New-York tribune., 1903-01-17
THE NEWS THIS MORNING

CONGRESS Senate was not in session
g House: The day was devoted to con con-
siderstion Of Civil War claims. and there "eie
several lively controversies.
FOREIGN.-The French Chamber OF Deputies
voted approval Of Premier Cemhes enforce
1nent Of the law forhidding the use OF the breton
dialect by priests in Brittany. - The Ger
1asn CROWN Prince arrived in st. Petersburg.
and went TO the Czarskoe-Seio palace as Ire
guest of the Car. - CaroInal SeTanno az az
1uteli was appointed Nice-Chdncellor OF the
Catholic Church. in succession TO Carolllal
Parocchi and is now regarded as the prooa Ole
successor Of Pope Leo - For the nrst I'M, oi,lle
sn wears the Thames River in England, is frozen
over a French arctic expedition VIII
start for SpitZbergen and Franz JOSEF Lana on
MAY Is: the expedi5on is under the patronage
OF the French Academy OF Science and the MIN
sstry Of Public Instruction - Loro rose rose
berry has resumed his campaign on the stump
in England. speaking at plymouth aga1nsi 1le
government. - Provisions Of the rev Aus
gleich announced in Vienna and Budapest con
fain extraordinary increases in duties deslsnea
80 meet the proposed German tariff. il was ON
cisliy stated that the dual monarchy proposed
20 adopt tie gold STANDARD. --- Victims or the
gigantic Whitaker Wright fr--d- net IN Lon
don TO initiate the prose, uitc 5t Nr1ght ana
Others.
DOMESTIC President Roosevelt received as
surances that the Cuban reciprocity treaty VIII
be ratified in boSh Washington and Havana
The Treasury Department, through a
blunder. ordered the admission OF all coal free
rf duty - The Senate committee inVestlgaf-
ing the coal shortage heard evidence from inoe-
pendent operators. Colonel George w
Dunn said that proba bly, speech renorninat-
ing Senator Platt would be made at the he
rublican legislative caucus on Monday. =
A bill 10 legelize the sale of liquor IN New orh
on Sunday introduced at Albany -
Governor Odell approved the conviction of Lieu
tenant Griffin, of the 14th Regiment; Generals
Roe and Henry declared the sentence MADE
ouate, and severely censured the orlceE -,
ing TO carrying out the canal improvement
project. was introduced at Albany - BefoTe
the Coal Strike Commission a witness testlned
-Ear he hTn1 xeT
colliery because the snow melted and they dld
rot get sleighride promised TO them by the
company - Through the alleged interference
OF q boy a wreck caused on the Baltimore
eld Ohio Railroad near Cumberland Nd. IN
which four trainrnen were killed and three were
injured.
CTTY-stocks were dull and firm. - The
overdue steamer St. Louis was reported coming
port slowly she having signalled Nantucket
- In fire that destroyed Aarons & Wer-
7heiuaers dry goods store in Harlem. two lives
were lost and $4,000 Of property demolished.
- At the dinner Of the Arkwright Cluh'
Governor Odell REPLIED TO ex-senator John
Ford's criticism of his recommendation for the
repeal of the Ford Franchise act - Louis
A. Disbrow, indicted for the murder of Clarence
Foerer on Ti1ne 10 AT Good Ground was ac-
Quilted by a jury at Riverhead, Long Island
- Witnesses at the Interstate Commerce
Commission hearing told of the buying of Louis
VILE and Nashville shares from John w Gates
basis that would give him proht OF
Excise law will be amended, giving power To
inspectors to enter saloons and make arrests
other changes will be made. - Mayor Low
Controller Grout and Borough President Can
Tor II was learned, will confer about the new
municipal building, perhaps TO cover IMo
14Ioclzs next week. Commissioner Sturgls
snnounced in a special order that. by increas-
ing the force. he hoped to give the men more
time OF; he also plans an increase OF the pen
sion fund - The new method or injecting
eorrnalin as a cure for blood poisoning was
tried on patient at Hafnemann Hospital
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-day
S-loudv with occasional rain The temperature
,esterday: Highest, Al degrees; lowest :i't de
Erees.