New-York tribune., 1908-12-25
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

snent At Berlin in which ne said he should place
.no difficulties in the way Of the setteInehI oI
Trenezuels's controversies. even If his own With
x-sYssl sh1ul6 be involved. -= jose de j Paul
sarr1erlr Venezuelan Minister Of Foreign AualIs,
1e<t = (-l1svra for Paris and The hague 70
reroriz+e with France and Holland for the set
Element of the existing disputes. "- Ihe new
Nenenelsn government repealed Castros oe..e
r,err1irt{ne trade with Colombia at only rev
4-cntier points Nine Olga stein. who
vas arrested in this city and eXtradited. was
sentenced TO sixteen months imprisonment IN
s. Petersburg for forgery and embezziement,
g. Two thousand medical students IN Farls
vented their dispieasure at new system oI
examinations by street disorders. - Inc
Foreign once at Peking received voro rom
Washington that this government would con
cent - make the Chinese Legation an embassy.
- President FalIieres opened the aero
nautical salon in Paris
DoMEsTIC-President Roosevelt called
conference 10 be held in Washington on January
2E for the discussion Of the problem Of caring
81 5eren6ent children - It was said at
washington that the Democratic members OF
the WAYS and Means Committee probably would
not submit minority tariff msasurs. being CON
.-irce6 Of the fairness Of their Republican col
leagues = President Roosevelt hopes 10 get
two white rhinoceroses on his hunting trip 70
Africa although the animal is exceedingly rare;
he also expects TO 60 far enough to get two
elephants === General J Franklin Bell. chief
Gf staff. in his annual report points out the
defects in the army at present constituted
and declares :he force insufficient in case Of
sudden outbreak Of hostilities with first class
washington by President Roosevelt and the ON
GERS If the American Federation Of Labor VINO
were sentenced for contempt Of court =- The
third explosion within a month occurred at the
works Ct the American Powder Company. at
South Acton. Mass, shaking the country for
Tranv miles. but not iniuring any one == Il
was testified Al the Reelfoot Night Riders t-lal
that the riders plotted raid On Union city
~ get the officials prosecuting them == The
schooner Jeanie Leppitt. from Jacksonville to
New York. wrecked the Virginia coast,
all but one cf the crew OF seven men being lost.
CTTY-Stocks were irregular. == Mayor
Mcclellan revoked the license Of every moving
picture show in the city. == The two board
members 0f the firm Of Marshall SpadeT & co.
suspended from the Stock Exchange for
transactions with Coster Knapp & CO. -
!. TWO surprises were sprung at the Hains trial
shat caused rejoicing by the defence. == The
Appellate Division approved the report OF the
commissioners regarding a modification Of the
Broadway Lexington avenue subway route. ==
Many exiled Eenezuel3ns planned early
turn their native country 10 aid President
Gomez IN restoring the government =-= Char
Stable organizations planned the distribution Of
Christmas cheer among the unfortunates of the
city =- Ex-Judge Parker said that in pass
. trg sentence on C5onpers. Mitchell and Morrison
she Court had disregarded their constitutional
rights Of free speech. Park Commissioner
Of his Office by the Commissioners of Accounts.
Il was said that Laurence J. Lesh. the
J sixteen- -year-old aeronaut who injured
Election Day ~ Morris Park was in serious
condition after operation. == Coffee i'm
I ror1ers declared that the duty of five cents 2
pound would fall retailers and iobbers. ==
/ 1r the contest Judge Davis's will decision
rendered by him WAS quoted il point by q
county judge in Brooklyn.
THE WEATHER Indications tor to-day:
Eain and warmer. The temperature yesterday:
I Highest, IS degrees; lowest, %