New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-20
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WEDNESDAY. JULY 20. 1898.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

THE WAR--Gcneral Miles was DELAYED in
starting for Porto Rico but last night 1t was
reported the entire expedition was III iIIotIoii'
thirty-fve hundred men are expected 10 reach
Porto Rico this week. ----- washington uis-
patches say there is good reason 10 helleNe 'ei
many will offer further obstacles 10 the eNe-
cution Of the plans OF me th,eu '',o6 ae -,
Caimanera. Guantanamo Bay. was notlled ol
tho surrender Of General Toral, and the spanish
flag was hauled down = An eNaiiinatio, ho a,
the sanitary condition Of Santiago shows INA!
the city is in some danger Of an eploeHC' pu.
every precauti0n has been taken 10 PIN o,.
fever spreading among the Ainelltan 70 20 r.
- Twenty transports and Warships OF .ne
American fleet off Santiago have entered IN.
harbor - The roster Of prisoners taken at
Santiago has been handed TO General smarter n
nv General Toral; the total is about twenty-five
thousand men --- The transport seneca
started for this city from Newport News WIN
ninety-nine wounded men on pUaru, Iaer
Fiftv.two men were poisoned at Camp Anger
yesterday from eating hash which had pes pee,
allowed TO stand in a copper vessel over h'e"''
they are oil said TO he recovering
FOREJGN-The report that Colombia hao SCI,
tied the Cerruti case for $23O0oO Is denied. ana
the Italian feet is stu at Cartageha. IL
Swift: erand has protested against apparent us
elimination in favor of France in trade agree
ments and demands equal privileges Oh Ihe
United States 49, The Prince of Wales is re-
covering from the accident to his kneecap - -
Pillsbury. the American. has again assuueo 'lie
lead in the international chess tournament al
Vienna
DOMESTIC Governor Black appointed as the
commission to inquire into the causes or the de-
cline OF commerce at this port Charles A Schle-
rem Andrew II. Green, c. {. Sha!ne huEh
Kelly and A. i. Smith - John McCuilasl
took the oath of offl as superintendent on
Elections - NAM miners returned from the
KlonGike with large amounts OF gold - a
Chinese murderer IN California blew up pow
der magazine. killing himself ard FIVE Officers or
the law rather than lie made prisoner -
Testimony was concluded and counsel began
argument in the trial of United States senator
Kenney. at Wilmington. Del
CITY.-The torpedo boat Porter arrived rom
Cuban waters, and viii he overhauled at the
Navy Yard. The five Spanish steamships
taken as prizes by the feet In Cuban waters
were brought Into the harbor by the New lork
and the Porter The Board OF Aldermen
finally overcame the obstruction Of the Brook
lyn Aldermen and passed the resolution FOR the
issue OF bonds for certain improvements already
planned - The armed naval transport Reso-
lutte started for Santiago with nurses phy-
sicians and supplies for the Army and Navy
- Mrs Gouverneur Kortright testified in the
Supreme Court at the hearing on the writ or
habeas corpus for her seven-year- old step
daughter - The New-York and Brooklyn
baseball teams won their games from Louisville
and ST Louis respectively. - Stocks were
weak ard dull.
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for to-day:
Cooler; showers and thunderst forms The tenn
rerature yesterday: Highest, 70 degrees: lowest
-: average. 1919.