New-York tribune., 1908-02-18
THE NEWS THIS MORNTNG-

CONGRESS- Senate. The nomination Of
Lieutenant Colonel w " Wotherspoon 70 De
brisadier general was confirmed seven SeTaioIs f
voting against 1t - House: ne legLS;atIH ~ -
executive and judicial appropriation Dill was
passed.
F1OREIGN-Reports Of Turkish military ac-
-i,-irv have caused alarm among all classes IN
Russia but diplomats At st PETERSBURG oo @ mo- NO
consider The situation serious -- dispal
from Tifis said that Turkish reserves had beeh
called 10 the coiors in Asia Minor and Were De
ing moved 10 the Persian frontier. -= Ihr4e
lnen were killed and three wounded by the
bursting Of steam pipe on the French cruiser s..
plcded in Barcelona killing woman ana
7voundins two persons -- The DlaTlo Is
pahol, of Havana reEiVes the cLaIee ; tL.au .-io
Maine was blown rp by order or the amer
War Department 10 justify Intervention in Cupa-
- Ignaz Elder von Plener the Austrian
statesman. died in Vienna; ne was ninety -elsl'
wears old The British government Is eN-
I,ected 10 submit Parliament estimates pro
zidiug tor large addition 70 the naval pro-
Eramme-
DoNESTIC-PreEident Roosevelt accepted
ne resignation of Frank H Hitchcock, First
Assistant Postmaster General who Is 10 assume
management Of Secretary Tafts campaign ----
Rear Admiral Capps chief OF the bureau Of con-
struction. made a report to Secretary Metcalf
in reply TO criticism OF the navy =- In his
defence a. the Capitol furnishings trial at Har-
r5shlIrg. Penn. counsel for Sanderson- the con
tractor conTended he might have charged the
state more for articles supplied =- Twenty
eight miners were eltombed 10y the giving way
Il = carn u water which had formed in drift
in a coliery near Mount Carmel Penn -=
An important amendment to the rapid transit
act was introduced in the Assembly al Albany
by Beverly r. Robinson. = Ex-senator
Bracket called OF Governor Hughes al Albany
and paid his respects 10 State Chairman Wood
ruff - Justice Nathaniel Foote. al Roch-
ester. granted motion made by ex-Justice
Nash asking that Henry ". Conklin be appoint
ed receiver for the United States Telephone
Eompany- - ASsemblyrDan Bennett intro
duced & resolution at Albany calling on Con-
Iroller Metz furnish detailed information re-
garding the New York City debts.
sTTT-Stoczs moved irregularly. = Tha
straw bid for city bonds made by TWO Boston
men won them $4,000. == Secretary Taft
spoke before the Young Mems Republican Club
at New Haven - Charles W Morse pleaded
not guilty TWO indictments each charging
grand larceny - Paul ID. Crayath testified
before the special grand jury Investigating the
Metropolitan Street Railway Company's affairs
- A small blaze eXting1liShed by fire
- Attorney General Jackson announced that
he would apply for the appointment of add
tionsl receivers for the Mutual Reserve =-
The Allied Real Estate Interests made public
their proposed amendments 10 the ElsbeTg act
- Captain Van Schaicks union indorsed a
petition 10 the President for his pardon. --
BY the arrest Of & negro & became known thar
Va h Eanderbflts home had been robbed OF
silverware - At the annual meeting Of the
corporation and trustees OF the Metropolitan
Museum ot Art last years officers We're re-
elected with the exception Of Elihu Root, whose
William Church Osborn == Il was learned
that the ends OF the BlackWelrs Island canti-
lever bridge would be Joined within month.
THE WEATHER-Indications for to-day:
Pair. The temperature yesterday Highest. 81
degrees; lowest. Is.