New-York tribune., 1909-02-23
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

NGREsS-senate: Mr.. Aldrich obtained
the enactment Of a resolution continuing h tne
present committees TO the next SESSION, i,5 "a
postal savings bank proposal was olscusslt t
- House: Mr.. Rainey made another speech
on Panama Canal matters. ana M[. Du. I 'oii -
Piled; the sundry civil bill was oeoateo-
FoREIGN-The French government has re,
fused 10 accept several Of the tariffs proposed
on articles from America. India and EgypI anu anu
viii ask for vote of commence IN : 'ne - in
Of Deputies. - Ambassador REID speaking Il III ia
London at the dinner OF the United states Navy
LEAGUE said that America ought 10 nave d naNN
IN some degree proportionate TO her coast lihe'
Re referred TO the great benefits resulting from
the cruise Of the battlSships around the Worlu
- washington's Birthday celebrations '9 were
held in European capitals; Ambassador Nhlle
entertained the diplomatic representatives OF
Central and South America == The Hash-
inston government has asked the delegates 10
the international naval conference 10 make
declaration that the prize court at Inc hague
be regarded as one Of arbitration ana it0' oL
appeal. under the American ConsIlIuIon' llle
SUPREME Court is the final court of appeal -
RlInors o< the imminence of war between aus
Trss and Ser1-ia disturbed the stock market and
caused the government TO issue statement that
no step had been taken which indicated change
sn It's paciic policy. ~ Ex-Presdent Castro,
= diSratcla- from Dresden SAYS is planning 10
return TO Venezuela. and expects to san from
bordeaux for La CIuayra on March 20. -
winston Spencer Churchil, president OF tne
Board Of Trade. is considering Legislation re-
curing ali British owned ocean going steamers
70 carry wireless equipment
DOMESTIC Atlantic feet. having com
bv the President IN Hampton Roads ==
Pressdent-elect Taft was the centre OF the cele-
bratfon OF washington's Birthday in Philadel-
pha- he will complete his Cabinet IN TINS city
by the selection of Secretary Of the Treasury
- By order OF the President, the name Of
Jefferson Davis, expunged from Cabin John
bridge near Washington. fn the Civil War. viii
he restored. II was announced in Baltl-
more that the gift Of Henry Phipps of this city,
for a psychiztric clinic at Johns Hopkins Uni
x,erSitv was considerably in excess OF $1,000, 600
49, D-. William 7. Bull of this city. died sud
denly in Savannah. Ga. :" EN-Sher1h john
D sharp one Of the defendants ccrroDorated
Robin Cooper story Of the shooting Of ex-
Senator CarTnack at the trial Nashville ==
II vas said AT Albany that the leacers who
had opposed Governor Hughes the direct
primaries question were in accord with his
views expressed in his recent Brooklyn speech
CTTY-It was announced that three foreign
syndicates had each offered A NJ Herring
sieo0 00e for the exclusive right to manufacture
his flying machine. - A priest in an East
Side church received a threatening letter. and
guards were placed in front of the ediice. -
Wasflington's Birthday was celebrated quietly
a Republican organization man pointed
out what seemed tc-him to be a serious flaw in
the Hughes direct nominations bill. = DR..
St Clair McKelway delivered an address on
Grover Cleveland ~ Frederick A Whitridge
discussed Public Morality and Street Rail-
ways" - Bion J. Arnold submitted his sew
ertf- report on the subway, dealing with the
return OF the investment = The tug Ur-
banus Dart caught fire and sank of Romer
Shaal Light =-- Five Italians were locked up
suspected o< wrecking tenement with a bomb
One Of the $4,000 merrymakers at COney
Island and adjacent seaside resorts was crushed
under Bath Beach train. - New York Uni
versity professors honored Dr.. John J. Steven
son who has retired after forty years as a
member of the university faculty = The
Williamsburg police began search for woman
centraf Park turned on the water in a hydrant
took drink and then shut II of.
THE Observation-Disclosures for to- day:
Increasing cloudiness; rain at night The tenn
persture yesterday; Highest a degrees; low
est 81