New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-05
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

CITY.-The safe and sane" Fourth
proved a great success, citizens in all
boroughs zealously entering into various
celebrations. - Fourth of July acct
dents were the feweSt on record, being
"a. while they were 100 last year ana
231 in 1910. - Tom" Moore, a bal
lOonist, fell hundreds Of feet from a
parachute at Belleville, n. j., and was
instantly killed; twenty thousand per
sons saw the accident. - Chairman
Barnes issued call for a meeting OF the
Republican State Committee In this city
on July 20. - Charles +. Murphy and
several scheduled speakers were absent
from the celebration by the Society or
Tammany, at which the name of Under
wood was cheered but that of Wilson
received only mild applause. - Rene
dies for the high cost Of living will form
prominent plank In the Bull Moose
platform, according to Colonel Roosevelt
g. Colonel Roosevelt writes in The
Outlook" that President Taft was NOR
ally entitled 10 only 20 of the 561 votes
that nominated him. - A mother, In
attempting to rescue her two children
from drowning in Ions Island SOUND,
lost her life with theirs, the father md
ing their bodies on the beach at low tlde.
IT, The police ended a search OF many
months by arresting trusted clerk CT
q Wall Street firm of accountants, who
81 600 each - The Municipal Art
Commission approved the plans for u
new music pavilion In the Central PARK
mall - A feature of the fast waning
dock strike was the fact that charges
of kidnapping Of men were MADE py each
side In the controversy.
DOMESTIC.-Moret than forty persons
were killed and between fifty and sixty
injured, several fatally, when fast ex-
press train crashed into a stalled pas
lsenger train on the Delaware. Lacka-
wanna & Western Railroad. near Corn
ang, n. Y; the engineer Of the express
WAS running at high speed in heavy
fog and failed to see signals which, Il is
taid, were set against him. -= Frank
jim MacVeagh, Secretary OF the treas
AIRY In a statement at Lancaster, Mass"
said that the resignation Of Assistant
Secretary a Piatt Andrew was sub
united only after repeated requests from
The President and the Secretary, ana
that Mr.. Andrew pleaded TO be retained
in Office. - Thirty-six members OF
the Democratic National Committee
called on Governor Wilson, at Sea Grit
N j., and formally turned over the
leadership of the party 10 him. -
President Taft arrived at his summer
home in Beverly, Mass, to remain for
vacation Of three days. =-z= Two new
stars. making forty-eight i'm all, were
buildings =- The Junger MaCrner-
Choir, of Philadelphia, obtained perma-
nent possession OF the Kaiser's prize al
the National Saengerfest which closed
I'm that city. - An old man end
boy were accidentally killed In Philadel-
phia by rifles in the hands Of reckless
celebrators of the Fourth.
FOREIGN.-It was reported thst
group of Peking financiers had proposed
30 make a loan of S50,OOO,OO0 without
psking for any foreign supervision. -
The Kaiser and the Car met at Baltic
Port, Russia: it was expected that mat
tiers of international interest would he
discussed. General Orozco, the
Mexican rebel chief, admitted his defeat
et Bachimba and decided not to attempt
the defence Of Chihuahua; it was stated
that he wo' Id hold JuareZ against the
federals and make q last stand in the
mountains around Casas Grandes, So
nora. - Robert l.. Borden, the Cana
oien Premier, was cordially welcomed on
his arrival in London. - Receptions
in celebration of the Fourth of July Were
held at most of the American embassies
and legations Of the world. = Lieu
tenant Caranda. OF the Rumanian army,
was killed at Bucharest by subject
fail in his aeroplane.
THE WEATHER.-Ind Indications for to-
Eav: Unsettled. The temperature yes
terday: Highest. IS degrees; lowest SIS.