New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-06
THE NEWS THIS MORNING

CONGRESS President Tafts mes
sage discussing the trust question was
read In both houses: no important ousl-
ness was transacted i'm either branch
FOREIGN.-The oasis outside Tripoli
was occupied by the Italians after
prolonged fight with 10000 troops in the
invading army and 5000 on the Moslem
side: several hundreds were killed; the
battle was considered decisive for the
possession Of the country. - Tho
Chancellor Of the Empire stated to the
Reichstag the German case in the Mo
rocco question; an anti-British demon
stration followed his speech -- Rev
olutionaries representing fourteen Chi
nese provinces met at Wu-Chang and
laid the bases Of a Chinese republic.
che" Gomez and eight of his par
tisans were lynched at Rincon Antonio
for seditious acts against the govern
ment of Mexico.
DOMESTIC.-James r. Mcnamara
was sentenced to imprisonment for life
at Los Angeles: John J. Mcnamara re-
ceived a sentence of fifteen years; Judge
Bcrdwell censured Lincoln Steffens. -
The United States Supreme Court re-
fused to grant a stay of proceedings In
the case of the indicted meat packers.
and their trial will begin in Chicago to-
day. - Attorney General Wicker
sham was taken suddenly i'll at the Cab
met meeting, but his condition was re-
ported not serious. - The Albany
Investigating committee adjourned, prob
ably for good; the appropriation pracu-
cally is spent, and the counsel, j. w.
Osborne, said he could not proceed be-
cause Of William Barnes, jr.'s. refusal
to answer questions being upheld by the
court - 1t was announced at Phila-
delphia that George V. Massey general
,es,~1rr s1rzfa DOLL or
Company, would retire January l; his
connection with the corporation began
in 1879. - A young woman who de-
clared herself TO be the daughter OF Mrs.
Potter Palmer Of Chicago, was arrested
for bombarding the Palmer mansion with
bricks and stones and held for inquiry
as 10 her sanity. - Governor DIX
consented to receive brief from counsel
to DR.. A. H Doty. Health Officer of the
Port in answer TO Commissioner Bull
gers report urging DR.. Dotys dismissal.
CITY.-Stocks were weak =- Sam,
uel Gompers, who left town at midnight
for Washington, said he regarded crit
icism Of his official acts from others
than members Of the Federation asfim-
pertinence Health Commissioner
Lederle said the increase in typhoid last
summer in parts Of Manhattan and The
Bronx was due TO infection from milk
=- The city transferred its interest in
unused thoroughfares planned TO cut
through the property Of the Rockefeller
Institute to John d. Rockefeller, jr., who
in turn gave il to the institution founded
b. his father. = Thomas A. Edison,
during the course Of an interview yes
terday in which he criticised Carnegie's
list of great men, said that dime novels
were his favorite reading. because they
required no thinking - President
McAneny predicted at the budget hear
ing that the $S.O00,0O0 Topped off the
1912 expenditures would tend 70 in
crease the tax rate rather than have the
opposite effect, as intended - In an
order for the restoration Of a general
free transfer system the Public Service
Commission declared the street railways
had lost money by abolishing transfers
at certain points. - In the OsgOOdby
divorce case the husband said his hair
was pulled out, he was elected from his
home and that he found his wife drunk
often; she charged that he was an ex-
convict and said he was engaged in lille
gal businesses.
THE WEATHER.-Indic for to-
day Fair The temperature yesterday:
Highest, 80 degrees: lowest 10