New-York tribune., 1909-05-27
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESS SS-Senate: The sugar schedule OF
che tariff bill was discussed, Senators dcf,heiy,
BURROWS and Smoot favoring retention oil 1utre9 G
and Senator Bristow urging nlateTlal reuuctioiS
= The House was not in session.
FOREIGN.-The Council of the Sorbonne IN
Paris conferred upon Andrew Carnegie a medai
in recognition of his founding the Curle schoIar,
,ships. it was announced that Mr.. Carnegie had
trracticaIy completed his gift OF Sl.V00oO @ Ior
? French hero fund. - The Turkish military
authorities are considering the removal OF the
mace of residence of the former Sultan from
Salonica to an island in the Mediterranean
Zeppelin II, the dirigible balloon @ whicn
IS to replace the one destroyed recently, had
successful trial at Friedrichshafen. - EX-
President Roosevelt and his party returned 10
Nairobi; after few days Of dinners and recep-
fions he will leave for the Sotik district WheTe
he viii hunt until the end Of July.
DOMESTIC-1Ir Taft reiterated his friend
ship for the negro in an address at the com
.nencement exercises Of Howard University
- President Taft accepted the resignation OF
8 Y. d. North Director Of the Census ana
appointed E. D. Durand to succeed him. -
Robert J. Wynne resigned as Consul General at
London, and John l. Grifhths, Consul at Liver
7,ool, was appointed to succeed hlm
congressman William Lorimer was elected
United States Senator I'LL the vacancy caused
llv the expiration of the term Of Albert J. hop
kils of Illinois. breaking a four months dead
lock a slight earthquake was felt IN In
diana. illinois, Wisconsin. Michigan Iowa ana
nearby territory; one was injured, although
dishes were ratified from shelves and minor
damage was done. - After day of confer
snces between Commissioner NellL Governor
smith and the Georgia Railroad officials and
their employees a settlement of the strike
seemed remote ever - Governor
Hughes signed the Travis Robinson bill de-
signed to permit the building of ADDITIONAL sub
ways in New York City by private capital pub
lie funds or by assessments on the property
benefited: the measure authorizes the city 10
take over any new subways built by private
interests - A defalcation in the office Of
the Trea surer OF Erie County was announced
at Buffalo; il was said II might reach 100000.
- The Rev. Samuel A. Eliot was reelected
president Of the American Unitarian Association
at the meeting in Boston
CITY-Stocks were dull and lower. -
District Attorney Jerome answered his critics
at Cooper Union. --= The Improvement in the
Frie's finances caused the directors to abandon
the plan Of issuing the $50, 600 600 bonds AL
thorized by the Public Service Commission
Members or tie New York Cotton EX-
change denied charges that their contracts were
unfair to the producers and spinners Of cotton
- Gustav Il SchNab appointed sub-com-
rnittees of tie Committee of Nineteen. =
The Mayor approved the transfer Of certain
city officers from the exempt into the comPeti-
tive class - J. H. Moffett was slated 10
succeed II. II. Rogers as a Vice-presldent or
the Standard OIL Company OF New Jersey -
II was said the long warfare between the Hill
and Hartman interests in the Pacific North
west had been ended =-- Officers Of the Con-
solidated Stock Exchange said that the New
York Stock Exchange was trying to enforce
boycott against the little board and that the
latter would make reprsals = The Penn
syivania Sugar Refining Company again
brought 70 trial fits suit against the American
Sugar Refining Company for S30.01o0oo. ==
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-day:
Partly cloudy The temperature yesterday:
: Highest IS degrees: lowest. -