New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-22
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-Walter Wellman's balloon
.oyved back after an accident 10 Spitzbergen.
where II burst; no one was injured, but the
seronaut viii not make another attempt 10 reach
the pole this year. =-= Heavy rain prevented
Sights at Rheims: thirty airshps have arrived
there. and arrangements have been made ade-
ouateiy 10 Tor the crowds Of visitors. ==
Many important changes have been made in
she British budget: The Tribune's London corre-
spondent says that the measure is steadily gain
sng popular favor. =-=- General Booth op
Grated upon in London for septic poisoning OF
The eye. -= Investigations into the civil az
fairs OF Montreal show that millions have been
lost in public contracts and that appointments
have been bought and sold for Years. -= The
gentry OF The province Of Hoo Peh, China. have
threatened not 10 recognize the imperial edict If
she Eankow railroad loan is granted - A
dispatch from Stockholm says The local street
railway company las scored a complete victory
over the strikers and VIII only take The latter
hack al minimum wages. == dispatch from
St Petersburg says that Mukhbir. the new Gov
ernor arrived at Tabriz without escort and the
Russian garrison may be withdrawn.
DOMESTIC.-President Taft issued orders 70
she Secretary Of War 10 reduce the army by 10
per cent, or TO force Of eighty thousand men
s- The President held conference with
members Of his Cabinet at his summer home at
Beverly, Mass. --= The Treasury Department
issued a circular letter TO all collectors of Gus
corporations in their districts liable 10 the tax
under the Payne tariff law. == II was an
no1nced ~ Saranac Inn. y. = that Governors
Hughes and Fort would hold conference there
the latter part Of This week -= The Blue
srnlA. which mas bSen defending Boston, broke
camp az Hanover. Mass, and the soldiers
turned TO their various homes. 60 The Chi
.ago Great Western Railroad was sold at St
Paul for So 100000 TO 8 syndicate formed by
:. FPierpont Morgan, the only bidders.
CITY-Stocks were strong. 80 Murphy.
AIcCaTTen. Woodruff and Parsons were being
advised 10 father the Gaynor boom. 60 The
son OF George A Mclean. OF Chicago. was killed
and Mr. and Mrs. Mclean and several others
injured when their automobile struck a
telegraph pole on the road between New Bruins
wick and Metuchen. CO. The militia regiments
81 the Red army returned with tales Of hard
Fhlp. == The Democratic Union called atten-
sion 20 the fact that many Tsmmany district
leaders were in politics for business reasons
-== Thirty i've singers engaged by Oscar
Hammerstein for his "educatio opera ar
rived here from abroad. == A political cal
oncar Tor 1908 showed the officers TO be elected
on November .. registration days and the vote
81 The last mayoralty contest --= The non
magnetic Yacht Carnegie set sail her way TO
Newfoundland 10 begin her first cruise in the
interest OF science. =- The contractors build
sing the drydock in the New York Navy Yard
decided % protest against the action of the gov
arnment in Withholding the last months pay
snent on the ground that the work was defective
THE WEATHER--Indications for to-day:
3sir. The temperature yesterday: Highest rs
degrees: lowest Ga