New-York tribune., 1909-02-13
rHg NEWS THIS MORNING.

: = y-o-CcBrsE-The Senate was not in session
House: The Panama CaIaI cnS1g os1g+t ~ he
aa,seoiareG fv Mr. Lowering emo Mr.. Olcote 20 pe
she work Of blackraailers: exercises appropfiaee
20 Lincoln Day were held
= FoRETGN.-The Union Steamship CornpaLys n by
ssr4es~1er Penguin was wrecked on the New Zea-
land coast and sixty-seven OF the passengers
END crew are believed to have peTisheo- -
THE result Of the conferences between me Ills
fSieb an6 German statesmen at Berlin has peen
sshigrly Satisfactory the nations agreeing on
practiczlly ali important questions OF toredga eGsn
policy: King Edward and Queen Iexanora
sxea-+ed for London =- Mall advices from
4carsoss saw that three Of the i've American
glairus are acceptable 70 Venezuela. out tnat tne
l-efusal TO consider them separately may cause
ehe failure Of negotiations. - InyesugaIona
f the Russian army QuarterI11asters oear doo
shows irregularities amounting TO over S1,VOo,-
ic00 - The International naval conference
decided that cotton should be placed on inc
absolute non-contraoard list - Bills c@rry
ss-E eli oE0 900 for the defence Of Denmark were
introduced in the Folkething ny the goVernIneh|"
= ooNESTEC-President Roosevelt laid the
7ror:serstone Of the memorial building at the
Birthplace OF Ldncoln. nesr HodgenV1Ies hy.'
other speakers were Governor Wlllson eV-GoE eV-G
ernor Joseph w. Folk and Generals LANES p-alIs
Grant Wilson and Luke z Wright - Fnesl-
slent-elect Taft expressed approval OF the bli IN
Congress designed to make Senator Knox ehgl-
bic for Secretary OF State. - Mr. Ta1t was
Orleans, TO which one thousand tickets had peen
.eold. - The Navy Department at Mashlng t
1on was in wireless communication with the
IbartIeship feet of the Azores. - Baron
,Tekshira, the japanese Ambassador, expressed
a
frm friendship OF his country for the United
States. President woodrow Wilson OF
Princeton University was the chief speaker at
the Lincoln celebration at Chicago; Amoassa-
<5ors Bryce and Jusseranc- and w J. bryan
spoke at Springfield H.; Vice-Presioent fa1r-
banks spoke at Harrisburg Penn ana Vice
.H9resident-elect Sherman spoke at Pittsburg;
Governor Hughes made an address at Roches-
ser: I.sncoiu's birthday was appropriately OBJ
served IN New England; Senator Henry CABOT
ledge addresses the Massachusetts Legislature
at Boston; General George B. Loud. OF New
York was the Lincoln Day orator at exercises
held sn the Assembly Chamber IN Albany. ="
SIgnzce Paderswsld's new symphony had its first
performances By the Boston Symphony Orches-
ira, in Boston
6 CJTY-Lincoln exercises were held in many
public schools and national guard armories.
E. Booker T. Washington spoke at the Re
.roublican Club lincoln dinner. - Dr. Lyman
fAbbotf spoke on Lincoln at Cooper Union -
The New York Academy of Sciences celebrated
the Tooth anniversary Of the birth Of Charles
Darwin and the fftieth anniversary Of the pub
slfcatzon of THE Origin Of Species" g. The
Fire Island navy wireless station received q
message from the tender Yankton which is In
la6rance of the home coming bettleship fleet
Is Andrew Carnegie said that Congress was
incapable OF fixing q Just tariff schedule and
that q bipartisan commission OF experts was
the only solution ot the tariff problem.
TFzE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for to-day:
Rain. southwest winds The Temperature yes
serday: Highest &c degrees; lowest "a