New-York tribune., 1906-02-24
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SATURDAY. FEBRUARY "a. 1906.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESS Senate. The Senate was not In
session House: The Tillnlaa-Gillespie resOiu-
E.ou for The investigation OF the railroads in re-
lation 20 the carrying and production Of coal
and a. wss passed.
FOREIGN icials at 81. Petersburg denied
HlarminE reports Of the national finances and
said that he situation nad greatly improved.
= \ more hopeful feeling seems L. prevail
al AGeclras regarding an agreement on the Mo-
roCCSu questions -= Creditors of the j.
Whitaker Wright companies. whose claims ag-
gregate over SlZO0019. received less than ST.
100000; nothing was left for the stockholders
-= Nu-lSElg fang. formerly Chinese Minister
10 lie Knitted States. justified the boycott, and
said here was no serious anti-foreign feeling in
DIe country - Adyices from Constantinople
Hsy that the rebellion in Yemen has not been
s2boCed; tnat The situation is critical, and that
tee.- have been more mutinies among the Turk
ish troops == The Reichstag by a large ma
JClity passed the h granting conventional
tLT.f na;es to the United States. There
was sharp debate in the House of Commons
on The question Of coolie labor: Mr.. Asquith said
that The question would be left TO the Transvaal
20 decide under restrictions. == The French
Chamber Of Deputies almost unanimously
passed The bin providing for woTkmen's pen
sions. -= Albert Sonnichsen a newspaper cor
respondent IN Macedonia has been missing since
February L. he was last seer at Nodena- forty
miles from Monastir.
DOMESTIC.-The Senate Committee on Inter
state Commerce voted : 10 3 TO report the un-
amended Hepburn bill favorably; Senator Till
inan was instructed to present the report. and
VIII have charge OF the bill the floor of the
Senate. =- The State Gas Commission at
-AAhdllg bEueitu oO-ttll gas lot lNe borough OF
Manhattan; Governor Higgins said that he de-
sired an SO-cent bill passed by the legislature
10 make assurance doubiy sure. - Senator
Grady, Cor Senator Frawley, introduced in the
Senate al Albany a resolution calling for the
appointment Of a joint committee 10 investigate
industrial Insurance; Governor Higgins eX-
pressed himself as satisfied with the insurance
report -= Assemblymen Moreland and Rog-
eTs had another clask when the appropriation
bill came up I'm the Assembly: il was said that
the factions in the Republican party might line
up over the passage Of the measure next week
r= Commissioner Garfield in the beef trust
hearing, denied that he gave any relevant facts
10 the Department Of Justice Lieutenant
Scharrer obtained license in Los Angeles Cal.
70 marry Miss Wilhelmina BUSCH =- County
Treasurer Hynicka Of Hamilton County. Ohio.
testified in Cincinnati that he had received about
$4,000 from banks for deposting county funds
Win them - A special from Toronto TO
Boston announced that Richard Mansfield would
retire after three more short seasons
CITG.-Stocks wer- firm. - Stuyvesant
Fish resigned from the board Of trustees of the
Mutual Lie insurance Company 10 lead the
pohcyholders I'm their ,ish1 Tor gantza tion
- justices OF the Court Of Special Sessions
severely criticised ihe lnJerhorougn Rapid
Transit Company for the character of IFS en-
plOyes. -= The con reesed ..1,rofassiora. i,,ro,,
OF the Metropolitan was arrested for imperson-
Htng another man ou jury. == Three more
men were hurt 10y dynamite explosion IN the
IehisNlNalla tunnel at 33d-st. == The Rev
Dr- John LLOYD lee Jhe pastor Of the West
minister Presbyterian Church issued a long
statement. covering the history of the troubles
81 the church --- Commissioner Habher7 az
the Charities Department demanded an analogy
from employe on trial for irsubordinatfon ana
criuclslng an order given by the Commissioner.
g. The National FirHproofng Company got
temporary injunction against the Mason
Builders Association. accused OF couspiring to
stop the complainant $ work by strikes.
The Railroad Commission held q hearing on the
projected railroad from Workers % White Plains
THE WEATHER Indications for to-day:
peraigre yesterday: Highest. 40 degrees: low
est, 33