New-York tribune., 1908-06-03
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING

r,opE1cS-A committee Of the International
Congress of Cotton Spinners and ManufactureIs;
nov meeting at Paris, proposed an :r a.
agreement among purchasers or raw matt iei 80
o75o- - lren., 6oS-n rrices ---- NJ. kokoNsoH
Russian Minister OF Finance has sent leC'e
- +he cabinet proposing immediate issue OF
a loan Of SlDa0eO6ss0 at > per cent =. oII
Redxers Butler. who cominanded i9., Iile % - :,
force which eventually relieved LadH sllilIi H'
the Boer War died in London - An paSoa, $50"
5o-s F2,,ctansa and Creel left San Jose costa
Rica for Port Iin1on where the Des MONIES
awaited them =- Autopsles oii L!ie 80 +1,a
NJ Steinheil and Nine Japy indlcaleu tilat az: G
murders we're committed by professional ctliiii-
nals.
DONESTTC-The first cotton report OF TIE
season made public by the Department OF agrl-
culture gave the acreage as :'2oSiSr i-1 ana II,
condition as G9.1 per cent. - The eInpioSeiN,
liability act Of 1896 declared unconsIi.%u %
TsSt January by the United states SupIei'l9 .9
Court WAS held constitutional as 10 the Ilstrict
Of Columbia by the Court Of Appeals at WASH
ineton The State Department AZ " ASH
in~+on asked rho Ionduran government tn ar
rest and allow the extTadition or r e balieE'
the Export Shipping COMPANY president. =.
After a conference at the White House II was
decided 10 ask the Cuban government 70 con-
struct the CIenfueEos waterworks. - CharieS
A Coey's balloon. the Chicago, which ascenl.o g'-
from Quincy. Ill. to break the world lonF d1s-
rsrcr record was compelled to land at Clear
Lake S d. after covering 500 miles in eleven
hours. establishing new speed record. =.
Commander Robert E. Peary intimated at Port
land Me that he would Try to reach the South
Pole II he succeeded in finding the North Pole.
- Senator Foeiker. II was said at Pougfl-
1zeepsie- N 7. was still confined 70 his bed. hut
heped to 20 70 Albany late next week: he said
mat he had not changed his mind on the Gov
srnor,s measures -= A fire East Aurora.
Y \. destroyed score Of buildings, valued at
$4,000.
fT-Y-Sfocks closed strong. - Announce
rrent was made that the Mauretania and Lusi-
fania had the annual subsidy Of S15o,neo
for their line from the British government =---
II vas discovered that East Side school children
were starving. when one tainted from hunger in
school Twenty more votes for Hearst
were found in the boxes opened yesterday. --
There were two r1navays the Williamsburg
Bridge. in one FIVE persons being thrown from
ing for the use Of voting lacf1ines at the next
general ainction was introduced at the meeting Of
.he Board of Aldermen - Announcement Of a
cut in steel prices of about 81 a ton was made
Diamonds valued at $4,000 were stolen
from Magistrate HigsiubothaIn's wife. -
Senator Plat defendant in suit in the
Supreme Court 10 recover money for payment
Of his 1ife'S bills. Tho records Of the
Health Department showed decrease in the
number Of scarlet fever cases and sudden
spread IF chickenpoS. == The government
Won its suit against Paris jeweller for addi-
1ional duty Mrs. William Leedss pearl neck
lace The viii OF Charles g. Spencer. &C
cepted in France held invalid in this coun-
ETy-
THE WEATE ER--Indication for to-daE
Fair. The temperature yesterday: Highest a.
degrees; lowest ID.