New-York tribune., 1902-01-20
Nnm9lork DAILY Gribnars
MONDAY. JANUARY 20, 1902.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

= FOREIGN-Prince Henry of Prussia ex-
pressed to Ambassador White his qualification
fthat Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans had been
selected TO receive him, there old
fsailor's friendship between them. - A dug
tout canoe in which were eleven of the I'd
qnfantry, is reported lost in the Philippines and
1t is believed the men either captured or
fperished; q noted female leader of the rebels in
t11aguna Province, Luzon, has been captured by
fthe American forces. == Lord Kitchener has
tconfirned the death sentence passed on the
EBcer Commandant Scheepers, who was captured
paee Octoper' ne VIII De shot next saturday.
@ Governor General Wood has appropriated
1871, 900 for the construction Of a pier and
rreighthouse at Matanzas Cuba. - Trust
SVorthy news shows that Miss Stone the captive
l.American missionary. IS well, as also are Nine
krsilka, her companion and the latters baby:
nheir early and SAFE return TO their friends is
expected. -- The Newfoundland Ministry ex-
gect that a new plan will shortly be received
FOR their assent from London, which will
enove the chief obstacles to a renewal of the
E1nodus vivendi with France over the Treaty
fShore- - A renewal Of active operations by
venezuelan insurgents is reported at Curacao;
ft is SAID that lighting has occurred in the
streets OF Maracaibo. = The British steamer
Lagos, ashore near Madeira, has become total
again active.
DOMESTIC.-The question Of the government
ownership OF the Pacific cable is likely to cause
q strong controversy, but sentiment in the House
is growing in favor Of the governments control.
- Democratic members Of the House Com
snittee on Coinage Weights and Measures have
agreed on a minority report which says that a
passage Of the bill to exchange silver dollars for
gold would produce financial disturbance. -
THE King OF Corea's second son, a student in
this country, has been sued for an alleged
prcmissory note Of $50 900. - 1t seems prob
able that the Philippine tariff will have preced-
ence over other measures in the Senate; the Ship
Subsidy and Department of Commerce bills will
also be brought up. - The Globe yarn mills
In Fall River, Mass, were damaged about $780,
900 by fire. - Eleven prisoners escaped from
the federal prison at McNeils, Wash. by bur-
rowing through the cement floor into the air
PIPES. - The report of the State Prison Com
EMISSION shows that army OF ten thousand
youths were sentenced to prisons last year. -
Two men were killed and two injured in a
head-on collision Of freight trains near Parkers-
Burg W. Va
CITY.-The Society for the Prevention of
Crime sent to Mayor Low a letter protesting
against the attitude of the city administration
coward the Raines law, and urged the strict
Enforcement OF the Sunday closing features.
- vote was taken at the Peoples Insti-
rute meeting in Cooper Union on the subject
of submitting the Sunday saloon opening Dues
zion TO the people Of the city, and l 250 people
Favored the referendum and Sc opposed it. -
Many Aremen were overcome by smoke at a
fire In Broadway. - An Italian was shot
dead after fight the East Side. -
bou1mittee Of physicians reported that DR.. John
II. Russell had cured cases Of pulmonary tuber-
n culosis by the Of mixed animal fats.
Members OF the Academy Of Medicine declared
ground that the public received the same priv
Geges members.
THE WEATHER-Foreca for to-day: Fair
and cold. The temperature yesterday: Highest,
30 degrees; lowest %; average, 81.