New-York tribune., 1912-02-16
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGR GRESS.-Senate: The nomination
of Mvron r. Herrick TO be Ambassador
10 France was confirmed. - HousS'
rTbe army appropriation bill was consld-
ere6 a great uprOar being caused DS
the removal Of Adjutant General AIMS
worth.
FOREIGN Shih-kai was unani-
rnouslv elected President OF the CHI@iIeee @
Republic: the capital may be moVeu, - ION ON
Marking to Peking; the legation at fNoiile
hoisted the republican flag -
Caracas dispatch said a great reception
was being planned for Secretary ot State
Knox on his arrival in Venezuela: - -.
references in the Reichstag TO NlscouhI
Haldane's visit to Berlin showed the
feeling between England ana HtIIllanS a.I
still Wes cool. 80 Trouble III SieAito @ ~
was reported to be growing, ACCORDING "
advices TO the State Department. no
serious outcome was expected from the
accidental invasion of Mexican territory
hv United States troops at Ell Paso' -
Scotch blast furnaces may be blown OUT
on February 20 because OF the BRUSH
coal strike, according to a Glasgow u!e
match. == At the funeral OF Count anu anu
Countess Milyutin, in MOSCOW, II i3 MI
necessary to blast the tomb 10 aullI;
the coflns. - The Cullum gold IIleual
for Arctic exploration was AWARDED u
DR.. Jear Charcot
DOMESTIC.-Three passengers were
LiIlad ard more than sixty others IN
3ured when the Pennsylvania Limited
eynress which left Chicago WEDNESDAY
afternoon and was due in TINS CITY a.
$40 Yesterday afternoon, was Wrecheu
at Warriors Ridge, thirty miles eaSt VI
Altoona, Penn. - MAJOR GeHeIal I Gu
G. Ainsworth, adjutant genera ol Iiis
army was removed from oftice by oTuer
OF President Taft and will probably ap-
near before a court martial on charges
said 10 embrace conduct preJudiclal 10
good order and discipline, and lnsuDor-
dination: his relief from duty was
brought about in letter TO him from the
Secretary of War, which brlstled WIN
sharp criticism. =- senator LooIIllS'
chairman Of the Democratic sub-com-
,nittee appointed to revise the Levy
election law introduced at Albany a Dill
incorporating changes which have been
anproved by a Democratic SenatoIlal
conference. =- 1t was said at lndlan-
apolis mat six of the forty-nine men IN
dicted in the alleged dynamite conspiracy
were still at large.
CITY.-Stocks were dull and Irregular
.- Folke E. Brandt will appear before
the grand jury now inquiring into the
method of his conviction. -= FIVE
men held up and beat two bank mes
sengers who were riding in taxicab In
Trinity Place, and got away with S2o,OOO
in cash. = The directors of the Equl-
table Life Assurance Society voted TO
sell the Broadway block on which the
ruins of it's old building stand, IF
desirable price could be obtained. -
A strict quarantine of dogs in Hemp
stead Township was ordered, and an ex-
tensive programme of hunts arranged
by the Meadow Brook Club was upset.
- The cornerstone of the national
Maine monument was laid. -= Mrs.
Roger a. Pryor wife of the former JUS
tice of the Supreme Court, died at the
age of eilhty-two years. == Railroads
and manufacturers had a conference,
which was unanimous in desire to OBJ
tain safer steel rails. - Stern Broth
ers announced the lease Of property in
West 42d street, opposite Bryant Park,
on which they will build an eight story
structure for their department store
THE WEATHER-Indicat for to-
day: Generally fair. The temperature
yesterday: Highest, 38 degrees; low
est, "a