New-York tribune., 1902-12-23
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TUESDAY. DECEMBER %. 1902.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FORETGN.-The formal invitations from
Great Britain and Germany 10 President Roose-
Welt act arbitrator in the Nenezuei'th
trouble were delivered TO the American diplo-
matte representatives in Berlin and Lonooll
yesterday: it was expected in London that the
President would decline; announcement was
made in Berlin that the blockade of the NeneZ-
uelan coast would continue until definite ar
rangements for arbitration were completed
=- The Crown Princess Of SaNony fed from
.Salzburg Castle the night Of December il.
and no trace Of her has been found since ==
THE recent earthquake at Andigan, Turkestar.
KILLED twenty-five hundred people and destroyed
sixteen thousand houses == Nh. Marooni, at
SsIace Bay " s. received yesterday flood of
hcongratulatory messages, the inventor talked
anodestly of his great feat of transmitting wire
less messages across the Atlantic. -= Two
great electrical concerns in Germany have con-
solidated. == The trial of civil and naval
officers accused of smuggling began in Porto
Rico. - The Very Rev. William r. W.
stephens, Dean of Winchester. is dead. -
public reception 10 Admiral Dewey will be held
in San Juan, z. \.
DOMESTIC Roosevelt has not yet
been officially asked TO act as arbitrator in the
Venezuelan dispute. and while he is still eN-
tremey reluctant 10 do IT is intinated in
Washington that he may finally consent to serve
u the powers INSIST - Inc Cnlted SNdtts
Supreme Court decided that insurance policy
on the life of a man executed for murder is
invalid. -= Secretary Wilson raised the quar-
antine on cattle in Connecticut = In a col
lision Of two sailing vessels III Massachusetts
Bay. six sailors We're lost; of the fifteen sur
boat four died, and one, becoming insane,
jumped overheard and was drowned - At
torney General Davies reserved decision on an
application by Police Commissioner Partridge
for quo warranto proceedings TO test the titles
Of nineteen police captains appointed by the bl-
partisan Police Board just before it was abol-
ished by the Legislature - A fire in the busi-
ness section of Knoxville Tenn. caused loss
estimated at $4,000 - Mascagni cancelled
all dates for his opera company. and brought
his American tour TO end in Chicago, where
he is suffering from nervous proStratlon as a
result Of his financial troubles. - A Chicago
doctor has succeeded In administering local
treatment TO the hearts of living animals. -
DR. Adolph Lorenz held a clinic at the Chill
siren's Hospital in Boston; il is expected that
he viii hold another in that city to-day.
CTTY.-Stocks were strong and active -
The annual dinner of the New-England Society
was held at the WaIdorf-Astoria- - Fire de-
stroyed the Gabler piano factory in East
Twenty-second-st and created panic in ad
Joining tenement houses and in the New-York
Truant School. = The new wing of the
Metropolitan Museum of Art formally
opened. -= The man accused by the Earl of
Rosslyn Of swindling him in poker game on
the steamship Etruria discharged, the earl
shaking hands with him. - Jesse Lewisohn
was formally arrested on another writ because
ne refused again TO answer a question about
Richard Canfeld's reputed gambling house in
East -foUrth-St. = Mr.. Delahunty, the
attorney of Richard Garfield. the gambler, Re
fused 10 tell what his clients business waS.=
Policemen formerly under his command
testified against eX-Captain Moynihan at his
trial a charge OF taking protection money.
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for to-day:
Fair and colder. The temperature yesterday:
Highest, ~ degrees; lowest, 43 degrees.