New-York tribune., 1911-02-27
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.--Vasquez Gomez. head Of
the Mexican insurgent junta in Wash
jngton, said that he had received indi-
rectly ovetures for peace from the fed
eral government -- The trials of
Lawrence Converse and Edwin Blatt be-
gan on Saturday at Juarez; a dispatch
from Torreon tells of further insurgent
sctivity: General Leyva returned to
Mexicali. == Great qualification was
expressed i'm Japan over the ratification
Of the treaty with the United States.
= The will of NJ. LOutretil. the Paris
banker. leaves 100000 To the French
Academy Of Sciences and SJOO,0OO to the
University of Paris - The Costa
Rican Congress has approved the con
tract with Minor G. Keith for the re-
funding Of the country's foreign debt
amounting TO S10.0Oo00O. =- Mai
adyices from Portugal say that the Con-
seryative Republicans are expected to
win at the elections in April; the royal
treasure is estimated at S3JO0OOO.
DOMESTIC-A dispatch from The
Tribune's Washington bureau stated that
President Taft had indicated his will
iugness IN consider. and possibly sign,
any tariff bills PASSED at the coming spe-
Ciai session of Congress which remove
duty whore not needed. and DO not con-
nict with the Republican policy of pro-
y
ton stated that the Geological Survey be-
lcyed potash salts could be found in
quantities in the Western arid lands or
this country --- The Bureau of sta
tistics At Washington announced that
Tho exports from this country in Janu-
ary. 1911 showed a gain of S12,J0O.Voo
over those Of January last year -
Physicians of the Baltimore Health De-
partment and Of Johns Hopkins Hospi-
4oI oh hoo IN .
where medical students i've. i'm an effort
20 check the spread of diphtheria. =-=
A boy OF fifteen was shot dead by lad
Of ten while they were playing wild
West" I'm Philadelphia. -= \ Sheriff S
posse in Bellefontaine. Ohio. saved a
farmer and his son from vould-be lynch
ers. following fatal quarrel among
neighbors. - Il was learned at lth.
aca, " Y, that the women graduates of
Cornell University had nominated Mrs.
William Vaughn Moody to he an alumni
trustee. - Sam Walter Foss. author
and poet. died at Cambridge, Mass.
CTTY.-Edward NJ Shepard withdrew
from the Senate race. and Martin w.
I,ittleton asked Charles r. Murphy TO re-
lease Tammany Legislators from the
bonds OF the caucus. -= The theit OF
Jewels valued al Sl3OW0 was reported
nv woman passenger arriving on the
Ham OnrG- American lfiilf TAfdu'l AM
ika. -- President Pritchett said in the
annual report Of the Carnegie Founda-
ton that the whole system of educa-
,ion In the United States was defective.
Mr.. Ditmars. curator OF the 10
olosical Society. is puzzled over the
mysterious disappearance of suitcase
full Of snakes. =- The foud alnohS
the Rumanian Jews in this country
broke out at yesterdays session OF the
KehiIlah. == A general strike Of team
sters was threatened in case there was
no settlement Of the grocery wagon
S,Jvere' strike. After descending
the fire escape in her night dress. a
bakers wife. living at No. III Broomc
street. returned with the ponce anu anu
caught a man she said had robbed the
nat' The sudden return OF spring
weather drew thousands Of persons TO
the parks.
THE WEATHER.-In indications for TO-
A.. r,ai, and colder. The temperature
Yesterday: Highest. "a degrees low
est, 40.