The Huttig news., 1907-10-26
NEWS OF THE WEEK
THH LATEST EVENTS OF THE
 WORLD BRIEFLY TOLD.
NORTH, EAST WEST, SOUTH
Foreign Lands, Throughout the Ma ton and Particularly From the
 Great Southwest.

German balloon, the Pommern, rose from the starting grounds in Forest Park, marking the beginning of the second annual international aeronau- tic race for the James Gordon Ben- nett cup and cash prizes of $5,000. Five minutes later the second bal loon gracefully rose skyward and the others followed at the same intervals. Fifteen minutes after the last contes- tant had left the grounds, the nine balloons had disappeared in the west and northwest in a flight which eX- perts believe will be fruitful of long trips and broken records.
 William English Mailing of Indian apolis, Ind, his wife and his wifes sister, Rose Strunsky, who were ar rested at St. Petersburg, Russia, and taken to jail Sunday night because of their association with members of the Finnish Progressive party, were released Monday evening.
 After fortnight spent in the cane brakes, and looking bronzed and wig orous, President Roosevelt paid fly ing visit to Vicksburg, Monday after noon and delivered a speech, in which he promised to aid the deep water ways project, as the trip on the Mis- sissippi River convinced him it was a necessary project.
 United States Judge Thompson has granted permanent injunction against the International Printing Pressmen's and Assistants Union of North America upon application of the United Typothetae of America. The workmen are enjoined from yio- lating an agreement which does not expire until 1909, calling for a 54- hour week.
 Terrific storms, torrential down. pours of rain, high wind and floods are prevailing to an extent never be- fore realized In France, Spain, Italy and Great Britain. The storms have been so general that an accurate esti- mate of the loss of life is impossible.
 But fniree out t'- of q crew Of twenty one have been saved from the Dan dsh steamship Alfred Erlandsen, D Head, and was battered to pieces by the surf during the night. Eighteen were swept by the mountainous waves from the deck and drowned Of the saved, one was a woman.
 The locks of the projected Panama canal must be made wider than they were originally planned, in the opin- ion of the naval member of the 18th milan Canal commission, Lieutenant and Civil Engineer H. H. Rosseau who arrived in Washington direct from the isthmus.
 Pierced by a wireless telegraph cur rent, Arthur L. Laken of Summers vile, Mass, was found dead in the Marcona wireless telegraph station at Southwellfeet Mass.
 By affirming the decision of the low CT court the United States supreme court decided that the city of Chicago can not collect taxes running into the hundreds of thousands on the public utilities companies of that city.
 The state of Kansas was denied a rehearing in tke United States su- preme court in it's suit for injunction against Colorado to prevent the lat ter state from diverting water from the Arkansas river.
 Suit to drive the so-called plumbers supply trust out of Ohio was begun by Attorney General Elliott in Franklin county. Twenty houses are made par. ties defendant.
 President Roosevelt will go on an other bear hunt in the Blue Ridge mountains in the not distant future but no date has been fixed. The pres ident has just accepted an invitation from J. L. Alexander to be his guest at Oxway inn in the Sapphire country
 AS a result of collision between two heavily loaded cars on the Akron Bedford & Cleveland traction line north of Akron, O., 19 persons are fI Akron hospitals and score are suf fering less severe injuries. All are expected to recover.
 An unknown man, who was found dead in standing posture in g slough off of Macoupin creek, north of Alton, H., is believed to have be come mired in the quicksand of the creek and succumbed to starvation ol exhaustion and exposure. His clothes were found 200 yards away. He had apparently been dead for several days
 Capt. Roland Amundsen, the Arcti, explorer, who arrived on the steam ship Oscar H., said he will make al attempt to reach the north pole il 1910 He announced that he is havin. four big polar bears trained to hau sleds and intends to use them in thu far north.
 At the semi-annual conference 0 English Mormons at Finsbury, it wa stated that no less than 300 mission aries are working in Great Britain and that they have gained approx mately 15,00o converts within the pan seven years.