New-York tribune., 1909-05-25
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CoNGRESS-Senate. Mr.. NIcCumber's free
lumber amendment TO the tariff bill was de
feated by q vote of Sc TO % - House me
Philippine tariff bill passed, and the BID
amending the laws of Porto Rico was cor
sidered.
FoREIGN-Cecu H. Sargent and his wife
were convicted in Paris Of cruelty TO children
and, sentenced to two years and eleven months
respective, IN prison - Edward Sandford
e former New York man, committed suicide at
Versailles ~ A heavy earthshock occurred
at Messina, throwing down walls and causing
p panic among the people. - Six rloters
were killed at SAINT Eufemia IN an attack on
the barracks; the trouble was caused by aHsgs1
neglect in the distribution OF relief - Inc
Turkish Senate and Chamber Cf Deputies
almost unanimously voted confidence IN the
Ministry Bubonic plague has again ap-
peared in Caracas, and the authorities are plan
ming 10 prevent another epidemic. :" me
coal strike in Alberta and British Columbia has
been settled by the board of conclllalon, ooIl
sides having made concessions. ==. Mime.
Sernbrich has been Obliged TO cancel all engage
rnents owing to poor health
DoNESTIC.-John Hays Hammond declined
the post of Minister TO China, offered 10 him
b1, President Taft - The United States Su-
preme Court declared Sheriff Shipp and five
other residents OF Hamilton county I@eIh-' @
guilty OF contempt Tor cornoiTlIlg IN d con con
piracy TO lynch negro named Johnson in 1872
after an appeal had been granted by the court
- Commissioner OF Labor Nell IeIt W ASH
ington for Atlanta for the purpose Of conferrlng
with both sides in the Georgia Railroad strike;
no trains were over the lines during the
Chicago Board of Trade, new high level; there
Vras much excitement on the local exchange
where prices made further advances -
Three men were drowned when the tug Yale
was sunk by the steamer Western States in the
harbor at Buffalo - Governor Hughes
vetoed the Alt bill permitting bar in cOnnec-
tion with the New Theatre, on the ground that
its terms were general
CITY-Stocks were dull and irregular ==
An automobile belonging to Mrs J H Hanan,
wife of shoe manufacturer, burst into flame
In Broadway after collision, which had caused
the gasolere tank to explode. == Ten war
rants Tor violations of the Sunday law caused
apprehension the part OF COney Island
amusement men - An audience that filed
every seat in the Metropolitan opera House
witnessed the Lambs all-star gambol - The
valuable dramatic library collected by the late
Heinrich Conried and his theatrical properties
were sold TO the present lessee Of the Irving
Place Theatre == The United States Circuit
Court OF Appeals guaranteed Mrs Yerkes free
dom from annoyance in her home by the receiv-
er's agents. Controller Metz announced
that he would offer S40000o00 city bonds for
sale on June 8 - The United States Steel
Corporation sold 100000 Chicago. Lake Erie
& Eastern Railway Company bonds. == It
said that three directors would enter
the board OF the American Beet Sugar Com
pany- == A young woman music student tried
TO commit suicide. == II was reported that
the viii of II. H Rogers would be read to-day.
- The Municipal Democracy was organized.
Judge Lacombe postponed the sale of the
Metropolitan Street Railway Company under
foreclosure until November =- Representa-
tive Young. OF FTatbush said that there were no
more out and out free traders in Congress.
THE. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for to-day:
Fair. The temperature yesterday: Highest, 70
degrees; lowest 90