New-York tribune., 1909-02-09
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESS-A message urging that ocean
going passenger vessels he equipped with WIRE
less telegraph apparatus vas received from .a el.e
4ion and the nomination Of Dr. Crnm were II gIs-
cussed ia executive session =" house: me
cay was devoted 10 District of Columbia busl-
ness.
FOREIGN-Gerrnan newspapers express little
hope that the visit of the King and queen OF
England who viii reach Berlin to-day, VIII ac-
cornpIish a notable change in the teeLhg De
tween the two nations. - It was reported
Sror, london that the Cabinet had agreed on a
naval policy which includes the construction
~ sir Tlresdnougbts - CatulIe Mendes, the
poet and novelist, was killed by train near ms
home at Saint German; Ernest AIe1anQre
Honore Couuelin, shocked by the news or ms
brothers death on January p, died at SuresneS-
Wireless messages received AT Funchal'
Madeira. from the American battleship meet
reported that the warships had covered SIX
hundred miles OF their homeward journey at 4
O'Clock yesterday afternoon and that all on
board were well. - A 140-horsepoWer auto
mobile, driven by w K Vanderbilt, Jr, was IN
collision with another car at Nice; both ma
chimes were wrecked but the occupants escaped
sDi,rv - Reports Of the serious illness Of
King Menelek of Abyssinia were officially de-
MED == French German, Italian, English ana
Spanish steamship companies have reached an
agreement on rates between Mediterranean and
Anericsn ports The Socialist party in
Glasgow. Is attempting 10 induce George Bernard
shaw 10 run for Parliament to succeed the late
Sir Andrew Mitchell Torrance
DGMESTIC.-PresidentR Roosevelt sent a tele-
gram 20 Speaker Stanton OF the California AS
SeD3bfE, protesting against tne passage OF
Japanese bills. ~ The appeal in the certiorari
proceedings brought by the Metropolitan Street
hallway receivers against the Public Service
Commission came up before the Court OF Ap-
zeaIs al Albany. Mrs. Georgia E. Sampson
was indicted at Lyons. y. Y, the Indictment
charging the murder of her husband, Harry
Sau1pscn At Baliston y. L, lawyers
effected a settlement in a suit brought by a
coachnan against Miss Lillian Russell for dam
sKes received in an automobile accident. -
The 5eposed president OF the George Junior Re
public was arraigned at Ithaca, N Y, charged
with obtaining goods under false pretences.
CTTY-Stocks were dull and strong. -
Charles p. Cseiseahainer- Of former Con-
sressman Jacob a Geisenhainer, was held on a
-ania made four records on her Eastern trip
- William Nelson Cromwell testified before
the federal grand jury that is investigating the
Panama Canal charges. =-- II was announced
that the big leak in Drydocik No. at the Brook
lvn ravy yard had been stopped and the dock
placed n commission again. =- H p. Maxim
demonstrated and explained the working Of his
device for siencing the reports Of rifles. ==
The young Brazilian who attacked Professor
Charles A Strong on the Barbarossa kept
under observation At Ellis Island. == Keyran
J o'Connor. Assistant District Attorney. was
appointed city magistrate. 10 succeed Otto H.
Droege. The special committee Of the
Cotton Exchange recommended special form
OF contract 5n addition to the general form for
use In future deliveries Of the staple
THE wEATHER-Indications for to-day:
Rsin or snow in afternoon night The tenn
sarature yesterday: Highest. 45 degrees; low
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