New-York tribune., 1909-02-21
III FOR THE BUSY MAN 5I

so {Rss ihaf lbey 5sa aqse%nf teg % Gt the a5 sehsu.,
'E1fth-Tne fixing of the rates Of Gutl- ~ bs -
on the imports from any foreign country 1--Si -.
the limits Of the maximum and 77f1ir7TrI W s
tabished by Congress r1nde- racfr-o~s ia Ses es-
ments negotiated by under the directio7 ~ -
our foreign trade by the mems g SI5oP o-s al and protect
MckInIey and authorized by Sections and 1 of
The convention urged Congress at the fo-,s-
coming special session to adopt revised tsrir~
suit?"
Bench warrants were. issued in Washington
following action hy a federal grand Jury. for
the arrest of Joseph Pulitzer caleb " Van Har1m
and Robert II. Lyman, # New York pro-
prietor and editors OF The New York yv,rl5, .,
ard Delavan smith and Charles r. Williams own
crs Of The Indiana polls News for criminal Iibel
in connection with the publication in those news
papers Of charges OF irregularities in the purchase
by the United States government CT the Panama
Canal property from the French owners Theo-
dore Roosevelt. William II Taft EIihu Root 7
Pierport Morgan. Charles ? Ta1r. Douglas Rob
inson and William Nelson Cromwell are named in
the indictments as the persons alleged to have been
viihed by the stories appearing in the two news
papers. It is expected that The World VIII fight
the case on the ground that they cannot be legally
summoned To WashingcOI 10 defend the suit
The New York State Senate confirmed the noEi-
nations of Robert Earl for Democratic member Of
the highway commission and William Horscs
Hotchkiss for Superintendent of Insurance.. Nr
Earl Immediately thereafter took the oath OF ONCE
Charles " Morse was allowed 10 leave the
TombS, accompanied by United States marshal
and TO spend a dav in transactins business. re-
turning TO the To1nbs at night Oscar Hammer
stein. following strong protests, decided t0 stop
producing -Salorne'' az his Philadelphia opera
house
Geronimo, the noted Apache chief. died Prom
Pneumonia at the Fort Sill Hospital He
ejghty-six years old.
The New York Central bought the S7uytsa
Duyvil and Port Morris Railroad. owned BY mem
bers OF the Vanderbilt family Wall Street took
this as an Indication that the Vanderbilts
gradually retiring from the railr-ad Seld n
spector Max SchmiJtberger was made chief inspac-
tor Of the New. York Police Department. succeed
ing Chief Inspector Cortright. Alfred G. Wander
biIt bought majority of the stock OF the Nationals
Horse Show Association. and viii handle the affairs
Of the association as q private iuvestment
The Cunard liner Maureta-la reached port after
establishing three new records fo- ocean travel
She covered the long course from Daunts Rock
light TO Ambrose Channel light in I days Il hours
and 50 minutes. she maintained throughout the Wy
age an average speed OF 152- knots and IN one day
made a run of SCI knots.
I. What was the news Of the foreign held?"
Between 30 and Go1 persons were burned 10 death
and many were injured in a fire which destroyed
the Flores Theatre. in the city Of Acapulco, Mex
ico. Grand Duke Vladimir AlsUa- lrovitch favor
ite uncle of the Czar. diaL in s. Pe-e-sbu-g Tns
violent earthquake recorded 5y sa-snographs tns
world over on January 81, and the location OF which
was unknown. was found 10 have occurred u
Western Persia Six thousand persons were 70
ported TO have perished-'