New-York tribune., 1902-02-07
Aep:Dorls Daily Gribn,re.
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY Z. 1902.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESS.-Senate: There was another ex-
citing debate on the Philippine Tariff bill, turn
ing the sedition laws passed by the Tart
Commission: Senator Scott spoke in favor OF
the Mandiugo canal route, and Senator Hans
brough on irrigation of arid lands; Senator
Piatt'g bill appropriating S2,JuD.000 for new
postofflce building in New-York City was passed.
49, House: The day was spent in considera- :
lion of the Legislative Executive and judicial
Appropriation bill.
FOREIGN.-The Unionist candidate for Par
lament in the County Down, East Division
ireland. defeated by the Land Purchase
candidate, losing the government seat -
The Sultan's brother-in-law, Damad Mahmud
Pacha who is a fugitive in Paris, has been
condemned 10 death by tribunal in Constan-
rinople for conspiracy against the Sultan. -
The police have closed the gambling houses In
San Juan, =. r. == The Marquis de Jerez's
famous library, in Madrid. has been sold to an
American for 10000. -= Adam Worth, a
bank burglar we'll known in this country, whose
name figured i'll the accounts Of the theft OF
q GainsboroUgh painting, died in England
The Warren Line steamer Kansas. from
Boston, arrived at Liverpool and landed four
teen cases of smallpox. = A concession OF
three hundred thousand acres owned by Albert
Kahn, of Paris had been amalgamated with the
Ivory Coast Gold Fields Company. in which
number of Americans interested. == a
War Office report gives the total or British
casualties in South Africa TO date. including sur
viving wounded. 5,240 officers and 100, 'Ol
men. 49, new play. The Heel of Achilles
by Louis Parker and Boyle Lawrence. was pro-
duced at the Globe Theatre, London. and was
we'll received
DOMESTIC-Th text of the treaty with Den
mark, by which the Danish West Indies are
ceded TO the United States. was made pupnc'
- Governor Taft testified again before the
Senate Committee the Philippines. deVotlng
his attention chiefly to the tariff question. -
The marriage of Payne Whitney, Of WILL
lam c whitney and Miss Helen Hay, daughter
of the Secretary Of State, took place in Wash
ington. = The hearing before the Governor
the charges against Sheriff Guden, OF Kings
County ended; Mr. Dady viii return from Ha-
vana on February Il. and another hearing may
he held on February IS. - Philip Gerst, eX-
CITY Treasurer of Buffalo was arrested, charged
with misapproprating $4,000 Of the city funds.
A bill has been introduced In the Assembly to
tax posters one cent for every two square feet
exposed - Two negroes We're lynched by
Tnobs in Tennessee and Kentucky. - An
apartment house destroyed by fire in Chi
cago: three persons were hurt by an explosion:
The list of dead from the big explosion OF
gas in Chicago numbers eleven.
CITY.-Stoclzs were strong and active. -
The Chamber Of Commerce adopted resolutions
favoring the plan Of Commissioner Lindenthal
10 relieve the Brooklyn Bridge crush, by a
system Of transfers between ferries and the sur
face lines of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com
pany; Commissioner Lindenthal announced that
he would do all in his power TO hasten the COM
pletlon Of the New East River Bridge. -
Three men injured by a heavy blast in
the subway in Park-ave., near the scene of the
recent explosion, and shower OF stones fell
into the street. 80 a guest at the Murray Hill
Hotel, who i'll at the time Of the explosion.
died his death being attributed to shock from
the explosion. - The grand jury began Its
investigation OF the ParL-ave. explosion dis
o. aster. 80 The Chamber of Commerce adopted
a strong memorial to Congress in favor OF re-
duction of duties on Cuban products. -= The
schooner Simmons vas tCwed into port, ice
coated, and with her crew all disabled, after
rough experiences in her trip from Norfolk.
- Plans c; the Union Terminal Company
for tunnel from. Brooklyn TO New-Jersey were
Hled: the jersey City and New York Railway
Company Sought property III Greenwich Village
for a terminal station. - Police Commits
sioner Partridge announced that he would drop
the three platoon system. - Deputy Tax
Commissioner Ford was arrested charged with
accepting a brbe. Walter 3. Atterbury
Republican party in Kings County. - Two
more bodies supposedly those OF sailors on lost
barges came ashore. -- A part of the first
rail was presented to Andrew Carnegie at
Stevens Institute.
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-day:
Cloudy and snow. The temperature yesterday:
Highest 20 degrees; lowest, 13.