The Huttig news., 1907-11-30

burg. Mo.
 Frederick w Mclean. former as sistant cashier of the Chicago Ma tional bank and confidential man to John R. Walsh. testified in the Walsh trial that on Feb. 27, 1904, he, at Walsh's direction, forged the names of five men to six notes of $100,000 each and that Walsh drew the money from the bank.
 A battle in which the police and a score of depaty sheriffs, armed with riot guns, were on one side and 300 striking quarrymen employed at the plant of the Western Stone Co.,, just southeast of Joliet, H., on the other, was fought, one man being seriously injured and a score of others slightly hurt. More than 200 shots were fired by the police, and for a time it was feared that the officials would be oyerpowered and the big plant of the stone company wrecked.
 After an all-night session, the jury in the case of Edward c. Lewis, the publisher, charged with misusing the mails in connection with the Peoples United States bank, informed Judge Garland in the United States circuit court at St. Louis that the members were unable to agree.
 The corporation commission at Guthrie, Ok, has issued an order on the Fort Smith 6 Western railroad to inaugurate the Pc fare immediately. If the company refuses, immediate action, it is declared, will be taken.
 Evidence tending to show that bonds of the Walsh railroads were sold to various purchasers at prac- tieally the figures they were accepted by the Chicago National bank as col lateral for notes, was brought out in the cross-eXaminati0n of National Bank Examiner Moxey in the Walsh ing $522, ,000 were gone over and iden- tified by date and amount.
 England has seized Pedro Blanca Island, near Hongkong, and is fortify- ing it. It is a strong strategical point. Pedro is named in no aliases, and is
 
 name.
 J. Pierpont Morgan, the financier and George F. Baker, president of the First National Bank of New York City, arrived at the White House Fri day for a conference with President Roosevelt.
 Three thousand barrels of beer, val ued at $24,00O will be dumped into the sewer by a brewing company of Oklahoma City, unless a special dis pensation may be granted and the brewery allowed to ship it out of the state and sell it.
 With 'dry" New Orleans as the aim of prohbitionists, and 're- formed" New Orleans as the object Of saloon keepers, crusade refecting the prohibition movement in other parts of the South began at New Or leans Sunday
 The second trial of Harry Kendall. Thaw set for December ?, again will be postponed, and there is little chance that it will be called until some date well along in January.
 Chicago claims that she will get the Democratic national convention un- less something unexpected happens to upset present plans of the national committee.
 The rush at the Philadelphia mint to turn out $60,000000 in gold coins in three months is making things hum in the big establishment at Philadel- phia.
 Five children of Thomas Stuver, an oil well bumper living near Pleasant vile, Venango county, Penn., were burned to death in fire which de stroyed their home. The victims ages were from to 12 years.
 The new Cunard liner Mauretahla broke her hister ship Lusitsnia's rec ord Thursday when at noon she com pleted days run of 624 knots. The Lusitania's best record for a day was G1S knots. The Mauretania's time for the passage, it is calculated, will be about five days and two hours, or about seven hours slower than the Lusitania's fastest westbound pas- sage.
 The most dramatic incident con nected with the trial of Steve Adaras, on trial at Rathdrum, Idaho. for the murder of Fred Tyler, was the intro duction of two letters by James H. Hawley, counsel for the state, Thurs day afternoon. The defense objected to their being read to the jury, but Judge Wood declared them properly identified. They were written be- tween the time Adams confessed and signed his confessions.
 The story of former United States Senator Browns acknowledgment Of the paternity of the two youngest of Mrs Bradley's children was told Thursday in Judge Stafford's court at Washington by other lips than hers.
 Chancellor J. w. Stout at Gallatin, Tenn, rendered a decree of custer in the case of the State vs. the Standard Oil Co.,, revoking the license of said company to transact business in Ten