New-York tribune., 1902-12-11
Nssu-1lork Daily Gnibsss1s
THURSDAY. DECEMBER II, 1902
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESS Senate: The Statehood bill was
taken up and considered throughout the ses-
SIGN. House: Mr. Grow. of PennsylNalld'
delivered what viii probably be his last eA
tended speech in Congress. discussing the re-
lations of capital and labor in the United StaGes
two bills affecting the revenues were passed
FOREIGN.-President Castro has appealed
the Venezuelan people 10 take up arms
against Great Britain and Germany; a tenez-
uelan gunboat seized at Port or SPAIN
Trinidad and the British and German war
ships established a blockade of the entire
Venezuelan coast; British and German SUBJECTS
arrested in Venezuela were released by Fresl-
dent Castro on the demand of Mr. Bowen. the
United States Minister - The forInal open
ing Of the Nile dam and reservoir at Assouan
and Assiout took place yesterday. the hheqlVe,
the Duke and Duchess OF Connaught, Loru
Cromer and other noted persons taking part In
the ceremony Admiral Higginson admit
ted defeat in the success of Admiral Summers
squadron in seizing Mayaguez, P R., and min
frg the harbor. Count Boni de Castellane
has purchased for S60ol0 the famous Chateau
de Grignan, in Southern France =. An m m
ternational exhibition Of automobiles was
opened at Paris. American makers being prac-
tically unrepresented. - Clarence Andrews,
said to be an American, was found dead in bed
in a hotel in Paris.
DOMESTIC-John D Rockefeller. # was an
nounced in Washington, will give a large sum
of money. probably S10,OO0,O00, to endow an
educational institution similar TO that tounoeo
by Andrew Carnegie. - The text of the re-
Gently negotiated treaty for reciprocity be-
tween the United States and Newfoundland was
made public - The schedule of wages paid
10 mine workers by the Delaware and Hudson
company submitted to the Coal Strike Com
mission, and evidence heard of an alleged
attempt to end the strike by bribery. - By
agreement Of the conflicting interests the Board
of Directors of the Colorado Fuel and Iron
Company were chosen and officers elected. -
A reciprocity convention was opened in Detroit;
Governor Cumnins Of Iowa made an address
the tariff in relation to reciprocity; John
Charlton, NJ P, urged a change in policy Of the
United States toward Canada - Yale and
Harvard athletic authorities will probably agree
within month identical rules governing
questions of eligibility.
CITY--Stocks were weak and lower. - It
was learned that twenty labor unions had in
dorsed the Pennsylvania Railroad tunnel fran
chise; thirteen aldermen were angry because
Tammany published them as opposed to the
franchise. - More coal arrived and num-
Der Of charitable organizations were supplied.
- The Brooklyn police announced that
cyanide OF potassium was found in the bottle
from which Mr. Leyh had drunk his beer. -
A Hackensack minister predicted mob rule for
thls city II coal could not be bought. - Men
AT a fire formed net with their hands. into
which a mother and daughter jumped from the
third story and escaped serious injury; police
men made a daring rescue with a ladder. -
Fires supposed to be of incendiary origin were
discovered simultaneously in two schoolhouses.
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-day:
Cloudy and colder. The temperature yester-
day: Highest 30 degrees. Lowest, 80 degrees