New-York tribune., 1901-10-10
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10. 1901.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREiGN.-It is believed in diplomatic circles
in London that agreement canal treaty
between the United States and Great Britain
has been reached; a Berlin newspaper asserts
that under the new convention the waterway
Will be neutral for all time. Martial law
has been declared over the whole of Cape Col
ony. 80 Advices from Simla report the peace
full accession of the new Ameer whose rule has
been accepted by his brothers and the Afghan
abducted missionary. is held has been found: 1T
IS on the summit of a mountain. and several
Thousand Bulgarian and Turkish troops are try
3ng to surround the eighteen brigands who are
holding her for ransom. A. w. Miller who
was arrested in Cuba for an alleged shortage of
Slo,ooo in his accounts city clerk of San
Wlthout extraoltion. - The torpedo boat de-
etroyer Crane narrowly escaped the fate OF the
Cobra, the force OF the waves causing her
plates to buckle inward.
DOMESTIC.-Rear Admiral Henry c. Taylor
testified before the Schley court of inquiry that
ne saw the Brooklyn in the Santiago fight a
umn, and that the Spanish vessels made no at
tempt to ram the American ships; the other
witnesses were Commander Potts, Lieutenant
Bristol and Lieutenant Leiper - Rear Ad-
miral Schley. having reached the age limit of
slxty-two years, was placed on the retired list
or the navy - President Roosevelt received
q large number of callers, who discussed with
him great variety of topics - Charges of
drunkenness against Captain Benjamin F. Tilley
commandant of the naval station at Tutuila,
have been filed at the Navy Department.
The Postoffice Department decided to place Nc
klnleys head on the forthcoming issue of postal
cards - Football games resulted as fol-
lows: Yale, "a; Wesleyan, O. Harvard, H. Am
herst, q. Pennsylvania, 2S; Swarthmore O.
Princeton, %; New-York University O. 1t
was New-York Day at the Pan-American Ex-
position; Governor Odell attended and was en-
Enthusiastically received; the fair was crowded
and there were excellent oratory and fine mill
tsry display.
CITY.-Stocks were dull and strong
Five thousand people at the Republican mass
meeting in the Grand Central Palace last night
heard speeches by Seth Low, General Benjamin
F. Tracy Edward NJ. Grout, Job E. Hedges and
Robert c. Morris. - The City Democracy in
dorseG the ant-Tammany ticket. - Charles
" Fornes, the fusion candidate for President of
the Board of Aldermen, sent his letter of ac-
ceptance to the allied forces - The Demo-
cratic conventions nominated aldermen in nearly
all districts - 1t was reported that Asa Bird
Gardiner was slated for the Tammany nonlna-
tfon for District Attorney. - The engineers
appointed TO devise plan to relieve the crush
at the Manhattan end of the Brooklyn Bridge
recommended elevated railroad system con-
meeting the East River bridges and the West
Side ferries and elevated roads with the Brook
lyn Bridge. - The New-York Yacht Club
refused to grant the request of Sir Thomas Lip
ton that the Shamrock be allowed 10 race for
the Americas Cup again next year. - 1t
was announced that the trustees of the New
York Public Library would be asked TO devote
an annex to Anglo-Saxon literature in memory
OF King Alfred the Great.
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for to-day
ehowers. The temperature yesterday: Highest,
" degrees; lowest 81.