New-York tribune., 1908-08-05
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoREIGN.-Count Zeppelin's airship' In an
.4foTt TO make a twenty-four- hour flight,
reached Meyence and after slight delay IoI
repairs started back for Lake cons Ct
Il Iras conservatively estimated that fifty per
sons had lost their lives ana tAat Ps PIopeleg
worth $4,000 600 or s7.000,0OO had oeen qestIpssu
i1 the IZootenay forest fires. - Elghl tlou-
sand shopmen on the Canadian Paclhc system
were ordered out on strike - ChleIs ~ oi i..ti 1ue
Young Turks party in Paris salo Ineg P,I Pul ~ ~
faith in the Sultan, but beheVeu ne WouIt &c
forced 10 grant the reforms demanded
Prime Minister AsQuith declared free trace an
aoonornic necessity for Great Britain at tno
Free Trade congress dinner, at which Johh be
witt Warner was one of the speakers
DOMESTIC Taft assured by many
LAWYERS attending the convention OF 1he Nh r
gfnia Bar Association at Hot Springs lhdl tileIe
I,as 2 movement in the South which PROMISED
10 nut several states of that section IN the re
publican column next fall - G9Ne.t .to+ tlot
Hughes announced at Saranac Inn, N L, IIldI
he would not take independent nonlhatioh i
for Governor - United States senator AM
son. of Iowa, died from heart disease at M ms
home ii Dubuque; Governor Cummings an
nouoced his candidacy for the Senatorshlp- p
w J. Bryan spent q busy day at tair-
view: De was much pleased at learning that M -Mr
Taf+ had adopted the use of the phonograph.
- Ten thousand members Of the uniformed
lodge knights of Pythias paraded IN Boston
- The Tompkins County Republican Com
mittee voted at Ithaca, \. Y. TO ask senator
Cassidy 10 withdraw candidate for senator.
- The Baldwin dirigible balloon made It's
initial flight under complete controI IN the "aI
Departnlent tests az Fort Myer, Virginia =
1t was rlrnored In Pittsburg that Frederick A
Delano would tender his resignation as president
Of the Wabash Railroad.
CITY-Stocks were strong. - Men identi-
fed with Charles ". Morse's plans in connec-
ton with the National Bank of North America
said that Mr.. Morse was practically ready 10
deposit the money TO pay the depos1tors -
It was learned that payments for the Blackwell
Island Bridge had been certified by the city
authorities though the safety Of the structure is
still under investigation. - General du Poni
was appointed director Of the speakers bureau
and Chairman Hitchcock heard arguments in
favor OF Governor Hughes's denomination from
William z Wilcox. - Joseph Bermel, former
President of Queens, returned from Europe
The Will of Townsend WandeH, who was
killed IN italy, was fled for probate. ~ An
assistant bookkeeper in the Produce Exchange
Bank shot himself when two Of his checks were
presented for collection - J. P1erpont Nor
gan jr wrote to the Deputy Controller, suggest
ing that New York might profit by q study OF
London having methods. - The 59th street
belt line will begin Independent operation al
midnight. - Bronson Howard died at Avon
bv-the-Sea- - A conference was held to In
vestigate ways and means of bolstering up the
commerce Of the harbOr. - Representatives
of the Lackawanna- and of the Switchmen's
Union said they did not think q strike was
likely.
THE WEATHER for to-day:
Cloudy and possible showers The temperature
yesterday: Highest, 90 degrees; lowest ~