New-York tribune., 1901-12-05
Aetn11ork Daily Gribn,re
THURSDAY. DECEMBER =, 1901.
THE NEWS THIS HORNING.

FOREIGN-In the tariff debate in the Reichs-
tag DR. Paache of Halle University. sounded a
strong warning against the peril Of American
competition, telling the members what he had
observed in a visit 10 this country. =- Slr
William MacCormac president OF the Royal Col
lege of Surgeons of London, died in Bath. Eng
land yesterday. -= The wording of a resolu-
ton rejecting upon Lord Milner precipitated a
scene of discord the meeting Of the National
Liberal Federation in Derby, England. ==
Lord Strathcona is confined to his house in Lon
don as the result of fall suffered just before he
sailed from Canada recently - Recent de-
velopmemts show much i'll feeling existing
among the prominent friends and defenders of
preyfuS since the Rennes court martial lnclud-
ing rupture Of fricn6,y relations between NJ.
Labori and Captain Dreyfus. - The steamer
Caracas left San Juan, Porto Rico with large
cargo Of Porto Rican cigars, cigarettes and lear
tobacco - The American schooner w: II
Card passed at sea by the Hamburg inner
Patricia abandoned and waterlogged
CONGRESS.-Senate: The new Hay-Paunce-
fote Isthmian Canal Treaty was received from
the President and referred to the Committee on
Foreign Relations; many important bllls We're
introduced, among them Philippine tari1 and
revenue bill by Mr. Lodge, bill for the protec-
ton OF Presidents by Mr.. Hoar. ana TWO Nlcd-
ragua Canal bills; it was learned that the Demo-
cratic minority viii stubbornly oppose the Lay
Pauncefote Treaty and the Philippine Dill -
The House was not in session
DOMESTIC-Secretary Gage in his annual
report advocates banking and currency REFORMS
and repeal of war taxes and reviews the treas
urv's operations. The British ship Nelson
Of the Columbia River. Oregon, and all on board,
fwenty-eight in number, are believed to have
been lost - 4 schoOlboy aged eight, in New
port. Ky. stabbed TO death by schoolmate
only eleven years old. - A young woman,
supposed to be the missing Nellie Cropsey, OF
Elizabeth City, y. C. found at Wilson, n.
c. but her Identification not proved. -
Captain Diamonds attorney has filed an appeal
from Justice Herrick's sentence. and the case
will be argued next summer. - The first gen.
eral missionary conference in the history of the
Protestant Episcopal Church opened in Roeh-
ester, The I'd Battalion of the 18th
Regiment started for the Philippines
CITY.-Stocks were strong and higher. -
News was received that Johr d. Rockefeller had
promised Bryn Mawr College S23o.ooo cond-
tionaIly - Two negroes fought a duel in a
dark locked room. with knives until both be-
came unconscious from loss CT blood. - A
Cuban inflicted thirty stab wounds on MS
sweetheart and was pursued 10y mob of coored
men, who fired several shots at him. =-- The
will of Edward s. Stokes, contested by his
cousin. w. l.. ID. Stokes WAS admitted 10 pro
bate - Mayor-elect Low returned from
Washington. -= James McKeen and Charles
s Whitman Were appointed by George L. RiVe4
TO be assistants in the Corporation CounseFs of
fee ~ Richard Croker talked again ABOUT
the burden of being boss of Tammany Hall.
Gilbert Parker arrived from England on
a trip for ana recreation; while here he VIII
arrange for the production OF his plav 'Ihe
Right of Way" - Controller~elect Grout pre-
vented the passage of queer resolutions In the
Board of Public improvements affecting canal
in Queens, and Improvements in The Bronx
THE Neutrality-suspicious. for to-day: Fair.
The temperature yesterday: Highest, - de-
grees: lowest. 10; average, 23