New-York tribune., 1901-08-17
Netp11nrk DAILY Gribn1a
SATURDAY, AUGUST II, 1901.
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN The Beers surrounded and capt
ured party of fifty OF General French's scouts
in Cape Colony; an important engagement be-
tween the British and force of tour thousand
Boers is impending the frontier Of Zululano
&C., Trains again crossing the Isthmus OF
Panama without military escort, seVeraI sla-
lions along the line having been garrisoned-
== The rev census Of Canada places the
population at 533S, $50, an increase OF. oO9,o44,
result is disappointing TO Canadians - Inc
Editor and publisher Of The Globe, or Lon
don, appeared a. the bar of the House OF
Commons. dpOlOetzed for an article rehecllhs
on the Irish memb srs and were reprtmanded
by the speaker. -= Lord George Hamilton
Secretary for India. made the best financial
statement in Parliament for that country since
il has been colony OF the Crown; the results
of the gold standard had exceeded the eX-
peotations of the government. == The widow
Of Premier Canovas del Castillo died in Spain
An International bicycle race from Paris
10 Brest and return is being run in France. with
Miller, Of Chicago among the competitors -
II is proposed TO burn Texas oil on the steam
ers Of the new transatlantic line from Bantry
Bay. Ireland.
DOMESTIC leaders of the steel strikers
were greatly encouraged by the action of the
at Joliet, where $500 employees of the
Illinois Steel Company quit work the manu-
1acturers still express confidence OF victory; the
last plant running al McKeesport was tied up;
the steel workers at Milwaukee are expected
10 vote to-day on the question % obeying Presi-
swept over the Gulf region suhsided, and, while
information from points along the coast is
rneaEre, the Joss or lie IS thOusnt 10 be Snall.
great damage was done 10 railroads, shlpplng
and other property. = Rear-Admiral Schley
conferred with his counsel in Washington,
where he viii remain until after the court Of
inquiry completes its investigation of the San
Iiago campaign. -= The cruiser Ranger has
been ordered to Panama and the battleship
Iowa viii be dispatched there as soon as she
can be made ready after her arrival at San
Francisco; the cruiser Philadelphia viii be held
in readiness 10 go 10 the isthmus, should she
be needed there 80 It announced in
Philadelphia that Charles NJ Schwab will take
control OF the Bethlehem steel and iron COM
panies within ten days. - The manager Of
the sawtelIe Circus shot and killed a discharged
ennplOye at Saratoga. == Frank A Mexican.
ex-Mayor OF Nashua, N. H, Is reported dead in
Asuncion. Paraguay. - The National Asso-
citation Of Business Women was in session at
Buffalo.
CITY-Stocls were dull and irregular ==
Bishop Doane made public a statement that
there would be a deficit of 100000 in the
treasury Of the Episcopal Board of Missions on
September /. = r. Hall McCormick's yacht
the Rapidan. was struck by a coal barge at the
New-fork Yacht cubs pier and badly DAM
aged. She had just come from Chicago by way
OF the Great Lakes and the st. Lawrence. -
The police in the Borough of Queens think they
have part Of the gang of burglars who have
been operating there for some time Two men
were arrested there and on their confession two
others were caught in Park Row. = 1t was
thought in Wall Street that the attitude Of NJ.
c. y. Borden toward the proposed cut of print
cloth operatives wages would prevent the cut
going into effect. == James b. Kellogg, of
r s Dean & Co. notorety, was arrested on
new charges or SWlndling. -- deputy Fonce
Commissioner Devery broke out with attack
on Frank Moss calling him and his associates
a gang Of hghbinders: District Attorney Phil
bin denied that there was any disagreement be-
tween him and Frank Moss and Justice Jerome
over the police disclosures and said that PROSE-
cutions would certainly result from Whitney S
confession.
THE Observation-Disclosures for. to-day:
Fair. Sunday, increasing cloudness, and prob
ably rain, with cooler, fresh southwest winds,
becoming variable. Tempers ture yesterday:
Highest IS degrees; lowest, - degrees; average,
so degrees.