New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-19
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-A gale at Rheims prevented tests
of arships; some OF the aeronauts protested
against the lack Of accommodations - Gen
eral Marina has sent eight thousand troops
down the coast 10 turn the Moorish position on
Mount curuga. preparatory 70 a spanish al
vance from Melilla. - +. II. Hartman sailed
from Cherbourg for New York on the steamship
Kaiser Wilhelm II. accompanied by his wife ana
two daughters. - Bluejackets from the four
warshps representing the powers protecting
Crete landed at Canea and shot down the flag
staff bearing the Greek ensign. 80 dispatch
from Teheran TO Rome said that the deposed
Shah had attempted TO kill his son. the ruler
A German fleet of ninety warships left
Kiel for the summer man@uvres I'm the Baltic
- General Booth, head Of the Salvation
Army has postponed his trip planned for
America and Canada, owing 20 eye trouble. -
The British battleship Agamemnon ran ashore
while engaged in target practice on Sheerness.
DoMEsTIC.-President TAFT told callers at
Beverly, Mass, that he was not at all disturbed
by the talk OF attacks on the new corporation
tax. - Beelmar Winthrop. Acting Secretary
Of the Navy. approved the findings OF the naval
court which investigated the death OF Lieuten-
ant James n. Sutton and which found that he
killed by bullet from a revolver held in
his right hand. - Bids were opened in
Washington for the two 2e000-ton batteships
authorized by the last Congress. and il was
found that William Cramp & Son, at s4.450,0O0
and the New York Shipbuilding Company, at
s4,675, 600. were the lowest bidders. ~ Bill
ings, Mont, has filed complaints OF discrimina
ton against seventy-three railroads with the
Interstate Commerce Commission. - The
army of the Red made a still further advance on
Boston. 80 The trustees Of Colgate UniVer
sity, meeting at Albany. elected president OF
the university Dr. Bryan. head Of Franklin Col
lege, Indiana - Two persons We're drowned
al RaQuette Lake, II was announced at Utica.
y. Y. - sketch OF the negro's progress
since 1868 and the suggestion of an emancipa-
ton celebration in 1913 were features Of ad-
dress by Dr. Booker T. Washington before the
National Negro Business League at Louisville
CITY.-Stocks We're weak - President
Young Of the Windsor Trust Company refused
10 make complaint against Sterling Brming
ham for his part in the Joyce loan. - John
ID. Rockefeller's holdings of STANDARD oil stock
ii became known, increased nearly $50, 600, 900
in value in less than two years. - The sailor
who was blown out to sea on bit OF greckage
from the Arlington was picked up off the Jersey
coast by a fishing schooner - Members of
the Committee OF One Hundred who will confer
on mayOralty candidates to-day, said that the
cry OF Anti Tammany" not sufficient. 80
Mrs. j. Borden Hartman entertained labor
union delegates at dinner on the lawns OF her
country home, the Uplands == Harry K.
Thaw was removed from the White Plains Jail
70 Matteawan Asylum. 80 The writ OF ha heas
corpus obtained by William Dreier. of the IIch-
tenstein Millinery Company. who is in contempt
OF court, was dismissed and II was said an
appeal would be taken to Washington.
Commissioner Baker discussing the Bingham
article said that politics could not be Grad
icated from the police force and McCarren
called the former head of the department a
'squaler" - The Court ordered the return
of the rest of its gas rebate fund to the North
ern Union Gas Company.
THE WEATHER.-Indications for TODAY.
Cloudy. The temperature yesterday: Highest
70 degrees; lowest, 80.