New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-04
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

ONGRESS.-Both houses continued
work on the administration railroad bin.
- senate: The traffic agreement ana
merger provisions were strickenNout
House: The traffic agreementSsec-
ton WAS stricken out and long-and-
short-haUl clause was adopted
FOREIGN. Theodore Roosevelt visited
the castle at Elsenore. was guest OF the
-,,nnjrirsfitv Of Copenhagen at dinner
and started for Christiania- -= The
French army is reported to possess
dirigible balloon Of the semi-riEid type
capable of making fifty miles an houf'
Sir CHRISTOPHER Furness was IN
seated for Hartlepool. the court holding
that his agents had violated the election
law. One man was killed ane two
more fatally injured in an election riot IN
hungary - The King and Queen or
Norway attended the funeral Of BJorn-
Sr1erue RiornSon at ChrlStdnla. =--
Count Ismael de Lesseps and Count just
Dc PolignY after some sword pay eA-
changed six shots and left the field IN
reconciled.
DOMESTIC.-President Taft spent the
6av visiting his home folk" in Cincln-
rat. The federal income tax
amendment MS defeated IN the AS
.sembly At Albany, and as the senate
IL known to be dgd INST II. the OLA -
dead - Edward r Bartlett, asseci-
1IlQCn OF Inc 1OuIl VI ADllto1c- hADN
II, Albany from heart disease - Inc
1-scetrack lobbv's amendments TO Sen
stor Agnew's pill drawn to prevent ofal
booknlakiTlg were lost In the Senate at
Albany. &C. The Assembly at Albany
effectuaIy killed the bill for the inspec-
ton of abattoirs and meat markets:
So In a speech before the Farmers
Convention at St. Louis B. r Aoakum
urged that the farmers and the railroads
work together 10 cut middlemens profits
Mrs Ruth Bryan Leavitt, Oldest
daughter of w. J. BRYAN, was married
80 Lieutenant Reginald A Owen, OF the
British army. at Lincoln, Neb. - john
II. Converse, president of the BALDWIN
locomotive Works and a philanthroplst
and Presbyterian layman or nsuonal
rote. died at his country home near phil
adelnhia- - The departure on Sc
rre+ mission of United States Attorney
Nay11an temporarily halted the inquiry
OF the special grand jury at Chicago into
the legislative bribery cases.
CTTY.-Stocks declined after early
strength. Judge Hough's rulings
against the admisgibility Of important
evidence practically forced the govern.
>-e-t prosecutor TO change the plan or
his case against i. augustus heli. ~.
The Citizens Union asked the
legislature 20 delay action On the new
Charter for New York City that the re-
vision work might be done by experts
petition in involuntary bank
runtcv was filed against the Standard
Cordage Company and receiver was
named. 60 Warrants were issued foI
three more dockmasters- as a result OF
investigations into alleged frauds -
C-o,troiler PrenSereast protested against
r,avynent by the city for private tele-
rhone service. and said he would refuse
70 nav such bills hereafter. - One
man pleaded guilty to charges OF traf-
Ackng in young girls. - Mayor Gay
nor sent q letter TO Andrew Carnegie de-
filming his reasons Ior .pL -, 1'io
TuF WFATHER,-Indicat for to-
nav. Cloudy and cooler. The tempefa-
4ure yesterday: Highest. 40 ossreeS'
lowest. 81.