New-York tribune., 1909-06-04
THE NEWS THIS MORNTNG.

CONGRESS- Senate. There was 4 sharp
clash between Senators Aldrich and stone oNHf
the wage statement furnished BY the German
government. the first night session for consld-
GRAFTON Of the tariff bill was held =-- House
After trying for three-quarterS OF an l- nouI -
obtain a quorum without success. adJouInnleHt
was taken until Monday, Nr- PAYNE serVlne
notice that II a quorum should not De pIeseIi.
then be would move that the sergeant nt-at-arfhS
bring in absentees.
FOREIGN-Ex President Roosevelt and his
party reached Kijabe III British East AFRICA. on
their way TO the Sotik district -- I9r- Iheo-
dor Rsrfh one Of the leading radicals in the
German Reichs1ag, died in Baden Ba0eh-
NcSiu University. OF Montreal conferred ue
grees on Secretary Wilson OF the DFEd llIltI' oh
Agriculture. Clifford PinchOt. United states
Forester. and James Earl Russell. dean OF
Teachers COLLEGE this city. Secret trials
Of ajrshfps and aeropianes in Japan. il was re
19orred have shown that they can carry guns
and heavy loads - More than tour hu1uIeu
additional American huts were turned over tor
the earthquake sufferers at Messina. ana Fre-
rnier Giolitti took occasion again 10 express lIe
thanks Of the Italian government 10 Ihe CIlteu @
States. - The vital statistics for france ior
1868 showed an increase Of births over dealnS'
as against an excess in 1907 OF deaths over
births. 60 Several earthquakes We're leIL i III
Portugal and walls collapsed. but no casualties
were reported.
DONESTIC-In the face Of continued rioting
# was predicted that political setIenent !
would bring victory TO the striking coaGUcIots
and motormen of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit
Company - A general strike OF rnachlnlsts
was ordered in all the shops Of the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad system; the response was not
general - In an interview at PittsbuTg h Z
Prick predicted that unless wealthy men OF that
city showed more public spirit Gary would sup
plant il industrial centre == ABOUT
eight hundred electrical workers went on strike
IN Boston demanding an increase IN wages
and SATURDAY. half-hoiidays for five months.
The appeal in the case Of James Farmer,
husband OF Mrs. Mary Farmer. who was exc
cuted in Auburn Prison on March % for toe
murder Of Sarah Brennan, Of BrOwnville, Jeffer-
son County, was argued before the Court OF
Appeals at Albany. - Ihe strike OF con-
ductors and rnotormen Of the Pittsfeld tMassD
Street Railway Company was settled. the en-
Tloyes winning their principal den ands
CITY-Stocks were strong and active -
The Mayors legal adviser heard the testimony
of twelve police witnesses in connection with
Judge Gaynor's charges that the police had
-'mugged" and bounded young George Duffy, OF
Brooklyn - State Chairman IlTnothy l.
Woodruff declared that he favored fusion Of the
Republicans with the non-partsan forces on
condition that Republican should be nonlinat-
ed for Mayor == In the renewal of the Dudley
suit for 4 receiver for the United States Express
Company. ex-senator Platt denied that he was
mentally incapaclJated. and SAID the charges
throughout We're malicious and false --=
Nearly 100000 shares of stock were dealt in
on the Stock Exchange, comprising 12l issues
- The French syndicate planned TO list only
one hundred thousand shares OF steel common
on the Paris Bourse for the present == Five
Of the ousted directors OF the United Copper
Company. after examinaing the records ad-
nittAd that they had been depOsed legally -
The Public Service Commission asked the Board
Of Estimate for Sl500,00O 10 lengthen the express
and local stations in the subway. == Four
Russian StoWavva Tvs. said 10 be students Of the
University of Moscow. were imprisoned aboard
z Russian steamer at her dock in Brooklyn.
THE EATHER-Indications for to-day
Showers The temperature yesterday: Highest,
- degrees: lowest. s..