New-York tribune., 1908-12-29
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-Hundreds- possibly thousahos--
of lives were lost in an earthquake IN Saapl S. ID
and Sicily; two-thirds OF tne ci.E ~ con-
,yress assembled at Madras; warm appToNsl %
LORD Morley's plan OF reform was eXlTSTSseu, T
Turkey refused the Austrian proposals loi
q ss-tIer77ent of the annexation dispute; the ne
szoriatl0ns viii be carried on at vienna pew
the OTTOMAN Ambassador ana Baron ,, EIn e. e.
-enfi1al The American battleshlp heel
PASSED Alden on its trip from COLOMBO 10 sue SUE
- Fears Of revolt are increasing IN IeheLaII
and many inhabitants of the capltaI naVe .3 - 5e
refuge at the Turkish Embassy - .Ii
Bottentot revolt has begun in German SorIh-
west Africa. seven German soldiers rave peeH
killed The Des MoInes arrived al Nllleil-
sod the North Carolina With MI Buchanan on
hoard continuing her trip TO Venezuela II IS
reported that Celestino Castro brother OF the
former President, has fed 10 Colombia
noATEsTIC-P -Presfdent-elect Taft. il was
sserTe5 at Augusta Ga will take six civil en-
pineers 10 Panama with him 20 report on the
EufTiciency ot the foundation OF the Gatun oaHl
- The Younger daughter Of the President
and Mrs Roosevelt made her debut IN socleIH
Et~1he White House - The Tna9orlt! IneIh-
bers Of the House Ways and Means CoTnnlttee
st Washington devoted TWO sessions 10 coisI1-
pration of uaints. oils and chemicals IN the
,,,,,i,,fy +arifT bjU -- Secret Service experts
81 washington pronounced the thousand franc
Belgian notes which aroused suspicion IN TINS
-itv "a be genuine Ambassador Bryce
addressed 2 ioint meeting Of the American His
toricaI Association and the American foiltICal
Science Association al Washington. ne ~
State Controller criticised the methods OF OF
fcials Of Montgomery and Hamilton couilueS.
The Episcopal Church showed q gam oi
Z r,er cent over 1907 in communicates, but q de-
crease in the number Of its clergEnen-
Governor Hughes approved. with slight moan
cations the State Civil Service Commission s
revision of the classification Of places in the
state ano county service
CTTY-Stocks were strong. == There was
2 panic in moving picture place when a nre
broke out and It was discovered that the fire
exits were barred by wire == Corporation
Counsel Pendle-on recommended that the Ii
censes Of the Victoria. Alhanbrs- American and
Furtig & Seamon's vaudeville theatres be re
xoked - Charles r. Weaver, q friend Of
Thornton Hams, testified that he urged the
Hams brothers 10 go TO Bsyside on the day Cap
tain Hains killed William z. Annis- -- Mayor
Mc(-lellan broke with Senator McCarren and also
ignored Tammany Hall in making an appoint
rnert - An investigation Of the naturaliza-
ton bureau % the United States Circuit Court
showed that the office force was unable 10 handle
TIE applicants fer citizenship papers. -- Jo-
seph i Berry Commissioner of the Bronx Park
Department. denied that he had signed pay slips
for work not done for the city. -= II was
r1J-7ored that the governing committee of the
stock Exchange would investigate the failure of
Il ". Poor & Co = Members Of the congre-
CATION Of st Johns Chapel were inclined e
believe that il would not be deserted by Trinity
Cc~,orsfion a, Fehr-arv ! James Still
nan president of the National City Bank. gave
$4,000 70 the club composed Of bank employees
- a 5ewelry store safe was robbed Of SlS'eel
.n iereiry and cash. - Queer bidding FOL
CITY supplies was revealed before the Legislative
committee investigating city finances
Members Of the monetary commission held
meeting at the Plaza Hotel, but did not call If
5ocsl hsnkers A Brooklyn man amazed
local aeronauts By appearing al Morris Parl
with perfectly constructed eeroplane. -
The city committee CT the Citizens Union elected
W s1h,erfelin 20 succeed R. Fulton Cutting a:
chairman.
H Observation-Disclosures for to-day:
Ferffv cloudy The temperature yesterday:
Highest. 40 degres, lowest, 50.