New-York tribune., 1912-01-31
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FSS.-Senate: The steel bill
nassed bv the House was introduced, ana
The bill creating a chtldrens bureau Was
discussed. == House: The pension ap-
preparation bill, carrying $l5Z,OOO'oO1
was introduced.
FOREIGN.-The Empress DoUager ot
China decided TO accept the condltions
laid down by the republicans III thelr
demand for the immediate abdica ton OF
the throne. - Two poI''D au;aCnS a',;,,,aS
against Yiceroys of Chinese provinces
were reported. - Martial Jaw was
declared in Lisbon; the city was held
by eight thousand troops and surrounded
bv some thousands more; the strikers
hoasted they had twenty thousand bombs
ready to use against the soidlerE; IL"
were thrown. == German delegates 10
The Sugar Conference in Brussels op-
posed Russia's demand TO be permitted
To increage her annual export To 100000
tons. == A copyright treaty between
the United States and Hungary was
signed at Budapest - the BRUSH
Admiralty ordered from Vickers Sons
r. Maxim three submarines larger than
ANY now existing
DOMFSTIC.-Presiden Taft conferred
at Columbus with many Ohio Republican
headers, who assured him that the state
would be Cor him; reports that he was
Secretary Meyer denounced the action CT
the Democratic House caucus in voting
against construction of battlaSnlps as
~another illustration of government by
snap Judgment" - It was said that
The indictments against G. S. DaIrow at
Los Angeles were based on ar alleged
confession by Bert II. Franklin, former
Mcnamara defence detective, charged
with bribery; further dynamite revela'
tons were promised. = One man was
stabbed fatally, either with tayonct
or knife, in strike riots at Lawrence.
Mass; no effort was made TO end the
labor trouble, but the large force of mill
tia kept order most Of the Gay. -
Frank Morrison secretary Of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, was subpoe-
naed to appear before the federal grand
Jury at Indianapolis and produce the
records of the organization. - The
name Of William Jennings Bryan as a
Presidential candidate in Nebraska was
withdrawn. and that of Judson Harmon.
OF Ohio. was filed by the Secretary of
State
2l CGTY.--StOCks closed higher. - The
IN correspondence between Governor Will
son and Colonel Harvey following tho
Manhattan Club conference was made
public; the Governor begs the editors
pardon for his seeming rudencsS on that
occasion. - Mayor Gaynor attended
the formal holing through of the great
Catskill water tunnel under the Hudson,
making a speech 1900 feet down. =---
The Interbcrough's tentative subway
offer did not prove acceptable to some Of
the city authorities, and a conference
will be held to-day to see what can b.
done. - Plans for New Jersey boom
for Mr.. Roosevelt were discussed at Il
meeting here of former Governor Stokes
and other politicians of that state. -
Mrs. Theresa Martin. sister Of Jamcs
McDermott, who is on trial fer killing
Charles Muldoon, declared on The wit
ness stand that it was she and not her
brother who stabbed Muldoon. - The
quarterly earnings of the United States
Steel Corporation We're as Wall Street
had expected, $4,000, 600. =- ]. L.
Graham, the sailor who was tried for
manslaughter in having helped kick
Harry Rolling, merchant, 70 death. WAS
convicted Of assault in the second de-
gree.
THE WlEATHER.-Indi for to-
BAY: Cloudy and warmer. The tempera-
ture yesterday: Highest, SO degrees
lowest. 26.