New-York tribune., 1903-01-23
1etp1lork GIaiIn G2eibnals
FRIDAY. JANUARY %, 1903.
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING

CONGRESS- Senate. The Statehood bill was
under consideration. MIR Burnham speaking
against the Omnibus measure - touSec
The leaders We're defeated by A combination OF
Democrats and t,yeptv-eight Republicans, which
passed a bill extending the American currency
system to the Philippines as a SUBSTITUTE IoI
the coinage bill Of tne insular AhalTs Cotniii+t,
tee; the Naval Affairs Committee was instI e ucIeo
to investigate The charges of attempted prioelg
IN connection with Holland submarine pVa''
made by Representative Lessler-
DOMESTIC L Rice. president OF the
Holland Torpedo Boat Company denied that
aDv attempts al bribery, rs charged Dg hellIe-
sentative bessler. had been mace mace =. ,,1aS
Panama Cansl treaty with Colompla was sigIed
in Yyashinrtor, - The United States GOV
eminent holds that the Isle of Pines is
not under Cuban jurisdiction - "A ptiA
has been introduced in the State leglsiat-
T-e 20 prevent discrimination by unions
against members of the National Guard -
Senator Lewis introduced in the State legls-
lature a resolution requesting Congress 70 ptoo pro
vide for a completion OF the survey oi the
States waterways -@ FIVE Regular 7tu tlStup
Hcans are ready. IL is said, TO agree 10 Codi1i
with the Democrats in the Delaware iegfslal-
ure, one more would give a majority 70 i tle
anti 5dicls men - Senator Teller told the
Democratic members of the Colorado legislature
that he thought the welfere of the party was
paramount to the interests of one man. ana ina
he would withdraw if he were not the party
choice. = In replying TO James IA 1oLteS
one Of the attorneys for the operators, g q
Tsar4ow, leading counsel for the mine workers
said that he would prove that the operators "eae
10 blame for the scarcity of anthracite coal or
he would ask the Strike Commission 70 nnd
against the miners. An agreement was
at last reached by the managers of the Nauonai
and American League baseball clubs.
FOREIGN.-At daybreak yesterday the three
German Warships renewed the bombaroment OF
Fort San Carlos. at the entrance OF the mara
Caibo lagoon, the fort responding; great damage
was done TO the fortress during the pofnpafd-
rnent of Wednesday afternoon, and to the VII
lage near by: in the first days fight Twelve
KenezueIans we're killed and fifteen wounded
Chancellor Won Bulow said in the Reichstag that
The powers were actuated in their operations
in Venezuela not alone by the question OF claims
hut by the desire to preserve their prestge =
The Treason Court London decided that
Colonel Arthur Iynch's defence plea based on
the naturalization law was inadmissible -
The second anniversary Of Queen victoria s
death appropriately observed IN hnslaho'
- The number of nillionaires IN fIHssia ~ eo5
has increased since 1899 from 6,o16 to 6,oo1.
Consul General Cowdy has Instituted an
investigation into the substitution or bogus IurS
for those left by the late Mr.. and Mrs Charles
Fair There was brisk eruption OF La
sopf4r5are on ST. Tincent's Island. yesterday.
CJTY-Stoeks were dull and Irregular. -
Il was announced that the Maurice Grau
Opera Company would not lease the Metropol-
stan Opera House for the next season; that the
lease was Upen to bidders. and that Mr.. Grau.
acting on the advice of his physicians, would
retire from active business for at least a
wear -= The invention of motor for
electric locomotives announced as part
Of the plan of the Whitney syndicate TO
transform steam railroads into electric roads.
II was announced that the Metro
1,olitan Street Railway Company would ex-
pend S5000000 in Improvements, extending
some lines making all crosstown lines cleo
1ric lines and beginning the work in March
A fireman OF the American liner ST. Louis
stated he would the company because of a
sealding he received the second day out
Fair. The temperature yesterday: Highest, 40
degrees; lowest. 80