New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-07
THE NEWS THIS MORNING,

CITY.-Stocks closed higher. - A
discovery that his firms were paving
more for steam anthracite coal LED VIII
lam Fellowes Morgan TO start an inquiry
into the coal trust in advance Oh 'he
Merchants Association committee; Oh
which he Is a member - NlliaIi
Sherer. manager of the Clearing House
was OH the witness stand. the sred'ei
part of the time at the first nearing mere
of the Puto money trust committee. -
An alleged bookmaker was arrested a.
the Belmont Terminal race meeting. ana
test of the anti-betting law propapl!
will be made of the case. 80 Inc al
eument scheduled for to-day on the WITT
of habeas corpus in the Charles ii. HYDE
case was postponed at request OF tne
former Chamberlain's counsel. foreshad.
owing another squabble with the Dis'I .I
ATTORNEY as to the judge to hear the
trial. - In spite Of heavy rain, -FOUR
thousand street cleaners made sucn
showing at their annual parade that
Mayor Gaynor congratulated Commls-
sioner Edwards OH recognizing the
force successfully only six months after
the big strike. - Although the DAY
passed without gun tights, gang leader
declared pitched battle was being
MANNED and would be fought soon either
near Tammany Hall or on the lower
East Side - The Supreme Court
was enliVened by an unusual colloquy
between two lawyers, one calling the
other a blackguard after the other had
informed the court that his opponent
had been indicted once for stealing
stable. A member of local bank
ing firm announced that syndicate OF
Southern business men and New YORK
financieTs he'd acquired control or the
Seaboard Air Line.
DOMESTIC.-The Republican National
Committee met in Chicago, elected Vic
tor Rosewater, Of Nebraska, chairman,
and decided to admit press representa-
tives TO the hearings of contested dele
gates cases, the only vote taken showing
an overwhelming majority for Taft In
the committee. - Taft leaders vlrtu-
ally challenged Mr.. Roosevelt to go to
Chicago and watch the disposition of the
contested delegates cases by the national
committee - A convention providing
for the immediate establishment of the
parcels post system between United
states and Panama was signed at Wash
ington. - Funeral services for Sen
ator Nixon, of Nevada, were held at
Washington, and the body, accompanied
Icy number of Senators and Represent
atives started for the West. -
Charges that appropriations for the Pan
anna Canal had been cut by $16,700, 900
on secret" information obtained by the
Appropriations Committee caused a
sharp debate in the House of Repre-
sentatiyes. - Bert II. Franklin testi-
fed in the Darrow trial at Los Angeles
that he had made his first confession of
guilt of bribery of a Mcnamara juror after
he had been approached by a special
government prosecutor to turn states
evidence. Five Cinnamon arrested
near Philadelphia by United States i'm
migrant officials declared they were
smuggled across the Canadian border al
Ogdensburg, \. Y, at night by syn
dictate To which they had paid $500 each.
- State Controller Sohmer opened
134 bids for three classes of 4 per cent
state bonds aggregating $25,950,000.
FOREIGN-The British government
failed 10 arrange a settlement Of the
dock strike despite long conferences,
which, it was announced, would be re-
eumed to-day. - Lieutenant Charles
Belknap arrived at Santiago to investi-
gate conditions and report back the
wishes of American citizens with regard
TO military protection. 60 More fatal
riots were reported in Belgium: the Bel
gian King postponed his departure from
Brussels for Ostend; 100000 men were
reported OF strike. - Harold A. San
derson. White Star director, testifying
at the Titanic inquiry, said II was i'm
practicable to carry boat room for all
aboard transatlantic liner. - Skir-
mishes between Mexican federal and
rebel troops were reported at Casas
Grandes. Chihuahua, and in Southern
Durango. - The condition of the
Duchess of Connaught was reported at
Montreal to be favorable. - Gottlieb
Rost, q German aviator, was MORALLY
injured by fall at Hamburg.
THE WEATHER.-Indicat for to-
day: Fair. The temperature yesterday;
Highest. 67 degrees; lowest, 80.