New-York tribune., 1909-01-15
THE NEWS THIS MORNTNG.

CoNGPESs- Senate: Nr TiIlman spoke in
his own defence and in reply TO Attorney Gen
erai Bonaparte and Postmaster General Meyer
the postal savings bank bill was briehy dls-
cussed - House: resolution authorizing
the printing of two million copies OF the deoate
CT the Secret Service was laid on the taole-
FoREIGN-King Victor Emmanuel received
Rear Admiral Sperry in private audience ana
expressed admiration at the slobe enclrcllIs
trip of the American feet and gratitude Tor
what Americans had done for the earthquake
sufferers Duke Pompeo Litta, of Lom-
bardy has offered land in Florida for the use
Of Eve thousand survivors of the earthquake
Two hundred and forty men were en-
tombed by explosions in coal mine al Nesz-
rrirl Hungary - Two American battieshlps
reached Malta the Illinois being ordered to
Messina - The rate of discount of the Bank
OF England was raised from PA to per cent
- Twenty persons were injured, some
seriously, in accident on the Grand trunk
Railway near Guelph. Ont - Senior Paul.
Venezuela's specia! envoy. said in Paris that ne
would make a continuous cable between La
&.Guayra and Martinique condition OF the settle
ktnent of the controversy with the French cable
tI-onpany - Tice-Admiral Rojestvensky died
= in st. Petersburg
DOMESTIC.-The American Forestry Asso-
citation. in session at Washington, unanimously
elected officers, Ex-Governor Guild OF Massa-
chusetts being chosen president :" Ben.
jamin F Shivey. of Indiana was elected United
States Senator by the Democrats Of the Legs s.
-fature the twentieth ballot, defeating John
W Kern who issued statement alleging
treachery through the secret ballot - Dr.
II Biggar John D. Rockefeller's Cleveland ply
sician said that Mr. Rockefeller would live to
be one hundred years old - slight fire in
West Morely Court. an exclusive private dor
rnitory connected with Harvard University.
caused considerable excitement but little dam
age - Chairman Wilcox Of the Public Ser
vice Commission. 1st District. and Chairman
Stevens of the upstate commission held con-
ference in Albany - Miss Pauline Mackay
and Bruce d Smith. well known tennis players,
were married in Boston. - Louis w Hill.
brother of ]. ]. Hill, was appointed member
of the Minnesota Highway Commission.
CITY.-Stocks' values improved. - The
Hatns murder case went to the jury - The
Public Service Commission report for 1908
showed that 1900, 900 900 passengers were car
ried by transportation lines and that $4,000, 600
was spent for gas and electricity. - Officials
Of the Standard Oil Company testified in the
governments suit that the pipe lines were
crowded to capacity by the company's business.
- Clarence NJ. Cohen, of the firm Of Cohen,
Greene g. Co, was expelled from the Stock Ex-
change for a "misstatenent' to the committee
on admissions eight years ago - The Ma
tionai League for Industrial Education was or
gsrized and will urge Congress TO make appro-
priations for the several states to establish
special courses in normal schools - Archer
NJ Huntington bought plot Of land in 155th
street adjoining the museums Of the Hispanfc
Society and the Nunismstic Society.
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for to- day:
Pain The temperature yesterday Highest, "a
6eFreex- lowest %