New-York tribune., 1901-06-07
Nrp1lsrk D;,ilp Gribn,re
FRIDAY, JUNE Z. 1901.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FORFTGN-The Leyland Line steamship As
syrian went ashore on Cape Race. and is expect
ed to prove a total loss. == The New-fork
Chamber of Commerce delegates in London con-
tinue to be the recipients Of notable hospitality
80 Sir Alfred Hickman has written another
letter 10 Lord George Hamilton regarding the
comparative merits Of American and British To-
cornotVes == The Ophir. with the Duke and
Duchess of Cornwall and York on board, sailed
from Sydney, Australia for Auckland New
Zealand = A meeting Of the shareholders of
the Metropolitan District Railway. of London,
heard and approved the details of the plan of
Mr. Yerkes and the American syndicate to
equip the road electrically. - In the House
OF Commons Conservative member accused
British officers OF corrupt practices in the pur-
chase Of horses for the army; The Hague Arbl-
tration Court is said to have considered the Boer
war al secret session: Boer commando suf-
fered severe defeat in the Northern Trans
wal. - Mr. Brodrick's Civil Committee of
Inquiry into War Office methods Of business
made it's report 10 Parliament.
DOMESTIC-Mrs McKinley's physicians
ported a slight Improvement In her condition
yesterday morning. which was not followed by
any perceptinle gain during the day. - Con-
gressman Iayler. of Olic and DIR. GuntOn, of
New York testified before the Industrial Com
mission the tariff and trusts - The last
of the volunteers in the Philippines are on their
way 10 the United States TO be mustered out of
service. - Senator Tillman declined to meet
Senator McLaurins proposition for uncondi-
tionel designations and contest for reelection
at the primaries. @-- Horace Porter Pell. Of
the well known New-York family who has been
on the stage two years. attempted suicide at
Cleveland by shooting himself - The Inde-
pendence on her second trial had nishap, her
steering gear being jammed; the yacht de-
veloped good speed and withstood satisfactorily
great strain that she was subjected to. -
Bids for lesisla tive printing We're opened at AL
bany and IL Was estimated that the law
recommended by Governor Odell will the
State S6S,5eo this year. - Employees of the
United Traction Company in Albany may renew
the recent strike because Of dissatisfaction with
the discharge Of several men. - The thirty
NTH annual eneampment of the Department of
New-YOrk, Grand Army of the Republic opened
In Rochester
CITY.-Stocks were irregular at small final
changes. - Justice Jerome and representa-
tves OF the Committee of Fifteen made two
raids; one Of the places entered was said TO be
owned by Frank Farrell the police were again
charged with tipping off, gamblers.
Chancellor MacCracken announced that nine of
the vacancies in the faculty Of the School of
Pedagogy or NewYork University caused by
the recent designations of professors had been
filed; none Of the professors who resigned were
reappointed; three more appointments were 10
be made - cable dispatch from the
Shanghai Chamber Of Commerce to the Chamber
or Commerce here stated that 1t was believed
that the majority of the ministers in Pekng
urged an immediate high increase of the Chi
nese tariff; the present treatment OF the o,les-
zion seriously threatened trade expansion. -
II was announced that John u. Rockefeller had
endowed three scholarships at Teachers Col
lese for graduates OF Southern institutes for
negroes. -= Further trouble in the rapid
transit tunnel was caused by the refusal of men
organized strikers; il was decided that the Cen
fral Federated Union committee would again
confer with the contractors
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-day:
showers The temperature Yesterday: Highest
O. degrees; lowest, 6s; average. 151a.