Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1908 — NEWS FACTS IN OUTLINE [ARTICLE]

NEWS FACTS IN OUTLINE

Eight vessels of the United States battleship fleet arrived at Amoy, China, this morning and were given a rousing welcome. Fire In an eleven-story building at Cincinnati caused a panic among the hundreds of girls employed In the building, and eight of them were badly hurt jumping from windows. Memorial services were held at Washington in honor of the late Baron von Sternberg, the president and Mrs. Roosevelt being attendants. Broughton Brandenburg, the Cleveland letter man. has arrived at New York to stand trial for alleged larceny and has pleaded not guilty. John F. .Caddagan, lessee and manager of the Hoffman House since 1894. is dead at Now York after an illness of several months. The acting chairman of the isthmian canal comir ission. at Coion, has made Nov. 3. :* uni versa ry of the Panama’s Independence. a public holiday! The National Council of Women, of Canada has indorsed the movement for disarmament. New York city’s budget for 1009 has been tentatively fixed at $157,000,000 by the lioartl of estimate. . Th° resignation of Rev. G. S. F. Savage, of Chicago, as auditor of .the Congressional Woman's Board of Missions of the Interior, is announced. She has held the office for forty years. Mrs. William Astor has been seriously ill for several weeks at her home at New York. Her ailment is heart trouble. ’ ■ *