New-York tribune., 1908-06-14
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoRFIGN-The French Senate and Chamner
of Deputies have adopted the DIN eSIaoiIslllle ~
the right Of voters 10 a secIsl an4n he nen
Premier Asquith continues TO advocate the pen pen
sion hin DESPITE the fact that the measure lalis
70 arouse enthusiasm: the British press utdO9
coldly the meeting of King Edward ana En-
~ ,cicboiaS AT RevaI - Ten thousand
women marched for the cause OF woman SUI
sraee from Victoria Embankment TO Albert HAL
- over thousand Americans. II WAS esit-
MATED attended the Auteul Steeplechase. ~
Two hundred bishops have reacheo bohuoI1 20
attend the Pan-Anglfcan congress. .,. nc ne
British steamer Bengore Head ran INTO 1he
hattIeship Vengeance in Portsmouth Harbor'
damaging some of the warship's gun ports -
Recent crimes in France have induced farha-
-,1z,nt IN nostpone discussion Of the bill TO abo-
tsb the death penalty. - A balloon which
was believed TO be under human control was
sighted above the island Of Flores, the western
most of the Azores, on June B.
DoNEsTICy-The Dolliver boom for the Re
rrhlican nomination for Nice-President gained
strength at Chicago, but the race is sti an open
ono - As a result OF the torpedo test at
Fort Monroe the monitor Florida has a Iarge
hole torn in her side and list of seventeen
inches TO starboard; the test was decIarea
success. Governor Wilson of kentucky
announced the pardon Of Caleb Powers and
James Howard alleged to be involved IN the
assassination Of William Goebel - recur-
renee of heavy rains along the upper waters OF
the Mississippi, Missouri and tributary rivers
made a record food at Kansas City and lower
points certain; great damage 10 crops anu PIop
prtv was reported. - 1t was reported at New
Orleans that bubonic plague had appeared
among an IndNan tribe in Panama, near the
colombian border. Rear Admiral RObley
ID Evans addressed two thousand students at
tending the annual field day Of the Ulster
County schools at New Paltz. y. Y - The
extensive plant Of the American and British
Manufacturing Company, at Providence was
destroyed by fire, the loss being S15O.O0o- -
James ]. HILL of the Great Northern Railroad
was q caller on President Roosevelt. -= The
Interstate Commerce Commission threatened
prosecution of violators of anti-pass provisions.
- Chairman Payne, of the Ways and Means
Committed announced that tariff revision work
would begin ia July and that a report would be
ready for the next Congress.
CTTY-Stocbs closed generally higher. =-
Ten thousand spectators attended the Gravesend
races but the police effectually prevented bet
ting - officials expressed general deterlni-
nation TO enforce the anti gambling laws -
The Rev. DIR. James Oliver Wilson. Brooklyn
kean of the Court of Special Sessions, died at
his home in this city. - Statistics showed
that there three times many persons
needing aid at this time year ago. -=
The New Jersey delegates TO the Republican Ma
fional Convention left Jersey City for the West
General Firmin chief Of the Progressive
party in Hayti, gave a statement concerning his
country 10 Tribune reporter == whirl-
wind did considerable damage in Hoboken. ==
Because American railroads refuse to reduce
their rates for carrying export grain IL an
nounced that Canada winning that trade
companies of the New York National Guard left
the city for the summer camps. == Controller
Metz said the Fourth avenue subway being
used political football by the Board of Es-
tinlate
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for to-day:
Showers The temperature yesterday: High
est 81 degrees; lowest So.