New-York tribune., 1901-08-24
Nem31urk DAILY Gtibn1w
SATURDAY. AUGUST "a, 1901.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN-The Colombian Government mas
issued a decree suspending payments ana au-
thorizing conhscation Of supplies tor "aI PsSt
poses and the forced leVying or loans - ",
Constans French Ambassador. Informed the
Sultan that he would leave Constanuhopie !
the French claims were not settled ilnhheula.e
" the notice being in the nature ot an uIu-
rnatum General Kitchener reports me
capture Of a Boer convoy Of eighty-siN wagons
and eighteen prisoners. -- me Nacht jim;
with the Duke and Duchess OF OorhNdii aI-G
York on board left Cape Town for the isiano
OF St Vincent. on her way 10 Halifax Where
she is due September II. - senator
Lodge and his family arrived al ST petersburg
after a visit 10 Moscow and Warsaw; the sen
ator declined 10 discuss the sugar or South
tistics show q revenue for the year OF tl"S"o'-
40 and an expenditure Of fl0o64903; the pun
lie deposited in the savings banks during the
yeer fa05l6434 - King Edward lunehea
with Emperor William at Wilhelmshohe Castle.
Prussia == The steamer Alene, which sunk
the pilot boat James Gordon Bennett In New
York Earbor, arrived al Kingston, Jamaica
leaking. and went into drydock.
DOMESTIC.-A conference OF Amalgamated
Association officials and labor leaders was held
IN Pittsburg ~ which. Il was said by those
present, plans for aiding the strikers were con
sidered; there was no important change In the
situation al the steel mills. -- number OF
important retirements and promotions soon 10
occur In the navy were announced; Rear-Ad-
miral Schley Will retire October 10. - The
consensus Of opinion gathered from many States
IS that the Democratic party is ready 20 repudl-
issue while the idea Of forming a new third
party receives no hearty support - IL was
Virginia Day AT the Buffalo Exposition; Gov
ernor Tyler made an address. == The oxford
and Cambridge track athletes reached Boston.
- CITY-Stocks were strong and higher. -
A heavy storm visited the Oranges. one man
killed and another knocked unconscious by
lightning - IL was said that the confer
ence of anti-Tammany committees on Sep
tember would In reality he nominating con-
venticn. -- II was learned that the board
OF experts appointed under the McCarren law
had nearly completed a plan for relieving
the congestion at the Manhattan end OF the
bridge. =-= The Shamrock was towed down
10 her permanent mOorines at Sandy Hook.
=- The belief was expressed generally that
Devery had made Murphy relieve Glennon.
Shells and Dwyer from suspension. - NJ c.
ID. Borden, the Fall River mill owner ridiculed
the theory that a short cotton crop and conse-
quent rise in the price Of material would
cause print cloth manufacturers 20 reduce
wages. - A hardened criminal responded to
the plea Of his bedrdden mother confessed a
robhery and saved two innocent persons from
gong 10 prison. The son Of Vice. -presi-
cent Roosevelt, the youngest member of the
family was operated on at Roosevelt Hos
pltal, where his sister, the eldest child has
Deen recovering from operation: the Vice
president spent the afternoon al the hospital
THE Forecast for to-day: Show
- 80 aho Sooler The temperature yesterday:
Highest ~ degrees; lowest. 76; average. So