New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-05
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESS-Senate: The Canadian boundary
waters treaty was ratified and the Senate 40
5ourned without day; the Senate Of the 6lst
Congress was called TO order by Vice President
Sherman and members were sworn in ---
House: Unfinished business completed and
the House was declared adjourned without day
FOREIGN-Startling allegations concerning
the diseased condition Of some recent consign-
snents Of American beef were made In report
by Dr. Williams, Health Officer of the Port OF
London. - Il was TumOre0 in St Petersburg
that there had been 2 conflict between Russian
and Chinese troops near Hardin. but no confr-
NATION is possible The Foreign Office at
Paris was advised that Servia in her reply to
The Russian representations regarding settle
ment Of her controversy with Austria Hungary
over the annexation Of Bosnia and Herzegovina
expressed her willingness TO leave the protection
OF her interests TO the powers; she herselI VIII
make no claims --- A severe attack on ttan-
ceiior Won Bulow and a defence OF Emperor
William is contained in a book by Rudolf Mar
t3n. which will appear tomorrow. 1t was an
nounced in Berlin. == King Edward post
poned his departure from London for BiaTritZ,
owing to the gale prevailing over the Channel
DOMESTTC-Wiiam Howard Taft was in
Hugurated President OF the United States. and
James Schoelcraft Sherman, Nice-President, IN
the Senate chamber at Washington. == Ex-
President Roosevelt left Washington for oyster
Bay Long Island =- Many persons pound ioF
washington to attend the inauguration were
held up in trains delayed north of the capital
by ;he weather conditions and returned home
diSa ppOinted. - Senator Isaac Stephenson
was elected TO the United States Senate by the
Joint assembly Of the wisconsin Legislature on
Of I25 votes cast =- Ii was learned at Albany
that application had been made to the Public
Service Commission. I'd District, by the New
York. New Haven & Hartford Railroad Com
panE for consent for the purchase of the stock
Of the New York d Port Chester Railroad Com
panv and the New York. West Chester & Boston
Railway Company. now owned and controlled by
the MillbrOok Company. and also whatever re-
manning stock in the West Chester company
might be acquired from other parties. =
Sixty boys and fifteen girls. members of secret
organizations in the Auburn On. V High
School il was said, were ready to leave school
to-day rather than accept an edict Of the Board
OF Education abolishing secret societies. ==
The Court Of Appeals at Albany appointed Rich
ard NJ. Barber. OF Albany. clerk TO succeed the
late William II. Standard. - Or. Joseph W
Carr. professor of Gernlanic languages at the
University Of Maine died suddenly at Orono. Me.
II was announced at Newport. R l. that
Captain c. z. Vreelsnd. of the battleship Kan
sas. would become the chief intelligence officer
OF the navy.
CTTY-Stocks were dull and irregular =
The storm which swept the Northeast recalled
the blizzard Of March -. 1888. =-- There was
an interval when the city depended upon wire
less for news from Washington. - 1T was
recalled that three inaugurals in the last twenty
years had been marred by rain or snow ==
indictments for criminal libel in the Panama
case was returned by the United States jury
for this district against the Press Publishing
Company. which publishes THE World" and
CALEB NJ Van Hamm its managing editor. ==
The widow of Bishop Potter died unexpectedly.
--= The steam lighter Acme was rescued from
the shoal of Coney Island by the police boat
Petrol - A catalogue OF the property to be
sold for taxes on June was made public by
Controller Metz. = II was announced that
seroplanes would be sold in this city very soon
for $500 each. == A barge captain and his
wife were drowned when seven canaIboats
sunk of Staten Island docks. - The man
seeEnent Of the Corn Products Refining Company
out circulars To the stockholders asking
proxies for the election Of new directors. -=
Frank g Hollns committed suicide by nhalng
illuminating gas.
THE WEATHER.-1ndicatIons for to-day:
Fair The temperature yesterday Highest 80
degrees; lowest 2s.