New-York tribune., 1910-06-02
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESS. - Senate: Considera bic
progress was made on the railroad bill.
several amendments being adopted, and
those re-enaCtins the commodities clause
and providing for q physical valuation of
railroad property being defeated -----
House: The day WIS spent in debate on
the bill providing q new civil govern
nent fer Porto Rico.
FORETGN.-Six vessels were wrecked
snd eight men were drowned In a gale
and fog off the North Atlantic coast;
French hrisantine. q Norwegian bark
and a British steamer are among them
The remnant OF MaGriZs army
under General Lara is said to be retiring
from Bluefields. and the insurgents ex-
press hope that Rama viii be relieved.
Twenty-n youthful members o.
= gang Of Russian bandits were sen
fenced 10 be hanged; eight women were
sent TO prison for life. - The London
afternoon papers doubt the propriety Of
Nr. Roosevelts speech regarding Egypt;
the ex-President was the guest of mem
bers Of the Nationalist party at lunch
con The British Antarctic eXpe-
dition left London for Cardiff, where
after coaling. the Terra Nova viii start
for New Zealand; Captain Scott expects
10 reach the South Pole in December.
1911 == Sir Francis Seymour Haden,
the English artist. died at Bradford.
England A man threw Tin of
beans at Crown Prince Frederick Will
lam. who was returning from The review
OF the Potsdam and Berlin garrisons
DOMESTIC C-President Taft appoint
% Charles l.. Nortcn, now Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury. his secretary,
10 succeed Fred v. Carpenter == 1t
WAS announced IN st. Louis that attor-
news for the twenty-five Western rail-
roads temporarily restrained from ad-
NancinE freight rates would meet in that
- H. - s,-a -,
10 the government suit == II was said
at Albany that the machine leaders had
begun n campaign against any direct
lIorrinations legislation at the coming
extra session by trying to show that
Governor Hughes had compromised"
himself hT accepting the Cobb bill: this
was shown TO be unfounded. == The
funeral Of es-MayOr George a. Hibbard
vas held at Boston. - Beekman
Winthrop. Assistant Secretary of the
Navy. spoke before the Navy War Col
lege at Newport. T. T. == 4 premature
blast killed twenty-five workmen in the
quarry Of The Union Portland Cement
Company. at DEVILS Slide. Utah. -
Testimony favorable To the defendant
WAS given at the hearing Of charges
against Police CSief Kohler, al Cleve-
land
CTTY.-Stocks were weak and active.
= The government seized Panama
ffaiS worth sl-Voc.eDV ApE aIeSeu utHti-
valuation. = In his own defence in
Tho sugar fraud trials Gerbracht said
The HaVemeyers. Donner & Matthieson, all
dead, were responsible for factory man
agement = Officials of Eastern rail-
roads said their plans for rate advances
were also blocked by the Injunction
against Western roads. = James !.
IFill hinted at an appeal 20 the higher
courts in the governments freight rate
injunction. == Nelson, the negro being
tried for murder, vas praised for preyi
Gus good conduct by former teachers.
-- Mayor GaYDoT told the general
committee on the Fourth of July celebra
fien that the city would not pay any por-
tion of the expense Of the celebration.
== In the hearing on the collapse of
TIE Hooking pools testimony was given
that short sales Of stock aud the regu-
lar brokers commission We're charged
against James X. Keenes account
THE WEATHER--Indicat for to-
day: Partly cloudy. The temperature
yesterday: Highest, 81 degrees; low
est. 5s