New-York tribune., 1911-12-17
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESS.-The Senate was not in
session. - House: The urgent de-
nciency bill was passed, proposition to
sell the wreck of the battleship Maine
being defeated.
FOREIGN.--The British Parliament
vas prorogued till February IA. -
The condition of DR.. Charles w. Eliot,
president emeritus of Harvard Univer-
sity, who was operated on in Ceylon,
was reported TO be improved. - The
durbar came TO an end at Delhi, India;
King George went on a hunting eXpedi-
tion 10 Nepal, while the Queen went to
Agra - Mexico City was shaken by
a severe earthquake. - The German
imperial budget for next year, according
TO the "Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zei-
tung," will propose ordinary eXpendi-
cures Of less than S712 100000, an in
crease Of less than $25,000,000 over last
year. = The presence Of General
Reyes in Mexico was admitted in official
circles in Washington; revolutionary ac-
tlvity, with Monterey as the objective,
was reported. - The police of Lon
don raided an alleged bucket shop in
Billingsgate street. which is said 10 have
mulcted the public of 100000 in the
last two years.
DOMESTIC.-A protest by Russia
against the abrogation Of the treaty of
1882 In the form proposed by the Sulzer
resolution. overwhelmingly adopted by
the House Of Representatives, was fol-
lowed by the declaration Of Senate lead
ers that in modified terms a resolution
declaring the treaty at an end would be
put through the Senate before adjourn
ment on Monday. The federal
grand jury at Indianapolis inquired into
the 81 600 paid monthly TO j. j. Nc
Aamara as secretary of the
Iron Workers Association. - La
Toilette men in Ohio induced friends Of
Roosevelt TO tour the state in an effort
TO stop the Roosevelt boom. - The
man arrested at Coxsackie, n. Y, on
Friday night and supposed to be Ed"
Donate, accused of the murder Of the
Morner family near De Freestvile on
Tuesday, was released from custody at
the county jail at Troy. ==- War De-
uartment officials said the recent ex-
Ilcsions aud fires at Fort Riley, Kan.
were due to a pyromaniac. 60 Mrs.
Carrie 3. Sparling, Of Bad Axe, Mich,
was arrested, charged with poisoning
her son cyril. -- Mrs. Edna Robin
son. a Portland. Ore, divorcee, shot
herself in q Chicago hotel when talking
over tho telephone with man she said
had refused 10 marry her; he heard the
shot and gave the alarm. -- The cor
ucrstonc of the new Psi UpsilOn frater
nifty house at Amherst College was laid
10y Herbert j. BTidgman, of Brooklyn.
CITY-Stocks were strong and active.
- Champ Clark and Representative
Underwood were among the speakers at
the dinner Of the Southern Society. ==
Fog held up the LUsitdnia, which was
forced TO anchor In GraVesend Bay
- Four members of the Public Ser
vice Commission attended the luncheon
nf the City Club and were greeted with
kind words. -= Cornelius Vanderbilt
was operated on at his house for ap-
pendicitis. and according to a bulletin
issued by DR.. Austin Flint, jr., the oper-
alton was successful and the patient was
doing Well - 1t was announced that
rhe strike Of about 1,SOO marble work
ers. which began FIVE months ago, had
been declared off and the men instructed
20 apply for their old Jobs. - The
1st Battalion Of naval militia was hast
fly mobilized for review by Adjutant
General Verbeck.
THE WEATHER.-Indicati for to-
day: Rain or snow. The temperature
yesterday: Highest, 40 degrees; low
est, Al