New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-06
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

THE Wharf.-The peace conferences IN a 's,I'ad
,ontinue: some OF the leaders who consulted
with Premier Sagasta urged tne neCeee s
.onvoking the Cortes al once; Massna a ,adness
laws in an interview that 1t would ne iieu.e
,or Snain TO reject President Mckinney cohui-
ions - Several parties 81 American ,, '.a
rines have landed near san Juan. IC.'o 49, 49,
md taken possession Of the cape san Juan
lighthouse and other lighthouse stations aiohs
The coast: the inhabitants weIcoinrd ,ne III
yadsrs - CAPTAIN Charles f. CLARK. com
mandine the battle ship oregon, which mace the
memorable run around Cape Horn. has broken
down under the strain put upon him. ana mas
oeen ordered home 1t Is feared ms arrs On the
s ended. - General Wheeiers rspor, on inc ne
operations before Santiago was mace puphc Wy
cacre,arv Alger - The fleet OF transports
Ar Ponce has been ordered to Santiago to ASSIST
IN bringing General Skaters troops back 10
This country - The troops at Newport
News awaiting transportation to Porto RICO
will not 60 until after the SICK men a. san
tiago have been brought nome. - ne Isl
Reyir1ent OF Volunteer Engineers embarked
1t Peekskill on barge, TO be Transporter W ..e
troopship Chester in New York Bay; they ex-
meet to sail for Porto Rico to-day. - Iwen-
Tv-,hree deaths have occurred among the troops
in Santiago in the last four days
FOREIGN.-Tae report that big ocean
steamer was sunk in the Straits OF Belle Isle.
off the north coast OF NeW1oundiahu' ~ eo.
nrmed by fisherman. who said he saw the
ship run into iceberg and sink - oWinS
to Russian aggression in China fears oi an
Anglo Russian we're expressed - A
Rome dispatch to a London paper says that
ItaIy has informed the United States of her In
tention TO land military force IN Coionlpla III
default Of compliance with her demand Tor d
settlement Of the Cerrut claim. - Inc hp-
peal OF Emile lola against the decision or the
Versailles Assize Court in overruiing seVerai
objections in the libel case has been dismissed
by the Court of Cessation. - l)r EdWatd
Bibbins Aveng the English Socialist dled IN
london - Through the Anglo American
movement efforts being made TO get the
Prince of Wales TO visit the United States ana
Canada next summer.
DOMESTIC-Argumentsw were heard by Judge
Barnard in the matter of the assessment OF
William Rockefeller's property at Tarryto"n'
and decision was reserved. - Judge Conh-
tryman stated that II would take him three
weeks To examine the report OF the Canal Com
missions investigation. - The suee'Cdt en-
ployes OF Syracuse struck tying up an tne
lines in the city. - The chapel of Niagara
University was destroyed by FIRE. - young
man was killed by lightning while standing N
the doorway OF his home. in St. Lawrence
County - young woman was killed Dy
running her wheel into a railroad train In
Western New-York.
CITY.-The transport lroquois arrived from
others who talked OF conditions at the front
- The bodies Of two Of the young women
and that Of the sailor who lost their lives IN
the drowning accident in Raritan Bay on Thurs
day were recovered yesterday. and II Is expect
ed that the other two will be found to-day
80 Superintendent Maxwell made his first
annual report on the public schools OF New
York. - 1t was learned that John Petit. the
well known real estate man. had Deen missing
for some time - Stocks were active and
very strong.
The weather forecast for to-day Far ana
warm The temperature Yesterday: Highest
IS degrees; lowest 50 degrees; average, IS