New-York tribune., 1899-11-24
A.etu91prk Dailp Tribn,,e
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER "a. 1899.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-General Methuen. with the Kim
berley relief column. announced having won
complete victory over the Beers at Bemoh'.,
the enemy's position being carried at the poll'
of the bayonet: forty prisoners, were taken
much ammunition was destroyed, and eoou
number Of the Beers were buried; GehelaI
French commanding part of General Gatacre
column, encountered the Beers in force, Dut
withdrew with slight casualties: General Butler
has gone TO Natal but expects 10 return 10
Cape Town soon. =- Four hundred Dervlshes
were killed in the Soudan in an engagement
with Anglo- Egyptian force under Genera
Wingate. -= Mr. Chamberlain Colonial Sec
retary. visited Windsor and held interviews
with Emperor William ard members or ms
staff - man accused of swinding is on
trial In Berlin who claims TO have been
major Of volunteers in the American Army our
ing the Spanish American war =-= General
Wood will sail for this city to-day from Sanu-
ago. in response to a summons to Washington:
- The British steamer CoQuet has drlfted
ashore on the Norwegian coast; eleven members
Of her crew are supposed 10 be lost; the vessel
will prove a wreck - Thomas Henry lsmay,
founder Of the White Star Line Of steamers, is
dead.
DOMEsTIC-Admiral Dewey expressed his
thanks 10 those who have shown sympathy with
him in the attacks resulting from the transfer or
his house; he will accept an invitation TO visit
Chicago on the anniversary Of the battle or Ma
Mia - Two treaties for the partition OF Sa-
moa have been drawn up one Of which has al
ready been signed in Berlin. and the other will
probably be signed in Washington. == The
postage TO Porto Rico the Philippines and
Guam. - To Carrere & Hastings were
awarded the plans for building the new halls for
Yale The football teams Of Yale and
Princeton took their last hard practice for the
big game Saturday. - Arrangements were
made for special trains from Washington to-
morrow 10 carry the President. Cabinet. Sena-
tors Supreme Court and Representatives 10 the
funeral of Vice President Hobart in Paterson
- The monuments of Illinois on the battle
fields at Chattanooga, Tenn. were dedicated
- The New-York state Commerce Commits
sion took evidence in Chicago in regard 10 the
grain traffic from the West.
CITY-Stocks were dull on small final
changes -= The New Amsterdam Gas Com
pany restored it's rates to 81 40 q thousand cubic
feet and 1t was said that the other companies
would do likewiee, thus ending the gas rate war.
80 One man killed and six injured by
an explosion Of gas in a trench at Broadway
and Canal-st. == Two Of the MolineuX jurors
were excused on account Of illness: one tales
man was qualified and accepted as juror. =-
Tommy Brtton Cos was bought at auction for
$4,000 by F. A. Lord. of Chicago. - Colo
mel William c. Church, chairman Of the Exc
cutive Committee of the Dewey Arch Commit
tee, said that the committee had no intention
of changing the name Of the arch, and that IT
would always be the Dewey Arch.
THE WE WEATHER.-Forecast for to-day: Fair.
The temperature yesterday: Highest, % de-
glees; lowest Al; average, 46$s degrees.