New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-19
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CONGRESSES A resolution 10
admit the territories Of Arizona ana New
Mexico into the Union. framed In con-
formity with the views OF the PRESIDENT
vas passed by a vote of 80 10 g. -
House: The House failed to pass the
wool and Free List tariff bills over Pres
ident Taft's vetoes.
FOREIGN.-Railway service was i'm
poded everywhere in England, and In
some cases brought to q standsttll by
the strike Of probably half the workers
in England and Wales: the movement
spread 10 Ircland. the efforts OF the gov
CrIment at Cancellation were unaNalilils
and apprehension exists, not only that
food supplies may be cut off from many
districts. but that Germany may use the
opportunity to put the screws on France
as regards Morocco; the Lord Mayor or
London issued a call for the enrolment
of special police. - Lord James OF
Hereford died at Epson, aged eighty
four wears The royal assent was
given bv royal commission to the Parlia-
mont bill limiting the legislative powers
Of the House Of Lords. 49, Contracts
TO build three battleships, each 10 COST
nearly Sl0.OO0.000, were awarded by the
Russian government two 10 the Brown
interests and one TO the Vickers Sons
and Maxim interests.
DOMESTIC Oscar A. Brinsley set a
AltItuOe
II goo feet (uncorreCted reading) al the
Chicago aviation meet; experts believed
that corrected reading OF the baro-
praDh would show that Brinsley's flight
was the highest point ever reached by
an aeroplane; the highest previous rec
ord was 10.761 feet == Atwood. the
aviator. was halted in his proposed
fight from Cleveland, Ohio, TO Erie,
Penn, by lack Of gasolene ne landed
west
of Erie. =-= More than fifty persons
were injured In the wreck Of the Big
-Four train running from Cincinnati 10
New York, near Columbus, ONO; II was
believed that none of the injured would
die. = President Taft sent to Con-
gress his veto of the Free List bnl. -
Admiral Togo practically recovered from
his temporary indisposition, and IT was
announced that he would begin his
westward Journey to-day; his first stop
will be at Niagara Falls.
CITY-Stocks were strong - =
Many persons were injured by the thun-
derstorm that swept over the city, ne
lightning striking several nagpoles ana
WSecking the walls of one building. -
Charges that witnesses had commit TED
perjury were made by lawyers for hoth
sides I'm the inquiry into the admins
tration of DR.. DOty as Health Officer OF
tho Port Park Commissioner
Stover announced that Charles D. Lay.
the new landscape architect. would SUI
pervisc the restoration Of Central Park.
- 4 cable dispatch from London
announced the marriage OF 4. IL. Sothern
and Julia Narlowe -=-- The Ten Mile
River was pronounced unavailable as Il
source Of water supply for New 1Ork
CITY. - Colonel John Jacob Astor
and his hancee. Miss Force, accompa-
MED BY her parents. sailed from this city
aboard Colonel Astor's yacht, for an
ocean cruise The divorce suit
brought by Captain p &. Hams. now ~
Sing Sing for the murder Of William Il.
Anris. against Claudia Hams was heard
ia Brooklyn. Mrs. Hams making no de-
fence The price of beef again
advanced, No. / cuts and loins being 81
per cent higher than on December L.
THE Neutrality-suspicious. for to-
CAY: Fair. The temperature yesterday.
Highest. 50 degrees; lowest, 81.