New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-20
Nrtu?lork Dailp 0rib1s'1e
TUESDAY. DECEMBER 90 1sss'
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING..

CONGRESS. Both branches IN ses srN,,n T., de-
Senate: Mr.. Platt. of Connecticut. spV S,o,ns to
fence Of the right OF rne ,nder any form of
soYernment it pleased: debate on the ,Io,'ra.
ragua Canal bin was continued, o,s grant
Several bills were passed, H'as,tion Of 1899:
ing aid 10 the Philadelphia Exposi'ion ol vas
q rasolption providing for holiday recess was
adopted =, ..,,,r, coy
FOREIGN-Advices from St. petersburg so
that the American Charge ANan. ,'ronosal for
,nitt.d 10 the Ministry Of Finance piopos" rbe
a loan bv an American syndicate - ,ho
Dreyfus case was again 1roush, ,ss,nn ended
Chamber of Deputies, and me olsSu ,hn Govern
In a vote to sustain the action OF me y, ,he
nent --= An explosion on the fahi'a r y, ~.
W. p. clyde g. Co.'S line in Havana i sa'erai
killed one man and seriously nl!u INA that
others - II is reported from Lima VIC"
ToI,via.s President is preparing 10 attack la
P Po1'', ,be caniiai - Prince George of Greece
started from Athens for Canea to take CONF,
of affairs In Crete. =-- Theodore ne nm i'm,
German artist. was sentenced to six months I'M
prisonment for caricaturing the Emperor UP.
- Lord Napier, who was Ensiahu i'p'
sentative here in lsj' Is DEAD
Observation-Disclosures veterans PAID non
ors 10 the President at Macon, Ca, where ne
reviewed the troops stationed there' ne az" -
reviewed troops at Augusta ga, artu MrOs
marty started on the way back TO Washington
= Negotiations for the renewal OF the eN-
isting commercial treaty with Peru have laieu'
- The Anglo American Joint High com
mission adjourned until January =. - Lead
Ing Republicans in Albany believe that James
Roberts the present State Controller mas
under consideration an offer from Governor
elect Roosevelt Of the office of superintendent
~ puhic Works 60 The jury failed to agree
and was discharged in the second trial OF SEN
ator Kenny OF Delaware. for his connection
with the misappropriation of the funds or
Tho First National Bank of Dover. -- Lieu
,enant Hohson was kissed by a hundred girls
az Kansas City at "A reception in his honor -
The new steamer Cape Charles took fire and
sank near Norfolk.
CITY-Stocks were irregular at small fna!
changes = II announced that John r..
Seares would retire from the Board OF Directors
of the American Sugar Refining Company.
- The Board Of Health officially declared
y that the grip was an infectious and contagious
disease - The annual report Of the Board
Of Education was made public -- The trial
by court martial Of Captains w. f. Meeks ana
A j. Blocker Of the list Regiment for crltl-
cising the conduct of Major Clinton H. Smith
and Captain John II. Whttle at Santiago was
begun In the armory Of the regiment. -
William ElmendOrf a steamftter. after attempt
ing TO kill his mother, brother-n-law and
common-law wife shot himself through the
head dying instantly. == Jean Baptste
Colin. an old French florist. was found in a
cellar in East Twenty-third-st with his throat
cut. apparently not by his own hand.
THE WEATHER.-Forecast for to-day: Rain.
The temperature yesterday: Highest, ~ de-
grees: lowest. "a degrees: average 3l$. degrees