New-York tribune., 1908-01-05
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoRrfCN-A dispatch to The Tribune from
London said that though the government dlo
not expect speedy return OF the golo Iaksn us
America ano confronted with snrlhhase
of revenues, the financial situation caused niue
f,rm 80 Sensational rumors regarding
American and japanese relations are discredi!ec
in French government circles, whose advices IN
oicsTe that there iE danger OF any rupture
The PrussiaE Ministry of Finance an
nounced that bids would be asked for loan OF
S1apcial circles -- Solicitors of the Earl of
Yarmouth have given notice that they intend to
defend the action brought by the countess for
notification of the marriage -= Many pompS
were seized in St Petersburg; the police say
thai they expect the terrorists to resume opera
lions - The collier Brutus arrived at Rio de
.Janeire and the Ajax is expected to-day; the
transport Sterling left Para for the Brazilian
capital and the ArethuSa viii follow on sun
dav The will of Baroness Adophe de
Rothschild. who died in Paris on November Is,
hecueaths S1.6ooo00 10 charity - King Gus
iaf Of Sweden ordered the abolishment. OF me
Iannpous ceremonies with which the parliament
has been opened
DOMESTIC.-Re Representative Theodore E.
Burton, in an interview in Washington criticised
sSen5tor Foraker's course in refusing to be bound
by the terms of the convention call issued by
the Ohio Republican State Committee. -
secretary Metcalf issued orders formally as
signing Surgeon Charles +. Stokes to command
fhe hospital ship Relief. ~ 1t was said IN
Albany that d bill viii provide for the enforce
Inent by the State Labor Department of labor
laAs in their application to mercantile establish
Inents. particularly large department
and fellows of Harvard University filed peti-
7ion in the Probate Court in Boston asking that
the will of Walter T, Baker be allowed. -
Ten persons were injured by an explosion IN the
basement of the First National Bank Building
in Kansas City. Mo, said by the police to have
been due TO a bomb -= George A Pettibone
was acquitted at Boise. Idaho. of completely in
the murder of Ex-Governor Steunenberg- -
The Jury in the fourth trial Of Caleb Powers,
accused of numbering Governor William Goebel.
disagreed at Georgetown. KY. ten voting for
aequittal- = Second Lieutenant Clark Porter
Chandler. L. <. A grandson of ex-United States
Senator William f, Chandler. apd Miss Shirley
p Walker of Boston, were married in Boston
CITY.-Stocks We're strong. = The re-
ceivers of the New York City Railway Company
wrote TO the Public Service Commission declar
ing their intention OF obeying orders as to in
-reas seG equipments. == Senators DepeW and
PIatt were left out in tentative agreement as
10 the Big Four" to the national convention
The court ordered a special master ap-
pointed To hear the question of rentals between
the Third avenue road and the Metropolitan
Foes Of the Malt Trust were encouraged
fy news from Washington. == The New York
Clearing House completed its compilation of the
returns of the forty-eight trust companies
which fled statements with the State Banking
Department under date Of December 10. =
The Newark police had in custody the man who
killed q tenement house inspector there on New
FesT's Dav. The diamond trade heard
yesterday Of the financial embarrassment Of one
Of the country-s largest firms Of importers ==
The attempt hiring together the three warning
Rerubcan factions in Hudson County. failed
THE WEATHER--Indications for to-day:
Fair and colder. Highest temperature yester-
dav- 80 degrees: lowest. 81