New-York tribune., 1902-05-11
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SUNDAY, MAY II. 1902.
THE NEWS THIS MORNTNG.

CONGRESS.-Senate: The Army Appropria-
ton bill was passed after a lively discussion on
House; some minor business was transmitted
and eulogies of the late Representa- tive Polk and
senator Kyle were delivered. -= The Senate
passed Dill appropriatng 100000 for relief
OF the Martinique sufferers, but in the House
Mr.. Underwood of Alabama. objected TO its
consideration, and it went over without action.
FOREIGN.-Dispatches from the West Indies
describe the situation in Martinique as growing
worse, and relief vessels unable TO go near
the destroyed city of st. Pierre; Lloyds' agent at
81 Lucia estimates the number of dead at
thirty thousand, but other estimates remain at
forty thousand; direct communica tiOn has been
estab blished with Fort de France. Martinique
where hopes expressed that the mortality is
not as great as was thought; the town Of MOrne
Rouge, near the volcano of Mont Pelee, was
spared; the eruption of the SoufTiere volcano on
st. Vincent, B. w. J.. continues and about
thirty people had lost their lives on that island
at last accounts = The beginning of the eX-
erclses attending the coronation of King Al
fonso, at Madrid, were postponed to May IL.
DOMESTIC.-Attorney General Knox made
public the governments petition for an injunc-
Ilon against the Beef Trust, which was filed IN
the United States Circuit Court at Chicago
- The Secretary of the Navy ordered the
cruiser Cincinnati to Martinique, to afford any
relief possible to the sufferers there, and orders
We're also given to have the Dixie, at the Brook
lyn Navy Yard, prepared for the same service
- Secretary Root explained the mission OF
Governor Taft to Rome, where affairs in the
Philippines will be discussed with the Vatican
authorities - The suspension of work
dered at the coal mines pending a convention of
miners on Wednesday was regarded as an
actual strike and an easy method of enforcing
stoppage of work. - Mrs. Catherine SOffel,
who released the Biddle brothers from the Allie
gheny County Jail last January, was sentenced
at PttsbuTg TO two years in the penitentiary for
aiding and abetting in the escape of prisoners.
CITY.-Stocks were dull and lower. - John
c. Sheehan, leader of the Greater New York
Democracy, announced that his organization
would its candidates for the Senate
and Assembly. thus defying the wishes Of David
3. Hill - Senator Platt announced that il
his health continued good, he would be a candi-
date for reelection TO the Senate. - The
funeral of Paul Leicester Ford and Malcolm w.
Ford, his brother, who murdered him and then
committed suicide, held at the Ford home
by Bishop Burgess, of Long Island, and the Rev.
E NJ. Stires. of st. Thomas's Church. - The
police undecided whether woman
shot through the heart was murdered or COM
1nitted suicide; her husband, who was arrested.
tried 70 dash his brains out in the station. -
The State Civil Service Commission considered
the Mayors recommendations for changes in
the municipal Civil Service list. particularly in
the exempt list. A fire in a large livery
created excitement in West Fifty-second-st.
- The Mayor and several other city officials
made tour Of inspection of the public works
in The Bronx - A plot OF llOO lots, con-
tanning sixty-five acres. was sold in The Bronx.
near the Morris Park racetrack: il said to
be intended for the New-York and Port Chester
Railroad - The United States torpedo boa
destroyer Stewart was launched in the Harlem
River. - The third annual parade on the
Speedway took place.
THE WEATHER: Forecast for to-day: Partly
cloudy; probably showers. The temperature yes
terday: Highest SO degrees; lowest, 3S degrees;
average. Al degrees.