New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-21
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESS- Senate: The tile or Reed
Fuoo+ of Utah to his seat was confirmed by a
vote Of - to Is; the Naval and River ana Hsf-
Dor bills were passed at night session -----
House. The Postoffce Appropriation bill was
PASSED. provisions increasing the pay or clerks
and carriers which had been stricken out on
points Of order being restored
FOREIGN Honduras dispatches tell Of a
victory over Nicaragua in the recent acton on
the frontier The radicals continued TO
gain al the polls in Russia. and the indications
are that they viii have majority IN parma
mont --- The auti-Jewish disturbances IN
Odessa are increasing and consuls nave sent
messages 10 their embassies asking pToleC''4 ~
for foreigners - falnlne coh4IlloH9 III
Russia are being slowly relieved by the govern
g7ent and the Red Cross, though the suffering IS
SIN great -= Results from the Transyaal
elections indicate that the Beers Will nave a
majority I'm the next Parliament ==-- WeIle e
.s1Iffra Eettes" were released from prison al
London: Sir Charles Dlke's bill provides thaI
local elections The Vatican authorities
san that their policy has not been changed by
The action Of the Chamber OF deputies ~ HuS
fafufra II BRAND -== Count Stolherg- Werni-
aerade was elected President Of the Reichstag.
Ferreira the leader Of The raid in Cape
Colony last November, and four Of his followers
were sentenced TO death al Kimberley.
DoMESTIC-G Hughes sent a mes
sage 10 the State Senate asking for the removal
~ ouo Kelsey as State Superintendent OF IN ~
sIrance. -- Governor Hughes at Albany SAID
that he did not think it necessary 10 send a
supplemental message 10 the Legislature cover
iFar IA -lf
associations Of pharmacists opposed the A. Z
smith cocaine bill hearing at Albany. --
The Senate AT Albany passed the Hancock de-
mUrraEe measure -- II was announced III
Providence that the JOY Line Steamship Com
ranv would bring a federal action TO place the
resDonsihlitv for the LarchmOnt collision on the
owners Of the schooner Harry hnOwlton. =-
W J. BRYAN criticized John D. Rockefellers
SD Of0OGp gift to the General Education Board 3:
he said that he stiu was firmly in favor Of
government ownership Of railroads.
CTTY-Stocks were irregular. = Mrs.
EVELYN Nesbit Thaw's cross-eKamination con-
tir1led all Gay. Disagreement developed
between Job Z. Hedges and Deputy Attorney
General DonneIly and the members OF the State
Railroad Commission the inquiry into the
Central wreck =- The official vote cast IN the
Mutual Life Insurance Company showed b
FueeDing victory for the administration ticket.
== Controller Metz received a report from
one Of his assistants that IL would be impracG-
cable 70 try complete the Manhattan Bridge
before 1909. -- Commissioner Bensel took
steps to end the Murphy contracting firms lease
Of the 18th street pier. == The Rapid Transit
Commission voted 10 insert in The Lexington
avenue subway contract clause compelling
contractors TO only laborers from New York
CITY and state. == The river front on the Hud-
son. between Hath and 10th streets. was
chosen the site for the Robert Fulton monU-
nlent- == Bishop Potter preached at the noon
day Ienten service at old Trinity.
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-day:
Fair and colder. The temperature yesterday:
Highest IS degrees; lowest 30