New-York tribune., 1908-03-18
THE NEWS THIS MORNING

CONGRESS-Senate: Mr.. Aldrich repoIlg1u reports
amendments to the currency blll eNenPlls Ials- ~
road bonds from use as a basis Tor eh1ei sehcs
currency - House: The normal order IN
the House was the pension bill, but pollncai oiS-
Cussions prevailed
FoRFIGN-The British cruiser Indefatgable
and the German cruiser Bremen arrived at Port
au-Prince: there is still unrest in the city, but
foreigners are said TO be safe -= Sir henry
Campbell Bannerman, the BRUSH Premier Is
losing strength. and dropsiCal symptoms nave
appeared: Queen Alexandra and the Empress
Dowager Of Russia caIieo al ms % hoIe- - ar,
King Alfonso narrowly escaped INJURY IA an
accident to a motor car which t~came unInah-
ageabla on the trip of the King ana -frlhce
Kuni of japan, from Madrid to Ioledo. -
Police and troops are being held ready in Ber-
lin Ia check socialist demonstrations in favor OF
tyane~al suffrage - The Premier Diamond
n;rjrg Con,nany has refused to renew its
agreement with the diamond syndicate =
The German government refused the propoSdi
made by members of the Reichstags approprla-
ton committee TO use the war tuna OF SoV;ovV,
3 o0e in gold stored in the Julius Tower. IN Pots-
dam, relieve the current needs or tne empire
The Russian Emperor connrtheo tlie
courts recommendation 20 commute the oeath
sentence passed on General Stoessel TO ten
wears Imprisonment
DONESTIC-It was reported at washington
that Judge Wilffey would be eNonerated by the
- investigating committee. -= senator Nlillaili
Pinkney Wclyte died az his home IN baIlllno[t: f
- The engagement Of Miss Elklns daughter
of Senator Elkins to the Duke of the Abruzzl
Was reported at Washington. =- Ex-senator
Elsberg appeared before the senate SIlIeS toiIl- %
,nittee al Albany and opposed the travis Rop-
70 inson bill 10 permit New York City to sell iran
cbises to private bidders subject to the right 10
repurcfase within twenty-five years - me
Palmer bill. appropTiatng $4,000 for Attorney
Jackson's Office. was passed by the Assembly at
Albany. --= A forecast OF the Iowa tfeIoup4ceafi II
state convention to be held to-day sald that
Senator Allison will be indorsed and Delegates
at-large 20 the Chicago convention instructed
for Taft. The Assembly at Albany passed
five OF the banking reform bills the Senate
amended one thus delaying action a week
Il was learned at Albany that state leaders OF
the so-caued federal wing Of the party had been
summoned 10 Washington to discuss state pol
itics
tITY-Stocks advanced in the late trading
Secretary Taft and Governor Hughes
spoke al the dinner of the Friendly Sons OF ST
Patrick Al DelmOniCO'S. =- More tnan 1Orty
Thousand men were in the st PatrlckS Day
parade - The Appellate Division upheld the
order vacating the receivership of the oriental
Rank censuring Attorney General jackson IN
its opinion. Two men were killed by a
falling scaffold in East list street. - Fire
Commissioner Hugh Bonner was buried. :"
Abraham Hummel Will leave BlackwelIs Island
Penitentiarv at midnight. it was announced
The extra dividend Of the Corn Products
Refining Company its preferred stockholders
was reduced > per cent
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-day !:
Fair The temperature Yesterday: Highest, 40
degrees. lowest, o6.