New-York tribune., 1906-12-01
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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1. 1906.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-Shocking revelations to fam
tue conditions in Russia were made as a result
Of the grain scandal investigation - Lon
don paper declared that 1t would be wise
course for the imperial government TO appoint a
Canadian as British Ambassador at Washing
ton g. By q new law in Russia the working
hours OF clerks and commercial employees We're
considerably reduced. - Hollands two hun
dred years war for the possession Of Celebes, an
indian Ocean island, was ended by the capture
OF the last native fort. =-- Japans military
preparations tn Northern Corea caused much ap-
prehension in NladiVostok- =- More than $780,
600 was realized at the Thanksgiving Day char
fly ball in Mexico City for the benefit of the
American Hospital. - The Arctic steamer
Roosevelt was detained at sydney c. B, by
heavy gales, which extended over Newfoundland
and tie Labrador coast.
DOMESTIC.-President Roosevelt's message
VIII be sent 20 Congress on Tuesday. the second
day OF the session == Senator Warren, Of
Wyoming. denied that he had attempted TO stop
the Union Pacific coal land investigation -
The blame for the recent wreck the South
ern Railway. in which President Spencer and
other well known men We're killed, attrib-
uted 10 the negligence Of the operator in charge
OF the block station at fangOOn, Va =- The
fUnerai u Mr- Spencer viii take place in Wash
iugrnI on Sunday. - The murder trial Of
ChesJer Gillette practically came TO q close at
Herhllner, y Y; the defendant was on the
stand for several hours. == a congress 10 dis
CUss social education opened in Boston; among
the speakers We're Governor Guild, Mayor Fitz-
gerald. President Eliot Of Harvard and President
Jordan Of leland Stanford. Professor II. E
Stroael resigned as BeInis professor Of interna-
come general adviser OF me government of Siam.
CITY-Stocks We're irregular at small final
changes. =- Peter StuyVesant Pilot resigned
his place as inspector Of applications" of the
Mutual Life. === Z. 9. FULLER was nomina ted
by the Republican executive committee 10 sue
ceeG Michael !. DaGy as Elections Commission
CT. == The interstate Commerce. Commission
took testimony IN the complaint Of Preston &
Davis, independent oil distributors in Brooklyn,
against the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Railroad Company. -= The Standard Oil
Company issued q statement in which it cited
the policy adopted By foreign governments tow
ard corporations, and urged that the United
States should sustain r. -= The estate of
Russell Sage has lent $S.J00oOO on improved
city property. - Senator Patrick II. McCar-
ren returned to work after his trip 10 the West;
he said that be cid not fear hts impending trial
by Q state committee. -= II was reported
that The commission Of the National Civic Fed
GRAFTON Will declare against public ownership.
g. The Court Of Appeals handed down a de-
cision holding that many suhpoenas IN John
Doe proceedings are worthless and do not
call for obedience. The" Allen issued a
statement IN which he said ne had no confess
sion TO make. - Ten prisoners broke Jail in
Queens and got away. [= It said that
syndicate had been formed here to aid indepen-
dent telephone companies entering Chicago.
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-day:
Rain The temperature yesterday: Highest. 46
degreesi Lowest. p.