
Ssbakhe and there is general impression diiloiiE
Russian officers that KuTopatkin VIII De lofceu
30 retreat Lone Tree Hill, il is belleNed cdiiiot
be held against the siege guns fire; a stI ac
censorship is in force. == The emperor &C
cording to a dispatch from St Petersburg mas
definitely decided against a ZemSky SopcI ol q
constitutional form Of government; ne Is sAIS 20
10 be considering plan for the esta Dllslfneht OF
a national assembly which possesses no power.
- WorkInen who We're selected 10 chooSe
delegates TO serve on the commission recently G
authorized by the Russian Emperor met in 81
Petersburg and passed a resolution demanding
concessions from the government neIore lahiils
further action. -- General Stoessel arrived at
ST Petersburg and received a cold welcome
MISUNDERSTANDING Hay in letter to
the Haytisn Minister in Washington, repeated
the assurance that the United states mas no m
tention of annexlng Santo Domingo, and Would
not accent il as gift. - Crowds of visitors
from all parts of the country continued to ar
rive in Washington to attend the inauguration
OF President Roosevelt == Mrs. Jane Lathrop
Stanford, widow Of Leland Stanford, died sud-
denly n Honolulu. declaring with almost her
last breath that she had been poisoned; perSis-
tent Iumors Of attempt to poison Mrs. Stan
ford at her home in January have been in cir
culation. = dispatch received in Denver
told Of the death Of ex-senator E. o. Wolcott
in italy. -= Five Republicans on the guber-
material Investigating committee in Colorado
would not vote in favor Of seating either candi-
date = Governor Higgins had conferences
with the Senator'S who were delaying gas legis-
laticr. and told them that some bill relieving
New-York City should be passed. = Several
Republican Senator's TevOlteG against the ma
5ority leader 1t Albany and fought the appro-
priauon for the Metropolitan Superintendent OF
Elections = At the request of Assemblyman
Ellis, its author, the bill preventing elevated
railroads in The Bronx parks was killed.
ClTY.-Active buying of stocks developed and
prices advanced sharply. 80 Brooklyn resi-
dents announced that they would consider ask
ing for a mandamus to stop the hold-up by the
aldermen of the NeW-York connecting railway
franchise. == The win Of e c. Hazard cut
off his oldest son and left the estate to his Sec
ond wife and her seven children. =-== Six fire.
men were injured by explosions in a fire in the
works Of the Valvoline Oil Company, in Queens
Borough. 49, II was learned that the robberies
ct Fort Hamilton amounted to $4,000; arrests
are expected soon. =- A relative of Mrs Stan
ford. in this city, said she was always closely
guarded: even those nearly related were not
always allowed to see her.
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-day:
Fair. The temperature yesterday: Highest, "a
degrees; lowest. %.