New-York tribune., 1906-12-16
Nrsp71ork DsaiIu Grib,satr.
SUNDAY. DECEMBER 1s. 1906.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

! CoNGRBss.-The Senate was not in session
- House: The day was devoted TO pensi'n
legislation, three hundred AID nifty niilS peinS
passed in less than an hour.
FOREIGN-The correspondent of The Trib~
une at Paris describes the plight Of the priests
whose pensions viii probably be cut of, and
gives some details OF the letters which We're
seized at the nunciature in Paris. =-- a great
crowd assembled at the episcopal palace at
Paris. where formal notice TO depart was served
On Cardinal Richard there was no violence, ana
general indications again point toward a peace
Sul enforcement Of the Separation law. -
Terrorists IN Moscow fired ton shots and threw
TWO bombs at Admiral Doubassof, the former
Governor General: he was only slightly injured,
and captured OF his assailants. -= Tho
condition of the Shah was reported unchanged:
the health Of King Oscar improved --- 1t
was believed in Berlin that Chancellor Won Bu-
low had risked his Office and shown unusual
courage II urging the dissolution of the ReichS
tag - Count Jarnsdorff is reported seri-
cusly i'll at St Petersburg. - The Sultan of
Morocco promised Raisuli a free hand outside
Tsnsier Il he did not interfere in the city.
DOMESTIC--The Isthmian Canal Commission
announced that foreigners would be barred from
competition for Panama Canal contracts. -
A medal was presented TO Commander Robert f.
Peary by President Roosevelt in behalf of the
National Geographic Society, a dinner in
We stington. RumOrs that two regiments
had been ordered 10 Hawaii in case Of possible
trouble with Japan in those islands we're denied
by the War Department at Washington. ==
The agreed statement Of facts in the San Fran
cisco Japanese school children test was
Montana was launched at Newport News. -
Wages were raised in cotton mills in Lowell,
Mass: Manchester -. H, and WoonsoclEet.
Pawtucket. Providence, Warren and Bristol,
r. i. == Burglars broke into bank at
ShortsVie. y. y and made big haul. 60
The Chicago Traction Committee and repre-
sentatiyos OF the street railways came TO an
agreement on the price for which the city can
buy the lines and the passage OF an act autho-
rizing the purchase viii be recommended =-=
The Rev. Augustus Grobrian, the Oldest minister
IN the German United Evangelical Synod of
North America, died At Lyons. n. Y.
CITY.-Stocks were strong. 1t was
learned that the Ienox Library site was
sold for SO O0on60 several days ago. - All
the members of the George J. Gould family, ex-
cent Mr.. Gould, were suffering from whooping
cough. - a broker bid $50 per cent for a
controlling interest in the Chatham National
Bank. - The British warshP Heathdene ar
rived here after a fourteen days trip from Ham
burg. == Collin II. Woodward was made Dep
uty SupeTintendent of Elections - Joseph
II. Firth announced that he viii decline the
Democratic nomination for Speaker In the New
Jersey Legislature. -= II said that Mrs
Albert T. Patrick would appeal In person to Gov
ernor Higgins TO save her husbands life. -=
Edward s. Slattery appointed expert ac-
countant in the Bureau of Municipal Investiga-
tion and Statistics after being reinstated s Col
lector Of the Bureau OF Assessments and Ar
rears.
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-day:
Far and colder The temperature yesterday:
Highest, 81 degrees; lowest, AZ.