New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-21
Netu91ork DAILY Iriba,te
MONDAY, FEBRUARY y, 1o9S.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN-A special dispatch from Havana
saws that the inquiry into the cause or the dis,
aster 20 the Maine is expected 10 De niiSn
in three DAYS A French force ADVANCED
on Sakoto. a town in West Africa within terri
tory claimed by the British. = MINISTER
Woodford will present 70 the queen H ,' 60
morrow the Presidents dispatch thanking Spdlt
for sympathy expressed az the loss OF the
Maine - \ requiem service for the Vlctiins
of the Maine disaster was held in Berhn' - :,
Henri Rochefort escorted 10 ms prison -!
a mob which the police had difficulty IN ais
persng The values OF many American
stocks declined in London. - Nesotiat ION,
between Chilli and Peru may fail, owing 10 IdCh
of a promise Of neutrality. - ulspatch
from Havana says that Secretary-General Con.
gosto's statement in regard 10 the prlpihS vi
members Of the Cuban Junta is dlscreoi'eo'
DOMESTIC.-The Navy Department received
word from Admiral Sicard that the Maine Court
of Inquiry would assemble in havana to-ua!,
the Coast Survey steamer Bache. with Wrechihs
apparatus and divers arrived at the Scent VI
the disaster Senior Du Bose. spanish
Charge d'Affaires in Washington. said that
Lieutenant Sooral, whose CRITICISMS OF lhe
American Navy have attracted some attention,
was not the naval attache Of the Legation, MS
service having terminated on January "a -
Senator Platts declaration in faVor or the re-
nomination of Governor Black is regarded ny
the latter's friends assuring his success In
the Republican State Convention. - Louis
F. Pawn Superintendent of the State Insurance
Department asks the Legislature 10 give him
greater authority over mutual fire and assess
ment life companies The biennial Y. NJ
G. A. convention closed IN EOcNeSleT on Sdlul
day night - Nat Goodwin married
again in Cleveland. - Passengers and crew
regatd an Alaskan steamer as unsafe and leave
her - An important missionary convention
will meet this week in Cleveland. 80 Infor-
nation as to the situation in CUBA has been
prepared by the State Department. but prob
ably will not be transmitted TO Congress at
present.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-The body of
Police Commissioner Leonard r. Wees of
Brooklyn was found. with the throat cut,
North Plainfed. n. J. - The Spanish cruiser
Vizcaya anchored off Tompkinsville. and
formal visit was paid TO her commander by
representative OF Admiral Bunce, Commandant
of the Navy Yard: the officers have decided
not to take part in social functions here -
MANY cergymen made references TO the Maine
disaster in their sermons. - II learned
that railroad men have appealed TO the Inter
state Commerce Commission in the hope Of Sc
curing the suspension of the clauses in the law
preventing them from meeting the rate cuts Of
the Canadian Pacific. - Funeral services
over the BODY Of Miss Frances F. Willard were
held al the Broadway Tabernacle. - Many
OF the entries for the bench show Of the West
minister Kennel Clue were received az the Mad
son Square Garden. - The death Of Dr. F.
c. Scguin announced.
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for to-day
Wet and colder. The temperature yesterday.
Highest. 90 degrees; lowest. 80 average. 31h