New-York tribune., 1907-04-28

President Zelaya OF Nicaragua has ss,,
patch to President Roosevelt thankins 80 c'-
his great work toward achieving t6at ~. E.,io7 io7
result h~ppy
For the sixth time within few -
continued Constant Reader. 'fire has ,tSts.
Ioulon France. This time five large arseTai
DuIGihgS Dadly damaged and thirty raD ~
jured The damage was estimated at Se0S, aota N
What bank was it that was robbed9'
The Trus. Company America was 49,.
of bonds valued at more than SiOOO0o' 'O99ed
men. W. o. Douglas, the assistant Ioar 1Wo 1Wo
or IRE INSTITUTION. and Oliver NJ. Dennatt p
wall street broker. have been arrested ~, ~,
las Is alleged to have taken the bonds To- Jug
Ulattve purposes and bennett to have rsoi sIec-
the stolen goods. These men made Ione st..N eN
lnehtS 20 the District Attorneys assisfs,+-
Friday Douglas is alleged TO have beeT +I.,on on
bonds Tor more than a year The &C., .-s -.us
which the bank was robbed has aroused o%L-l %lel
bankers 10 the need of greater safae-,1sI,oe oeiief
third man. supposed to have backed fbe -, =
IN the Douglas deals. is sought by tbe 49, SSr
clalS by the way. IT is said that as a reoIIt -
Ihe investigation ny the legislative con,roIsS,yl
into the expenditure Of $9OO0OOO for f1-n5-S f-yt
Ing and decorating the new CapitoI a. Ty e.t-
rlsourS, Penn; II is probable that Criminal
proceedings Will be instituted BY the &c.
against certain persons who have figured vos o.ss
nently I'm the investigation The story ~ :
graft combine In the PittsbUrg Council involv
ing JWenty-elght men who were willing ~ ~
their votes for the passage of franchise orJI '
nance for the benefit of the Pittsburs q T-,,S
City Railroad is being unraveIled IN Pftts6,,-' ~
out in Cleveland Mayor Tom l. JobnsoI7 -
fighting 10 secure his three-cent fare street ~
road. Owing to the action of the C,IavaIos
Electric Railway Company, which is opposed -
Mayor JOhnSOn'S plan, in closing some ~ IT,
lines thousands Of people have been ObIiss5 =,
walk between their homes and their D1scoo -
employment The American Railway Assocts-
ttOn Is going to try TO end the car shorfaga Il.
imposing fine Of s. a car for failure Of a CO..,
pany 70 promptly return foreign cars On a.,
lines The new board of directors Of the Mutual
Life Insurance Company has reelected Prss.
dent Peabody and the other officers Of the Corn
pany.' "'-
Amy new gifts since last week."
Yes. Miss A. T, Jeanes. OF PhiadelDhia b.,
established a fund OF one million dollars IN as-
sits in providing rUdimentary schools for So,tE
ern negroes Booker T. Washington and HoIig
Burke Frtssell were named as trustees She vac
worth s500O000 before she set aside this aroo1IT+
John d. Rockefeller gave % the U7niversirv 80
Chicago land in Chicago valued AT 80 mn ma
Williams College is soon TO receive a be1uast ~
$4,000. Four educators. Z. BENJAMIN Andrsvg~
chancellor Of the University OF Nebraska. pro
lessor Francis H. Smith. Of the University a.
virginia.; William w FOlweLl. formerly presfdant
OF the University Of Minnesota and Dean C,Ir-
rier, OF the College Of Liberal Arts OF the INT
veTsity Of Iowa, have been awarded retiring a.
loWances from the Carnegie Fund. Mr. Carnegie
by the way, owing 10 severe cold was nra.
vented from attending the anniversaries at Cor
nell in honor of the centennial Of the birth ~
the founder Of the university Ian MacIaren" n
also i'll in this country. He has been Obliged "a
give up his lecture engagements Sir Chentrng
Liang Cheng. the Chinese Minister at Wasbino
ton. il Is said is TO be promoted to the post ~
junior OF the vice-president OF the Chinese
Board OF Foreign Affairs at Peking. The honor
IS especially emphatic because he is in mourn
ing. Chinese custom requiring that no official IN
mourning shall be disturbed. This action ia varr
rare, there having been only five or six instances
Of il in over four hundred years. Francis Nur-
ply. the famous Apostle OF Temperance has
been obliged TO retire through blindness"
Among those who died last week were CLAUDIA
Andre Theuriet the French novelist Lord
Arthur l. Halliburton, the youngest son OF "Sam
Slick: the Rev. DR.. William w Lord, one Of The
oldest clergymen of the Protestant Episcopal
Church in this country and minister and friend
OF Jefferson Davis. and David Wilcox. who re-
Gently resigned the presidency OF the Delawars
& Hudson Railroad II was reported that Mr.
Wilcox committed suicide by shooting"