New-York tribune., 1909-03-02
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESS- The sundry civil BILL
sPpropriating s1Ss.00oo0o, was passed -
House: The forest reserve bill was passed. after
q stormy debate. the final conference reports on
the army. navy and fortifcations bills were
agreed 70.
FoREIGN.-Dispatches from Paris and Berlin
further confirmed The Tribune's exclusive state
rnent on Sunday that Servia had accepted Rus
sias advice to abandon ali claims for teTritora
compensation from Austris- - Ambassador
Reid WAS the principal speaker at the dlnher
given under the auspices of the Authors Club in
London in honor OF the memory of Poe. -
The Wright 6eropane was badly disabled IN an
ascent at Pau. and Wilbur Wright and Colonel
Wives had a narrow escape from injury. ==
Jean Maths. the waiter who assaulted President
FaIieres or December 25. was sentenced t0 four
years Imprisonment and FIVE additional years of
exile from Paris. - Belgium. answering
Great BTitain's representations regarding the
Congo, admits the necessity Of suppressing labor
taxes in the rubber region. but insists that the
powers have no right TO make conditional rec
Ognition or annexation -= storm in Rome
killed person caused serious loss to prop
erty and damaged a cypress said to have been
planted By Michael Angelo. - The case OF
Ernest West who claims the estates now in
possession Of Lionel Sackville-W West, opened in
Madrid. =- American relief work in Sicily is
advancing rapidly as limited transport facil-
ities VIII admit; IL has been decided to construct
1.seO houses.
4 DOMESTIC President Roosevelt gave a fare
well luncheon at the White House for members
Of the Tennis Cabinet and other personal
friends - The Taft Philippine party held
its annual reunion al Washington. the PTesi-
Ee0l-eieCt 6ftQ AIRS. E21t beIng the guests or
honor, =- Il was decided that Mrs Taft and
Mrs Sherman should ride with their husbands
in the parade 10 the White House after the
inaugural ceremonies at the Capitol: this will
he the first tine that the wives OF the President
and Eice-PTeSident have appeared in inaugu-
raj rarade In a letter TO President Roose-
Welt who appointed him Collector of the Port OF
Charleston, s c. six years ago. DR.. ". D Crurn,
q negro. resigned, TO take effect March 1. -
The Cassidy Merritt legislative committee ap-
pointed to investigate New York Citys finances
split in their report, the majority recommending
the defeat Of measure TO increase the debt
limit and the minority supporting it - The
Committee on Ways and Means agreed q
daction of 90 cents thousand in the duty
rough lumber 60 The State Excise Commits
sioner in his annual report declared that there
vas no need of change in excise laws: that
the enforcement Of the present law would rem
<dy the abuses complained OF. - So vast
were the thToRss pouring into Washington for
the inaugural ceremonies that the outlook was
for q record gathering - A J. ('Lucky')
Baldwin. the aged California pioneer and racing
man, died at his home. Los Angeles.
CITy-Stocks were strong. - Argument
wss heard ia the Supreme Court on the motion
porstion from tfosing st Johns Chapel made
permanent - II said that government
Offcials had obtained evidence against a well
organized system for smuggling Chinese into
this country == The first gas rebate checks
were sent out. s1Oo0oo being paid to nine thou
sand consumers. == officers Of the battleship
Ohio told OF the generosity Of their hosts on the
world cruise. - The PENNSYLVANIA Railroads
annual report showed a falling off in gross re-
Eeipts and saving IN operating expenses.
i wss learned that the syndicate that bought
the Charles T. Yerkes art gallery building at
Foreclosure sale hac refused take title
There WIS opposition 10 the plan issue
s.. .00o.0 600 bonds Of the American Ice Company
authorized by the stockholders =- The Court
of Errors and Appeals at Trenton reversed the
decision allowing tie United States Leather
Company and the Central Leather Company to
unite - Brooklyn citizens asked that the
city take over the East River ferries
THE wEATHER-IndicatfonS for to-day:
Rain. The temperature yesterday: Highest sS
degrees: lowest. o.