New-York tribune., 1903-03-18
ep41ork DAILY Gribn1re
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1S 1903.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

rotzcRESs The Senate ratified the Panama
rzsnsI freatv without amendment by a vote Oh
IFS 10 the opposition votes being given uS g
Es4orT Morgan Pettus Daniel, Martin ana Ieiiei
! y1oprIcN disoatch from the United states
tCo1s1,I at Nontevideo said that the re'oit -.
lRJr1Iguay was serious and that eight tIousol ~
Exnen were preparing TO attack Lne uoe shsn
Ie1T Thomas IApton's new cup cnahenser, 0Ie,,, ~
iTocSC III was successfully launcheo al @ Duii
khaT+on. - Venezuela paid to the IerElait I1t
representative at Caracas the nrst seneIe and
tS5ouEs took a recess for three weeks = me Inc
decree for higher import duties IN SoiSnlDte 0tt
trent into effect - TaTrasch won the NAones
kC4rao chess tournament. Maroczy was secUL.u 3I.
ka6 PfIlsbury third. At dinner in Ichooi'
EJohn Redmond spoke hopefully Of future sen
sGovernment for Ireland - The KING OF sax SAL
Icny, in an open letter to his people, pegeeo
them not to be led astray by false reports re-
AGardine the recent court scandal
DOMESTIC-President Roosevelt appointed
- n. D. North Director Of the Census, to sac
ceed William R. Merriam, resigned. and nonll-
Rcr United States Marshal Of Delaware -.
HustIce Days physician said that his patient hao
passed the crisis Of his illness. - The New
York Board Of Trade protested against the CON
kfnuance OF the Water Storage Commission as q
private scheme tc profit At public expense
Ehe MortRaxe Tax bill viii be introduced to-
6ay and Republican leaders say 1t Will pass
- Miss Cunningham. wig swore to the aIol
Df MIS-. Seth Paine the night OF the murder
of Edwin L. Burdick. has disappeared; the N
tpuest brought out lengthy testimony, but little
tdfrect fact - The conference between the
Eew-Haven railroad officsals and the trAlnflell
RESULTED in little satisfactory progress toward
settling the difficulty. - The food situstion
on the Mississippi River continued serious, but
k1o further breaks in the levees were reported.
CITY.-Stocks were dull and strong. -
Charles RI. Scnwab returned from abroad in gooo
health and spirits. - Ex-Governor Francis
a arrived from Europe and talked of the prospects
of the St. Louis Exposition. - The 1noict-
1nents against Messrs. Rosenthal and Cohn for
alleged fraud in importing silk were dismissed
on q technicaIity. - Controller Grout wrote
10 the Mayor saying Commissioner SturgiE had
a provision OF The charter providing
that work involving the expenditure OF more
fhsn 81 900 shall be by contract; the work re-
xerred to was on engine houses in Brooklyn; the
Commissioner replied: - Mr. ErlSnger the
Theatrical man, charged that ex-Park Commis-
'eioner Mcmillan had asked him to buy buildings
IN order to have the complaint against new
theatre front withdrawn. - A thief disturbed
The seryfcs in e Catholic church, and was ar
rested after lively chase in Broadway. -
a dozen r1ff1Gns badly beat policeman In har-
hem - A horse fell in0o trench and badly
4ntszred q man by kicking him. - The crew
and passengers Of the steamship karamania
-were released from quarantine.
THE wEATHER-Indications for to-day:
Fair The temperature yesterday: Highest 50
degrees: lowest, 90.