New-York tribune., 1908-07-14
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-Thirty men were drowned in a
gale off the Spanish coast, three vessels being
lost. - Honduras is menaced pY an attacS :
from the north according to advices received
at Washington. and General Lee Christmas, an
insurgent leader is reported 10 be near Puerto
Cortez. Mexico and America have offered media
tion; dispatch from Managua said tnat the
rebels had evacuated Choluteca- - Governor
Post of Porto Rico has received a petition from
twenty Porto Ricans who were imprisoned at
Ceuta while the island was under Spanish rule
asking for their release - dispatch from
Paris gave the programme of President raj
heres's visit to northern ports; ne win meet
the Russian Emperor off Reval on July p and
2s All preparations have been completed
at Honolulu to welcome the American battle
stin lee+ Count ZepDelin-s great airship
is ready for the twentyfour hour flight from
Friedrchshafen to Mainz- :" The French
Parliament adjourned leaving the bills for an
income tax old age pensions and the restoration
of the death penalty until next session.
DOMESTIC.-Mr. Taft at Hot Spring. began
work on his speech accepting the Republican
nomination for President. in which. it is said,
he will state his views emphaticaly on the in
junction question Chairman ConnerS Of
the Democratic State Committee sent out let
ter asking that ratification meetings be held
and Bryan and Kern clubs organized in each
locality - Forest fires in New York. Maine
and New Hampshire did great damage -
The body found floating in TeaIs Pond. near
Troy, y. Y with the skull crushed, was identi-
fed as that of Miss Hazel l. Drew. of Troy.
- The price of hogs on the Chicago market
reached s. 05. the record price for the year; no
relief is promised for six months or more ==
riously injured by the fall of their automobile
from a bridge at SmJhville KY. - A move
nlent 80 merge in one organization the Western
Federation of Miners and the United Mine
Workers Of America was launched at the annual
convention of the Western Federation at Den
CITY.-Stocks were strong. - Tammany
men returned from Denver, predicting the sue
cess of the Democratic ticket. - Justice
Blanchard decided to appoint a referee 10 make
an inquiry into the city's financial condition
A 14O-foot wall near Bellevue fell badly
frightening the patients; another section threat
ems the hospital - Mrs Frank Gould had
a narrow escape from serious injury in auto
mobile accident in Greenwich Conn - The
chauffeur who was driving the Hutchings auto
mobile when the family killed last Friday
tragedy. - Justice Mills, of the Supreme
Court, at White Plains postponed the hearing
Of the motion for a jury TO determine Thaw's
mental condition until September p and de-
cided that Thaw should stay in the Poughkeep-
sic jail meanwhile. instead Of returning Mat
teawan Asylum. == To save her mother, a
Millville CN. j. girl shot her father == It
against N. T. Loughman and his bondsInen to
recover for hose furnished TO the Fire Depart
rnent which declared by the Commissioners
Of Accounts to be below specifications It
announced that the Williamsburg ferry ser
vice would have to close on July 81 unless the
city took the ferries. - Five persons
were drowned in local waters. - From dis
patches received in this city it is evident that
Castro is about TO take some action against the
United States for the severance of diplomatic re-
lations.
THE WEATHER--Indications for to-day:
Showers The temperature yesterday: Highest
50 degrees: lowest. IA