New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-07
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-Turkey has sent note 10 Greece
demanding a formal declaration that the latter
country VIII not interfere IN tretan aiIilfS' -
Lord Kitchener has been appointed TO succeed
the Duke Of COnnaUcht as inspector general OF
the Mediterranean forces, with the rank OF nelo
marshal -= 4 dispatch from Madrid said That
the McCrs We're still attacking the outposts near
Melilla, and a dispatch from Barcelona gave IN
timation Of another rising against the govern
nnent. Swedish strikers held a meeting
near the capital and demanded the aid of rail-
way, postal and telegraph employees in the move
rnent: there are indications, however, that tho
movement has failed. -- An ,lgllshtnan WHO
posed as F. w Vanderbilt expelled from
Austria after having swindled. il is said, many
prominent persons. including an archduchess-
JanaD has informed China that work tow
ard the Improvement of the An-Tung and Mouk-
den railway Will begin on August .; a dispatch
from Picking SAYS that the question viii be in
cluded in the negotiations covering all questions
concerning Manchuria = Negotiations still
continue regarding American rights in the Han
koW railway proposals, adNlces IRON Lonoon
say that German fnanCiers show opposition.
- The Russian Emperor Is expected 10 re-
view the German feet under Prince Henry ~
Prussia to-day off Kiel. renewed precautions
have been taken 10 guard the imperial yacht on
its passage through the canal
DOMESTIC-President Taft left Washington
for Beverly. Mass: he gave out a tentative itn-
erarv Of his Western and Southsn trip next
autumn -= The State Department at Wash
ingtOn gave notice that trade agreements with
other countries must be abrogated under the
terms OF the Payne tariff law. =- Secretary
MacNeagh announced at Washington that there
gress took action on the matter, but would issue
short term bonds. f necessary. == II was an
nounced at Washington that r. +. CabelL OF
Richmond. Va, had been appointed Commits
sioner OF Internal Revenue. == After long
argument and conference it+Nas decided at the
Sutton trial in Annapolis that letters written by
the mother Of the dead lieutenant in which Il is
said she accuses several marine officers, We're
admissible as evidence; they viii be read in
closed court to-day. == Federal Judge Camp
bell. at Muskogee, Okla. ordered the dismissal
Of thirty thousand Indian land alienation suits
involving million acres 5rought by the gov
eminent in the interests ofTthe Five CIVILIZED
Tribes. - A case of the bubonic plague was
discovered in Alamada County. Cal
CITY.-Stocks We're strong and active -
The Western Electric Company received a con-
tract from the Chinese government TO install a
telephone system, costing Sl50OOO. in Picking.
- Mrs. Thaw had the last word in her son
attempt to gain his freedom from Matteawan.
being called 10 the stand both morning and af-
ternOon. - Clark Williams, state Superin-
tendent of Banking, took possession Of the
Maiden Lane Safe Deposit Company, putting an
examiner in charge. =-= II was reported that
Justice Carr of the supreme Court, had re-
ceiVed, as Murphy's agent assurances from JUS
tice Gaynor that he would take the nomination
for Mayor under certain conditions ~ Col
lector Loeb said he acted under orders from
Washington IN closing The Custom House al
z:S0 Thursday eVering, thus shutting out
the Pennsylvania cargo from entry under the
old tariff. - Superintendent HOtchkiss Of the
nate Insurance Department refused TO allow the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company TO buy
land and erect a tuberculosis hospital for en-
ployes and policyholderS -- Minority stock
holders Of the New York Butchers Dressed Beef
. Company sued the members OF the so-called
Beef Trust fer SL500.'o0 damages under the
sherman act. =- DeInetflus y Botassl. the
Greek Consul General, di1 not think the Cretan
iTnbroglio would lead 10 war between Greece
and Turkey. == A racing automobile ran over
an Italian boy in West 26th street fracturing
both his legs and causing internal injuries. ==
il was said that the Jersey Central would be
put on 10 per cent dividend basis. == NJ. r.
Loughman, Deputy Water COmmissior.rr, said
the proposed deed Of the city's aqueduct strip on
Long Island contained no hidden franchise for
q double track railway.
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for to-day:
Fair. The tempera ture yesterday: Highest, &c
degrees; lowest, ca.