The Huttig news. (Huttig, Ark.) 1907-1955, 1908-02-29


with Illinois organizations in studies
of state rivers to prevent damage to
bordering lands through floods.
Judge William NJ tanning and
Judge Cross, in the United States cir
cult court at Trenton, n. j., issued an
order directing receivers of the West
inghouse Lamp Co TO turn over to the
company the business of the concern,
ceivers since Oct. %.
Lieut.. F. 2. Lahm, who won the in
ternational balloon race of 1906, with
French airship, predicts that the
north pole will be reached by bal
loon. if it is ever reached at all.
What promises to be one of the
most unique honeymoon trips on rec
ord-a voyage to Europe with the
bride and groom travelling on different
ships-will be commenced shortly
be, Miss Ada Raffin, start from New
York for their intended home in Eng
land.
The white slave trade" was given
hard blow by the United States
supreme court when that court held
it to be violation of the immigration
law for man to bring his unmarried
affinity into the country.
By decision by the United States
supreme court the city of Mobile, Ala,
4, he, ;pb To Jao
err to take out license to sell liquor,
no matter if the liquor was brought
into the city through interstate COM
merce.
Aug. Hartje, millionaire paper man.
ufacturer: John l.. Wellshous and Cliff
ford Hooe, a negro, who is serving
six-year term in the penitentiary for
perjury, are placed on trial in Pitts
burg, Jointly charged with having con-
spired to ruin the reputation of Mrs.
Mary Scott Hartje, whom the paper
manufacturer unsuccessfully tried to
divorce.
Criminal charges will be brought
against three attendants at the Illi-
nois hospital for the insane, alleged to
have brutally beaten William Menezes,
"a, a former inmate, who is thought
to be dying as result.
President John Mitchell of the Unit
ed Mine Workers has suffered re-
lapse and is now confined to st. Vim
cents hospital in Indianapolis.
Telephone girls in one ST. Louis
exchange find that associate for last
five months is a boy in disguise.
Blind boys lead Columbia class;
other sophomores trail behind them,
though no favoritism is shown.
Representative Scott pleads for per-
sonal help to farmers; scores practice
of sending out bulletins.
Mark Twain and H. H. Rogers sail
together from New York for a rest to
Bermuda.
Nine girls, Ranging IN age from f3
to 20, it is charged, were allowed re
Gently to escape from the Lincoln Qll.)
home and, according to charges before
the legislative Investigating commit
tee, three of the girls are declared to
be inmates of resorts in Chicago. The
names are suppressed to allow the po-
lice to arrest them.
Harry Diday is dead and John Holl-
ingshead and Samuel Smith are prob
ably fatally injured as result of q
Baltimore & Ohio freight train ca
boose jumping the track at Glencoe,
o. and turning over. The men were
members of the freight crew.
Blanche Morasch, II, was arrested
in Kansas City in connection with the
sending of box of poisoned candy
which caused the death of Ruth Mil
Ter week ago. She is being held by
the Kansas City (Kas.) police, but
no charge has been placed against her
Ten dead and at least $50 iniure
is the result of the two days blizzard
in Chicago and the middle west Sew
enteen inches of snow fell in the city
during that period and the estimated
cost of clearing away the snow is
$4,000
On the eve of the Introduction into
parliament of the new education bill
the South London League, composed
of the Catholic churches, will make
monster demonstration in opposition.
The city council of Minneapolis will
be urged to issue bonds to the amount
of 100000 to provide houses and
equipment for two more companies of
the fire department, the fire under
writer's insisting that the city's serv-
ice shall be enlarged at once.
William O'Rourke, a Chicago coal
dealer, informed the legislative in
vestigating committee that coal can
be bought by the state institutions
for 81 ton at Lincoln, Ill. The COM
mittee was Informed the nrice paid
at present is $1.76.
The explosion of a gasoline lamp
started fire that caused $4,000 dam
ages in Lone Wolf, Okla. A sudden
shifting of the wind saved the bust
ness part from destruction.
Jonkheerr Demarees Van Swinderen,
Dutch minister at Washington, is
expected to resign and return to Hol-
land as minister of foreign affairs.
City Marshal Waters OF Jonesboro,
hot