New-York tribune., 1907-01-17
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THURSDAY, JANUARY II, 1907.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESS.-Senate:M MIR. Foraker introduced
q substitute resolution on the Brownsville af-
Messrs. Knox Carmack. Stone, Hepburn and
Money - House: The Fortifcations appro-
priation bill was passed.
FOREIGN-A consular dispatch TO the State
Department reported that Kingston in
ruins; Admiral Evans has started for the city,
and two battleships and two supply ships have
of the dead at Kingston range from 100 to 400:
there is no estimate OF the damage to property,
but one dispatch said that every building within
a radius of ten miles of the city had been dam
aged. - Mrs. Mabel Judson Cox, former wife
of DR.. Rowland Cox. jr., married to Con-
gresham Francis Burton Harrison in All Souls
Church. Portland Place London. - The cleo
ton of President Figueroa of the Republic of
Salvador was announced; the elections, which
lasted three days, were quiet - Count Mich
olas Tolstoy, of Russia, was burned to death in
an attempt to rescue imperial funds in his care
from a fire which destroyed his home and
burned five others to death. - An outbreak
OF prisoners in Russian Jail was put down by
troops, who fired into the mob killing two and
wounding several
DOMESTIC.-President Roosevelt Secretary
Root, Speaker Cannon and Governors Warield
and Swanson spoke at a dinner for the dele
gates TO the convention for the extension Of
foreign commerce. - Speaker Cannon, in
address to the delegates to the convention.
expressed himself in favor Of a maximum and
minimum tariff. - Ten silver and eight
bronze medals and 1920 in cash were awarded
at the third annual meeting of the Carnegie
Hero Fund Commission, in Pittsburg. - Ex-
Attorney General Mayer appeared before the
Assembly Ways and Means Committee, at AL
bany, and explained the expenses of his office
- The Senate at Albany, after a warm
debate, adopted rule permitting the clerk to
revoke the designation of any newspaper cor
respondent - The State Bar Association at
Albany, debated President Roosevelt's recon-
mendation of changes in legal practice to
duce the number Of appeals IN criminal and
civil cases, but no action was taken. - Flood
warnings were issued by the Weather Bureau.
following the steady rise of the Ohio River.
C1TY-Stocks closed weak. - There was
report in Wall Street that the Southern Rail-
way and Erie managements intended 10 issue
bonds or notes for many millions to carry out
needed improvements - The grand jury be-
gan investigation into the charge Of bribery
made against Alderman Clifford. - BY the
appointment of several directors as employees
of the Mutual Reserve. President Burnham's
supporters are said to have STAYED off the at
tempt to oust him from office. - Many
directors of the New York Life declared to
favor j. H Eckels for president If Mr.. Orr
should resign. - Counsel for the Metropol-
tan Life Insurance Company expressed the will
ingness Of the company to have investiga-
ton OF its affairs made by the District Attorney.
- A dozen men were asphyxiated by am
monia fumes when big carboy exploded -
man, was continued - The State Railroad
Commission gave hearing to complaints
against the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company.
- The steamer Earl Of Douglas, badly bat
tered, came into port. - Magistrate Breen
severely criticised the streetcar conductors for
their treatment of passengers.
THE observation-disclosures for to-day:
Snow. The temperature yesterday: Highest
S6 degrees: lowest, 20.