New-York tribune., 1907-06-05
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WEDNESDAY. JUNE 5, 1907.
THE NEWS MS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-A dispatch 10 The Tribune from
Paris said that although the heirs of Rudolph
hann denied the sale OF the art collection, there
were indications of its purchase at a reported
price Of 16000000 francs by agents in London.
- The strike at French seaports has not YET
been broken, the men being reluctant to accept
the decision of their leaders. - dispatch
from Hong Kong says that Alr. Pollard. a British
Methodist missionary, has been mercilesSly
beaten by Chinese at Chao-Tung-Fu; the leader
of the rebels has ordered them TO adopt gueTlIla
tactics. s- Prince Philip Zu EuIenburg,
faVorite Of the German Emperor, and Lieutenant
General Count Wilhelm Won Hohenau adJutdnC
of the Emperor, have resigned. owing, IL is SAID,
to charges made in the "Zukunft" -- The
Douma repealed two more Of the Premier tenn
porary laws for suppresslng revolutionary aSlta-
ton; there are fresh rumOrS Of the speedy dis
solution of the house. ---- NJ klobukoWSky, a
Frenchman has been appointed receiver for the
Abyssinian Railway, and viii carry on the nego-
tiations for the construction Of the line Ads
Abeba. Two detectives were killed and nVe
persons wounded by a bomb thrown by terror
lists in Lodz; troops fired on the crowd, woundlng
thirteen persons.
DOMESTIC-John c. Capers. of South Caro-
lima, has been chosen by the President for the
post Of Commissioner of Internal Revenue ad
interim II was announced from the White
House that the Presidents remark at Lansing,
Mich, about deVOtIng more time to Harvard
University after he retired from the Presidency
did not mean that he expected TO become con-
nected with the university corporation -
The promoters of the Honduras Lottery Com
pany pleaded guilty at Mobile TO conspir1ng to
cause the carriage Of lottery advertisements
and were fined. James H. Hawley, lead
ing counsel for the prosecution, made his open
ing address to the jury in the trial of William
. Haywood for the murder of Ex-Governor
Steunenberg, at Boise, Idaho - The month
ly government cotton report showed the condl-
ton OF the growing crop on May % to be 100,
the lowest average in ten years. = a caucus
Of the Republican members of the State Senate
NJ Albany adopted the Tully reapportionment
hill which makes some sweeping changes up
ate, and il is expected that under an emer-
ncy messag ge it will be passed this week. -
0vernor Hughes sent message TO the Legis-
ature urging action five measures of i'm
portance, which Will be pushed forward in both
houses. -=- The Assembly at Albany repassed
the public utilities bill which Mayor McCle'-
Ian disapproved, and it is expected that the
Senate viii take like action to-day.
CITY.-Stocks were strong. == The hearing
the recount bill ended in wild excitement.
g. II said that statement on the delay
In the Battery tunnel might be read TO the
directors OF the Interborough to-day. - May
S. Pepper ii was learned, had married a we'll
to-do lumber merchant. - George r. Scrug-
ham and Charles Stirrup announced that they
would act watchers at the final canvass Of
the vote Of the New York Life. == 1t was
learned that employees of Howard Gould were
getting aiiidavits regarding Mrs Gould's actions
since her separation from her husband. -
The Health Department decided to discontinue
the giving out Of free milk and eggs to con-
sumptives. 80 An attempt to dissolve the Sea-
board company was thwarted- - Plans are
under way TO improve the Erie Railroad. -
The eleventh annual report of the New York
Geological Society was made public. - De-
Of Guatemala were received. = A lumber firm
brought suit against the Pennsylvania Railroad,
Il was learned, to curtail demurrage charges.
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for to-day:
Showers and warmer. The temperature yester-
day: Highest. 20 degrees; lowest, 53.