New-York tribune., 1906-04-17

CoNGREss-Senate: Mr.. Hepburn spoke on
the Railroad Rate bill. and Mr.. Tfllman intro
duced resolution providing for an investiga-
tion into alleged campaign contributions made
by national banks. - House: Several impor-
tant bills We're passed, among them the measure
removing the internal revenue tax on denatured
alcohol.
FOREIGN.-The fall of ashes from Mount We
suvius has almost ceased, and Signor Matteucci,
director Of the observatory, says that all dam
ger appears to be over for the present: many
Americans visited the devastated region. =
AdVices from CURACAO say that President Cas-
tro's wife did not accompany him when he left
the capital; that his sister has arrived at Will
lemstad, and that his followers are departing in
various directions from Caracas. - Dr. Bo-
sanquet director of the British School Of Arch
zoology at Athens. has announced the discovery
OF the famous Temple OF Artemis the bank
Of the River Eurotas. near the site of the an
cient city of Sparta. - Official dispatches
from Fornosa estimate the number Of killed or
wounded in the earth shock at fifty.
DOMESTIC.-The United States Supreme
Court laid down an important new principle in
divorce cases. - President Roosevelt ap-
pointed two Southern delegates to the Pan
American conference - Governor Higgins
at Albany vetoed the Cullen Kennan bills pro-
Viding for a three-cent fare for school children
in Kings and Queens counties; he signed two
more reform insurance bills; one forbids corpora
lions TO make campaign contributions. - II
was reported from Memphis that ten men had
been killed in riots Of railroad laborers at Cur
ley, Ark - Anti-negro feeling abated in
Springfield. -Four alleged leaders of the mob Of
lynchers were arrested. 80 Negroes at Mount
Airy y. C, disaTmed and fired two officers
who used negro women as shields, and escaped
=Anthracite operators in Wilkes Barre said
they had men ready to go to work as soon as
a strike was declared - Five new indict-
ments We're found by the grand jury in connec-
ton with the Buffalo cemetery scandal" Fred
q. Murray, Collector Of the Port and Post
master Fred Greiner We're held in $4,000 bond
eacn- - Two valuable lake steamers sank
IN the 500 passage after a collision.
CITY.-Stocks were irregular. Secretary
Shaw met several bankers in Wall Street and
discussed his plan for facilitating gold importa-
ton - The Democratic Clubs Jefferson din
ner at the Waldorf was attended by many we'll
known Democrats. == The Jockey Club CEN
sored the racing news thoroughly that the
poolroom business was seriously hampered. -
r Cranston Thomas calling himself a broker
cent investment scheme. Israel Ludlow
reached This city. and doctors said after an eX-
animation that his chances for recovery were
good. == Signs Of resumption by the Belmont
interests OF work on the Long Island site of the
OLD Steinway tunnel brought a flock of persons
with unpaid judgments for damages in the eX-
piosion OF 1892 == The Rev. Cortland Myers
was on the stand in John Doe proceedings in
the poolroom affair. and said he could clean up
sSe city IL he had the money. He accepted the
oher Of the Police Department to supply him
with funds.
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-day:
Fair. The temperature yesterday Highest IS
degrees; lowest, 46.