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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1908
Page
4
The June 28 forecast for the year ending June 30 1908 shows receipts about 580 million and expenditures around 659 million, producing a deficit near 144 million. Customs revenues drop about 46 million while internal taxes fall nearly 64 million. postal receipts decline to about 13.5 million, the largest postal shortfall in history.
Twelve of the Atlantic fleet's sixteen ships are in San Francisco Harbor awaiting July 7 departure for Hampton Roads. The Connecticut Georgia Wisconsin Haineis UK New Jersey Ohio Kentucky Louisiana Kansas Minnesota are present with four more expected. Panther Yankton Cuigan Helios Glacier Ajax sail next week. repairs end by July. The second Pacific division heads to San Diego July 1, then the summer cruise to Honolulu and Samoa begins.
Ian Stephens of the Alexander avenue station rushed to 240 East 148th Street where he saw Rappo Sassi threaten his wife Berle with a razor. Carrado Calvo joined the assault and knocked Stephens down. Police arrived after Stephens fired his revolver. Sassi was taken to Lincoln Hospital and Calvo detained on multiple charges. Mrs. Sassi fled the scene.
Mrs. George M. Cohan and her sister Mrs. Sam H. Harris escaped a rampaging dog in Dowlaston Long Island yesterday. The dog ran wild for about ten minutes as the Cohans and their guests moved in. Mrs. Cohan fell injuring herself slightly while fleeing toward the house. A Japanese valet shot the dog.
The Coward Shoe line offers cool and comfortable vacation footwear. Original Coward models are recommended for people with warm weather foot discomfort, highlighting comfort for hot days.
Fire crews conduct high pressure main tests on West Street to ensure reliability and detect leaks. Officials report no interruptions to nearby residents as equipment operates along the road.
West Street and surrounding avenues received a heavy wash as the Fire Department and Water Department tested high pressure hydrants. Chief Croker hailed the result as a threat to the steam engine, noting 300 psi and 18 600 gallons per minute, with 24 streams spraying and a roof-reach to Bethune Street.
General Jose Villar commands a large Mexican force marching on Las Vacas and clashes with revolutionists. Both sides suffer casualties as the insurgents retreat toward Torr en where sixteen federal trains arrive. Rail lines and telegraph wires are cut between Torr en and Jaral. Hundreds of rebels gather near Matamoros Coahuila with plans to strike, while federal troops move toward Ciudad Pafirio Diaz amid worsening conditions.
Ambassador Creel, granted a long vacation, was ordered tonight to proceed to Washington at once from Mexico City.
Former Italian minister Nu nzio Nasi who was sentenced to eleven months and twenty days for embezzlement ended his imprisonment at his home at midnight. He can still not hold office for four years and two months and will seek to prove his innocence.
Washington reports on naval long range firing tests at Indian Head and Sandy Hook the drive to study armor effects under reduced velocity conditions. It also covers photographic ID of enlisted men a staff reorganization proposals and continuance of current War Department policy under Secretary Wright plus a Treasury ruling granting continuous service pay to all retirees.
An uncovered 1779 battle off Ireland between the American privateer Skyrocket, Captain Burke, and the Scottish vessel Sharp, Captain Archibald Bogg, reveals carronades and a close- range exchange. The Skyrocket captured Betsy before meeting the Sharp, with one Sharp casualty and praise from Glasgow underwriters. The note links to Jones’s squadron later capturing Serapis and Scarborough.
The Osservatore Romano denounces the Pan Anglican Congress in London for promoting religion without a true hierarchy and worldly joy. It notes Catholic Rome will celebrate Saint Peter’s tomb to counter what it calls the congress's spiritual poverty and signals an encyclical from Pope Pius.
A police raid under the anti gambling law at Ostend Club nets 150 detainees and seizes $10 in stakes as doors are sealed. Similar action hits another club.
Augusto Durand, leader of the failed Peru revolution, reached Valparaiso from Iquique. He accuses the Peruvian government of deceiving foreign opinion, claims the elections were falsified, and says Peru is being turned into a Yankee colony the danger is germinating there.
Tokio reports that American businessmen active in Corea and Manchuria assert doors remain open for trade. Thomas Sammon, American Consul General, says those seeking an open door will find it. Despite Japan’s gains, Western firms adapt to new methods and still compete effectively.
Tokyo officials begin drafting next year’s budget with hopes for radical changes in army and navy expenditures and government securities. Barons Shibusawa and Kokichi push for railroad ownership restructuring while restoring Japan’s foreign credit. London’s South Manchurian Railway loan success boosts confidence despite England’s demand for a three year repayment term.
Manuel Quezon and aides completed their Douma study in St Petersburg then departed for Berlin and Paris with planned stops in Switzerland and Egypt. The party, invited by the War Department to broaden Filipino leadership, observed Russian policy toward Poland and Finland and police regulations while weighing independence versus gradual autonomy under American oversight.
In Morocco City on June 28 reports say El Mtoeugui tribesmen repelled the usurping Sultan’s followers for a second time. They killed three of the Sultan’s chiefs and wounded many, after an earlier June 21 engagement that killed about a hundred and wounded about a hundred and fifty Mulai Hafig forces. Mulai Hafig planned to depart Fez for Rabat at month’s end.
Tangier reports the German Minister officially denied issuing any circular to the diplomatic corps protesting the threatened landing of French troops at Tetuan.
The throne orders a history of the Kwang Hsu reign detailing government changes, administration shifts, education, police, finances, steamship lines, railways, postal and telegraph facilities, army expansion, new laws, and efforts to boost agriculture and industry. The Manchu imperial clan genealogy from 1644 to 1970 was compiled under Princes Li and Shih Te with 123 scholarly assistants. the work spans 21.1 pages in seven volumes and took seven months to prepare.
A policeman died from injuries after a bomb exploded in a Barcelona public square during a procession. Nine arrests were made in connection with the outrage as crowds panicked along the streets.
The Nicholas Tschaikovsky case is postponed as the prosecution reopens investigation seeking new evidence. Agents are dispatched to Moscow, Don region, and Eastern Siberia, with a possible bail of 5000 dollars sought from his wife.
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