New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-24
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THURSDAY, AUGUST "a. 1899.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN-The days testimony before the
Dreyfus court martial at Rennes was unevent-
full Maftre I.abori Kidding the fimsy testimony
largely gossip. offered by unlmportant WITNESSES
FOR the prosecution: correspondence Of Ester
hazy and the deposition OF Nine. rays Were
read TO the court 80 The Boer reply TO the
British proposal for joint inquiry was received
by Mr. Chamberlain. in London; a dispatch
from his Government was delivered TO the
'Transvaal Government by the British Agent at
Pretoria Maurice Grau has engaged Tor
the Metropolitan season in this city DR.. Muck.
Header of German opera in Berlin. - In San
Domingo important accessions TO the cause OF
the revolution are announced. - Five cuban
soldiers were killed by gendarmes in fight
at Cuevitas where payment of the American
fund is being made the trouble originated IN
the faulty army lists - The French au-
thorities at Villefranche are extending marked
courtesies to Admiral Dewey; the men of the
Olympia will be landed for drill - Drouth
in Jamaica is responsible for an alarming spread
Of a disease called yaws among the natives:
- Two workmen in Lisbon have developed
symptoms Of bubonic plague.
DOMEsTIC-Secretary Root returned to
Washington from his conference with President
Mckinley; he said he was determined that the
twenty new regiments should be In the Philip
pines before Christmas. - Attorney General
Griggs said he would render his decision in the
case of Captain Oberlin NJ. Carter soon after
hearing the argument Of WAYNE MacVeagh. the
defendants counsel - The authorities in
Washington surprised to learn that Gen
eral Otis had enforced the Chinese exclusion
laws In the philippines. Inc records at
Albany show that the Ramapo Water Com
pany's charter was railroaded through the Sen
ate in the closing hours Of the 1895 session
g President and Mrs. Mckinley leave Platts
burg to-day for Long Branch. where they will
be the guests of ice-President Hobart
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-There was an i'm
lprovement in stock prices. - Ex-Judge John
F. Dillon sent TO Controller Coler opinion
declaring that IL would be Illegal for the city
to enter into the Ramapo water contract -
IT was announced that the Rev Dr. Benjamin
r. De Costa had resigned the rectorship of the
Church Of ST. John the Evangelist. - It was
learned that the body of William Balm, who
disappeared on August 6. had been found in the
river. and buried unidentified in Potters Field.
- The transport Mcclellan sailed for Porto
Rico with 1000 tons OF supplies. - The
Plan and Scope Committee of the Dewey Cele-
bration Committee adopted plans for the cele-
bration of the day, and decided TO ask the Ad
miral to be here on September Is. one day
earlier. g. The butchers were hopeful of win
ming their fight against the trust. and were
guine of receiving aid from William G. Whitney
- Three persons were killed and three in
jured at an unprotected grade crossing north
of Long Branch.
THE WEATHER--Forecast for to-day: Fair
and moderate. The temperature yesterday:
Highest rs degrees; lowest, II degrees; aver
age. 1873 degrees