New-York tribune., 1909-04-03
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESS Senate was not N session
House: Debate on the tarln nlil co!ltlhuee @
the chief feature being speech by MT De
Leon. Philippine Commissioner, against Tree
trade with the islands
FoREIGN-Count Zeppelin left Munich in his
airship at 8 80 2. m. ard arrived at FTiedrlcns-
hafen at O'Clock: great crowds welcomed MN MN
there and at Munich. - Sergeant Cortes anu
his son Vicente were sentenced To death by d
court martial at Havana for the recent reNolI'
IT is believed that the sentences VIII be re re
rnirted Ex-President Roosevelt was
warmly welcomed at Gibraltar; bad weather
may delay the Hamburg 50 that the party VIII
have only a few hours at Naples before the
S+ear, Adroiral sails The North German
LLOYD annual report, & dispatch from Bremen
saws shows q heavy decrease in earnings :"
Prince Albert the heir preSunlptYe OF Belgium,
has started for the Congo: King Leopold is said
70 be opposed to the trip - The condition OF
Marion era wford was reported improved =
Many cases OF bubOnic plague and yelE-fE fever
were reported from Guayaquh IN Marcn-
DOMESTIC Senator Aldrich has devised
substitute for the maximum and minimum
feature OF the Payne tariff bill which is under
stood 10 have the approval OF President Taft
Opponents of Governor Bughess direct
nom frations bill gained an advantage by getting
on the Judiciary Committee IN place oI
Hughes adheTent an ASSemblyndn opposed 10
his measures. == Needing protests Of Gov
ernor Draper OF Massachusetts,, the Mayor Of
Boston. and dignitaries of the Protestant and
Catholic churches, oscar Hammerstein gave up
the production Of -'sSalone' in Boston ==
Daniel J. Suly, at Atlanta, announced plan
houses in the South. ~ It was reported at
Baltimore that the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
was planning to spend about S1oO00.000 for
new equipment. The EiTginian Railway,
constructed by II. H. Rogers from Norfolk, Va.
10 DeepWater, W. Va, was opened == The
first strike in the anthracite region since the
expiration of the three-year agreement occurred
near Wilkes Barre. Penn == Wheat prices
reached a new high mark for the season in Chi
cago the May option advancing TO 81 p a
bushel - Charles c. Mellor, a lifelong friend
of Andrew Carnegie and a trustee of the Car
negie Institute, died at Pittsburg-
CITY-Stock values down. = The Public
Service Commission indicated that it would
grant permission for the McAdOo tunnel system
extension TO the Grand Central Station. -
Two brokers were arrested on charges Of using
the malls TO 6efraud and grand larceny. -
Dr.. Burnside Foster. OF St. Paul, MINI, told the
Association OF Life Insurance Presidents that If
they would have policyholders re-eXamined they
would extend the average lives Of pOlicyhoders
five years. - The jury in the case of Frank
lin. Scott & Co gave a verdict in full against
Cyrus Field JudsOn Joseph H. Hoadley and
tiffs' attorney. that they had placed no credenca
in the so-called bribery testimony - The
National Highway Protective Association de-
cided TO prosecute reckless drivers of automo-
biles. President Hepburn Of the Chase Ma
tional Bank returned from a trip TO Mexico.
- The Harlem Civic Club and the 18th AS
senbly District Club came out in favor of the
Sunday opening excise bill == 1t was said
that Ex-Governor Odell one of the receivers
for contracting firm. would be in actual charge
Of section OF the aqueduct work. -= II
announced that about thousand agents of
the New York Life Insurance Company would
be dropped
THE WEATHER-Indications for to-day:
Occasional showers. The temperature yester-
day: Highest, So degrees; lowest, a..