New-York tribune., 1907-12-31
THE NEWS THIS MoRNING.

Observation-Disclosures at Shide and Lai-
bach recorded a great earthquake, which Is pe-
neved TO have affected part OF CeiItiI ~ - o
south America -= The coffin OF l. 4 DTuce
was opened at Hghgate Cemetery ana Wa
found to contain mans remains me . lesuI.,
il is believed, will close the case 1;, 1ap~e,, @
roljcv is~regarded in Peking as having pTac
ficaliv strangled Russias trade over the Chl-
nesa Eastern Railway; English stockholders are
displeased because Japan has forbidden uhe eA
tension of the Hsin- Min-Tun Raliway. -.
The Canadian Pacifics directors decioed 70 is7ue
s2S $4,000 of new stock. offered 10 ,;
ON a basis of &c per cent of their holdings; Slr
Thomas Sbaughnessy denied that the company
was seeking 10 buy American lnes: iho
Canadian Pacific steamer Mount Royal from
AntTxern on December for st. John. with over
three hundred immigrants on board Is near!s a a
week overdue. - School boards Of the clueS
Of Porto Rico adopted resolutions looking TO
large extension OF the system pl Llls' bad
- The trial of MaNimilian Harden rescheo
it, closing stage; ceposlton pE Est,snts Sor
sschweninger read witnesses testiIled Ioi
the state to Frau Elbe's actions and Count
Kuno Won Moltke took the stand in his own own @ oe-
denca The transmission OF the NIDorg
,nanifes4o for distribution TO the people was
brought up as additional charge against 1ne
former Deputies on trial at St Petersburg; the
defence protested and the case was adjourned
until Monday
DOMESTIC President Roosevelt returned TO
Washington from his outing at Pine Knot, Va
- Viscount Aoki. the japanese Ambassador
who left Washington on his way TO Toxic. ex-
pressed friendly sentiments for the United
States and confidence that the immigration
question viii De settled aInlcdDN- -- >ecfe-
tary Taft delivered three speeches at Boston.
-dhe principal one being on the causes OF the re-
cent financial stringency. he upholding the pol
icy of the national administrator == Gov
ernor Sparks of Nevada called special session
OF the State Legislature to meet on January Il
The trial of George a Pettibone at Boise
was postponed because OF the illness Of the de-
fendant; IL was stated that his nlalady IL
thought incurable the trial may not be finished.
After being imprisoned three days in a
coal mine at Ellsworth Penn. John ornllian, a
DISPATCHES from New England and other East
States tell of continuation OF the Teopening
Of factories. - Two bargeS We're sunk off
Point Judith, r. l., and fishing schooner was
wrecked Boothbay. Harhor, Ne, but no
lives were lost.
CTTY--Stocks closed strong. Three
brokers were arrested charge Of grand lar
ceny. - Metropolitan Street Railway minor
fly stockholders organized a committee pun
jsh those who were guilty OF Illegal acts in
Quoting the company's affairs. = Receivers
were appointed 10 take over the Passaic Steel
Company. - The Interborough Rapid Tran
sit Company discharged three hundred men and
stopped all permanent improvements == An
italian liner under attachment was halted by the
court and thousand passengers took another
snip. - General Henry l.. Burnett refused 10
commit himself Yet 10 Governor Hughes's can
didacy. -- Magistrate Butts decided that the
aldermen could not alter the state statutes and
fined ShoWznen accused Of violating the Sunday
law. Mrs. Russell Sage will restore the
Governors room IN the City Hall at a cost o1
$4,000. Il was learned.
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for to-day:
Fair and colder The temperature yesterday:
Highest, 81 degrees; lowest. 40