New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-15
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESS.-The conference report
on the railroad bill was presented TO
both branches. Senate: Attention
-as divided between the public land
--ithdrawal bill and Senator Owens mo-
ION discharging the Committee on Priv
rageS and Elections from further con-
alteration of the resolution providing
Far the election Of United States Sena-
-ars by direct vote Of the people; no &C
-ion was taken - House: The ses-
rIon was again devoted to political
opeeches under the guise Of debate on
he deficiency bill.
FOREIGN-A cloudburst in Berlin
flooded cellars and the subway. and dur
ing the storm twenty persons were struck
by lightning, but none was fatally in
jured. - A dispatch from Cologne
says the dead from the cloudburst in the
valley Of the Abr may reach two hun
dred in number. - The Worlds Mis-
sionary Conference was opened in Edin-
burgh - The Italian police discoV-
cred nothing new in the investigation OF
the murder of Mrs. Charlton at Lake
Como. Judge Moore Edwin H.
Weatherbee and Miss Lulu Long were
among the Americans whose horses took
prizes at the International Show at Lon
don. - Herbert II. d. Peirce, the
American Minister to Norway, had his
arm broken and his wife and niece were
slightly injured in an automobile acct
IN reply to the protest of the Prussian
government regarding the tercentennial
ri the C3nOniZation OF st. Charles Bor-
romeo disaVoWs any intention of Offend
ing German ProtestantS. ~ A dis
patch from St. Petersburg says the bill
providing for the abolition Of the Jewish
pale. which was introduced in the
nouma. has no chance of passage, but
lis introduction will show the strength
i'm favor of il. - The French govern
rnent dispatch from Paris says, will
. not be able to apply the workmen'S old
I'll 49, The prefecture of Jurua, in the
ere district of Western Brazil. drove
ut the Governor and declared its indie
rendenc,. The Governor Of French
West Africa reports fight between
French troops and Arabs at Nguiqul, III
which the Arabs lost l20 killed and the
French g
DOAIESTiC-President Taft left Wash
illgton for Marietta, Ohio. where he is
Ip attend a college commencement to-
day. - Governor Hughes at Albany
signed the so-called Steinway tunnel bill
and amendments TO the public service
and consolidated railroad laws :"
A ASSENT lyman George S. Eveleth, of
Herl5imer County. announced that he
would not be a candidate for renomlna-
ton cn the Republican ticket. - The
Court of Appeals at Albany upheld the
In a speech at Philadelphia Judge
Peter :. Grosscup. OF Chicago. advocated
the valuation of natural monopolies and
the assessment of rates in conformity
with a fair margin Of profit. FL Judge
McSurelv in Chicago, acting to safe
guard the jury. expelled two spectators
from the courtroom at the trial Of state
Representative Browne, accused Of pay
ing a bribe in the election of United
States Senator LOrimer. - In a pub
lished story at st. Paul ii was asserted
that following a policy Of retrenchment
Northwestern railroads have already laid
Of ten thousand laborers.
CITY.-Stoclls were dull and higher
New Jersey boy sailed over the
town in dirigible and finally came to
grief in Brooklyn. The temporary
injunctions obtained by the Wright COM
pany against Glenn II. Curtiss and Louis
PauIham were dissolved by the United
States courts = Charles K Hanlil-
ton. talking Of future deeds in the air,
said that flights with passengers would
soon be common. = Leon Guypon. an
illustrator for various magazines, shot
himself after sending letter to friend
forecasting the suicide = General
Nelson H Henry was sworn in as Sur
v,.vor Of the Port. J. Pierpont
Morgan. il was reported. has decided TO
continue the voting trust controlling the
ma jority stock Of the Equitable Life AS
stranre Society
THE wEATHER-Indic for to-
DAY: Fair. The temperature yesterday:
Highest. g. degrees; lowest. 60.