New-York tribune., 1909-03-24
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESS S-Senate; No session was held
- House: Mr. Payne occupied the entire
session. closing his speech in explanation OF the
tariff bill
British navy. and his party Of Antarctic ex.
plorers reached q point within III miles OF
the south Pole. the furthest point south yer
+ gained - Six thousand of the striking gov
eminent postal employees I'm Paris voted 10
--errlrn 70 work - Austria Hungary refused
TO accept the SerZ-ian note formulated by Slr
Edward Grey the British Foreign Minister
- The Venezuelan government sent warn
ing to its representative in Bordeaux. whence
Castro is to sail for South America. taaI the
President would be arrested II ne lahaeo IA
Venezuela - The budget committee of the
Reichstag decided to report the government
naval programme calling for three DreaoIoueilts
and one large cruiser.
DOMESTIC.-Attorney General Wickersha1n
announced the appointment Of Wade Il EIllS'
Of ohio as assistant &c the Attorney General
- The Ways and Means Committee comput-
ed that the Payne bin would increase the Gus
toms receipts by more than S1Lo0H.oeo -.
The resignation Of Henry !. Stlmson as Chlteu
States Attorney for the Southern District Of
New York vas accepted by the President. who
announced that he would nominate Henry A:
Wise rr e,Fceeed- him. - Governor Hughes at
Albany dismissed the charges filed with him
sgainst District Attorney William 7. Jerome or
New York City by William 2. King. represent
ing committee OF stockholders Of the Metro
politan Street Railway Company Of New York
the Governor declared that nothing had been
shown which furnished just ground for i'm
reaching the good faith OF the District Attorney,
and that he IS entitled to be considered inno-
cent until proved guilty == Governor Hughes
signed the bill of Senator T. D. Sullivan, desig-
mating October u legal holiday. TO he
known as Columbus Day. = Legislative
hearings were held in Albany on certain chap
ters Of the proposed New York City charter.
the bills for an academy Of art in Central Park
and the Davis Lee anti-vivisection measures
CITY-Stocks were weak - Ex- President
Roosevelt sailed on the steamship Hamburg on
his trip 70 Africa - Chief Clerk Culkin, Of
the Court Of Special Sessions was arrested on a
charge OF grand larceny. == The Board OF
Aldermen refused 10 appropriate $4,000 for a
Secret Service police fund at Commissioner
BinghaTn's suggestion. - Local traction Sc
curities showed extreme weakness on a decision
Of the United States Court that the Central
Trust Company entitled TO a decree Of fore
closure against The Third Avenue Railroad Com
pany ~ Interborough officials said they were
opposed to the side door cars in tie subway,
which the Public Service Commission has pro-
rlourced a success The entire bard of
directors Of the Corn Products Refining Com
pany was reelected. - An inspector at the
New York Life election testified for the state in
the Scrugham trial - George CheeVer. said
TO be q graduate Of Andover and former Yale
student. was arrested for forgery. ~ Will
IAN Reddy was arrested in Brooklyn, charged
Park Commissioner Smith complained of
the scauty appropriation allowed him for feed
for the DEPARTMENTS horses. - Miss W1nnl
fred Holt described work done for the blind of
this city. Suits aggregating 100000 were
brought against the city by contractors 10 re-
esver for removing snow last winter.
- THE Observation-Disclosures for to-day:
Cloudy and warmer. The temperature yester-
day: Highest, z6 degrees; lowest, 90