New-York tribune., 1912-02-26
THE NEWS THIS MORNING,

FOREIGN.-Martial law was pro-
claimed at Beirut; the Italian govern
ment denied that the city had peeh DoIiI-
barded, while admitting that TWO 1 lurh-
ish vessels had been fired on IN the m ndI
bor and SINK. The Peking govern
ment il was announced was preparing
an impressive reception For the Nankils
delegation charged to notify Yuan Snlh-
lai of his election TO the Presidency.
= The best opinion in LONDON was
that the only hope of aVertlng lhe
threatened coal strike lay in the govern
ment persuading the men TO postpVne
the date at which the strike is schsouIeu
10 begin. = orders we're ISSUED loI q
considerable reduction of the consular
service of the republic OF Panama
DOMEsTIC.-Wir Jennings Bryan,
IN an address at Greeley, said he would
rather see Governor Shafroth OF COL
orado nominated for the Presidency than
any Democrat yet mentioned. - Inc
militia uuelled a riot started py strihe
svmpathizers at Lawrence, Mass lne
city authorities returned to their parents
most of the children taken IN cnarge on
SATURDAY. as they were about TO be sent
80 phiIadeInhia. = The Hoosac Tun-
mel was put into commission for the first
time since the fatal wreck there last
Tuesday, a passenger train passing
through safely. -- The fve-masted
schooner Dorothy Palmer. after battling
with gales for forty-three Gays, was
flowed into Vineyard Haven, Mass
slightly damaged. == A Wasnlhstou
dispatch said the vocational education
hill carving millions, to aid pracucal
tnstruction until 1921, would be favor
ablv reported by a Senate committee TO-
dav. 80 1t was said at Indianapolis
that several men indicted for dynamite
conspiracy would resist their removal 10
that civ for trial. == Seventeen fam
sIies were driven from their homes IN
l their night clothes by fire In Cleve-
land. - A dispatch from Minneapolis
stated that bankers will join in asking
Congress TO enact legislation Tor the
personal instruction of farmers in bet
ter methods of agriculture. = A dis
match from Montgomery stated that
president Taft would have solid dele
cation from Alabama TO the Chlcago
convention. Cardinal O'Connen
splaced wreaths on the graves of his
Parents and brothers and sisters at
Lowell, Mass. 80 Miss Eleanor VIII
son. daughter of Governor Wilson of
New Jersey, arrived safely at El Paso,
having been detained in Northern Mex
Sco by burned railroad bridge.
CITY.-Theodore Roosevelt, replying
30 the Governors, said: II will accept
the nomination for the Presidency If II
As rendered to me, ana L VIII duhere W
this decision until the convention has
expressed it's preference" - 1t was
said the grand jury would inquire into
why Brandt was not permitted to write
any letters concerning his case for two
years after he was sentenced 80
New York received spring with open
arms and thousands fiocked to Coney
Island and other shore and country re-
sorts. - 1t was announced that the
New York Central and the New Haven
railroads would erect a twenty-three
story hotel near the Grand Central Sta
tion. =- Father Bernard Vaughan.
S. j., delivered the first Of series Of
sermons against socialism yesterday in
St Patrick's Cathedral. - The Rev.
John Haynes Holmes advocated divorce
an the case Of loveless marriages.
THE WEATHER.--Indic for to-
day: Rain. The temperature yester-
day: Highest, 5S degrees; lowest, SO.