The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-10-16
WEEK IN THE WORLD


nrl hg a. Holland loIl,-s and Angus
ius l0sl, bnIsl al an altitude al i,Vbl
, lssi lees than two minutes alter the start
aas made anl the asinnauts eseaIsei onll
b. q mlfaeie. For .ss1 le-l the balloon
sh"t downward Aks bullet and ll'rn
the silk has iormeI . parachute checking
the rapldiiy at the descent, When nrat
/ the sinund the haskei smashed inia tho
fuui ~ a hauso bui the iNo mrn were
only slightly injured The aorldrni iook
place IA the pfusrnte oi Al,iN1 NperiA'
lofs who lad gathered Ia witness the
asc-nsiun Ut the = balloons entered for
the International trophy, The ~, Louis,
pilalr'l hy " n, Arnold oi North Ad
ANS and Harry j, lirWai, mot disaster
10 the North Sea Monday night, lm
me,lialely after starting the balloon was
carried overland by tfrachrIous air cur
frnts aud the occupants oi the basket
soun lusi their brarnss ~ the haze,
suddenly Monday nighl they saw the
guah lights II an unknown coast aud
knew they must descend or REX the
danger of hcing driven uWt Ia sea, Ih0os.
/ ins lhr iuTuyr enursc they wrfu buiieiei
about by The waves Tor srNeial hours aud
had almost gwen az ~ despair when
they were rescued hy life boat, The
iIrt news ui the accident was conveyed
Z ~ wireless message IRON Arnold. The
third American balloon, the America II,
Ia command u Captain i. &. Metoy,
landed on the shore, Of the Baltic sca
after covering distance oi about 10
miles. lhc duration VI H. light was
I about 2! hour y. H. Arnold who tx
urrd ia the sensational adventure ~ the
North Sea j. 20 year old and has bccn
employed on various western aud Massh'
ehuselts newspaper lie became inter
estcd m hallooning lasi year aud was
instrumental IN the organization Of the
North Adams Aero club.
The two Bills-Taii Of Ohio and Bryan
OF Ncbraska-haye been deyoting their
energies 90 their home states this week,
making ON the average about score Of
speeches a day. According 10 reports
both candidates have been received with |
the greatest enthusiasm Bryan has been |
concentrating his energies ON the republl |
can attitude toward trusts and arguing |
in favor OF his bank guaranty plan. TAFT |
has devoted himself mainly toward de- |
Tense OF the principles outlined IN the re
publican platform. Governor Hughes has /
returned from his western speaking tour
aud Monday began a series OF campaign /
speeches IN his own state, which accord
ing to all reports is IN dire need OF atten'
ton. He says he is not 50 anxious TO be
governor a. 10 complete certain work
another term. His democratic opponent,
Mr. CHAMBER, il also busy on the stump,
50 busy apparently that he has not yet
found time TO answer Mr.. liughess
question a. 10 the position Of the former
on the race-track gambling issue. The
republican national committee seems 20
be more encouraged over the general SIT.
uation this week than last although there
j. vel much work TO be done. Speaker
y -. tsVIN aF INE
long and stormy political career IN his
home district in Illinois.
No really sensational Developments
have taken place in the Balkan situation
within the past week although all sorts
OF warlike rlmors have been aiioat. Aus
tria is still nominally IN possession OF the
Turkish provinces OF Bosnia and Here. ,
goylna which she annexed last week Mon ,
day aud apparently intends TO hold on 10
them in spite OF all the other powers. She /.
has not yet sgnifed her intention of :
in a European conference. /.
Bulgaria is determined to force Turkey TO /,
her independence and this at ,
titude j. believed to he the danger point
Of the whole situation. England has adj !, ,
yised Turkey TO accept Bugaria's indie
pendence and Austria's annexation OF the i
Two provinces mentioned as accomplish !;
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seems to be directed toward Austria and !
!. boycott of that country's goods and
transportation lines has reached consid- !,
,rable proportions. .
At the annual meeting of the Boston d
Maine Railroad company IN Boston wed !,
1esday the board OF directors were in. I
,reased to 10. Walter dunneweil OF
Wellesley Henry i. Dimock of New
4 gf
md Thomas z. Beal of Boston were +,
lropped from the board. The following 7
we're elected As new members: Edward d.
, Kicker of South Poland. Me, Fred L. o.
Richards of Portland, Me-, j. NJ. Prem. m
Iergast OF Boston, Edwin +. Greene Of la
Nayland, Frederick c. Dumain of Con- B
ord, Mass, Frank T. Brown OF Nor Ia
vich Conn, Charles 7. Linsley OF Merl' re
EN-, Conn, Samuel Hemingway OF New OF
feriden, Conn. Mr.. Billiard. who holds W
OF. 900 shares, formerly held by the New h;
Iaven road, was present and said the bt
Connecticut directors we're placed on the pi
oard at his suggestion as he believed III
is large holdings should have represen of
alton A bond issue of sl20000O0 for he
and improvements was vot dc
d without opposition. ey
-Four people were Killed outright ana IN
vo seriously injured at Calkins Crossing
ear Troy, n. y, Saturday afternoon
hen a Delaware & Hudson train crash n,
| into carriage containing six occu- 81
ants. The collision took place on a ~ ~
rade crossing which was not consid- w. "'
ed particularly dangerous. The train ~,
as running at the rate of about 80 e.
lies an hour. George Roberts, driver of az az
le team, was known to be very deaf o.
I'd it is believed this was the cause, of o ou
lie accident. He was one of the victims oaa
the accident. 20
The Chicago Cubs, winners of the ma wi
Dna league pennant from New York W,
st week have established their indis- ivy ivy
table claim to the title of baseball of
ampions of the world by decisively de- od
ating Detroit of the American league in las Ia,
e worlds series which closed Wednes- a 81,
". The Michigan team captured only Of
lie game out of the four played. in in,
sta
Mrs Harlena Giddings of Pittsford has co,
ought malpractice suit for $4,000 res
ainst DR.. NJ R. Grain of Rutland, one
the foremost physicians of that city
d on the attending staff of the Rutland ~,
y hospital. In.
Where Bullets Flew. n no,
David Parker of Fayette, N. Y, a vet mi