New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-17
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-Yuan Shi-Kai named a
Cabinet for China. but il was believed
in Picking that few of the ministers
would serve; battles were expected
hourly at Marking and Hankow; the
foreign diplomats planned TO form Il
committee to conserve the maritime Gus
toms to pay the loans and indemnltles.
= A Washington dispatch sald Ia
cilities were ample in the PACING Tor
rushing two United States regiments OF
infantry. one of cavalry and one of field
artillery 10 China. == Russia ordered
troops TO Persia, as MIR. Shuster, Ameri-
can financial agent refused TO recede
from his stand in the taxation dispute.
= An earthquake was felt in South
ern Germany, the shocks being especi-
ally severe in Stuttgart and Frankfort.
-= In the hearing in London concern
ing the Olympic Hawke collision, the
Admiralty tried to show that suction of
the liner was 10 blame. -= The Duke
of Connaught opened the twelfth Cana
dian Parliament. Colombia's re-
fusal to arrest Castro has caused Sc
ricus unrest in Venezuela.
DOMESTIC. Attorney General Wick
crsham announced the government was
satisfied that the decree providing for
the dissolution of the Tobacco Trust
would terminate a monopoly; no appeal
Will be taken. --- Ii was announced az
Washington that the state Department
is preparing TO revise the Russian treaty
of 1882 = 1t was announced at It'll
AGA. y. y that Tompkins County had
voted against all the constitutional
amendments submitted to the people at
the recent election. = -Four barge
canal employees were killed when a boiler
exploded near Free Bridge, y. y. =-
The Rev DIT George Harris resigned as
president of Amherst College. == The
mother Of Bertrdm G.. Spencer, who ls
or trial 1T Springfield, Mass on charge
of murder. told of alleged brutal treat
ment Of the defendant by the boy s
father. ---= Bishop Alexander Mackay-
smith of the Protestant Episcopal Do
ccSc Of Pennsylvania, died suddenly of
heart disease ut his home i'm Philadel-
phia. --- W. :. :. Dickson, member
Of a prominent English family, is under
bail on charge of taking jewels valued
e.; $3.0n0 belonging TO his hostess Mrs.
olga Won W. Haskell, of Minneapolis.
--- Before adjouruing its annual
meeting IN Richmond. Va. the National
Municipal League decided on plan for
an exhaustive study of local option --
The progress of education in the last
decade was the greatest in the country's
history
CITY.-Stocks were strong. ==- In
an editorial in The Outlook Theodore
Roosevelt said the present antitrust
laws were inadequate, denied that he
was deceived by the steel Trust regard
ing the Tennessee Coal and Iron pur-
chase and expressed dissatisfaction al
the settlement of the Tobacco case. =-
Thirteen men, officials OF the Baltimore
a ohio and Lchigh VALLEY railroads, were
indicted by a federal grand Jury, Charg
ing them with giving or accepting re-
bates ON freight shipments from New
York to Western points. -= Andrew
Carnegie declared a cooperative banking
reserve would stop panics in this coun-
try, which he said, was the only civil
lied one that permitted them nowadays
-=- The receivers Of the old Twenty
eighth and Twenty Street Cross
town Line sued directors of the Metro
politan Railway Company for an ac-
counting of q 81 1000 bond issue. --
Leading business men of the country
gave q luncheon for John Wanamakcr in
Commemoratiou of his fifty years as a
merchant. --= Heavy seizures of canned
goods BY the Health Board brought a
protest from retail grocers, who desire a
chance To get rebates from wholesa leTs
ON returned products. == Points IA
Vorab bic 10 tho defence were brought out
~ The trl3l al W. J. Cummns --
Samuel Roa entertained members of the
Board of Estimate and the Public Ser
vice Commission in the Metropolitan
club tor tho purposes Of "a conference
over subway matters.
TIE WEATHER.-In indications for to-
day: Rain or snow. The temperature
Yesterday. Highest, 40 degrees; low
est &c