New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-30
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoRETGN.-Glenn n Curtss won the PTiX De
Ia Vitesse az Rheims. France. his Golden Filler
making the greatest speed of the four machines
whose pilots were entitled 10 share of the
$4,000. 49, About four hundred passengers,
most Of whom were ON their way 10 Rheims.
were taken off the Calais Dover steamer Nord
IN lifeboRts after the steamer had gone ashore
~ the mouth 81 Dover Harbor. 80 Count
Zeppelin arrived In his dirigible ba loon in Ber-
ln sno was warmly greeted by the Emperor,
who LED the cheering Of thousands Of spectators.
- The loss Of life from the floods in Mon
property damage is placed az between 81 600 900
and sl2.00o00O. == A dispatch from Athens
SAID that amnesty had been granted to the
,nutinous troops and reforms demanded by pub
lie opinion had been promised. - II was
stated in a dispatch from 81. Petersburg that
cholera was steadily decreasing there. hut new
eases were being reported from other cities in
Russia
DOMESTIC-It was announced al Beverly
that the resignation Of Ormsby McHarg. As
Distant Secretary OF Commerce and Labor. would
be accepted. The Rev. DIR. J. Holmes Nc
Guinness, E. H. Hsrriman's personal chaplain.
made a statement at Arden y. Y. that Mr.. Har-
riman better: others confirmed the state
ment Mrs. Hartman and other members of the
household attended church. - IL was learned
At Lenox. Mass thst the Bermuda Companies
tLimiteo) had been organized In New York 10
take over steamship hotel end traction interests
In Bermuda - Part II of the annual report
az the New York Insurance Department, cover
sng the business of life insurance for 1908, was
made public AT Albany. == Thirty persons
were injured in Springfield. Ohio, by rear-end
sion train. --- Five persons We're killed near
- Louis when train struck the automobile in
which they were riding. =- Secretary Nor
rison Of the American Federation of Labor has
Forwarded n request 10 Secretary Nagel Of the
Department OF Commerce and Labor for an in-
vestigstion Of conditions at the Pressed Steel
Car Company's works at Mckees Rocks.
ClTS--Boroush President Haffen of The
Bronx was removed from Office by the Gov
srnor. - Justice Gaynor returned from
Europe snd heard of an anonymous petition
asking him TO run for Mayor on an independent
ticket. =- Ann ODela Diss Debar made a
public explanation of her career and teachings
g. collection Of prints showing the de-
Selopment ri the Hudson River and New York
from the days of Hudson and Fulton TO the pres
eur time wss U view al the Lenox Library.
49, A psuss who fourished q razor and
threatened 70 IN any bystsnder who approsc hed
him was pursued by a policeman and fell 70 his
death in the Gimbel store excavation. at 52d
street and Sixth avenue. The committee
on congestion prepared paper showing the cost
OF diseases classed as preventsble by the Board
Of Health == An ammonia pipe in Barclay
street building burst the fumes spreading 70
City Hall Park So W. J. Averall returning
from q "trip 70 Guatemala. spoke enthusiasticsl ly
81 the country's resources and possibilities.
The WEATHER.-Indicsti ons for today:
Far and cooler. The temperature yesterday:
Highest. So degrees: lowest 50