New-York tribune., 1901-12-20
Aetppork Dailp Gr-ibnare
FRIDAY. DECEMBER 90. 1901.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESS branches adjourned for the
holiday recess until January s. - Only rou-
tine business was transacted in the Senate. -
The House voted to make the Hepburn Nicara-
qua Canal bill the special order of business be
ginning January 4.
FoREIGN.-At luncheon given by Gov
ernor BOYLE Of Newfoundland Marconi talked or
his wireless telegraph invention. and SAID ne
hoped 70 be able to transmit commercial mes
sages at cent word, = Ihe Shanner or
Commerce of Porto Rico has asked Governor
Hunt 10 request Congress to protect the lsI-
end's interests against concessions 10 CUBAN
sugar and to grant bounty on Porte hlcan
coffee - Satisfaction over Lord Kitcheners
success in South Africa is general in Enelano.
and praise Of his work is heard on all sloes'
the change of feeling is marked. =" hr
Asquith has Endorsed Lord Roseberys Chester
field speech; he says the country owes the LID
eral spokesman debt of gratitude. - II is
learned that the British postal authorities have
considered the American route for mais 10
Australia - The Manfsi conectlon OF an an
tique watches held in Berlin mas peen lem
to the Metropolitan Museum Of Art; report
says ! P;erpont Morgan has bought IT. or IN
tends 10 do so. = German trade is looking
up the Improvement in the iron industry being
most noticeable. At Charlotte Analla
Danish West Indies. sailors from Danish
cruiser paraded,- and the popuace foiloWso
shouting opposition to the sale Of the islanas-
- Miss Hazel Singer, of Chicago, and Prince
John Ghika were married in Pans
DOMESTIC.-The Navy Departments answer
TO Admiral Schey's bill OF objections VIII oe
ready to-day, and Admiral SIMPSONS courisei
viii file their protest against Acnral pewes
dealing with the question OF civil government IN
the Philippines, made public by the war
Department - Nine men were killed ana
several were injured in an explosion Of big gas
furnace in Pittsburg. - Trains on the South
ern Pacific were in collision IN California, ana
two lives were lost - The H. B. Claim
Company has bought the big department store
of Samuel Posner in Baltimore. - Many
trains are snowbound in the West. - Part
of Plymouth Church, Rochester, has been rented
20 the Pilgrim Club - The Superintendent
Of State Prisons issued an order to permit pris
oners TO wear their hair long enough to comb
ernor Odell and urged the appointment Of John
Lundrigan Railroad Commissioner. - The
Rev. Dr. c. H. Brent was consecrated Episcopal
Bishop Of the Philippine Islands.
CITY.-Stocks were dull and irregular. -
The Broadway Tabernacle church property was
- Secretary Gage spoke at the dinner Of
Group VIII of the State Bankers Association.
- Charles P. Chip, formerly a bookkeeper,
employed in the office OF the Collector Of As
sessments and Arrears, branch TO the Con-
trolier's Office, was arrested on charge OF lar
Gerry. il IS alleged that his peculations amount
TO $4,000. - The wife of Supreme Court
Justice Blanchard knocked down and Sc
verely injured by cab occupied by Mrs. Jules
4 MoranT, n Fifth-ave. - Two lives were
lost at fires in South Brooklyn. - 1t was an
nounce3 that bills would be introduced in both
branches of Congress providing for new Cen
eral Postoffice building in this city - Jus
tice jerome said he might favor a Sunday open
ing law. to be limited TO one year, expert
rnent- - II was discovered that old man
who had starved 10 death in Crcton Falls had
accounts with Seven banks. - II was learned
that Battery Dan Finn planning fight
TO wrest the Tammany leadership Of the Ist
District from Police Commissioner Murphy.
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for to-day:
Fair and cold. The temperature yesterday:
Highest, 26 degrees; lowest. Ia