New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-03
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGNIR r Haldane. British Secretary
of State for War said fl the House Of commons
that the plan Of campaign Tor enolng the BUT
War said to have been sent by Emperor VIII
Sam 10 British officials. could not be touhu III
the War Offices archives and that there was no
record of its receipt there. - Advices from
Berlin say that there are persistent ruTnors that
Chancellor Won Bulow viii retire; II. Won hlder-
len-Wacllter viii take the post OF Herr Won
Schoen. the Foreign Minister. during the latter
officials illness. - dispatch from Inc
Hague said that Holland, though ready to begin
q blockade Of Venezuelan ports, would take no
hostile steps until the text OF President Castro 5
note had been received - Five battleshlps
of the first squadron Of the American fleet ar
rived at Manila from Olongapo, the vermont re-
turning there soon after her arrival; the foot
nall game between elevenS from the Virginia
and the Ohio at Annoy was won by the Virginia :
mines caused the dispatch of troops TO the dis
trict. - Constabulary from Iligan. AIindanao
killed the chief of q band Of Moro raiders and is
pursuing the other outlaws.
DOMESTIC-AIr. Taft made his last speech
Of the campaign At Youngstown, Ohio, afterward
going 10 Cincinnati, where he Will vote and re-
fefve election returns to-day. - President
Roosevelt left Washington for Oyster Bay,
where ne Will vote for Taft and Hughes to-day,
returning 10 the capital in the afternoon. 80
James s. Sherman made his tEo hnal speeches
Of the campaign al Kingston y. Y, where Sen
ator DepeW also spoke. == W. J. Bryan made
his last political speech of the campaign at
Narysville. Kan. his way TO Lincoln: he
spoke in nine Kansas cities, starting from Kan
sas City in the morning. A nephew of
Rear Admiral Sampson was found dead in his
home, near Rochester. killed by a rife bullet
49, Charles A Hengerer, a member of well
known Buffalo family, committed suicide by
leaping into the river above Niagara Falls and
going over the falls. -= Directors of the East
era Steamship Company. in the hands of
receivers. petitioned in Boston TO be allowed to
borrow S1100O0G to meet claims against the
company. - Miss Ada Z. Corey, sister of
President W. f, Corey of the United States Steel
Corporation, was married 10 Charles H. Auf
hammer at her home, near DOWningtown, Penn
CITY.-Stocks were strong. - Governor
Hughes spoke at several enthusiastic meetings
in this city and in a speech at the budget exhibit
pleaded for honesty, impartiality and efficiency
81 city and state administration. = National
Chairman Hitchcock received the latest estimates
on Republican pluralities by telephone from all
state leaders east Of the Rocky Mountains. 80
II said at national headquarters that Chair
distance telephone that his forecast of 325 cleo
tOrai votes was conservative. 80 Chairman
Mack sent telegram TO all state chairmen, say
ing THE fight is ended and the victory is won"
60 William Leary, State Superintendent Of
Elections, spent the night completing the de-
tails OF his campaign against election frauds
- The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, sure
of a Taft victory, awarded a $5,0o0,90o contract
nels TO the Westinghouse company. - Word
was received here that the Stefanssor Arctic ex-
petition had received ample supplies. - The
investigation of alleged perjury in the case of a
witness Of the New York Transportation Com
pany was continued. - Judge HOugh decid-
ed to establish precedent by continuing tbs
Morse Curtis trial on Election Day, and ii
expected it would go TO the jury Wednesday
The funeral of Mrs. William Astor
held at her home in this city. - Justice
Asphalt postponed final decision as to when the
Hams trial should take place.
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for to-day:
Fair and warmer: Tomorrow, light 10 fresh west
winds becoming variable