The Huttig news., 1907-11-09

dents were severely burned with hot water in the melee. One fell down and broke his leg, a lot of noses were | fiattened and the contending factions had perfectly beautiful time" Oscar Erbsloeh, winner of the inter- national balloon race, has decided not to try for the Lahm cup in an attempt to establish a new long-distance bal | loon record, and will sail for his home | in Germany Nov. 5. Uncle Joe' Cannon, speaker of the national house of representatives, has become a full-fedged candidate for president. He will be backed by the solid republican delegation from Hi nois in congress.
 The action of the United States su- preme court in assuming original jur- isdiction in the Minnesota contempt case will test the power of federal courts to prevent by injunction the en- forcement of state laws. Seven firemen were overcome by smoke and a loss of $300,000 was caused in fire in the five-story build ing at State and Quincy streets, oc cupied by the Holden Shoe Co.,, of Chicago.
 Holden Lewis, 25 years old, a saw yer employed in a mill at Mayfield, Ky, met death in buzz saw.
 Editor Maximillian von Harden of the Zukunft, Berlin, was acquitted in oi.,,l fI.o 1J, x,f cling Gen. Count Cuno von Moltke. The count was ordered to pay costs of the case.
 In the hands of kidnapers in the heart of London, the 1S-year old Princess Barbara La Poukine of Rus jes. hsaseat lit axard ta friand s that she 1 is about to kill herself to escape III treatment at her captors hands. Because he failed to carry out an errand of the Black Hand society, iVte Greinaldi, member of the Black Hand society, was stabbed to death by members of his own band on Knoll street, Brooklyn.
 Eaten by cannibals was probably the
 
 took the big sailing ship Arthur Sewell out of Philadelphia April 3 on the start of her long voyage to carry coal to the Philippines.
 Western lines have decided to post pone until Dec. 10 putting into effect the use of interchangeable mileage tickets. The original date set was Dec. 1.
 Charles Hughes of Till City, Ind, is in custody, having surrendered after killing his brother, Mortimer, aged 26. Charles claims his brother was intoxi- cated and was abusing their father.
 A new high-pressure reservoir has been added to the water supply oi Holyoke, Mass, about S00,000 gallons daily being used from this source, which gives a pressure of from 72 to 80 pounds in various sections of the city.
 The keynote to the financial situa- tion is that the developments of the past week have brought out the fact that the economic status of the coun- try was never more sound than it is right now.
 British-American Tobacco Co. was l created especially to violate the laws and to carry conspiracies into effect, | government charges in information filed at Norfolk for the forfeiture ot S,750,000 cigarettes owned by the com pany.
 The king and queen of Spain mar rowly escaped death or serious in jury in an accident to their train in the outskirts of Cherbourg on their way to England. Though their ma | iesties were unharmed, widespread comment has been caused by the se- ries of mishaps which seem to occur wherever they go.
 Alleging that she had been desert. | ed by her common-law husband Mrs. Lillian Keith Fuller has begun suit | against Charles s. Fuller, a million aire stock, cil and copper land own | CT, for separate maintenance. The complainant's parents are said to be | wealthy and prominent people of Gin l cinnati.
 | While testing new gun, J. J. Jones, wealthy farmer near Vici, Okla, wounded his wife in the shoulder. She died without regaining consciousness.
 Abount s60,000,000 worth of baby has been delivered at the home of Mir and Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. It is boy.
 A general reduction in the retail | prices of meats is prcphesied for Chi
 cago and the Middle West. It has
 grown out of the present financial sit
 uation, according to some of the big
 packers, and will be of substantial ben 1 eft to consumers.