New-York tribune., 1906-05-15
Nep21nrIs 1ailn Gribnne:
TUESDAY, MAY 10, 1906.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESS Senate: The section OF the Rail-
road Rate bill providing for reorganization OF
the Interstate Commerce CoInnlssion m Vas ; 0lS
ness was considered.
FOREIGN-Hard fighting is going on in Zulu.
land between the tribesmen and the colonial
forces. - May Day was marked by suspen-
sion Of labor all over Russia; about two hundred
thousand men quit work in the capital; there
were minor ARRAYS IN st. Petersburg and two
serious riots in other provinces; police captain
was blown TO pieces by a bomb at Warsaw, and
troops fired on a crowd - A committee OF
the Russian lower house has partly completed
the address in reply to the Emperor's speech;
there Is a hint Of force behind the demand for
general amnesty. - Vice Admiral Kuzmich,
commander Of the port at st. Petersburg, was
assassinafed by a workman; the admiral had
attempted to prevent the employees OF the yard
British Cotton Growers Association said that
large imports had been engaged in West Africa,
which would soon, he believed supply all the
cotton needed for the Lancashire mills. =
There was a division in the ranks Of the British
policyhOlders OF the Mutual Lire over the pro-
TsOsed reform scheme - The House Of Com
mons passed. by 4O3 to SO. the second reading Of
the bill restricting voters TO vote.
DOMESTIC-PresidentR Roosevelt and AttOr-
ney General Moody issued statements denying
the charges made by Senator Tillman and eX-
over the Railroad Rate bill. - The AppOr-
tionment bill was signed by the Governor. -
BY the explosion Of four big powder magazines
near Bridgeport the whole Of Connecticut and
half of Long Island were shaken as If by an
earthquake - The State Railroad Commits
sion approved plans directing the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit TO relieve the bridge crush. -
-Four miners were burned. two probably fatally,
By exploding gas in mine at Plymouth, Penn.
CITY--Stocks were weak. - It was learned
that $l.OOO,OOO had been promised toward the
building Of a united fine arts building in
this city - II was announced that James
Mckeen who was appointed general solicitor of
the Mutual, would make il one of his first duties
10 press suits TO recover money said to have been
improperly expended. = Carl Schurz died
from congestion of the lungs - The reform
party signal victory at the May meeting
OF the Presbytery Of New York when it forced
the passage Of an overture to the General AS
sembly recommending that the right to vote be
restricted to ministers with charges and those
connected with distinctly Presbyterian organiZa-
tons. == AT the selection of talesmen at the
Ierranova murder trial, ii was brought out that
the defence would be based on a plea of heredi-
tary insanity. - The Mayor refused to accept
the Elsberg bill providing that buildings en-
cToaching city ground should remain undis-
turbed = Barnard College received $150O00
from an unnamed giver. to be expended on a new
dormitory. == The Hindoo maharajah, visit
ing this country. declared that few of his people
were being converted by the missionaries.
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for to-day: Fair
and warmer. The temperature yesterday: High
est, 6S degrees; lowest. d.