New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-11
Aesn-2lnrk Daily 9ribasrs
THURSDAY, JANUARY Ii, 1906.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESS- large amount of
miscellaneous business was transacted. further
debate on the Moroccan question being avoided
- House Debate on the Philippine Tariff
BIZ continued. the principal speeches being made
by Messrs. Dalzell and Keifer.
FOREIGN.-Count White. the Russian Pre-
Tnier, gave in interview the reasons which
forced him to adopt policy of repression. -
Southern Russia, the Caucasus, Poland and the
Baltic provinces are still unsubdued, and many
ARRAYS in which there was heavy loss of life
were reported. == AdviCes from Caracas said
that President Castro was preparing TO sell the
asphalt lake at Cuanaco 10 the highest bidder
g. The Chinese Minister at Washington. ac-
cordlng 10 a dispatch from Peklng, mas teIe-
graphed his government that there Is little hope
OF satisfactory changes in the exclusion laws
Tsinan-Fu, capital of the Province of
Siian-Tu was formally opened to foreign
trade. - The British cruiser squadron COM
manded by Admiral Sir Gerard Henry Noel is
expected TO reach Manila to-day: a long list of
entertainments has been prepared for the Wis
itors. == The Supreme Court of Santo Do
mingo issued an order for the arrezt Of former
President Morales. who is s1H mis- ing ="
Howard Gould's yacht, the Niagara ,yhch Went
aground al Cienfuegos on Monday, vas foa
DOMESTIC Secretary Taft in a letter TO
President Roosevelt, answers the charges made
by Poultney BiSelow regarding affairs in the
Panama Canal zone. = President Roosevelt
appointed Henry l.. Stimson United States At
torney for the Southern District of New York, to
s,Iccee5 General Pnrnett DIR William
Rainey Harper, president of the University OF
Chicago. died at his home in the university
announced his committee appointments. which
were generally approved -. Assemblyman
Apgar. at Albany refused to serve as chairman
Of the Committee Public Education. -=
Senator Brackets resolution 10 call for the
resignation of Senator Depew was not pre-
sented at Albany. Senator Raines obtaining an
adjournment early in the evening. #= John
J. Merrill. in the inquiry al Albany into the
charges brought by Frank White. declared that
agents of a committee of lawyers had threat
ened 10 bring charges if he did NOT resign ==
The court of inquiry to investigate the COLLISION
between the Kentucky and the Alabama con-
veneG on the Iowa at Fortress Monroe. -.
Eight persons were killed and a score injured
in fire in the West Hotel, in Minneapolis.
CITY-Stoc<s were irregular. closing firm
- Dock Commissioner Bensel yesterday re-
voked the dumping privileges Of the New YORK
Contracting and Trucking Company at the west
35th-st pier. ---- The argument IN the gu
preme Court on the motion to make Henry h.
Rogers show cause why he should not answer
the questions of Attorney General Hadley in the
quo warranto proceedings of the State OF MIS-
souri, against the Standard Oil Company was
sat for fo-rnorrow - Gage E Tarben made
public an affidavit denying Sickles's charges
that he encouraged rebating. = Mrs. Julia
Homer Simpson. wife of DR.. Simpson. charged
with shooting and killing his father-ln- law
hartley T HOrner testified against her husband
az the hearing in Northport Long Island
THE wEATHER.-Indications for to-day:
Fair and warmer. The temperature yesterday
Highest, b degrees; lowest 10.