The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1908-08-13
NEWS OF The WEEK
THE LATEST NEWS OF THE
WORLD BRIEFLY TOLD.
NORTH, EAST, SOUTH, WEST
Foreign Lands, Throughout the Ma
ton, and Particularly from the
Great Southwest.

The Great Northern ore docks at
Allouez, Wis. are tied up by strlhe
among the laborers. One hundred
and twenty-five of the day crew, upon
being refused an increase from $l'oo
to 81 per day, quit work. twenty-five
of the night crew were refused an III
crease from 81 to 1925 and struck AS
a result the entire shift was laid on
Cant. Baldwin has succeeded in fui-
filling the first requirement OF MS
contract with the government for sup
plying a dirigible balloon for the sig
nal corps of the army. The board OF
officers at Fort Myer accepted 1t as
far as it's construction is concerned
the other requirements remaining TO
be fulfilled are the speed and enour-
ance qualities of the aerial craft.
Mentally unbalanced by the unex-
pected information that he is heir 10
a fortune of 100000 and to the Ital-
ian dukedom of Verona, Bartholomew
Albanese, "a years old, once a night
Waterman for a railroad, but TOT ten
wears a man of no occupation, is con-
fined to his home, No. 17OS South
Rampant street, New Orleans, ana IS
permitted to see no one.
Gottfried Probst, a waiter en-
Moved in a bakery and lunchroom IN
Brooklyn, is living in hopes ana
dreams since a friend in Germany
sent him a newspaper clipping which
indicates he is one of the heirs to $5o,-
600. 600 left by a relative, Paul HOE
man, a wealthy merchant of bombay
India. Probst's share, according 10
his figures, would approximate $l6'
600, 600.
Instead of a 1000 foot high build
ing. the Equitable Assurance society
may distribute among its policy holo-
ers some 100000 At least, this is
the alternative that will be considered
when the directors meet to consider
the suggestion of the erection OF the
highest building in the world.
c. w. Trickett, who was appointed
a special attorney general by GOV.
Hoch to enforce the prohibition law
at Kansas City, Kan, is arrested on
a charge of malfeasance in office. "A
former ioint-keeper is the complain
ant. He accuses Trickett of having
extorted illegal fees. The latter de-
MES the charge and attributes his ar
rest to spite work.
News was received of the wiping out
of the entire Danish expedition that
left two years ago to explore the I'M
known territory in Greenland under
the leadership of Myths Erickson.
Harry Hill, of Galloway, Mo-, ar
rested, charged with forging checks
on the Rhineland (Mo) bank, was
fined $40 and costs with the under
standing he would be released when
he reimbursed the bank.
Much surprise was expressed at
Willemstadt when the officers OF the
Dutch ship Prince Wilhelm ii. an
nounced that the ship had been per
mitted to land without opposition at
Caracupano. one of the Venezuelan
ports. The treatment accorded the
Prince Wilhelm II. is believed to in
dictate a cooling of Castro's anger.
The bank of Austin, New, estab-
lished in 1868, has temporarily sus-
pended owing to slow collections. Its
capital is $4,000 and deposits S24o,-
000
Negroes and United States sailors
from the st. Helena training station
have furnished a parallel to the
brownsville affair which is stirring
the military of Norfolk, Va. Negroes
fired upon the sailors during RAID
and the enlisted men, who are SAID
to have been armed, attempted TO
lynch three of the blacks. Only the
prompt arrival of the police saved the
negroes from death.
With the entire system in running
order after ten years of work and
the required rolling stock on hand. the
Public Belt road, owned by New Or
leans, is at a standstill on the day
of it's planning opening, because OF
not. filing tariffs with the interstate
commerce commission, which requires
the filing of tariffs so days before they
are put In force.
Arsenic, the poison that was USED
to murder the Vrzal family, has been
found in the body of Henry Niemann'
who was supposed to have died OF
heart trouble three years ago on MS
farm near Downer's Grove.
Maurice S. Wilhere, president OF the
American Brewing Co. of Philadelphia
died at Galen Hall, Atlantic City. he
was former magistrate and promi-
nent in Democratic politics.
Swarming from jails and back from
Punishment under protection OF that
amnesty which accompanied the sui
tan's recent grant of a constitution,
thousands of long exiled or impris-
oned Turks are spreading mixed joy
and terror throughout the country.