New-York tribune., 1909-02-16
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESS SS-Senate: Nearly all of the session
was devoted TO consideration of the naval ap
preparation bill -- House: Inc ni.
the salary Of the Secretary Of State, 10 ~ ~opNIaIe
the constitutional bar 20 the service OF senator
Knox IN shat capacity. ana the separate State
hood bill were passed
FORFIGN-Three hundred persons were
burned 10 death in the destruction of the me
atre Flores at Acapulco; several Americans MeIS
.r,one fhe victims Seven more cases OF
women stabbed in Rsrlin were reported making
the total twenty: the police have not been ~ aple
10 hnd the criminal. -= Henry Nlsnauu, S. S.
-r+srr of the American Embassy at Paris. has
handed in his resignation, to take erect on
March !: leading Americans have subscribed
$50 600 for his support. - Thirty men were
Drowned In the collision of a unknown sailing
vessel and the Belgian steamer Australla- near
GIBRALTAR - The governments Of Ontario
Quebec ard New Brunswick oppose the nsherles
section of the international waterways treaty
as being an invasion Of their rights. -- lNo-
cent postage between the United STATES anu
Newfoundland viii so into effect on March i
0NESTIC-President- elect William H
Taft and Mrs. Taft left Cincinnati for Washing
ton: Mr.. Taft made no speeches on the way, but
worked his inaugural address - Me-
mortal exercises in honor of those killed when
the baftieship Maine sank were hello IN WASH
inr=on -= Many persons are already arriving
at places Hampton Roads awaiting the ar
rival Of the Atlantic feet. - The eighteen
hour train bound from Chicago 10 New York on
the Pennsylvania Railroad was dltcheo near
Altoona; only one person. baggageman. was
hurt -= Governor Hughes sent to the senate
al Albany the nomination of Robert Earl OF
The Assembly at Albany passed the Dill
appropriating 200 additional for the legis-
iative committee investigating New York city
finances ----= The Public Service Commission,
"a District, ordered that its action granting a
certificate OF convenience and necessity and per-
mission 10 begin construction by the New YORK
Westchester & Boston Railway have full force
end effect -- Miss Blanche Ensign, Of New
York coy7Inlitted suicide by jumping from an
apartment on the fifth floor Of d house in
Boston
C1TY.-Stocks were strong. -= Robert r.
Jordan. a picture ana antique dealer of No. 7e4
Lexington avenue. was shot down in his store,
Maurice Tannenholz a sevyeler who was shot
down IN October last, Witnessing the shooting
ice boy employed IN the Metropolitan Life In
surance Company building fatally stabbed
while some girls trying TO kiss him. -
-Four members OF alleged drug smuggling
syndicate were arrested. == After discus
sion OF the Public Service Commission order
granting the company's application for permis-
sion 10 issue $50. 600 600 bosds. it said the
The Mavor was informed by engineers OF
possible saving in the city's coal bill of from
S50O0oe 20 100000 annually. - II was
learned that many trust companies had reduced
the amount OF interest paid deposits. -
Battalion Chief Michael Graham died from his
injuries received at a Williamsburg FIRE -
The new municipal lodging house. IN East 25th
Frohulan praised the man 10 whom. IL is ru-
snored his wife VIII be married after she obtains
divorce. == II was announced that an ex-
detrimental train Of the new sidedoor subway
cars would be run to-day.
THE wEATHER.-Indicstions for to-day:
Snow The temperature yesterday: Highest, 43
degrees: lowest. IS