New-York tribune., 1912-01-23
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-Prcmicr Yuan failed 10
force the 3hdication of the Chinese dy-
nasty: a strong protest against mission
aries attempting TO influence events IN
China was indcrsed by the American le
cation In Peking. -- Three huhoreu
men from the 18th United states ln1ah,
t1-v arrived at Tien-Tsin - SeVerdl
unexpected victories brought 10 ninety
nine The number Of socialists so far elect
cd to the German Reichstag. - w,
Morgan Shuster arrived I'm Paris; II was
announced he would address the Persian
COMMITTEES in London on the SUBJECT OF
his activities in Teheran. - The ltal-
fan government proposed to the tTench
government 10 submit the questions arls-
ing from the seizure of the Carthage
end the Manouba to the peace tribunal
ct The Hague.
DOMESTTC.-Jamcs 7. Hanrahan. sr,
former president of the Illinois Central
Frank o. Melcher. second vice-president
Of the Rock Island; f. B. Peirce general
solicitor of the Rock Island, and Eldridge
r.. Wright, son of Luke E. Wright, for
mer Secretary of War, were killed in
collision Ct two Illinois Central trains at
Kinmundy, III. -- President Taft de-
MED TO White House callers that MEM
hers Of his Cabinet were urging MIN 10
dismiss Postmaster General Hitchcock
and made il clear that he did not place
the slightest credence in stories that Mr..
Hitchcock was disloyal to him.. -
Rutherford Page, of New York, just IL
censed as an aviator fell and was crushed
to death under his airship, While making
a fight at the Los Angeles meet. -
Assemblyman Dana, at Albany. intro
duced bill embodying the short ballot
Irinciple - Evidence that bombs
we're planted" in Lawrence was received
by Governor Foss; fewer workers we're
at the mills =- An advance copy Of
the annual report of William II. Hotch-
kiss. State Superintendent Of Insurance
was made public at Albany. =- DR..
Harry Webster was sentenced to life i'm
prisonment by the oregon, Ill, court. for
the murder of his wife. - John Kirby,
president of the National Manufacturers
Association. made an attack on colleges.
CITY.-Stocks were irregular at small
price changes. - The Duke and
Duchess of Connaught and their daugh-
ter, Princess Patricia, with their retinue,
arrived from ottawa to be the. guests Of
the Ambassador 10 the Court OF st.
/. James's and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid. --
Taft men here expressed themselves as
PI not at ali worried by outbreaks of senti-
ment for the nomination of Theodore
Roosevelt. and declared much OF the sup
port came from selt-seekers outside the
organization. - Senator La Toilette
first appearance in the East since he
started his campaign for the Republican
nomination for President. - The Rev.
Madison &. Peters and Mrs S. Ludlow
Neidlinger planned n market to sell fuel
and food 10 the poor at cost; the
Housekeepers' League announced that
It's boycott of butter was spreading
and might be extended TO other COM
mOdities. == The Interborough Rapid
Transit Company was believed to be pre-
pairing a new subway offer on the basis
of q preferential payment of S.75 per cent
on all its investments by the city. -
Many questions as to rates and possibI,
Improvement of conditions were sub
mitted TO the express companies by the
Interstate Commerce Commission, which
will resume it's investigation here Mon
day.
THE WBATHER.-Indicat for to-
day: Cloudy. The temperature yester-
day: Highest 40 degrees; lowest 27.