New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-14
THE NEWS THIS MORNING

CONGRESS. 49, Senate: The Canadian
reciprocity bill was reported from the
Finance Committee. the majority max
ing no recommendation, while Senators
La Follette and McCumber attacked
the bill and SepatOrs Williams. stone
and Kern favored it; an effort TO recall
the resolution for direct election of SEN
ators was defeated on a tie vote. -
House. Debate on the Underwood wool
lill continued.
FOREIGN-A seamen's strike was
called at British ports for to-day; 1t is
not likely that it will become general
though IL was believed ten thousand men
would he ont to-day in Southampton
- The Car received Rear Admiral
Badger and the officers of the American
feet now visiting CrOnstadt, subsequently
entertaining them a I luncheon. - King
George saw Lord Derbys Steadfast win
the principal event on the opening days
racing programme Al Ascot; H. Z. Whit
.ney's All Gold was second and J. r.
keene's Cataract won one of the other
events. -= Walter Winans, J. NJ. Smith
G. Is. Hume Paul y. Cravath and Judge
Moore were among the winners at the
second day of the International Horse
Show London. == The steel foremost
'of the battleshp Maine. weighing ten
tons, was placed on a Ward liner al
Havana and will be brought to this cOun-
try. ". Morgan Shuster. the
american fnanCer. was granted full con-
troll Of Persian national finances and eX
penditure. =-- Frey, the only remain
ing competitor in the Paris ROme-Turin
race, fell into ravine near Niterbo.
breaking both arms and leg
DOMESTIC.-In response to a sub
p9na, Secretary Knox will appear be-
fore the House Committee on EXpendi-
lures in the State Department to-day to
explain the payment of 5000 from the
Canadian Boundaries Commission fund
10 Frederick Hale. son of eX-United
States Senator Eugene Hale, of Maine
s. Frank b. Kellogg testified before
the House investigating committee as to
his work as counsel for subsidiaries Of
the United States Steel Corporation.
- Charles l. Warmer. former treas
urer of the Big Four" Railroad. testi-
fed against Edgar 5. Cooke. former
bOokkeeper. at the latter's trial on
charges of embezzlement in Cincinnati.
- The Gould interests hid In the In
ternational < Great Northern Railroad
at Palestine Tex. the price was ST.
$4,000 = Judge Hobbs ruled that
a new petition be flied in the Bull will
contest at Alfred, Me-, on July .. ==
One man was killed and several were
seriously injured by an explosion which
destroyed the plant Of the Albany Chem
ical Company.
CITY.-Stocks closed strong and ac-
tive. The conference committee of
the Board Of Estimate made public its
report on new subways. suggesting a
division between the PETERBOROUGH and
the Brooklyn Rapid Transit, providing
for entrance of the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit into Manhattan. q fiVe-cent faro
u Coney Island. lnterborOugh control OF
The Bronx and the construction at once
of the triborough line if the rival bid
ders. failed TO accept the proposed terms
. - II appeared that the first chance
to.colleCt alimony awarded nearly TWEEN
ty-eight years ago and now amounting
TO over $1,000 occurred TO a woman
whose husband evaded the courts order
by leaving the country. == W. +. -.
Stokes continued 10 improve, and coun-
sci for the girls charged with shooting
/ him 10 plan their release on bail, while
the prisoners amused themselves with a
growing freak correspondence.
THE Wealth ER.-IndiCations for TO-
day: Fair. TIE temperature yesterday
Highest - degrees; lowest, ~