New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-04
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-Wachter the we'll known
aeronaut. was instantly killed by the col
lapse Of his aeroplane at Rheims before
many spectators, among whom were his
wife and little daughter. - General
Estrada's proposal for the exchange OF
W. p Pittnan has been refused by Cen
eral Riyas; the steamers Venus and San
Jacinto were repulsed in an attempt to
recapture Pearl Lagoon. - Baptist
missionaries in the region Of Avelllno
were again attacked, several being
wounded by stones; J. T. Stuart COM
planned OF Inadequate protection given
by the Italian government. == A. >.
Cocflran's yacht Westward won a thirty
mile race for schooners in Lubbock Bay.
Great anti-clerical demonstrations
We're made in Madrid and other Spanish
cities: there were no disorders. =
Elections for Deputies to the Panaman
National Assembly passed quietly, there
being no opposition 10 the government
candidates. w. X Tanderbilt's
Oversight won the Prix du President de
IA Republique at Maisons Laffitte-
DOMESTIC-As first step in his
conservation policy. President Taft has
withdrawn s4a5G31 acres of water
power sites. phosphate and petroleum
lands and coal lands in Alaska il was
announced at Beverly. Mass. = Ad-
vices from Washington said that the
United States would probably take &C
rion 10 end speedily the war in N1cara-
qua s statement of the State In
surance Department on the report Of an
exan7inat ton Of the PheniX Insurance
Company of Brooklyn was made public
at Albany. - Two negroes were
lynched in Missouri. - A store in
Cincinnati was wrecked by an eNplo-
sion of fireworks. -= 4 broker COM
,77itred suicide at Philadelphia after hav-
ing lost his fortune in the recent slump
IN The stock market. 80 II was an
nounced at Albany that the Public Ser
vice Commission. I'd District. had IN the
three years Of its existence received 4,9lS
applications. complaints. etc. 80 Mem
9ers Of the Brotherhood OF Railroad
Trainnen and the order Of Railway Con-
ductors began voting for or against a
strike on the Pennsylvania Railroad sys-
ten.
CITT-Two daughters Of Andrew
Crawford Of Riverdale. were killed when
their ant onobile was hit by a Long ISL
and train at Valley Stream == The
members Of the Mayors independence
Day committee expressed their belief
that their elaborate programme of harm
less entertainment would reduce the
Fourth Of July casualty list to one-tentn
its usual proportions. == Three per-
sons were drowned in New York waters
yesterday and several were rescued from
q similar fate \ Brooklyn man
charged that he was assaulted by a de-
tective OF the Brooklyn Headquarters
staff Many arrests were made for
alleged violation Of the new ordinance
preventing the sale Of fireworks at re-
vail. - A Williamsburg couple cele-
brated the sixtieth anniversary of their
wedding with all their eight children and
many grandchildren and great-grand-
children. - Professor Peck announced
his intention TO have the courts define
the right of the Columbia University
trustees TO suspend him. FL A woman
surprised q burglar in her apartments,
pursued and held him until he was ar
rested. Harmon, the amateur avn
ator. made two short flights before if
teen thousand persons at Garden City.
THE wEATHER.-Indic for to-
day: Thunder showers The temper
AZURE yesterday: Highest, SIS degrees;
lowest IA