New-York tribune., 1910-12-27
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FORETGN.-A dispatch from Peking
tkays the government is reluctant to
tsrant constitutional reform Immediately.
hut VIII probably do SO in the near fut-
are. - A dispatch from Chihuahua,
Mexico. says about two thousand federal
troops are marching TO surround the in
'surgenIs at Pedernales and Nal Paso.
a dispatch from Lisbon says j.
Luciano de Castro, eX-Premier Of PortU-
eal. and other officials of the Portuguese
Credit FoRcier Bank were held in heavy
bail in that city on a charge Of using
slegal methods. - Evidence given
at the induest into the wreck Of the
Scotch express at Kirkby-Stephen, Eng
land. OF Saturday. indicated that TWEEN
ty-seven persons We're killed instead OF
seven. as at first reported.
DOMESTIC.-It was learned IL Wash
ington that President Tart and eN-Presi-
dent Roosevelt Were carrying on an ac-
live correspondence, that the President
had solicited and received the advice OF
his PREDECESSOR and that they had eX-
changed Christmas calculations of q
cordial nature. -= President Taft, at
y ashington. approved the expenditure
al S.ntEED 900 for reclamation work IN
la.s West. -- Arch Hoxsey, the Wright
aviator. esta blishe1 = new worlds rec
,s,3 iy an altitude flight OF 11.4I4 feet
at Los Angeles David Starr Jor-
dan president Of Leland Stanford
Junior University. in a speech at Chicago.
said that all Europe was in hook 10 Its
lnce'' and there would be no war for
many years TO come - reports aL
the Superintendent of Public Works, the
state Engineer and the Canal Advisory
Board 10 Governor White on the prog
ress Of the barge canal were made pub
JIG at Albany = 1t was announced
a Glens Falls, N Y, that Joseph A
kellogg had accepted the appointment
Of First Assistant Deputy Attorney Gen
eral from Mr. Carmcdy. newly elected
Attorney General Of New York. -=
oscar Chitwood. a prisoner in the county
Jail. charged with killing Sheriff, was
lynched at Hot Springs, Ark.
CITY-The salvation Army. after Civ
jn- away thousands o. hasket dinners TO
th.. needy ssoor held Christmas party
for the yoltlgsjers and distributed seven
thousand tbvs: the Volunteers of Amer
ica likewise gave AVA. Christmas din
rers and more than score Of 1nstitu-
llars provided entertainments for their
inmates. while special dinners We're feat
,-~.-s nf tho dav -= An aviator who
attempted a fight from Jersey to New
York came TO grief when his machine
dropped 10 the ground and was wrecked.
- The host and several guests at a
,.!irisf ening party in Williamsburg re-
oniresl surgical aid after police quieted
= fixi,t provoked iy a neiEhbor VINO had
11ot been asked TO attend. == While
AE,.e. Stetsor issued statement denying
any aim Jc be head Of the Christian Sci
.,.,.c t-harch. her friends continued 10 be
ec7fe4 in her behalf TO that end -=
\ frieaa az City Chamberlain Hyde said
1ho latter was shooting in Florida and
did not knew that he was wanted 20 tes-
lif1 l.efore the legislative Investigating
committee. --- 4 bull seal. floating on
= cake u ice. was seen off Sandy HOOK
az lne,l or board the Harbor Super
= iso~-s cutter.
THE w1ATHER.-Tndicati for to-
faN-. cloud. Tho temperature EesteF-
cav. Highest -, degrees; Lowest II