The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-09-08

sixteen railroads with discrimina-
ton in the matter of through rates
and joint rates in favor Of Chica-
go shippers. The petition states
that no reasonable or satisfactory
rates now exist for the transporta-
ton of grain from Milwaukee to
Chicago and the east
Bari Italy, Sep 8 Twenty three
persons wer injured in battle be-
tween Carbineers and mob Of
two thousand persons here today.
Rioting was caused by ordinance
being passed prohibiting inhavi-
tants to eat figs.
Sioux City, Iowa, Sept. 3.-The-
odore Roosevelt unexpectedly
came out In a speech here today
with an endorsement of President
Taft s attitude and some features
of the tariff problem. He com
mended Taft for his recnt letters
In which he. discussed necessity for
tariff commission commended
maximum and minimum provision
of tariff law and said on this point
the administration had done ex-
cellent work. Said he was anx-
iops to make this declaration in
Iowa, an insurgent state, rather
than wait until he got in regular
territory.
Mobile, Sept. 3.-Five masked
robbers today thinking they
were holding up the New York
fast mail stopped Light engine
on L. & N, at Bayou Sara, four
teen miles from here. They were
driven off in pistol battle with
crow and. escaped In a gasoline
launch.
The Engineer saw an obstruction
on the track and as he slowed up
the bandits climbed on the engine
! The crew open fire and the ban
dts retreated, persaps realizing,
also, that it was not a mail train
they hadsstopped after all.
Harvard Aviation Field, Mass,
Sept. 3.-What is planned TO be
greatest aviation contest ever held
began here this morning at $50
o clock. Fifty thousands in prizes
will be paid the winners, Gar
hame, while English Aviator made
first flight a preliminary one.
There are a dozen or more promi-
nent aviators here for the con
test.
Berlin, Sept. 3.-Count Zeppelin
today vindicated, the worth of his
type of dirigible when in Zeppelin
| ]. V. he few from Boden to Heidel-
berg, fifty three miles in sixty
three minutes, carrying a crew of
seven and twelve passengers re
spectively. The average speed of
the balloon was forty nine miles an
hour, which is believed to estab-
lish the worlds record for dirigi-
bles. The fight was watched with
interest by the entire nation from
| the Kaiser down, in view of the
loss of faith in this type of airship
that resulted from many accidents
| to Zeppelin In the last few months
The aged inventor was. highly
pleased with results today as were
thousands who saw the big ship as
she sped over the populous coun-
try.
Charlotte, N. c., Sept. 8. Train
No. 81 Southern s fact vestibule,
took heavy toll of life on her run
through the state this morning
killing an unknown man near
I Townsville. who was walking on
the track and later striking Mrs,
Eli Hackney near Concord, as she
was chasing cows across the
tracks. The woman's body was
horribly mutilated.
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New York. Sept. 3.-For a se-
cond time within two months the
wall of a big e excavation for the
municipal skyscrapper on Park
Row collapsed early today. Pill
lars supporting theird avenue ele-
waited railway, sank an inch and
the tracks of surface cars sank
a foot and a half. No one was
hurt.
All traffic suspended throughout
the morning and surface tracks
continued to sink. Fifty feet Of
snoring fell away, pitching into
the hole eighty feet below.
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