New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-03
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESS.-Senate: The conference com
rlittee's report on the tariff bill WAS read and
report on the Philippine tariff bin WAS adopted
FOREIGN Nicholas arrived at
Cowes, where the King the Prince OF Wales,
other members Of the royal family and leading
review OF the feet there was dinner on the
Victoria and Albert. = Barcelona reported
that peace had been restored in the city ana
suburbs: general strike occurred in Madrid,
ellere great military precautions against an up
rising Of the ROrkmen were taken. -- Ad-
vices from Madrid say that no further serious
encounters have occurred at Melilla; the heavy
losses on July % are attributed TO incompetent
leadership. === Charles Brown. a banker. OF
BuffalO. committed suicide board the Nader-
and while the steamer WAS nearing Antwerp.
E= A storm forced the Zeppelin ii TO return
30 Frankfort after starting for Cologne. -= A
rigid dlrigible Of the largest type, three non
rigid dirigibles and two aeropianes are being
built in England for the use Of the army ana
0avy
DOMESTIC.-President Taft in letters 10 Sen
stors Borah and Brown said that If they had
read The Tribune they would not have thought
they had been "tricked," as they had declared
Was the case. =-- Under the pending tariff
hm Secretary MacVeagh is authorized TO issue
more than S29O.OO0.O0O Panama bonds and $780,
Do0.ooe Treasury certificates. but he Is relied
upon 10 await favorable market == Vice
President Sherman at Utica said that there WAS
no likelihood, in his opinion, 81 tie vote In
the senate on the tariff bill, but should SUCH a
contingency arise he would cast has vote Tor
the bill == The War Department. on General
Aliens suggestion, annulled the contract with
a. n. Herring for a flying machine. == The
alabama House. at Montgomery passed without
q dissenting vote the bin faVoring an income tax
amendment 20 the Constitution. -= II was
learned in Dayton, Ohio that Orville Wright
would start for Berlin in about a fortnight 20
look after the foreign RerOplane business of the
brother inventors. Judge Richardson. of
The Massachusetts Superior Court. said in BOs-
ION that the divorce court an institution of
civilization. -== The monthly Treasury state
ment issued at Washington showed that the
national debt, less cash in the Treasury amount
ed TO Ssl75S0,S57.
CITY Stocks were strong and active. -
Or. Baker. first assistant physician at Mattea-
RRn, gave his observations Of Thaw since the
ALTERS commitment 10 the asylum. =- Short
sGe in the supply OF milk owing 10 the pro-
,racted drOuth, caused wholesale and retail
dealers 10 raise their prices. Borough
President Haffen demanded that Tammany sup
port him for reelection il removed from Office
Bv the Governor. =- Shifting Quickssnds did
fresh damage 10 Drydock 4. in the Brooklyn
pleaded not guilty and was put on trial at PO-
Ice Headquarters Denial was made OF
the rumor that the hank merger plan Of the
Carnegie Trust Company had fallen through.
- The Mendelssohn Glee Club chose Clar-
ence Dickinson, of Chicago. TO succeed DIR. Dam
rosch its director. - Cotton prices ad-
Canced % 10 30 points almost instantly following
the publication Of the poor government report.
showing the percentage Of the normal crop on
July % 10 be only 7l.9 == Traffic on the New
York Central blocked for more than two
hours by collision 81 passenger train with a
locomotive at l29th street and the Harlem River.
THE WEATHER Indications for to-day:
Fair. The temperature yesterday: Highest 81
hegrees; lowest 81.