New-York tribune., 1908-05-07
THE NEWS THIS MORAFNG.

CoNGREss-Senate: child labor bill for
the District of Columbia passed and reso-
luton calling for information whether the com
modify clause Of the railroad rate law was be
ing complied with adopted: MI warner
closed his speech the Brownsville affair. 80
House: The measure re-establishing the can
1een in national soldiers homes was defeated
FOREIGN.-The House of Commons unani-
mously passed resolution TO abolish the s!s
tom Of licensing opium dens in crown colonies
! p Morgan arrived i'm Paris: he was
quoted saying that the crisis III the American
financial situation had passed and thai improve
rnent only question OF time - King
Manuel took the oath to observe the Portuguese
constitution and was proclaimed King a
bornb thrown under the carriage OF Gov
srnor General Bibikoff Noronezh: he and his
wife were not injured --- The Belgian chanl-
Ter of Deputies viii meet in extra session on
June . 10 continue debate the Congo; the
action is regarded as assuring the success Of
the annexation treaty == Secretary Tart ar
sived al Colon ==- Prompt action by the Vice
rows at Tien-Tsin. Shanghai and other ports has
prevented the extension of the boycott started
at Carton against Japan. - Prisoners dis
armed and attacked their guards at the Alexan-
drovsk Jail. killing three and wounding six men:
of the men were killed in the pursuit, four
wounded and three recaptured: ten es-
capped, Foreign consuls near the Russo
Turkish frontier report that Russia is InaSsing
forces in that region and forwarding supplies
DoMESTIC.-The battleship fleet arrived al
San Francisco. - 4 dispatch from Wash
ineton said that forty-four Governors of states
and territories would gather at the White House
1og,,e and f;ihhons and other distinguished
AT the White House. - Reports from
the wheat producing districts were extremely
favorable: in some states the heading out
process has already begun. -= A bill provid-
ing for the merger of the Boston Maine and
New York. New Haven & Hartford rairoa Dis
was filed with the Legislative Committee on
Railroads at Boston. Governor Hughes at
Albany signed two bills providing for the ap-
.sointulent OF commissioners to investigate the
question of immigration into this state and the
operation OF inferior courts Of criminal jurisdic-
sion in first class cities. The Appellate Di-
vision Third Department. at Albany handed
down 2 decision that state departments may be
authorized by the Legislature 10 employ special
counsel. -Four more bodies were dug up
the Guinness farm in LaPorte. Ind. making
nine in ell: the theory advanced that Mrs
Guinness is alive and concealed in some city
wing of the Republican party I'm Alabama met i'm
state conr ention at Birmingham and instructed
delegates TO the national convention for Taft.
CTTY.-Stocks closed strong and higher
II H. Kreeland's testimony before the November
grand jury threw more light the Wall &
s-erflandt Ferries deal. == II was made known,
that several railroads had lost thousands of dol
lars settling damage claims with bogus attor-
DeT- == Stockholders Of the 1nterborough
Bank decided to liquidate the institution. =
A sixteen-year-od Italian boy tried to cut the
fhroats of five sleeping persons The new
commander in chief Of the Cuban army arrived
here TO study the military system. Stu
, dents of the Jewish Theological Seminary went
strike because of too much Talmud -
which must maintain excess of 10 per cent of
seats over pasSe myers --- The Somerset Inn
near Berna rdsyille N J. was DESTROYED hv fire
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-day:
Rain The temperature yesterday: Highest 5s
degrees: lowest as