New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-08
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CITY-Stocks opened weak, but were
better OF the close. - The Will or
Colonel Aston was filed. giving further
details of the disposition of his estat',
and confirming the reported ante-nuptial
provision for the second Mrs Astor.
The recent successes of Colonel
Roosevelt were said to have made Chair
man Barnes more determined than ever
before 10 work for the denomination or
President Taft. - Suffragettes ana
Mayor Gaynor developed lively letter
writing combat over the policing of the
parade Saturday. - The women $
Titanic relief committee finished its
work and reported distributing $4,000
worth Of clothing and $4,000 in cash 10
more than five hundred survivors OF the
disaster in fifteen days at merely nom
inal expense. - II was brought out
at the steel trust dissolution suit that
members Of the pool were told before
hand what prices TO submit and which
company was to get the job in bidding
for government contracts. - Mayor
Gaynor appointed committee OF busi-
ness and professional men to welcome
and entertain the German squadron.
A writer in Bench and Bar gave
il as his opinion that only suits FOR
freight loss could successfully be brought
IN this country against the Titanlcs
owners. - A New York saloonkeeper
who bought his native village Of Leitrim
told how he acquired the nearby manor
house - -Four alleged gang members
were held as the automobile bandits who
robbed a woman OF $50 in the streets
of Harlem q week ago.
DOMESTIC.-Hundr of persons are
marooned in the flooded districts or
Louisiana: thousands have been rescued;
the Mississippi rose four-tenths OF a
foot at New Orleans, but the engineers
expected the levees would hold. - a
sworn statement by Mrs. Louie Britain,
in Boston, alleged that Clarence V. I.
Richeson. murderer of Avis Linnell. had
been a Mormon elder for several years.
80 President Taft rested for day in
Cincinnati. preparing for a renewal Of
his vigorous campaign in Ohio. -
The result Of the Republican primaries
in Maryland depends on the close vote
in Howard County. which Taft leaders
decline to concede TO Roosevelt on the
margin of only eighty votes given on the
face of unofficial returns, - The
ninth International Red Cross Confer
ence was opened at Washington, with
representatives of thirty-two countries
IN attendance; the delegates were well
coined by Senator Root, in behalf Of
President Taft. - Secretary Wilson
of the Department of Agriculture de-
clared charges of improper enforcem ent
qualihedly false" ->Mayor Gaynor
spoke before the Yale Forum in favor
of the recall of judges, but said other
public officials did not need II because Of
their short terms in office. - The
New Hampshire Supreme Court unheld
a Request of 100000 made by Mrs.
Mary Baker G. Eddy to the Christian
Science Church, of Boston. - Rioting
continued in the anthracite region but
ftS PENNSYLVANIA state notice suppress sed
the more serious outbreaks.
FOREIGN. - Three witnesses were
heard in the British inquiry into the
wreck of the Titanic; it was testified
that the ship made forty-five knots in
the two hours preceding the disaster.
- The Home Rule debate was con-
tinued in the House of Commons by Aus
ten Chamberlain, exChancellor OF the
Exchequer, and Herbert l.. Samuel,
Postmaster General. - Sir Edward
Grey. In the House Of Commons, stated
that James Bryce would return to his
ambassadorial duties in Washington In
September next. The federal and
rebel forces in Mexico were reported
only fourteen miles apart in Northern
Durango. 1t was confirmed that
the Mexican rebel general Orozco and
Vasquez Gomez, calling himself pro-
visional President Of Mexico, were at
odds. Longshoremen, lightermen,
ferryboat engineers and tug operators
were on strike in Havana, completely
tying up the activities Of the port. -
Herr Bachmayer fell $50 feet in his NOR
oplane at Johsnnesthal, Germany, and
was killed.
THE WEATHER.-Indic for to-
day: Showers. The.temperature yester-
day: Highest. 81 degrees; lowest so.