New-York tribune., 1909-02-24
THE NEWS THIS MORyIyG.

CONGRESS- The Aldrich bill pro.
xidinE for a commission to consider the cases OF
the discharged negro soldiers was PasseS' sS 80 Ile
fortifcations bin and the diplomatic anu CDt III
sliar bin We're also passed - house- - ~
s71Ddrv civil bill considered. ana 1cuT oliieA
srrropriation measures were sent 10 CONFER
FOREIGN-Advices from ST. Petersburg say
that the recognition by Russia Of the mae
pendence OF Bulgaria is assured. and that tIleLe @
10 an5 Seryfa An order has been is
sued in Servia that no passports be lssueu -. 20
men whose age makes them aNallapIe IoL ID+
far,- service - The aerodrOule Silver Dart
covered half a mile at height of thirty feet
al Raddeck y S - Russia and England are
discussing n plan TO force the Shah to gIant
,oonstfrsltioual government by means OF threat
20 withdraw their support ana take steps 10 pIO-
49, tbeir interests. - Russian officials have
closed all Chinese stores and warehouses IN l tne
1,rintinaI towns on the railway west or harblh-
owing 10 the refusal Of the owners TO pay taxes
imposed by the railroad. - The railway me
which connects Bogota with the coast was
orened Two suffra gettes We're sent by
mail TO Premier Asquiths residence, where De
livery was refused and police drove the women women
avav The French tariff commission
sdonred an amendment restoring the old maxi
mum and minimum rates on all oils except cot
tcnseed which is 10 pay duty of - francs on
each 100 kilos.
DONESTIC-It was reported in Washington
that Franklin MacNeagh. CT Chicago would
probably be Mr.. Taft's choice for the Treasury
portfolio Bad weather continued IN
Hampton Roads. hut the fleet proceeded with
coaling and other routine work: Admiral Sperry
and 4 parIE OF orfCeTS were entertained III fNCtl-
rnona. - Judge Anderson, in Chicago. Quashed
the panel OF $50 veniremen IN the Standard OH
retral because Of the large percentage of farmers
thereon and ordered new panel for Thursday.
- Colonel Duncan Cooper spent almost the
entire iav on the stand in the Carmack murder
trial at Nashville. - The Supreme Court, at
Washington affirmed the verdict Of the Circuit
Court imposing a fine OF s10S000 on the New
York Central Railroad Company for granting
sugar rebates. - Federal Assistant District
Attorney Mcnamara was named at Washington
special assistant to the Attorney General in the
Panama Canal libel case. = Secretary Bacon
and Aylhsassa dor Won Bernstorf signed patent
agreement between the United States and Ger
many at Washington - Indications were
that the situation regarding the chances for
Governor Hughess direct nominations measure
would not be clear until the measure itself was
introduced in the Legislature
CITT-Stock prices broke. - President
elect TAFT snake at meeting in Carnegie Hall
sn the interest Of Hampton Institute. -
formal statement issued by President-elect Taft
eliminated Ex-Governor Herrick, OF Ohio,
possible Secretary Of the Treasury. - Miss
Sylvia Green, daughter Of Mrs. Hetty Green.
was married al Morristown TO Matthew Astor
Wilks- - Conditions in the steel market were
exrected 20 continue bad until the tariff oues-
fion was settled. - The Continuous Transit
Securities Company asked the Public Service
Commission advertise for proposals for NOV
fnE platform routes - A statement accusing
Fischer Hansen. made by Tony Macaluso, was
read 10 the jury hearing the bribery charges
THE WEATHER-Indicatons for to-day:
Rain and warmer. The temperature yesterday:
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