New-York tribune., 1899-08-20
Bns,ress Nctiffe.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 20, 1899
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN-Major Cuignet and Generals lie
Bosdefre and Gonse testified against DreyIus a, =
the Rennes court martial; Colonel Flcquart anu
General Billot were recalled 10 elucldate testi.
,oon,, GIVEN the ,iav before: il was stated that
the Court will find Dreyfus guilty or minor Oh OF
fence and put him practically OUT OF the a0tIr ~
service - BY order of General Brooke, al ma
vana General Jiminez was released from Gus
tody: the fighting in san Domingo goes on win
fortune favorlnG the cause of JimineZ. = :
The steamers Andes and HunGaria STRANDED on
reefs az Cane Haytien but were noated without
iniurv - All the Canal bills We're rejected IN
the Prussian Diet. -- Cases resemDihs pu
bonic plague have occurred in town OF nOu.h '.
Africa near Lourenzo Marquee. - Inc brI-
Ssh Government has consented 10 drop the extra
dition proceedings against Mrs. Perot, whose ap-
Quoted child has been delivered to her grand
father TO be returned to America. - Rlchai u
Crokers horse Salano. ridden by l.. RelH, won
the Robin Hood Plate at Nottingham. - Am
'bassador White has written a review or the
work accomplished by The Hague Peace CON
ference. -= The Brazilian Minister OF Marine
Vice-Admiral Barbosa, has resigned - An
eloping pair from Wkesbarre, Penn, were ar
rested on the steamer Campania at Liverpool
charged with forgery in the United States
DOMESTIC Secretary Root made public a
nlan for appointing a central committee. 10
teke charge of Porto Rican relief work. -
Governor Roosevelt spoke at Chautauqua. Where
he received an enthusiastic welcome. - Inc
owner of Webster. Mass. was made public. the
bulk of his fortune being left TO ms wl1e ana
children -= Congressman Champ Clark made
a political speech in Omaha upholdng silver
and denouncng President Mckinley - Cen
eral and Mrs Wesley Merritt arrived at Platts-
burg. The General will confer with the Presi-
dent regarding the Philippines. - ORDERS
were issued for three of the new volunteer regl-
ments to proceed to San Francisco, whence they
will be transported to Manila
CITY.-Stocks were strong and active. -
The allied printing trades made an imposing
demonstration against "The Sun" with a
monster parade and mass meeting In cooper
Union Shipping in the harbor was de-
layed by the fog. - 1t was said that Richard
Croker would go out on cruise on Lewis
Nixons yacht until September i, and would go
10 Jamesport, Long Island, TO confer with Hugh
Mclaughlin. - The Van Wyck boom was In
a bad way. but ]. J. Willett had not given up
hope. - All the cOastwise steamers )elated
by the storm reached port; the Lampasas was
unable to cook food or coffee for her passengers
for two days the galley fires were put out
80. Justice Fitzgerald decided against John
c. Sheehans election officers in the lXth Dis
trict 80 Many people went down TO Tomp-
knsville to hook at the Shamrock. =-- The
rector and vestry Of ST. Peters, West Chester,
announced their suspicious that the church was
set on fire. and offered reward Of 5000 for
the capture of the incendiary. - Captain
Alfred r. Mahan. L. S. y. (retred), OF the Amer
lean delegation to Tho Hague Conference, re-
turned the Lucania, and talked Of the Peace
Congress. General Thomas A. Davies, a
retired merchant of this city and a veteran Of
the Civil War died at Black Lake.
THE WEATHER. - Indications for to-day:
Showers. The temperature yesterday: Highest,
20 degrees; lowest, II degrees; average, 10 de-
grees