New-York tribune., 1908-12-16
TFF NEWS THIS MORNING.

r0%GRFSS-Th President transmitted
snecisl message on the Panama Candl lhatI9I-
sir7 zsLiug information about the government
snvesrieation Of the Brownsville case =
House Representative Gardner : dltelApt -
have a special committee on changes III -
,T7noirta5 Vas defeated by q narrow margin
FOREIGN battleship Jacob van
J5ea-7sl,erlz arrived at Willemstad, towing Ihe
venezuelan coast guard vessel 3 oe Mayo
captured without resistance near tllLIisi-0 t!ia -
- Investigation into the recent meeting VI
soldiers Of the Foreign Legion IN AleeIla e =
said 10 establish the eXlstance OF an oeE5.lS, $50,
with which Germans are connected 70 lheuCs
-,zsse--fors President Castro was examined
~ Tlr- Israel Of Berlin, but the question OF al
o-a-9-,lT, 1xes not decided: the Venezuelan
called on Chancellor von BuloW ana % tne me-. IoI
eipn Secretary The Russian govern
-oe1+ has accepted the Austrian proposals re
-arding an international congress on the BAL
Kan question. but leaves the annexation ques-
ZION subject 10 separate nego' 'iallos a <.lii7 ta5
movers -= An agreement has heeh IeaCIeu
between the Bolivian and Argentine govern
gnents under which the contrasts with Spe!er
& CO and the National City Bank Tor rallWa!
.-ore-r-7rrfon will be carried out. == A
,7efarhr7err Of Turkish troops has arrived at
T5r.a- To rrnrec+ the Inhabitants against the
-ercesses committed by Kurds under the com
~[s,5 ~ Ss+ar Khan. NJ. Cruppi speak
s-r al dinner Of merchants in Paris, sald
1hs+ ne would 90 nothing 10 interfere Win
The good commercial relations Of France WIN
Great Britain and the United States
CzTFSTIC-President Roosevelt and Am
rsssa6ors Bryce Jusserand and Nabuco pad
sreeches AZ washington -- tharles n
Srrvah president Of the Bethlehem steel com
17ar,- testified az the tariff hearing before the
House Wavs and Means Committee At Nashlng- =
.or orders involving the moving OF ABOUT
seventy thousand soldiers were issued at WASH
sngran bz- General Bell, chief Of staff =- Ihe
Teeva-+r1lent Of Agriculture at Washington gave
o1,- final revised estimates Of the amount ana
- % r1,a z-parss ~-ors -- The commission
on rheumatic mail tubes appointed by the Post
master General reported that il was not now
feasible or desirable for the government 10 pur-
chase install ,ar operate pneumatic tubes -
-Tha contest over the viii of Frederick c Hewitt
. was begun 1T owego. y. Y. ~ Governor
Hughes. at Albany, appointed wallace MacF ar
lane. OF this city. 70 hear the charges against
Louis F. Haffen. -= According 10 the oIIclal
vote as announced by the State Board Of Can
zasSe-s at Albany, Taft carried New ork state
fy 202 602 votes. and Hughes by 6s'46z-
.-C -CITY-Stocls were active and heavy ==
It became known that the city had split with
the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company ana the
Long Island Railroad in negotiations on a gen
serai- grade crossing plan, ana thet the cl'E
would seek new legislation to relieve II Of
heavy charges. --- Wall Street welcomed an
snrestsration Of its transactions by Governor
.r5pehes's committee. == John d Archbold
Eaid ne believed corporations should take the
uub7ic into their confidence == The totaI
':ao7uIa1, vote Of all the states in the recent
election shows that both Of the leading parties
gained Richard Watson Glider wrote a
.I1oen a-raigning the Trinity Corporation Tor
s17lanning TO abandon old st. Johns chapel
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for to-day:
! Partly cloudy The temperature yesterday;
iEighest 46 degrees lowest, 3S-