New-York tribune., 1905-02-23
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY %. 1905.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

coHGHEss-senate: The day spent in
consideration of the SWayne Impeachment case
and the Panama Canal Zone BILL - fouSe.
The Army Appropriation bill was sent PACK 10 10
conference, after q contest over the LAY W Oi
General Miles. and the River and Haroor piil
gave rise TO lively debate
FOREIGN-A dispatch fro washington salo
that foundations had been laid for neeooauoiis nei
between Japan and Russia which might result
50 the end Of the Far Eastern war. " :, sl7 1idelT
were rurnors in ST. Petersburg that Senerai
Kuropatiin had been fanked from Hslr-hln-
TIIn and had been compelled 70 retire from ms
positions on the Shakhs. - forecast from
F3s~ts o9 the report OF the North Sea Commits
sion said that the question OF japanese war
ships off Dogger Bank was not settled, but mat
Admiral RojestTeTlshy was heid TO nave peeh
justified in firing the fishermen.
Despite the warnings Of the police seVeral
grand dukes started fer Moscow 10 attend the
funeral Of Grand Duke Serg1us to-day
All trains from Warsaw have ceased running on
the Vienna line and the station is guarded by
troops: officials believe that the strike VIII
spread. go Advices from the Caucasus say
that the situation is worse provislonal gov
ernnnent of Armenians having been establlsheo
al Batoum and Kutais; there was further hght-
ing at Baku. 49, Captain Clado expressed me
belief that Admiral RojestVensky would be I'M
able TO eyade Togo's superior force. - The
Russian Foreign Office stated that the return TO
Russia of three Of the LeRa's officers was due to
a misunderstanding.
DOnaESTIc.-PresiGent Roosevelt spoke on
Some Maxins Of Washington" at the Uni
versity of Pennsvlvania: the degree of Ii. d.
lam of Germany. Sir Henry Mortimer DUTand,
the British Ambassador, and others. - A
bust of Washington presented to Congress
by II. Jpsserand, the French Ambassador, as a
toh Of the friendship Of France for the United
States. The operation on DR. Harper, in
Chicago, was successful. the doctors declare.
1t is stated at Dover, Del, that Addicks
will pay judgments Of nearly $4,000 against
himself and Senator Alice. == The Armstrong
bill. providing for a SJ0y000.000 bond Issue for
road Improvement was reported favorably by
the committee. - Seyenty-fve bodies have
now been recovered from the Virginia mines. at
Bessemer, Ala. Tammany Senators, at
Albany. deserted Mayor McClellans gas meas
ure when their presence was needed to put it
through 49, a bill reported fixing the
maximum fare on the Long Island Railroad at
two cents mile.
CITY-Washington's Birthday was observed
with the usual holiday ceremonies. - over
two hundred manufacturers of shoes organized
a national association. - The Society of the
Cincinnati had dinner at the Waldorf ==
The City College Alumni had a dinner at the
Hotel Astor. - The city on September l last
had balance of nearly $6,000000 in the Ma
uonal City Bank. == The Health Department
Advisory Board heard report Investigations
OF the subH ay air, showing that there plen-
" OF oxygen IN II. == Two poolroom raids
were made one 81 Sth-ave and one in Union
Square. - nlaTksnaan was arrested at the
Sportsnens Show, because the police consd-
cred one Of his feats TOO dangerous.
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for to-day:
Light rains. The temperature yesterday: High
est 81 degrees; lowest %.