New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-08
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CITY.-A girl of twelve, nude and dy-
ing from thirty-six stab wounds, was
found in a vacant lot in The Bronx. ana
died on reaching the hospital without De-
Ing able to tell who attacked her. -
with sixty three signers, among whom
are three Governors and three Demo-
Gratis, the call for q third party conVen-
ton was issued at the Hotel Manhattan
the date being August 5 and the place
chicago. British masters and
mates, according to advices from Eng
land, planned a strike on transatlantic
lines which would be declared in August
during the rush Of returning tourist tral-
fic. - The big oil plant of l. Some
born Sons, at Belleville N. j.. was
burned, with loss of 100000. - Inc
Massachusetts, and the Bunker HILL OF
the Eastern Steamship Line, were IN
collision off Point Judith, but both were
able to continue their trips. - Colonel
Roosevelt expressed satisfaction with the
progress of his campaign, being especial
" pleased with his cost of living issue.
The steamers Grand Republic and
Majestic ran aground in Rockaway Inlet
In the fog. - The Babies Welfare AS
ISOLATION reported decrease In the deatn
rate of babies in the city as compared
with the corresponding week Of last year.
- A pair of pygmy hippopotami, the
first ever exhibited, arrived from ham
burg for the New York Geological FarK.
DOMESTIC Taft left Bev-
erly for Washington; Otto t. Barnard
was mentioned in connection with the
Craftsmanship Of the Republican National
Committee. 1t was said at WaSh-
ington that every Atlantic and Gulf port
was enforcing strict precautions against
the spread Of the bubonic plague into
this country from Cuba and Porto Rico;
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migation of all vessels bound for United
States ports. g. The Fall River Line
steamer Commonwealth rammed the
battleship New Hampshire off Newport
in a dense fog; both vessels were con-
siderably damaged; no one was injured.
1t was learned at Philadelphia that
the Haytian gunboat Terrier would prob
ably be sold at auction, the government
refusing to guarantee payment Tor ex-
tensive repairs TO the boat. - Senator
Bankhead, manager for Representative
Underwood in his contest for the nomi-
1 nation for President said at Washington
that Underwood would aid Governor
Wilson TO his utmost. - Three sisters
were drowned near Salisbury Point.
Mass, while their father looked on, pow
erless to save them. - A committee
Of the National Tube Company strikers
at Pittsburgh had number OF promi-
nent men arrested for engaging in a
church lottery. - The corn and wheat
crops Of Illinois were reported to be be-
low the average. - James Brecken-
ridge Speed, wealthy resident Of Louis
Vile, died suddenly fdom heart disease
at Rockland, Me-. Breakwater, his sum-
mer home.
FOREIGN.-The Mexican federal
forces, headed by General Huerta, made
a triumphal entry into Chihuahua, lately
the rebel capital; reports that the rebels
had taken 1?arral and Santa Rosalia
were denied. - A bomb exploded in
a house in Lisbon, blowing off the roof
and killing a man. - Advices from
Tripoli showed that the war there was
cementing the hitherto warning Arab
tribes to a degree unimaginable in Eu-
rope and America.
THE WEATHER--Indicati for to-
day: Fair. The temperature yesterday:
Highest, "a degrees; lowest, So.