New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-26
THE NEWS THIS MORNING

CONGRESS- Senate: Debate on the four
battleship proposition continued, senators 54lc
rich and Lodse replying 10 senior slGm tsan To-
morrow - House: Eulogies Of Senators
Morgan and Pettus were delivered
FOREIGN-A collision occurred in blindins
sno,ysrorn off the Isle OF Wight between the
American liner St Paul and the British cruiser
Gladiator, in which several lives were lost rom
the latter. but little damage was done 10 the
former - the body of the Due de Chaulnes
was removed from the Hotel Langhan' "hete
his sudden death occurred, 10 churcI; II Is
expected that the funeral VIII take place on
Monday. - 4 solemn requiem mass Was Gel
ebrated in Lisbon for the repoSe OF the sous %
King Carlos and the Crown Prince WHO "eto
assassnated in February King Manuel fnade
his first appearance in public; the people mere
killed and fifteen seriously injured in a railway
collision in Mexico. - The opera season III
London will open on April 80 with Performance
of Verdi's La Traviata," in which Mime. 1e-
trs zzini will sing An experiment is to be
made OF having Holland and German steamships
stop al Halifax, and if it proves successful d
direct service TO Canada will be established
DOMESTIC-It was estimated that about five
hundred persons had been killed huhdreo
fatally injured, and many hundreds injured p9
the tornadoes which swept the Southern states
At the meeting Of Democrats III Ltlca II
was decided to call no second state convention
but TO provide committee of sixty 10 pre-
serve the principle of home rule in party affairs
A letter written by William Barnes, Jr-'
was made public at Albany. in which he repudi-
ated certain statements accredited 10 MN con-
corning the anti-racetrack gambling bills ana
declared that he told Senator Grattan TO vote
in accordance with his belief. ==- Former
Tinted states senator ] y Camden. of West
Virginia died in Baltimore. -= The battesillp
feet proceeded from San Pedro, Cal, to Santa
t1usiasul. Clark n. May. Attorney Gen
eral OF West Virginia. died following the am
putation of leg, broken in fan from morse
- Congressman J Sloat Fassett denied at
Euira that he had sent dispatch to Senator
Cassidy. told by Assenblyman Cuvillier here
that he was pleased with the Senator'S vote on
racing bills Mr. FaSSett was unanimously
renominated for Congress. = William G
Wallace of Niagara Falls n Y. was nominated
for the Senate in the 47th District to succeed
the late Senator Franchot: he was pledged TO
support the anti-racetrack gambling bills ==
: dispatch from Denver said that the almost
conpl1ted auditorium for the Democratic Ma
tional Convention would seat fourteen thousand
persons.
CTTY-Stocks were irregular profit tax
ing - A boy was killed by the csving in of
a cave he and his playmates had dug =
Canadian Pacific interests were said to b. ne
gotiating for the Chicago Great Western Rail
road. - second petition in bankruptcy was
filed against T. A. Mcintyre & CO. - The
testimony of George 4, HUM. tn Philadelphia
broker regarding the Wall & Cortlandt Streets
Ferries Company deal before the grand jury
that investigated the Metropolitan Street Rail
way Company was made public =- Con-
rroller Metz discovered many padded accounts
for supplies furnished TO the city - The
visitors gallery in the New York Stock EX-
change. closed recently because of fear Of bomb
throwing. was reopened. but under restrictions.
a x-year-old girl was killed in resCuing
her baby sister from beneath a cab == A
decision of the United States Circuit Court pre-
vented the deportation Of two Italians -"
Assemblyman Cuvlier told Of seeing tele-
gram. sent 70 Senator Cassidy and signed "Fas-
eett" commencing the Senator for his vote
against the racing bill The tax collector
Of Matawan. n J. shot and killed himself
while q Supreme Court investigating committee
was waiting to investigate his accounts =-
The president Of the American Paper and Pulp
Company wrote 10 members Of Congress invit-
:ng the appointment Of committee to investi-
gate conditions alleged to have caused advances
in cost Of white paper. == Fire in 4 bath
house caused twenty patrons TO fee for safety.
THE WEA Generally fair to-day: to-
lec1Ycw FAIR and cooler. The tempera turp ves-
terdev- Highest. SIS degrees. lowest. as