New-York tribune., 1908-12-30
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoREIGN-One hundred thousand persons
according to estimates in Rome, lost thelr llVes
in the earthquake which has devastated Cala-
fria and Sicily a hundred foreigners are Salo 20
be sncug the dead in Messina, and practlcally
no towns on either side Of the STRAIT escaPeG
destruction or damage FROM the shock or @ uoaI
waves - King Victor Emmanuel ana queen
Helena have sailed from Naples for Sicily; ald
is being sent u the sufferers IRON al parts oL
the world - Cipriano Castro in an interview
granted at Berlin. said that he was willing 10
return 10 Venezuela and prove his polucaI
honor - Reports of fighting at Amacuro, on
the Venezuelan coast. between adherents OF ex-
President Castro and the crew OF gunooat
working in the interests of President Gomez
were brought TO Port Of Spain ~ The United
States cruiser Des Moines left Wlllemstad 10
communicate with the battleship Maine. -
Clifford Pinchot delivered 10 Earl Grey at Qua
wa the invitation TO attend North American
conservation conference 70 be held IN NaShlhg
t0n next month. The American battleshlp
feet passed Perrin at the entrance to the Red
Sea after experiencing a pleasant run from
colombo - Spencer F EDDY, American Min
ister 10 Argentina presented his letters OF recall
10 President Alcorta at Buenos Ayres; II was
r11mored that Huntington Wilson would be MI
Eddys successor
DOMESTIC President and the Presi-
dent the latter president Of the Ameri-
can National Red Cross, were among those who
sent messages of sympathy on the disaster IN
Italy: relief measures are under way in various
parts Of America. - The practical consolida-
lion Of the naval bureaus OF construction and of
eteanl engineering was effected at Washington,
the President appointing Rear Admiral Capps
head OF the former bureau. as head of the latter
can national chairman, arrived st Augusta, Ga.
and began conferences with NJ Taft upon the
selection Of Cabinet - Il was reported at
Washington that the coming tariff measure
1ould remove the duty works Of art -
The Office Of Assistant Secretary Of State in the
next administration was offered TO Beekn1an
winthrop. who accepted it - From forty to
sixty men were reported 10 have been inpris-
oned by an explosion in a coal mine at Lick
Branch, Va. - The long warfare between
the Mexican authorities and the YaQui Indians
was ended by treaty between three chiefs and
the Governor Of Sonora - Abraham Ruef,
formerly political boss Of San Francisco, was
sentenced to fourteen years for bribery in grant
ing United Railways franchise. - a dis
patch received at Washington indicated that
Arthur s Cheney. American Consul at Messina-
and Mrs Cheney had been killed by the earth
quake in that region. ~ The funeral Of
Rishcp Nichaud was held AT Burlington. Vt
cITY.-Stocks were irregular. closing down.
The alleged confession Of Mrs Claudia
Hams was introduced in evidence. - Sir
Horace Piunkett. originator OF the Irish agri-
dinner at Delmonico's. - Decision on
the injJgnctions restraining the Mayor from
revoking the licenses OF the moving picture
places was reserved II learned that
the Stock Exchange would investigate the fail
Of H w Poor q Co - Timothy L
Woodruff resigned as president of the board of
Adeiphi College. - Italians IN this city sub
IN Sicily -= The Amsterdam Gas Company
paid $4,000 10 the city for water II had been
using from an unmeIerNd pipe. - Conluis-
siorer Bingham said he intended to make many
changes in the Police Department in Brooklyn
THE WEATHER-Indicstion for to-day:
: Rain or snow. THe temperature yesterday:
Highest. IS degrees; lowest q.