New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-09
AIrtu11urk Daily Gribnme
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 0, 1899.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN-Ladysmith still held out on De,
cemb-r 4; since November five officers and
twenty six men had been killed In the town,
Generals Butler and Methuen are believed TO be
waiting the arrival of howitzers from England,
though Pretoria dispatch said fighting began
al Modder River on Wednesday, the Beers nave
blown up railway culvert and cut the tele,
graph wires at Gras Pan. In the rear or Heneia
Methuen In the mutiny Of native police
in Panay. Lieutenant Ledyard, or the oth IN
fantry son of the president OF the Michigan
Central Railway. was killed; in a fight with in,
surgents in mountain pass In Luzon GeheTai
Young's forces killed twenty five rebels -
An Italian Deputy has been accused OF com
picity in the murder of banker Of Palermo;
- One person was killed and three injured
by an accident TO the Irish Mall train at
Crewe England. ---= General Castro has dis
PATCHED troops from Caracas, with orders to
try TO recapture Maracaibo 80 A demon
stration in honor Of Antonio Maceo at Santiago
de Cuba took the form Of an outburst or anu
Americanism -- The Pope despite the ad-
vice of his physicians. celebrated mass In MS
private chapel.
CONGRESS.-The Senate was not In session
- House rule was adopted providing
that debate on the Currency bill shall begin on
Monday and continue through the week. the
final vote TO be taken on Monday December
Is; a Committee on Insular Affairs is to be APP
pointed
DoMESTIC-A delegation from Utah in
Washington issued a reply to the ADDRESS OF
Representative elect Roberts: another meeting
was held by the committee which Is investigat-
ing his case - Captain j. c. Ayres, well
known ordnance officer Of the Army, was killed
in Washington by falling from his bicycle and
being run over by team. - Charles H..
Lincoln, the Governors legal adviser. mas
finished his work on the plan to unity the state
educational system, and has submitted the same
10 the special commissioners. - The Ken
lucky Board Of State Canvassers will decide In
favor Of seating William &. Taylor, Republican.
as Governor and the Goebel men will carry the
contest TO the Legislature 80 The Deputy
Superintendent OF Public instruction, ID. r.
Ainsworth. holds that the State funds appor-
toned to New-York City must be turned over
TO the Board OF Education. and not used 10 re-
duce taxes. - The extension OF the Southern
Railway to Savannah was formally opened by
a trip Of a special train from Washington.
CITY.-Stocks were weak and lower -
The session OF the MolineuX trial was taken UP
largely with the testimony OF William ]. Kins-
ley the prosecutions handwriting expert =-
The Mazet Committee held q secret session &c
discuss its report to the Legislature the mem
bers would say little regarding the cause OF
the adjournment. - Governor Roosevelt
spent the day in conferences with various peo
pie about canal and other matters - The
American Woollen Company announced that Il
would raise the wages Of It's twenty-sx thous kl(
employees 10 per cent on January l. 80 Jus
tice Gldersleeve refused 10 make permanent th'
Injunction restraining the city from entering
into the Ramapo water contract. - The YAH
alumni held their annual dinner at Sherrys las
night.
THE Neutrality-suspicious. for to-day
Fair The temperature yesterday: Highest, A
degrees; lowest. "a; average. $685.