New-York tribune., 1909-05-15
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESS Senate: The Committee on FL
nance was upheld again when an amendment
1o the tariff bill offered by Senator Cum1nlls
TO lower the duty on round iron, was defeated
by a vote OF 30 to A; Senator Root spoke IN
tdefence of the Finance Committee. and MI.
Money resented what he called a lecture 10 the
sEenate saying that if Mr.. Root desired less
speaking he should do less of Il himself" =-
The House was not in session
FOREIGN.-The French state employees who
are on strike appealed for support to the labor
unions whose leaders promised aid the work
men. however, seem reluctant TO begin a SYM
pathetic strike -= Leading bankers and nler-
chants in London have protested against provi-
Eions in the budget recently introduced. ==
"A dispatch from Constantinople says that mar
fial law NAV be continued in the capital for
months. Kermit Roosevelt, dispatch
from Nairobi said. recently spent night alone
IN the jungle after losing the bearings of the
camp at Machakos the party has reached Ju ia
ranch - A hill removing Catholic disabilities
passed its second reading in the House of Com
mons The Italian Ministry Of Marine has
decided TO build four Dreadnoughts and also
scout cruisers, the cost being estimated at SS2'
100000 - -Four persons We're Killed IN an
automobile accident near Liege, Belgium. ~
The German Emperor and Empress received n
hearty welcome on their arrival at Vienna;
cordial speeches were exchanged at a state
dinner.
D0MESTIC-President Taft nominated Lieu
tenant Commander Hutch / Cone TO be chief of
the bureau Of steam engineering IN the Navy
Department The President created
board to supervise purchases of supplies for The
government. - Dr. Osler, Speaker cannon
and Ambassador Bryce spoke at the National
tuberculosis Convention in Washington. -
The five defendants in the IuTpentne trust
cases were sentenced at Savannah, Ga; jail SEN
fences were imposed in two cases - JACOB
Riis was elected honorary president OF the Play
ground Association Of America. in session at
Pittsburg - The State Civil Service Com
mission appointed Harold y. Saxton as chief
examiner. TO succeed Charles s. Fowler. who re
signed in March TO accept the poslLlon OF sec
ond Deputy State Superintendent Of Insurance.
- Governor Hughes at Albany gave hearings
on several bills. including those Of AIr. Foley
Sorbidding corporations 10 practise law; Mr..
Sargent, 10 prevent the incorporation or com
panes 70 practise law: Senator CRAZY amend
ing the tenement house law, and Senator Grat~
tan. permitting the issuance OF life insurance
policies to labor unions and other organizations
e. sneciaI rates - The National Episcopal
congress closed its sessions at Boston the list
of speakers included Bishop William FrosYVell
Doane Of Albany: Canon H Hensley Henson Of
London. and the Rev. DrS William X. Huntlng-
ton OF New York: Henry H Oberly. Of Eliza
beth y ]: William r. FsbeT. Of Detroit, and
Joseph G. H. Barry. dean Of Nashotah Theology
cal Seminary. Wisconsin.
(~TTY-Stocks recovered after sharp declines.
- Navor Mcclellan removed Ernest Y. Gal
and named Henry c. Buncke for his place - "
Mayor Mcclellan vetoed the teachers equal pay
hill hut announced that he would appoint A
commission To investigate the question OF sala-
ries - Five children were drowned durins
the storm on the Hackensack River == The
Appellate Division affirmed the order of Justice
Trlsnger sustaining the report Of General Tracy
in determining the debt limit =- Secretary
AacNeagh warned politicians tnat ne would NOT
encourage interference with Collector Loebs
1olicv in the Custom House. == PoolroOms
did not open throughout the city expected,
Igrincipally. il was said. because they could not
get prompt results. The FTiarS' festival
at the New York Theatre netted $1,000 TO the
organization. == F. Augustus Heinze was in
octed for misappropriaIing S2.225.0Oo Of the
funds Of the Mercantile National Bank. ==
The Public Service Commission ordered that all
subway express trains be equipped with side
doors. =@= Jacob Rupert. ir.. said that he be
EeVed the West and South would soon give up
prohibition == Three former assistant weigh
ers Of the Custom House and three members Of
importing firms were held the charge of
spiracy to defraud the government == The
Shuberts allied themselves with the Western
Theatre Managers Association. opening 115
houses 10 their attractions in the West
THE Indications for to-day:
Showers. The temp perature yesterday: Highest
So degrees. lowest, g.