New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-13

CONGRESS-Senate: Nj Lodge spoke on
the railroad rate question, favoring a conserva-
tive measure, providing for a judicial reNle"
OF the Interstate Commerce Commission OF =
de-s. Mr. Tillman's resolution calling for an IN
vestigstion OF charges that an unlawfnl com
hsnsrIon between the coal railroads exists was
aSonfed. - House: A bin providing for the
establishment OF a whipping post for wfe peat
ers in the District Of Columbia was defeated.
FORFIGN-Mr. Balfour in a speech at Lon
DON defined his policy as one 10 build up BRUSH
Industries bv maintaining a larger foreign mar
ket for manufactures; he again refused TO oh-
cuss directly the issue OF protection against free
trade. but said that foreign tariffs undoubtedly
worked harm TO the United Kingdom =" A
dispatch from Algeciras said that pesslmlsuc
views Of the situation were unwarranted; that
the disinterested powers were continuing efforts
10 bring about agreement, and that the Ger
man delegates were sure that a solution would
ne found The Imperial Protestant FEEDER
alton has sent a petition TO King Edward. ask
ing him 10 refuse consent to the marriage OF
Princess Ena and King Alfonso
DOMESTIC.-Senator Stevens at Albany. In
PRODUCED bill TO abolish the State Gas Commits
sion == Governor Higgins said that no de-
cision had been made in regard to Superintend-
ent Hendricks's successor; James Mckeen was
considered a strong candidate. - Ex-Secre-
taTy Olney, al a dinner TO the Nhlnese Com
missioneTs at Boston, Endorsed President Roose-
velt's position on Chinese affairs - Secretary
Cortelyou and Ambassador NabDco spoke az d
Lincoln Day dinner at Grand Rapids. - Mrs
Bloomfield Zeisler the pianist, left home and
wandered around eight hours IN Chicago In a
by g fire in Portland Ore. and several were
reported missing. Three persons We're
killed and twelve injured when Pennsylvania
Railroad train struck a trolley car at South
Chicago. - II was reported at San Francisco
that r II. Hartman was interested in a large
purchase OF coal lands I'm Colorado. - One
hundred and seven members OF the class Of 1913
received their diplomas at the Naval Academy,
Annapolis. Secretary Bonaparte making the
presentation.
CITY.-The annual Lincoln dinner Of the Re
publican Club held at the Waldorf. -
II was reported that new organization would
rival the Hip Sing and On Leong tongs IN
Chinatown il said that there might
he an indefinite postponement Of hearings in the
MISUNDERSTANDING OIL in this city. =
The new open air for pneumonia de-
clared 70 be a success at the Presbyterian Hos
pital: plans for remodelling the institution are
being considered. but funds are lacking. == II
was announced by J. Harsen Rhoades president
IF the Society Of Art Collectors that an exhibit
ton Of paintings by American artists would be
held in London IN the near future. A Will
iamsburg child WIS reported cured of spine dis
ease by prayer. == A subway jumped the
tracks al 96th-st. delaying traffic in the evening
rush hours. =- Ten persons including a po-
noeman. were injured by a runaway near Madi-
Square.
THE WEATHER-Indicati ons for to-day:
Rain or snow. The temperature yesterday:
Highest, 81 degrees: lowest "a