New-York tribune., 1903-04-23
Ietp!orIs EsrtIu Grbnsrs
THURSDAY. APRIL %. 1903.
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING

FOREIGN-Alfred Dreyfus has written TO the
French Wa Minister. General Andre. asking
that his be reopened ana an inquiry hlaue MAJ.
By Minister Andre as the supreme head or mill
tary justice. - Lieutenant Colonel Sprole, OF
The 1st Cavalry, L. s A, committed suicide IN
Tuzon P J. while insane. - The appoint
,7eyt Of tne Prince Of Wales as president OF the
royal commission. which Will represent Great
Britain ct the ST. Louis far will be maze al
AEuleF Mohamed the Sultan's brother. has been
proclaimed Emperor Of Morocco at Fez -
The Reichstag passed the bill prohibiting the
use Of phosphorus in match making because OF
SIS injurious effect on the worknlen - Two
German students were sentenced TO -FOUR
months Imprisonment for hghtlng oloodleSs
duel -- The crop report Of Prussia shows the
conditions TO be worse than IN 1892 - The
Duke Of Loubat has given $4,000 toward oe-
fTaying the expenses OF the excavations IN the
creek island OF Delos- - King Edward sailed
from Syracuse Sicily, for Naples. - rigid
censorship is maintained at Constantnople over
Macedonian news, the Turkish press reporting
nothing unfavorabIe from that region -
Many bodies Of persons who froze 70 death nave
heea found IN snow0rifts IN Silesia.
DCNESTIC.-Nonsignor Denis J. OConnell
was installed as rector Of the Catholic Uni
versity at Washington, succeeding Dr. Thomas
J. Conaty. recently appointed Bishop Of Los Los
Angeles - Several valuable tslaEds nave
been discovered in the Southern Philippines, and
they viii be added TO the possessions of the
United States Charles 8. Francis was
elected member of the State Board of Regents.
10 Ill the vacancy caused by the death OF Mar
tin J. Townsend - The Southern Ecuca-
The attendance of many interested persons and
a. address by President Robert c. Ogden. -
The National Municipal League began Its ses-
sfcns il Detroit, and addresses were delivered
setting forth the progress Of the last year IN
Nc~tOus municipalities. - Mysterious SOUNDS
ard earth vibrations, generally credited with
being ''Moodus noises" were heard and felt in
Eaddam, Conn, and that vicinity. - Com
missioner Monroe's City Lighting Plant bill was
defeated IN the Assembly at Albany. - Lieu
tenant Governor Curtis Guild. jr, Of Massa-
chusetts, told the New-Engiand cotton manu-
facturers that, owing to low wages and child
labor the South was rapidly overtaking New
England in cotton manufacturing.
CITY-Stocks were generally firm -
Baron Speck Won SteTnburg. the special ambas-
sador from Germany, spoke at a dinner given for
him by Herman Rider and Edward Uhl -
Wisker. the engineer charged with homicide IN
the Park-ave tunnel disaster took the stand in
his own defense. - Ex-Judge Campbell
counsel for the Reading road, attacked New
Workers for wanting cheaper coal. and declared
he would ask the Interstate Commerce Com
mission TO increase the rate TO tidewater. -
The Kaiser Wilhelm II docked at the new pier
at dinner OF the Colonial Club. - c. W.
Morse's automobile driver was arrested for
speeding. - a workman fell from a ca bic on
the Williamsburg Bridge to the street, seventy
five feet below, and was instantly killed. -
The Board Of Education modified the bylaw
public schools. so that these whose husbands
were inca apacitated or had deserted them could
teach. - The Board Of Trade and Transpor-
tatioQ protested against having more legal holi-
Gays.
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-day:
Partly cloudy. The temperature yesterday:
Highest, 70 degrees; lowest, 80.