New-York tribune., 1901-12-16
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 1s, 1901.
THE NEWS THIS MORNTNG.

FosETGN-Lord Kitchener reports the capt
IRE of Commandant Badenhorst and fourteen
either Beers III the Transvdal; refugees are re-
tUrnig in large numbers to Johannesburg, a 1lu
enc city is resuming its former Industrial pros
rerltv. - General Bells troops are pursuing
the Insurgents in Batangas Province, Lu%uI'
with great activity, and daily fshts are occur
ring: General Bell has given notice thet aItei
December 2S the inhabitants Of the district must
concentrate about the towns; Patterson the
English secretary 10 Sixto Lopez, mas peen ue-
ported from Manila to HOng-KOng; Manila was
shaken by an earthquake yesterday - Inc
situation in the Chilian-Argentine dispute IS
easgaty improved. but military preparallons
continue in the latter republic; II is expected
that g reply to Chili's note viii be READY ioG oe
livery tomorrow. - Gre&t lnteIgsl @ tf,' = rete
throughout Great Britain in Lord Roseoery
speech to-day at Chesterfield - The o. Z.
Club, an association of London playgoerS, gave
ar entertainment 10 American actors and ac-
tressas in that city at which Miss Maxine Elliott
presided = The directors of the London and
Northeastern Railway have given an order for
twenty American locomotives
DOMESTIC.-It is expected that the new Hay
Pauncefote Treaty will be ratified by the Senate
to-day by 3 larger majority than is usual with
such conventions. the Democratic oppositon 10
* having been largely reduced. - The name
Of Ex-Governor Merriam of Minnesota has been
uggested for the post of Secretary of Commerce,
IT which Congress is expected to provide soon
asfta the holiday recess. - Eight persons
~ve-e killed and two are missing as the result OF
- , don collision the Illinois Central Rail-
:. "a between a freight and passenger train due
70 neglect of orders. Much damage was
s5Sna by high water in the mountain region Of
Pennsylvania: only slight loss of life but much
Ses -uction OF property was reported in Allen
=, and the trolley cars were stopped and
III electric lights were out by reason of flood
in f power houses. - Heavy floods damaged
erty and caused washouts on railroads, de-
'ayt 1g traffic in the western part Of this State
- The six racing associations Of New-Y ork
ere assessed S12S5S0 80 for the benefit of agri
cultural societies. - The First National Bank
u Sallston Spa will resume business on Thurs
day - Croker and his party looked over his
thoroughbreds at Lexington, KY; the party is en-
route to French Lick Springs.
part Of their skin at the Englewood. n. J.. hos
,stal. to save comrades life. - New-Jersey
., ners We're with difficulty kept from wreaking
summary vengeance on negro who had cut
Sfg choked a woman. - man eighty years
oiL fought workmen of the New York Telephone
Company for four hours in New Rochelle, TO
keep them from putting up telephone poles on
his property - 4 Brooklyn man jumped
through z window after two burglars and shot
one Of them. Zsp viii probably die. - After
the Democratic primaries in Newark Satur-
day night, tBE &ac1ions engaged in conflict
IN the Jefersor-sn Club house. in which two
men were knocked senseless and many bruised
ana battered. - One thousand defendants
were named in two suits to foreclose mortgages
on New-Jersey property. - The CunGrd liner
Etruria and the French liner La Bretagne ar
rived. and reported stormy weather - EX-
Mayor Hewitt said that he thought the Chamber
OF Commerce might become interested in the
scheme for technical training school in the
oli 69th Regiment Arrnory. - Breaks in the
u egraph and telephone wires caused by the
mgr wind were repaired.
TIE wEATHER.-Forecast for to-day: Fair
er colder. The temperature yesterday: High
zE- So degrees; lowest, 10; average, 30.