New-York tribune., 1908-01-13
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoREIGN-The American batteship feet al
rived at Rio De Janeiro from Port OF SpaiL,
Trinidad, and was warmly welcomed pE ole
Brazilian government and municipal authorities,
the voyage was pleasant, and all on board are
well - American sailors OF the torpedo boat
fiotilla at Pernambuco objected TO police inter
ference in a fight among themselves: tWen1!
men were arrested on charges of drunkenness.
Seventy thousand persons attempted TO
make demons st7ations for general suffrage IN
Berlin and were dispersed by large forces OF
police. who used their sabres freely; many per
sons were injured. - a dispatch from IohNo
said that the politicians were worried bE re-
ports that the American people were IN favor
of an exclusion bill == II was reported III
Madrid that King Alfonso might make a trip
next year TO Mexico and other Latin American n
states. Nicholas Tschaikoysky Is stun heId
prisoner IN St. Petersburg; the police say that
damaging evidence has been obtained against
him.
DOMESTIC-It was stated at the White
House that President Roosevelt had determined
Ia withdraw the federal troops from Goldfeld,
New. shortly after the Legislature begins it,
special session tomorrow: the report OF the
special investigating commission and letter
Unusual weather conditions Were reported IN
various sections IF the country, including cleo
1rical storms al Philadelphia and Baltimore. q
hurricane at Bucyrus, Ohio, and a bllzZard IN
Texas. --- The annual report of Surgeon Gen
eral Wyman. of the Public Health and Marine
Hospital Service was made public =" 1he
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad Company issued hgurfS
on its elimination Of grade crossings in the prin-
eiral cities between New York and Washington
The Interstate Commerce Commission at
Washington issued special tariff circular
Secretary Taft returned 10 Washington
Charles NJ Pepper. special agent OF the
Department Of Commerce and Labor. issued q
report on trade conditions in Colombia
CTTY-The subway service was crippled be
cause Of The fear that the burned Parker Build
ing would fall and crush in the roof Of the tube
2 crib was built the tube last night -=
Chairman Wilcox said The Public Service Com
mission would have the most important public
hearing i'm a generation on Friday == A re-
tired merchant of williamsburg eightY-ninc
wears old tried to commit suicide by Slashing his
throat. Brooklyn Bridge traffic was tied
Up for three hours by the cars Of Brighton
Beach train jumping the track == \ whole
gang of Williamsburg thugs, charged with
numerous highway robberies trapped and
arrested by two policemen. = DR. Felix Adler
praised Governor Hughes's anti-racetrack bet
busy morning fighting stubborn blaze on the
upper East side. Many national science
and engineering societies joined in memorial
r Olcott. a well known lawyer. dropped dead
from appoplexy- = A dspossessed Russia n
woman was fined IS for stoning her landlord.
- -Four steamships were held at Quarantine
because OF the fog and wind = An unusu-
ally heavy hailstorm swept over New York City.
- a survivor of the wrecked schooner
Thomas W Lawson reported that the captain
Of the III fated craft dying the Scilly
1u1ends
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-day:
Rain. The temperature yesterday: Highest, 40
degrees: lowest. Al.