New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-17
Nesu!21prk Dailu Tribtr,re
THURSDAY, MARCH II. 1888.
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

rOREIGN-The Fern will replace the Mont
gcr.1cry al Havana. tho crulJer Dclnh leco!lVN w.
Key West; sem!-otiicial anhource,'le,. W. ", -,
made al Madrid that 1T is useless to tax OF
The gale Of Cuba: the contracts for the purchase
of the two Brazilian cruisers were signed III
London negotiations for the purchase Oh r,ie
Chilian cruiser O'Higgins continue. - Inc
French feet is being modified with view 10
making a naval demonstration In the Ear East
AT the BANQUET OF the Association Of Chambers
Of Commerce in London all the speechcs re-
1ected n varllke feeling - An unknown
steamer wos sunk by bark off Lowestoft Eng
lsnd; Il "a believed that the crew OF tho steamer
were lost =----= a Dervish attack on an Anglo
Egyptian force in the Sovdan was repulscd win
CONGRESS. branches In session. -
Senate: Mr.. Davis introduced a joint resolution
providing for the annexation Of Hawai: IN e1-
ecutive session the nomination OF T. '. POW
DERBY 10 be Commissioner Of immigration was
confirmed. - House: The Posto!flcc Appro-
pration bin was under consideration. but debate
took wide range Cuba, Hawaii ana many
other topics being discussed
DOMEsTIC-The Maine Court Of Inquiry ar
rived az Key West. and its members consulted
with Admiral scard; leaves Of absence OF the
surviving officers Of the Maine were released,
and they left Key West for their respective
homes. The Spanish Cabinet has ad-
dressed a friendly remonstrance 70 the state
Department against the presence Of a great
feet at Key West and other emergency meas
ures taken by the Administration. - The
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations decld-
10 annexation by legislation. - The ELS
worth Press Gag bill was permanently laid
aside at Albany; the Assembly passed the Hig-
bie-Armstrong Good Roads bill. which now needs
only the signature Of the Governor TO become
a law the judiciary Committees of the Legis-
lature after making many amendments TO the
Primary Reform bill. voted to report II faVor-
ably. - Sixteen persons are believed TO have
lost their lives in a fire in Chicago. - John
Wanamaker opened his campaign for Governor
Of Pennsylvania with speech at Lancaster.
CITY.-General Nelson A. Miles visited and
inspected the Notifications and defences in Long
Island Sound. - The yacht Mayfower built
for the late Ogden Goelet and now in the Erie
Basin, Brooklyn. was purchased by the Govern
rnent for use q tOrpedO-boat destroyer. -
The military. bicycle and athletic carnival at
Madison Square Garden was witnessed by Gen
eral n. A. Miles. and enthusiastically received
IT, The Grand Jury found an indictment
against DR.. Trumbull ". CleaVeend for man
slaughter in the second degree. s-- Fire seri-
ously damaged the Hanover apartment-house
ut F'ifteenth-st. and Fifth-ave. - The revival
meetings conducted by Dwight /. Moody in the
Grand Central Palace We're more largely at
tended than ever - Tho dinner Of the Scien-
tiAc Alliance was held at the Savoy. -
Stocks strong and higher.
THE NATURALIZATION for to-day
Cloudy and warmer. with possible showers The
temperature yesterday: Highest, 81 degrees;
y lowest, Al: average. 4iA..