New-York tribune., 1905-02-12
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SUNDAY. FEBRUARY u. 1905.
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESS Senate: The arbitration trea-
ties were ratified, after amendment cnahs-
ing the word agreement 20 ire Ireas Letter. ne from
president Roosevelt criticising the chahse ne1"
been read; in open session the Swayne I'M I'M
reachnaent trial proceeded. - House: rive
fiIIs for the better protection of life on steam
boats, recommended by the conhissloiA wiz wiz
Investigated the Socum disaster were PasSeu'
FOREIGN.-Disquieting conditions continue ~ III u
Poland. and grave fears are expressed @ lldt @ liIe
avorkmen will renew eXcesses; lOuoVo men are
sdIe at Lodz and unlikely TO accept the @ uttl-
Snatum OF the employers. - ~ IeteIol'u >
remained quiet owing TO the military precan-
sions: many arrests were MADE, ana the sII @ lnc nc
spread 10 a number Of factories = oui Sn
thousand men, following the lead OF the 81
Petersburg iron workers, struck at hnarkoI
- All railroad traffic in the neighborhood ,d OF
Fatoum mas ceased, and famine threatens the
.cjtV - Marquis Oyama reported the capture
Of an eminence on Thursday; General hGropat-
kin sent word Of a japanese repuise on inc Ine
same day -= French and japanese oHlclaIs
denied the current rumors of peace. 60 II IL
was said at st. Johns, N F., that there was
much disappointment over the re1ectloh pL Of tiIe ~,
Fav-R -Rond treaty: the bait act will probably De
enforced against American and French vessels
The British Parliament VIII meet on
Tuesday: the government has announced It's IN
tention not TO resign in case Of defeat on
minor question
DOMESTIC-It was announced at the White
House that all the members of the CABINET eA-
ceut Postmaster General Wynne. will be reap
pointed on March g; Mr.. Cortelyou will become
Postmaster General and Mr.. Wynne WlI pc
A H Tanner, law partner OF Senator Mltcnen'
of Oregon. confessed TO perjury before the red
eral grand jury in connection with the lahd
fraud cases. 80 Congressman J. y. william
SON Of Oregon, was indicted for conspiracy 10
defraud the government of public lands. -=
II was stated in Appleton. Wis, that a new
pulp mill combination had been organized there.
g. The Lake Placid Company, in which Mel
ri Dewey. State Librarian, is interested, nled
with the Secretary of State at Albany cerun-
cate of extension of its objects so as TO provide
for maintaining large private estate as sum-
mer home and clubs for the exclusive use OF
members and guests of the club the club has
tncreas sed its capital stock to 100000. -
Governor Higgins refused to grant the requis-
tion for the eXtradition of w. H Hunt former
" president of the Pan-American Bank, of Chi
cago. the ground that the papers were insult
fcient == George z. Priest president of the
State Tax Commission, announced at Ithaca
that he would retire from the service Of the
State: il is expected that Governor Higgins
will appoint CeylOn H. Lewis, of Syracuse, in
Mr.. Priests stead. - The quarterly report
of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company,
made public at Albany, showed increased gross
earnings Of SS15 145. - Train service was
reported as badly tied up by snow at Syracuse.
CITY.-Stocks were dull and heavy. - Ex-
Police Superintendent Byrnes told the Commit
tee Of Nine that the plain clothes should
be abolished. = 1t was learned that Murphy
had combined with Mack against Sheehan.
80 The Silk Association of America had din
Genesee gave dinner for Postmaster Wilcox
and elected him its president. - The Casino
Theatre was burned out, with loss of $4,000.
- Yale's hockey seven won from Princeton
by score of 9 goals 10 3.
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-day:
Snow; slowly rising temperature. The tempera-
ture yesterday: Highest. 26 degrees, lowest. Is.