New-York tribune., 1910-06-08
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESS. railroad bin was
sent 10 conference by both branches and
consideration Of the postal savings bank
hill was begun I'm the House. == In the
senate FIVE hours were occupied in con-
s;deration IF the public land Withdrawal
till
TOREIGN.-An earthquake of great
intensity killed many persons and caused
much damage in Southern Italy. -=
E-x- President Roosevelt delivered the
RoInaneS lecture at the University OF
oxford and the university conferred
upon him the degree Of Doctor OF civil
Law $500 The Mexican government dis
patched Gunboats and troops against the
Maya Indians in revolt in 1ucatan
= General Estrada. the Nicaraguan
insurgent chief. appealed 10 the Carriage
CclI!t Of Justice to obtain from Presi-
cent Madriz q reply to Estrada's media
ton offer. == Herr Hoffman. speaking
Tor the Socialists in the PTuSSian Diet
criticised the Kaiser's manner of living
and declared that the chief of state
should be elected An anti
.laranese uprising is said 10 be plotted
jH North Cores. == The Royal Aero
club. At London. presented its gold medal
fo The Hon. Charles Stewart Rolls. who
Teceu1iy made a round trip flight over
tho English Channel. =- General Sir
William Francis Butler died in London.
T.
Rhite House. in which President Taft
and Presidents NCCrea Of the Pennsyl-
Nania Railroad. Brown Of the New York
Central and Finley of the Southern took
part. resulted in an agreement by all the
railroad compan represented To defer
increases in rates until the Interstate
commerce Commission can pass on their
reasonableneSS under the new rate law.
-- Formal charges against Senator
William Loriner. 'of Illinois. were laid
Il. ], - l1a-cr
Htor Cullorn. and were referred without
comment TO the Committee on Privileges
and Elections. Dr. Z. J. Black, who
opposed Representative John Dalzell in
fhe recent Pennsylvania primaries, filed
a contest of the election in Plttsburg.
Professor Goldwin Smith died at
his home in Toronto Ont. @= Presi-
dent Ernest + Nichols of Dartmouth
College announced two gifts to the inSti-
tuition. one Of $4,000 from Mrs. Jane
Eastman, Of Manchester. y. H. and the
other of $4,000 from eX-Judge Horace
Russell. of New York City. == Chan
ceIlor James r. Day Of Syracuse Uni
versity in a report to the trustees OF
the institution arraigned Republican in
sl1rgents and the administration of the
Carnegie Foundation Fund. = The
Court Of Appeals granted new trial in
suit bv firm OF cotton brokers against
e telegraph company on the ground that
the question as TO whether the order
had not been submitted to the jury.
CITY-Stocks were strong and active.
Railroad leaders generally eX-
pressed satisfaction with the compro-
mise in the rate fight with the especial
execution Of the AtchiSOnS president and
william Rockefeller. = Richard Parr
his claim having been approved by At
tornev General WiCkersham, viii receive
= moiety. possibly $3.50 000. for his dis
covery Of the sugar weighing frauds.
The New Haven Railroad dis
sNowed the altera tion Of mileage tables
conta ined in its new time tables, which
Il ascribed to "a senseleSS blunder-
Wilbur Wright said that aero
planes of Wright design would be en-
tered for the large prizes now offered for
-cross-country flights. #=- The taking
Of testimony in the trial of the sugar
cor1panv employees WAS practically COM
pleted -= The city reached an agree
ment with the Metropolitan, and the
railway company Svill pay the rest or
its franchise tax arrears for nine years.
The Long Island Railroad Com
many was fined $500 for blocking high
way in Jamaica
THE wEATHER.-Indi for to-
dsy: Fair. The temperature yesterday:
Highest, 60 degrees: lowest. IS.