New-York tribune., 1908-08-03
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

roBFTGN-Fire in the Kootenay Valley de-
s.royed the towns Of Fornie. Hosmer and crow
Nest leaving five thousand persons homeless.
without food or shelter and causing the loss OF
seventy lives - Much anxiety is shown IN
Paris over the general strike called py the Z Gu
Grafton Of Labor; the authoT1ues nave ihd"e
careful rlans 70 meet possible disorder. -
The Dutch cruiser GeIderland returned from La
Csuayrs 10 Caracas and reported thet the ven
.zuels authorities refused to allow any com
r7,;nications 10 be sent ashore - Three Ger
man and French soldiers were killed and thir-
teen were severely injured by explosion which
followed fire IN the legation section OF Peking.
The Imperial hiatt published in CONSTANT
nople, promises full liberty and equaIlty 10 al
subjects Of the Sultan: & new Cabinet. Wnlch
IS believed to he temporary, was announced
- The Irish universities bill and the old age
pensions bill were the only measures OF me
Twelve important ones advocated by King Ed
ward which Parliament passed at its last ses-
sion - Germany will place nearly million
men in the field at the manoeuvres in the fall
and will test thoroughly all branches Of the
service Advices from Caracas say that
the Venezuelan government expects no serious
trouble with Holland. and give the text Of d De
Reus's letter justification for his expulsion
DoMESTIC.-James T McCleary, Second As
sstant Postmaster General arrived at Hot
EnringS Va for a conference with William H
Taft - One man was killed and twenty-five
were hurt some Of them fatally in race riot
near Mssontown Penn. 1t was reported IN
peace with z H Hartman. had yielded control
Of certain railroad properties and agreed not 10
attempt further railroad construction east OF
Toledo - Lake Shore express killed three
men IN Cleveland Il was announced at
Boston that President Roosevelt had signif1ed
his intention of attending the national encamp-
rnent Of Spanish War Veterans, 10 be held in
that city the last week of August. - Three
arrests were made ct Newport, R L, during q
game OF baseball between Brockton (MassD and
Newport mines. - Large numbers were in
attendance at the conference for Christian
workers at Mortified, Mass - The battle
ship New Hampshire arrived at Newport, r ],
after 2 hard voyage from Quebec - Three
r7lsil clerks were injured in accident TO the
IL s%e7 r-7TF SOT1-l1
ern Railroad, near Charlotte, n. c. - The
railroads we're thrown into quandry by the
conflicting decisions Of the Interstate Commerce
Commission and of Judge Speer on Southern
railroad rates. It learned at Boston
that Bishop Brent, of the Philippines underwent
an operation last week and was in critical
condition =- Captain Baldwin. assisted by
Glenn H CuT-iss, tested the motor and pro-
pel1or of the military dirigibie balloon at
Fort Meyer.
CTTY-A riot on a barge coming from pic
mic Of the Bloomfield Fife and Drum Corps up
the Hudson was suppressed by the harbor po-
lice - a ferry bridge at RockaNyay Point
collapsed and forty persons were pulled out of
the water - A Paterson lawyer was killed
when a West Shore train crashed into an auto
mobile in which he passenger. = An
automobile crashed into trolley car in Yonkers
Henry FarTnan gave successful exhibition
fr his aeroplane- - Colenel Henry Watterson
declined TO hazard a guess on the chance Of
Bryan's election. - The marines who were
bitten by mad dog in Panama arrived and
directly TO Washington for treatment. ===
Frederick ". Whitridge. receiver for the Third
Avenue Railroad suggested to the employees of
the line the formation Of provident fund. the
bondholders contributing a sliding percentage Of
what the men put in The Long Island
Railroad Company sought legal authority TO
build an electric trolley line in Atlantic avenue
Brooklyn "A forest fire near Eastport. Long
Island. threatened the town but was fought
back
THE wEATHER-Tndications for to-day:
Fair and warmer The temperature yesterday:
Highest 81 degrees; lowest, S.