New-York tribune., 1909-02-25
sTHE NEWS THIS MORNING.

C-nNGRFSS-Senate The agricultural ap-
r1rorriation bill was under discussion througilout ~
the session. - House: Senate amendments 10
ere legislative hill increasing the salaries OF
the President. the Vice-President, the SPedher
and other officials. and creating an Onder seer seer
tarv and Fourth Assistant Secretary OF SlaIe'
were rejected
FoREIGN-Pessimisn is expressed in Russia
regarding the outcome Of the difficulty oetWeeh
Austria and Servia; q more hopeful view OF the
sif,Sfion. is taken in other European capltalS
and in London. - Thirty suffragetueS. Among
them several women Of social promlnen3ce, %ete W.
arrested for attempts to force theillSe!neS IN NJ
the presence of Premier Asquith =- Ten per
sons were killed and seventeen .lurt by the SIP
ming of z gangUay between the WharI ana UIe
t-tesr1 Kaiserin AugusIe Victoria at HamDuIs x
Prince Casirnir Sapieha- -hodenshl OF d
rn+ed Austrian line. heir 10 great estates IN
Gslicia was drowned by boat capslzlng Oh
Teneriffe ~ The Russian government mas
taken steps 10 prevent railway oflclais on the
line west of Harbin from using violence toward
Chinese who have refused to pay taxes -
The aerodrome Silver Dart made filght OF @ iour
and half miles al Ba6deck. y s; the machlhe
was slightly damaged in landing
DoMESTIC-In a biographical sketch OF
William H Taft. written by the President az
washington Mr. Roosevelt highly praises the
renewed violence in Hampton Roads after
slight cessation in the forenoon; launches from
the feet were imperled by the rough seas
Rear Admiral Samuel R. Franklin ire
tiradl died in Washington. == Women suffra-
Eists aIlo aItl-SuIIretslSts saIleilG d rs o
Albany the Hill-Toonbs resolution 10 remove
the word male from the constitution ~ Sen
stor-elect Root arrived in Albany from Hot
Springs Ark - II announced at Con-
cord y H. that Congressman Samuel w Nc
Call had declined 10 become president Of Dart
mouth College. Charges that COlOnei
Duncan B Cooper had defaulted while master
IN chancerv some twenty years ago TO the extent
Of over 100000 were made at the Carmack
murder trial in Nashville = II was per-
sistently reported in Pittsburg that graft in
dictments would be brought against eighty eight
members Of Councils
CITY-Stocks were strong. - President
elect Taft said he expected to announce the
name of his Secretary Of the Treasury to-day
- President Roosevelt attended the funeral
Carl Fischer-Hansen pleaded guilty an at
tempt TO hrihe a witness, and was sentenced TO
a years imprisonment == Justice Erlanger
announced that he would take action for the
disbarnent of Henry a. Rubino and give ex-
Justice Edward w Hatch. associated with him
IN the Washington Life case, an opportunity TO
be heard before taking their statements regard
ing the appointment OF receivers TO the Appel
late Division. -- il was announced that Mrs.
". K. Vanderbilt would devote s1,000,000 to
building four model tenements for poor con-
sunlptives. - There was a sharp recovery in
stocks from Tuesdays decline. Reading leading.
- The heavy fog iaterfered seriously with
ferry and train service, and prevented liners
leaving port coming in - Mrs Ben
Teal on trial for attempted subornation OF per-
Jury. was recommitted TO the Tombs.
Blackwells Island prisoner attempted TO escape
By, swimming TO the Long Island shore
THE wEATHER.-Indication for to-day:
Fair The temperature yesterday Highest, 54
degrees; lowest 90.