New-York tribune., 1912-05-27
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CITY.-Ormsby McHarg, Roosevelts
contest manager, voted for John A DIX
in 1910, publicly announcing that he ala
SO as a rebuke to Theodore Roosevelt
whom he called the most dangerous
figure in public life in America -
Immense crowds greeted President Taft
whenever he ventured from his brother
house. -- Anthracite operators ana
consumers awaited anXiously the Su-
preme Courts decision in the coal trust
suit expected to-day, on the govern
ment's setback i'm the Circuit Court
g. Matt" MCCrath, the weight
throwing patrolman, was shot and pain
FULLY wounded by man whom he was
irving 10 arrest. - Fifty persons
were thrown into an excavation ana
fifteen injured by the collapse OF stand
outside 81. Clements Polish Roman
Catholic church during the conservation
of the new edifiCc. --= Five WarShipS
end Rear Admiral OSterhauts flagship
steamed south. after taking on more
than five hundred marines and muni-
tions Of war -- Twenty thousand
persons took part at the annual mem)-
rial field mass at the Brooklyn navy
yard. a street parade first having been
reviewed by Acting Governor conway
s. y man was drowned while canoe
ing on the Hudson River a few hours
after he had saved another Canoeist
from death -= Columbia University
has made elaborate preparations for It's
15Sth annual commencement, beginning
on June D.
DOMESTIC A Washington dispatch
said that by Thursday the United States
would have ample forces of marines and
tlueiackets within striking distance Of
Cuba -- The battleships New Jersey,
Rhode Island and Georgia were expected
TO leave Norfolk to- day for Cuba or Key
West after coaling and taking on am
munition and marines. - The collier
Lebanon sailed from Philadelphia with
rifle and revolver cartridges and other
supplies for the United states naval
forces gathering in Cuba; the collier
Cycops sailed from Newport. -
President Taft and Colonel Roosevelt
planned TO continue speaking in New
Jersey until early tomorrow morning.
= Senator Root issued a statement
at Washington denying a report that he
had decided not to accept the temporary
craftsmanship Of the Republican National
Convention. 60 Representative Nc
kinley said the issues which will con-
front the Chicago convention are not
those raised by Colonel Roosevelt -
The Taft bureau issued a statement at
Washington claiming control Of the Ohio
!. State Convention. which will elect six
II delegates at large to the national con-
Vention at Chicago. - II was said in
Washington that Representative Under
wood was hopeful of securing the sup
I.crt of New York in the Baltimore con-
vention. =- The Department Of Jus
tice ordered the United States Attorney
at Philadelphia TO investigate the in
crease in the price Of coal
FOREIGN.-COndition in the Prov
ince of Orente. Cuba, were still reported
serious: skirmishcs in which rebels were
killed took place at Parral and Tigua-
hos =- A parade of fifteen thousand
dock strikers was held in London; no
actual extension Of the strike movement
was reported. - The sealer Algerine
reported to Cape Race recovering the
body Of James McGrady, one of the
Titancs firemen. -- Rioting in Peru
on the occasion of the Presidential cleo
tiCn caused the government TO declare
the ballOtting (Which was to have con-
tinued until Tuesday, to be at an end;
no result was announced. -= A large
force of Berber tribesmen attacked Fez,
I'm Morocco, but were kept at distance
by French artillery. - Jan BlockX,
the Belgian musician, died at Antwerp.
THE WEATHER.-Indic for to-
DAY: Fair The temperature yesterday:
Highest, Il degrees: lowest. So.