New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-04
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CITY-Dull day. but firm undertone
for stocks. 49, Theodore Roosevelt de-
clared the fight on Root would go on. ah',
assailed William Barnes, Jr., the redi
head of the Taft canvass, as an advocate
Of Bourbon and reaCtionary doctrines
that have been Overwhelmingly deleateu
in every open primary in the Northern
states. - William Jay Schieffelin re-
g turned a letter he received from Mayor
. Csaynor about q Queens traction IRAN
Chise saving the communication was m
sulting The walters union called
out $40 men in lower Manhattan, Dut d
disagreement iii the union resulted III the
expulsion of w. p. Mueller and the sup
preston Of Joe" Elster as talker'
- Big Jack" Zelig. a gang leader,
was shot and perhaps fatally injured as
he was leaving the Criminal Courts
Building. where he had given bail Tor
his partner i'll a shooting affair in emma
town earlier in the day. three gang. men
were arrested for the latter attack Go
The Columbia seniors held their annual
class day exercises in the university
gymnasium. having 'as their guests the
Barnard seniors. - Civic orgdnlZa-
lions which have been considering the
rev building code report that fire wall
is the only feasible way to prevent dls-
asters. - Methodist ministers at their
Monday meeting repeatedly cheered
Bishop Neeley when he denounced the
General Conference for retiring him on
half pay.
. DOMESTIC President Taft welcomed
, the German squadron in Hampton ROADS.
-- The Taft forces controlled the
Chib state convention. though waiter r.
Brown, Roosevelt's manager, was re-
elected chairman of the state central
committee - The Sundry civil APP
propriation bill, reported to the House
carried $109,57I414 40; no provision was
made for the continuance of the Tarif1
Board - The Senate Committee on
Naval Affairs put back in the naval ap-
preparation bill the provision for two
new battieships. cut out by the House
Democrats and also restored the pro-
posed around the world wireless system
for the navy. 80 President Taft sent
a letter to Harry 8. New, chairman OF
the subcommittee on arrangements or
the Republican National Committee. urg-
ing that the contested delegates cases De
disposed of In open sessions or the COM
mittee --= Attorneys for Clarence ,.
barrow indicated he would attempt TO
prove that the agreement for the Nc
Namara brothers TO plead guilty was
made before the alleged bribery negotia-
tions. 49, President Taft granted an
unconditional pardon to Willard NJ.
Jones, of Oregon, who was convicted on
two indictments in connection with land
fraud cases.
FOREIGN.-Presiden Gomez asked
the Cuban Congress to pass law en-
towering him to suspend constitutional
guarantees 60 Two thousand houses
and several mosques were destroyed by
q fire at STEAMBOAT, the Mahometan
section of Constantinople. - Chihua-
hua, Mexico was reported TO have lost
SO per cent of it's population in the fear
caused by a flank attack by federals.
49, The Moorish tribesmen threaten
ing Fee were routed with a loss Of six
, hundred men by a French column. --
\ The receipts of the Suez Canal for 1911
We're announced as $27.762,00O. an in
crease of SS66.000 over 1910; the canal
tariff, as a result, will be lowered In
January next - The American dele
gates 10 the International Conference on
Wireless, Telegraphy I'm London expressed
themselves ready TO make a strong fight
for the adoption of rule giving prece-
dence to distress messages and storm
warnings. == At the Belgian Parlia-
mentary elections the Clerical (minis-
terialisD party increased its majority
from six to fourteen or sixteen.
THE WEATHER.-Indicati for to-
day: Fair and cooler The temperature
yesterday: Highest. so degrees; low