New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-03
THE NEWS THIS MORNING

FOREIGN. CrIppen received a
message. saving thai friends in London
had offered To defend him. he remains
taciturn. and no confession has been OBJ
tanned from Miss Leneve. == AdVlceS
from Willemstad said that owing 10 the
discovery Of a plot against President
Gomez many prominent Nenezeulans
had been imprisoned or had fed. --
Senior Prieto. the Spanish Minister for
Foreign Affairs. denied statements from
Rome rg arding the dispute of ChurCh
and state. WI Tins-fang. former
Chinese Minister 10 America. was ap-
pointed Councillor TO the Chinese For
eicn Office Senator Root began
the closing argument for America in
the Newfoundland fisheries case at The
Hague basing contentious on the treaty
OF 1915. The House Of Lords
passed on third reading the bill chang
ing the oath Of accession -- Docu-
nents presenting the cases Of Amerlca
srd Chill regarding the Alsop claim.
We're presented to the Foreign Office in
London. for submission to King George
as arbitrator. == Two prominent Per
sian Nationalist were ASA ssinated in
Teheran.
DOMESTIC. President Taft is reCeiv
ing letters from Republican leaders IN
all parts Of the country saying Secre-
tary Balinger is proving an emb3rrass-
al6Ll III lCA lHe pans Aci N-1N NSAA4i--S
election. - Secretary Ballinger, in an
interview IN Chicago, said he would not
resign his Office as long Is President
Taft was satisfied - Theodore
Roosevelt. accompanied by a party in
an automobile spent the day investigat-
ing conditions in the Pennsylvania coal
mining region in the neighbOrhOOd OF
Scranton and Wilkes Barre. -
Nilitiamen from New York City put in
a hard days work at Pine Camp. New
York: General Grant. commanding both
regulars and citizen sOldiery, said the pro-
gramme was being carried out salts
factorily. - President Taft approved
the finding Of a court martial dismiss
ing CAPTAIN r. Il. Peck. L s A, from
the service It was announced in
Washington that thousands of acres OF
unappropriated lands recently elimin-
ated from national forests in The West
and Northwest would be thrown open TO
homestead settlers early in the fall
1t was announced in Washington that
Claims for PREPARATION agsregating hun
dreds OF thousands of dollars. against
various railroad lines in the Southeast
ern territory. had been filed with the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
CTTY-Stocks were strong. == The
Public Service Commission rejected the
plan for the Third Avenue Railroad re-
organization. fearing overcapitalization,
but suggested notifications = The
committee Of investigation appointed by
the Legislature TO inquire into corrupt
practices in that body held its first
meeting TO discuss the order of proceed
ure - Three little boys, who were
missing for q day and night, were found
dead in a cave-in in Williamsburg.
through the sagacitY of a dog. =#
Postmaster General Frank II. Hitch
cock returned from Europe, where he
has been working on plans for postal
savings banks. -- John A. Dix. chair
man Of the Democratic State Commit
tee prepared for the opening OF state
headquarters to-day. - The acting
District Attorney said he would seek
further indictments against Edwin
Wider cashier of the RusSO-C Chinese
Bank John Qualey and Harvey
W. Corbett We're released on WriIS Of
habeas corpus. but were rearrested on
new warrants sworn 10 by Mrs Bull in
this city.
THE ,WFATHER.-Indic for to-
day Unsettled. The temperature yes
terday. Highest. 50 degrees: lowest SO