New-York tribune., 1909-04-23
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

senate: The tariff bill was at
tackled by Senators Dolliver and Nelson NIlS S
secIsred IL was not downward revision ana
defended by Senator Aldrich- =. House Inc me
conferences report on the census bill was con-
sidered. but no action was taken
FoREIGN-By plan considered at Constan, d,
tinople the Sultan may retain his throne put VIII
place the affairs Of government entreiE IN un.e
hands Of ministers responsible TO par!laIneht..
- Three American women missionaries sen SER
ont IN appeal fer help from Hadlin' 4slat'C
Turkey which is threatened by flames ana IN
vested by tribesmen. - Theodore hooseNelt
ana the members Of his party left Mombasa Tor
the ranch OF Sir Alfred Pease- on the Athi River
where the party will hunt for a week
King Edward stood godfather 10 the son OF MI;
end Mrs John Hubert Ward at the Chapel hoyai
- 81 lanes - British and Russian diplo-
rnstic representatives at Teheran advised tne
Shah 70 restore the constitution and proclaim
amnesty TO all political offenders - IL was
learned at St Petersburg that Japan was send
ing large bodies Of troops into Manchurla -
The Bundesrath at Berlin ratlned the palene
treaty between the United States and Germany
DONFSTIC-JaTnes a. Patten. on the way TO
the ranch of his partner, III New Mexico oe-
clsred that he had disposed Of his holdings IN
wheat: many fortunes we're lost IN stump on
sba chicago Board Of Trade Secretary
Wilson declared that the stock of wheat in the
country sufficient for all needs - MANY .
line ssfFcers of the navy oppose the seIectlon OF
Rear Admiral Goodrich as inspector OF navy
wards - The American Philosophical So
ciety. in session al Philadelphia urged gov
ernment expedition 10 the Antarctic continent
70 establish the priority of American discovery
The Senate Judiciary Committee reported
the amendments TO the Public Service conmls-
sions law and the consolidated railroad law as
II passed the Assembly - A breach was
made in the ice jam IN the Niagara River by
the use OF dynamite. and the situation was de-
cIsred to be less dangerous. - u was SAID at
Albany that defects had been found in the
foundation of the new s4,o0ooo0 state educa-
tional building.
CTTY-Stocls were higher and more active.
- Receiver Russell told two hundred cred
itors OF Ennis & Stoppani about the assets OF
the bankrupt firm - Customs ofnclals are
keeping sharp lookout for trunks containing
sss 0aA of gowns smuggled by persons whose
attorneys made offer for immunity --
Two more jurors. making seven in all, were Sc
lected 10 try Captain Peter C Hams. j. In
ffcted for the murder of William +. Annis-
Accusations Of padding expense accounts were
made public against clerks IN the Court Of Spe-
cisl Sessions in the report Of Assistant District
sold lot in elst street. directly opposite his
own home. The Pennsylvania Railroad
bought back from Kuhn, Loeb & Co a large
part of its former holdings OF Norfolk & West
ern stock Herbert Parsons praised the
Finch election reform acts, but said they needed
10 be strengthened by the amendments proposed
by the Republican County Committee ~ An
Investigation was planned by the District At
torney's Office into the charges that graft was
contemplated in the extension OF Seventh ave
nue. soll7l,,xard A missionary to Turkey,
over here on a vacation. said rumors of massa-
cres were rife there March l. and that the
entire people would welcome the death of the
Sultan. = The Washington Square Associa-
tion protested against the proposed Hudson tun-
nei ii,e spur from the 9Th street station TO
Fourth avenue - The iron CRATES imported
nv Mrs Russell Sage 10 help refurnish the Gov
ernors' Room in the City Hall will not be ad-
nitted free Of duty, it was announced -
Plans were announced for meeting of artists
in Washington in May 10 consider forming a
national art federation.
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for to-day:
Fair. The temperature yesterday: Highest. 81
degrees; lowest. a.