New-York tribune., 1908-12-22
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

rozE7cH-yjcente Gomez Acting President
Of Venezuela. has dismissed the taoIlLeL "
of FIesIoe.t .-io,1s @sCtirT1 - The battleship
Blaine sailed from Norfolk under sealed oroeLS.
II was -umored that she would 60 10 feIeSusii- Ii
waters David Lloyd-George- thaiiCelIoi
~ the Excheouer. speaking ~ Liverpool; a.
17ounced the action OF the House OF Loi u -.
the governments bills and predicted thst llle
y.tion v-oul6 "shatter the throne Of King Lans-
5ov-1g - - 4dvices from Berlin said that
Austria was willing 70 pay S2oooo.oeU 10 urheE s
as indemnity for the annexation OF Bosnia anu
Herzegovina. ==-- The Dalai Lama left fehlng
Tor I1hasa after having been treated WIN con con
-en,nf hv the Chinese officials: he viii henCe-
forth he considered E mere eccleslastlC. pleoseu
IN carry cut any reforms which emma ceSlIe7-
King Edward prorosued tariLeii.t.o +i i,,
r77s iest1's speech mentioned ire sratIICdlipt
cz1,ee5 ~ TIE visit Of the American batueships
70 Australia and expressed hope of an anIcaoIe
settlement in the Balkans - queen = = @
cent : telegram 10 General William Booth eN-
pressing hone shat his sight would De resIoIeu
h the recent operation: the doctors are saus-
zs7 --f+1, Ms orngress The Municipal
council Of Lisbon has found shortage OF e.
enn 600 in the Cty's accounts. and says mat IiIt
government illegally appropriated the money
DOMESTIC -Prexident-elect Taft said that
he had invited Senator Knox to come 10 augusta
for a conference upon the makeup or MT. Ia1t
Cabinet --- Andrew Carnegie. at the tariff
hearing tJefE~e the Ways and Means Committee
IN Wash iAston. urged the abolition OF the duties
on steel - In a test case before the Supreme
court Al Washington. the mortgage tax law was
Sev- work - In his annual report. made
s71rfali liV - George II
states Fish Commissioner, makes an appeal 10Y
the protection Of certain fast disappearing spe-
ries of fishes =- Seven members Of the
finance committee OF PittsbUrgs common and
select councils were arrested on charges OF al
legged corruption In the passage OF various leEls-
latlon in the last two years =- 4 sensational
fsle q the inner secrets of the Reelfoot Lake
Night Riders was told in the trial at Union S3ty
Tenn. == The naval inquiry into the sinking
of the cruiser Yankee in Buzza-ds BAY was
l,er11E in Boston 49, Secretary Newberry ap-
PORTED p new Board Of Construction in the
Nevv Department in pursuance Of the policy or
reorganization recently instituted
rTTv-Stocl5s we're weak and active -=
Edward z Rite nhouse. Insurance Comm ssioner
ar Colorado. VINO forced the Thomases rom
-~ntroi o. the Proyident Savings Life Assurance
Sccletv. was elected president 20 succeed Arthur
=. Langhanl. OF Louisville. -= II was an
-1oUnced that the railroads interested would
hold : conference 10 decide whether TO obey the
ruling ~ the Interstate Commerce commission
SeclEr{ng sugar transfer allowances 70 be re-
hates =-- Count J Bernstorf, the new Ger
rnsn Ambassador 10 the United States arrived
here --= Harry r. Suydam. the broker shot
by an inventor. died al the Hudson Street Hos
r7itsl --- Charles H Risey. wholesale drug
Esst n Nsnhattan and his wife, amelia. were &C
ridentsllH ssDl7 7yxisred- ---= The Socialist Chris
for & chance he heard in New York pUlpits
lsborer rang the Mayors doorbell 80
long that he vas arrested. =--- ''Fingy'' Con-
7e-s or returning from Europe. predicted that
Germany z-ouId seize slice Of territory
from some other country. == Mrs. Annis tes-
tifed that Thornton J. Hains threatened 10 shoot
her after killing her husband =- The Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy announced the purchase
OF the Colorado & Southern. == William NJ.
wins. Edgar J. Levey. Lawson Purdy and others
spoke The cltys finances AT a special meeting
af The CITY Club -- The New England So
cietv Of Brooklyn gave its annual dinner.
THE wEATHER-Indcafion for to-day:
Cloudy and colder The temperature yesterday:
Highest - degrees: lowest, 81