New-York tribune., 1906-12-18
Aew21urk DaiIp Gribnms
TUESDAY. DECEMBER IS, 1906.
THE NEWS THIS MORYING.

CoNGRESS.-Message from the President on
.he Pahama Canal, the naval personnel and the
PuDIIc laha law We're read in both houses
Neiiate: RESOLUTIONS directing an inyesti-
saJon of the international Harvester Comnany
s~ enc asking Tor information 10 the power Of
5 Ionsress TO regulate interstate trade in arti-
sies inaoe by child labor were passed
house: Several private bills We're passed and
me Indian Appropriation bill was discussed
FgREICiN-The steamer Victoria Iuise in
Hle west Indian service Of the Hamburg An1eri-
can Line, went ashore off Port ROYAL while on
ilef way here; all the passengers were safely
landed at Kingston; Captain Brunswig commit
Iea @ suicide; the vessel is pounding heavily. -
The House Of Lords adjourned debate in order
70 give the leaders Of the opD0sing narties a n
opportunity 10 reach an agreement on the Edu-
Sailch OH, u was said that the government
would make substantial concessions. - II
vas reported in the lobbies of the House OF
o o-,-iilohs ilaf James Bryce had accepted the
P'Si 'i Alllbasss dor to the United States
DOMESTIC.-Oscsr &. Sfraus bAcapoe Secra-
"a OF commerce and Labor Mr. Metcalf going
10 ule Navy Department. Mr Bonaparte TO the
department Of Justice and Mr. Moody heinz
sworn IN IS an Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court = Admiral Dewey i'm an interview
~ n washington. declared that the enactment Of
ne navy personnel law. as recommended in the
PRESIDENT s message. WAS urgently needed --
argument on the case Of Kansas agt Colo
80 Owe The row of the Arkansas River was
iesuH IN ne supreme Court. There may
pe general iuyestiga ion into the coal famine
iH me NnifhWeSt and The reasons for lack of
cars for the TRANSFORMATION Of fuel bv railroads
= The Supreme Court decided that the Act
81 l9'i authorizing the Secretary of Agricult-
"Ie "" esi8fi'SR national quarantine lines 10
prevent the spread of diseases among livestock
"aS Nic"nSf !tNpoTal - New York Central
train %. fast train, running between New
ork ana Buffalo. ran into freight wreck near
Palmyra. n 7. and was consumed with the ex-
'eption II one Pullman: an engineer was fatally
inquired, nut the passengers escape without seri-
Gus injuries =-- James q. Graham resigned
IS FIRST Deputy Attorney General and the Va
oancy Has filed by tho promotion of Horace Nc
'iuire from the second deputyship. =- Cotton
Inll operatives numbering about thirty thousand
ga New England received advance I'm wages
or the promise If an advance. -- General
John n Hood. FOR many years president of the
Western Maryiand Railroad. prior to its sale
10 The Gould interests died IN Baltimore
CITY.-Stocks were weak. Each side
MAS claiming victory In the New York and
Mutual Life elections 20 take place to-day. ==--
Chancellor DaV 80 syracuse University again
sounded a warning against the muckIake in an
article for "LeSlie'S weekly == Miss Evan
Gciiue Booth. the head Of the Salvation Army
IN the United States. replied to recent criticisms
of the ar1ny's work ---- George Burnham. ir
WAS sentenced To two wears I'm states prison for
larceny Of ihe funds of the Mutual Reserve Life
Insurance Company; hs counsel obtained a
stay Of execution. = The Mount Vernon
tenor singer who claimed by two wives de-
Cared that he had been convinced that his first
wife dead before marrying the second. ==
Dock Commissioner Bensel and eX-Corporation
Counsel Delanv had verbal tilt over the leas-
iDg OF pier. = John J. Walker, preparer
Of meat extracts. arrested the charge
of using counterfeit United States meat inspec-
non labels an his beef extract == william
s4Gier deputy commissioner Of Water Sup
ftN Gas and Electricity. announced that the
city engineers had struck a large flow Of water
~ Rosedale. Long Island. and that within a
year the department would have Jo.en.ooo gal
Ions q day additional. - James b. Haggin's
chauffeur ran down and killed a in Fifth
avenue
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for to-day:
Fair snow on coast The temperature yester-
day: Highest. 3S degrees lowest "a.