New-York tribune., 1910-10-21
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-Dr. Hawley Harvey Grip
pen, on trial in London on a charge of
numbering his wife. Belle Elmore. testi-
fed that he did not know even of the
burial of a body in his London home
until after his arrest. == The Trib
une's correspondent in London says the
dTamatlzation of Stanley Weyman'S
novel. Count Hannibal" was well re
cejVed. -= The eX-P Premier OF Portu-
gal in an interview published in Paris,
says the reason King Manuers Cabinet
did not aTIeal for foreign aid in the re
cent revolution was that the ministers
we're convinced that any power inter
vening would decline TO retire after it
had brought about peace in Portugal
DONESTIC.-Pr President Taft returned
10 the White House. where he held sew
eral conferences and spoke on the work
Of Young Mems Christian associations.
- Ex-senator David 3. Hill died at
his home near Albany. =- Henry L.
SJimSOn. at Auburn. Y. Y. gave out q
Statement in reply TO eX-Judee Alton r.
Parker: speaking at Auburn. he took for
his text the graft investigation now be
ing carried on here. and demanded Of
John A. Dix if he would favor the repeal
Of the auti-racetrack gambling laws.
= The Swiss balloon Helvetia, con-
1estant in the international balloon race.
was reported 10 nave landed at Vile
4 Marie. Quebec loo miles from the
j starting point. in St Louis establishing
record. - The funeral OF Julia
Ward Howe was held at the Church Of
the Disciples. in Boston. -= The
French steamer Louisiana. from HayTe
for Havana and New Orleans. went
ashore on a reef fifty miles from Key
West. the passengers being taken of
safely. Charles 8 Mellen. Spea k
ing at Concord. y. H. said that the Bos-
ton & Maine Railroad Company would
not interfere in the politics of the state
hereafter. == The Census Bureau at
Washington announced the population
Of Arizona 10 he 204. .354.
CITY-Stocks closed strong. - Po-
lice Commissioner Baker resigned after
three visits 10 Mayor GaNnOT. and was
succeeded by James c. Cropsey. a law
Yer: First Deputy Bugher also resigned
and Clement J. Driscoll took his place.
and though Second Deputy Kirby did
not resign William J. Flynn. long head
Of the United States Secret Service here,
was appointed in his stead, the third and
fourth deputies. Messrs. Walsh and
Reynolds remaining in Office. = A
subway express jumped the track at
Fulton street at = o'clock, and the block
that followed was the worst in the his
1olN of -he road. Brooklyn service was
wiped out for hours. and as no warn
ing was given at the uptown stations
the confusion all along the line was
unparalleled. - Several gambling
houses were raided. following thirty
indictments. General Thomas 7.
Eckert. former president of the Western
Union and one Of Lincoln's closest friends
died, at the age Of eighty eight. ==
The legislative graft hunters issued sub
poenas for James r. Keene. Il. p. Whit
ney and others. said 10 have subscribed
70 the S5rNNm racetrack corruption
fund. and began an investigation Of the
Allds-Conger bribery case. - Francis
C Huntington resigned from the Dem
ocratic League and said he would
vote for Stln1son. - In an open letter
10 Leslie Sutherland. F. ". Whitridge
reviewed the political situation. and
urged the voters Of Westchester County
70 vote for "StimsOn and efficiency"
THE THER--Indications for to-
day: Partly cloudy. The temperature
yesterday: Highest 90 degrees; low
est, 63.