New-York tribune., 1909-05-16
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CoNGRESS.-Senate: Duties on eight or ten
classes OF wire goods contained in The steel
schedule Of the tariff bill were lowered on mo mo
tion Of Senator Aldrich = The House was
not IN session.
FoRETGN.-The strike Of French state en-
ployes is regarded a practical failure, but
The Tribune's correspondent Ia Paris REGARDS
much more serious the attempt TO oFefttIo"
the parliamentary system. - The Tribune
correspondent in London says that opposition
70 the budget proposals is increasing, ana tnat
sweeping concessions may be made in the final
measure. - Sir Francis Laking has an
nounced his satisfaction with the Doig treat
rnent Of consumption applied to a recent
rasa 7,nder his ohserVa ton - Two thousand
Russian troops, with two companies OF sappers'
have started from Tifiis 10 reinforce the Rus
SLAMS in Persia; conditions at truman are sald
10 he alarming Theodore Roosevelt, who
is at the Ju ia ranch of George Mcmillan, be
gan a series of articles describing ms au-
ventures. Representatives of British Ger
man and French bankers met tn Berlin and ar
ranged a settlement Of pending controversies
concerning Chinese railroad concessions -
DR.. and Mrs. William Hunter workman re
turned 20 Paris after exciting adventures IN
Turkestan. - japanese army oflcer pat
Snted airship destroyer.
DoMESTTC-Presldent Taft wrote a sharp
letter to Governor Stubs Of Kansas Tevokins
the appointment of Robert Stone a personal
friend OF the Governor, TO q place in the AttoT-
neg Generals office, and declared that he would
not permit himself TO be used by any faction Cor
the promotion Of its political fortunes -
Governor Hughes at Albany signed the bill OF
law so as TO lessen its rig!dity; other measures
were approved. - The cruiser New York
snmed active service after being completely
oVe-hauled and with a speed OF tWenty-One
knots - A man and woman were found lv-
ing in cave Rear Georgiaville, r / == The
balloons North Adams No. ] and Massachusetts
made sscents respectively at North Adams aad
sf0ittsfield. Mass - According to d Chicago
report last week established a record in orders
FOR railway equipment, chiefly cars and steel
rails, the value aggregatng many millions Of
dollars. - Sixty persons were reported in
.sured in four railroad wrecks IN Missouri. South
Vulcan. the second Of three vessels OF similar
type under construction by the Maryland Steel
company, was launched al Sparrows Point.
CTTY-Stocks were irregular at small final
changes. - Mayor Mcclellan vetoed the
Eleventh avenue track removal bill. -= The
dropping OF the Coler inquiry expected
"a sequel 70 the dismissal OF Ernest Y Gallaher,
was officially opened for the season. -= Dis
ftrict Attorney Jerome announced that he would
mot be q candidate for Mayor this fall under
i6ny circumstances An American who
witnessed the lighting in Constantiaople praised
1.-THE coolness OF the Salonican and Macedonian
troops. - Rear Admiral Goodrich transferred
command Of the navy yard at Brooklyn 10 Cap
tain Murdock- - It was learned that the
Board Of Aldermen would not approve the pro-
posed increase in water rates for hOuseholders.
g Settlement children enacted scenes from
the life OF Robin Hood, under the trees in Jones
street, Greenwich Village == Before sailing
! Sor England DR.. Alexander Graham Bell said
that he believed his tetrahedral kite supe-
EzEne - President Morris OF the Republican
Club appointed the campaign committee In
charge Of the approaching mayoralty contest.
THE Observation-Disclosures tions for to-day:
Showers. The temperature yesterday: Highest,
O. degrees; lowest &C.