New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-16
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THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1905.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONG MESSIAH hope of securing raJlhcatlon
OF the Dominican protocol at TINS session % tlig
Senate has been abandoned, ana II is SApSCCs.N4
20 go over until Congress meets again III oc'o-
Der.
FoREIGN.-Two sharp actions were fongnt
on March Il. the Japanese attacking tIle huS
SLAMS south and west OF Tie Pass, ana pelnS re-
pulsed In the former engagement WIN nea.
losses Their are signs OF 2 Russian retreat 10
Hardin - Conditions in the Caucasus ana
in Poland augur further trouble; the alteInPt
al mobilization in the latter country is oeheNeu
certain TO meet with violent opposltloh. :
The Emperor has approved the selectlo oL.o u
Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch to succeed
General huropatkin. - "A Japa 4st nc INES &c
twenty-two warships was sighted twenty Ihiies
cas- OF Singapore == The attitude of Russia
according to dispatches from st FeterspuL !, s.
remains unchanged, and plans to continue the
war are apparently still being made - Au-
vices from Paris confirmed the statement thal
sbe Russian loan has been Indefinitely post
poned. Lord Rothschild considers that the
bankers action will have an important erect
sn awakening Russia to a sense OF her peril
g. over thirty lives were lost and great DAM
age was done to shipping, transportation ana
telegraph lines by severe storm, which swept
over the British Islands. = A committee 5
.eport to the French Chamber Of Deputies urged
a speedy separation of church and state
DOMESTIC-President Roosevelt appointed
Peter V De Graw Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General 49, 1t was said in Washington that
Assistant Secretary LOOMS viii remain in the
State Department the greater part of the present
administration, and that Ambassador Tnomp-
son viii be transferred from Brazil to Mexico.
e. Indications in Denver were that Peabody
would be declared Governor and at once resign;
there was talk OF kidnapping legislators on both
sides, and both parties were carrying arms.
g. Services were held over the body of Mrs.
Stanford at Honolulu. - Japan placed large
orders for Minnesota -four to feed Russian pris-
oners. ~ Governor Frazier of Tennessee was
nominated as Senator, to succeed General Bate.
CITY.-Stccks were irregular and active -
It was learned that plan foot to place
Alton B. Parker the Supreme Court bench.
E fire on the ferryboat Kentucky, on the
East River, caused panic among the passen-
gers. - Bids for city lighting were opened,
and proved no lower than those Of last October.
e An alleged poolroom in 42d-st said TO be
patronized by rich women, was raided by the po-
lice. - Henry w. Lundberg, assistant in
spector, who passed the General Slocum, was
placed on trial for manslaughter again. -
marlborough detectives went before the grand
Jury, where cases were being considered of
strikers who interfered with the running of
trains. - j. r. Cordova was convicted of as
Eault on his wife making TWO convictions in
two days. - Transit conditions INTERIOR
ough lines improved; more strikers were taken
back, at reduced wages. So The Crimmins
committee OF policyholders voted to go on with
Its scheme TO force naturalization of the Equt-
able, holding that the trustees agreement would
be 700 slow
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-day
Fair The temperature yesterday: Highest, 80
degrees; lowest 2S