New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-05
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-Leforres the French
aviator, was burned TO death in midair
when his motor exploded. near Hueiva'
Spain. - Roland Garros made an al
titude record by flying 13,945 feet. at
Parame, France. - James r. Keene
underwent an operation in London Tor
stomach trouble and rallied well imme-
diately aftervard - A luncheon IN
honor of Or. Hill, the retiring American
Ambassador in Berlin, was given by
Herr Won Kiderlen- Waechter. German
Foreign Minister. - Sir Wilfrld
Laurier accepted the nomination for
coming elections: he had previously ac-
Cepted the nomination for Quebec East
- President Fallieres passed In re-
view al Toulon nearly sixty French
warships A trades union congress
representing more than million and q
half workers, began its sessions at New
castle England. 80 Native reports
from China nut the number of drownings
by the overflow of the Yangtse klang
at 100000. The province of Anhwei was
reported entirely submerged
DOMESTIC.-Henry Clay Beattie, jr,
testified in his own behalf at Chesterfield
Court House, Va. insisting that his wife
was killed by highwayman, who en-
countered them in the Midlothian Pike
and fired upon Mrs. Beattie at close
range. - President Taft returned 10
Beverly from Maine; he passed the day
playing golf visited the Myopia horse
show and worked on his speeches. -
The burning of a negro I'm Coatesville,
Penn. was under investigation by a
grand Jury clothed with unusual powers
- The State Conservation Commits
sion issued q circular TO be distributed at
the State Fair, in Syracuse, telling how II
protected game and stocked streams
- A Rockland Me. dispatch said q
woman and four men were taken from
wrecked schooner by the Burnt Island
life saving crew. 80 Captain w. w
Gimer, T.. s. n, his wife, her mother
and two seamen were injured near Kit
terv. Me. bv the explosion OF gasolene
aboard a boat Of the gunboat Paducah
Earle OVingtOn, in monoplane
won the 160-mile cross country flight
feature Of the Boston aviation meet N
hours. % minutes and AZ seconds, act
ual time. Lieutenant T. d. Milling
L. :. y, in a biplane finished second
go It vas admitted that the dread
pought Delaware mistook the repair shil
Panther Tor the old san Marcos and fired
two salvOs a her. the shots dropping
l.ncOmfortq bly, close. -= WarshlpS OF
the Atlantic feet reassembled at the
Southern drill grounds for a continuance
of tho war game now IN progress tnere
CITY.-A bout eighteen thousand union
working men and women marched III the
annual Labor Day parade -- The
Joint legislative committee gave the pro
posed charter further revision, but With
ont changing three of the PROVISIONS
which had aroused the keencst CRITICISM
-= Dock Commissioner TOmkins sub
Juitted suggestions to the Mayor for the
improvement Of the waterfront. -
The Boxing Commission took no steps
10 prevent the Langford Jeanette fight
~ the Garden tonight. -- A-Brook-
lvn girl was killed at QuOgue. Long Isl
and. by young man who then turned
his revolver upon himcelf and committed
suicide -= Safe blowers got away
with $500 i'm cash from Brooklyn
butcher shop. -- The carnival at AS
hurry Park ended with masked fete' IN
which more than thirty thousand per
sons took part.
THE WEATHER indications for to-
day: Fair. The temperature yesterday
Highest, IS degrees; lowest. 3D.