New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-27
THE NEWS THIS MoRNING.

CONGRESS Senate. The CumntnS
amendment to the railroad bill requiring
the approval of rates by the Interstate
Commerce Commission before they be-
come effective was rejected: an amend
nent providing for six months extension
Of the 100 days suspension of new rates
end regulations in case the hearing is not
concluded within the time was adopted.
House: A provision in the sundry
civil bill making the allowance of s2S,ooo
for the Presidents travelling expenses
next year Immediately available was
stricken out on a point Of order.
FoREIGN.-Ex-P President Roosevelt
received the degree of doctor or laws
from Cambridge University amid scenes
of enthusiasm. The French sub
marine Pluviose. with her three officers
and twenty-fcur men, was sent to the
bottom of the English Channel about
two miles from the French coast. by the
steamer Pas de Calais. - The cap
tain. his wife. and thirteen members OF
the crew of the British bark Swanhllda,
which was wrecked off TERRA del Fuego,
lost their lives. - Two soldiers We're
convicted in Paris Of the murder OF
Mime. CoUna. widow of former governor
Of the Bank of France, whose body was
found on a railroad track near the
French csDital. Three hundred
families OF Jews left Kiev, Russia, under
the orders Of the government
DOMESTIC Senator Henry N.
Teller said that in following the Balm
ger pinchot investigation closely he hao
become convinced that there was z con-
sciracy TO drive Secretary Ballinger out
-af office The Senate at Albany, IN
der an emergency message from the Gov
erncr passed the Cobb direct primary
! bill Two more OF the anti-oral
bookmaking bills We're sent to Governor
Hughes by the Legislature. - The
h-v = of S0 is defeated q
motion TO suspend al rules and take up
for passage the constitutional amend
rnent 10 give women the ballot. -
Governor Hughes appointed his secre-
tary, Robert H Fuller, as member OF
the State Water Supply Commission, at
IN annual salary of $4,000 and expenses.
Miss Mary Hartman. eldest
daughter of Edward H Hartman. was
married 10 Charles Cary Rumsey the
sculptor, in the little church on the Arden
estate - AS the result of q sensa-
tional decline in the wheat market at
Chicago James A. Patten was reported
20 have lost s1,2oo,o0o.
CITY-Stocks were strong. Copies
Of the private correspondence OF c. R
Heike secretary of the American Sugar
Refining Company, on trial for alleged
completely in the sugar weighing frauds,
were produced in court TO the great sur
prise Of counsel for the defence. -
for postage stamp frauds. and his former
Office boy told Commissioner Fosdick
that he had perjured himself before the
grand jury TO save the justice. - L.
z Hutton & Co. were suspended from the
stock Exchange for year on charges or
having split commissions with an en-
ploye. Mayor Gaynor told the police
not to use the term ''poolroom" any more
when they meant a place where there
vas betting on the races. - An East
Side woman struck a burglar with such
force that she threw him from window
TO his death Architects began rails
ing fund of $4,000 as an endowment
for z new art school. - Plans were
perfected for installing Fairgrounds for
baseball lawn tennis and athletics under
the East River bridge anchorages.
TIE wEATHER--Indicat for to-
day: Fair The temperature yesterday
Highest, 10 degrees: lowest, so.