The Columbus journal., 1904-06-01
News in Brief

atoms.
The new japanese var loan OF $50.
100000 1t 81. to run ten yearA af
per cent, has been taken BY japanese
bankers.
A lake has been discovered On XII
din Island. Lapland. which contains
fresh water on the top and salt Wafes
on the bottom.
The bullfghters who were engaged
to give performances at the St Louis
exposition, have left the City oe Aexil
CO for their destination.
Kid Trailer, q member 0f the noted
Jones gang of outlaws, has been teken
prisoner by q deputy sheriff and u IN
Jail at Culbertson, Mont.
It is the consensus OF opinion thai
the Jananese will storm Port Arthur
as soon rs the necessary arrange
ments can bo- completed.
Private advices from Vladivostok
to St Petersburg state that the cruis'
er Bogatyr has run on the rocks IN
the harbor. The government, how
ever, still denies this.
James r. H0lligan, widely known IN
telegraph circles formerly CHIEF op'
orator of the Western Union 1t CHI
cago, died from pulmonary trouble.
The contested theory that pearls
are due to . parasite in the oyster
was first advanced by Fillippi in 1852.
Several recent observers have con-
irmed the view.
Thomas Murdock, Q retired building
contractor. who was postmaster OF
Rock Island, ILL.,, for ten years and
mayor of that city for two terms, died
at Kansas City. aged So years.
Myer S. Isaacs, president Of the Bar
on de Hirsch fund and prominently
identified with many other local and
national organizations, dropped dead
in a Broadway cafe in New York.
The tariffs for the grain rates to
the south, under the new adjustment.
will 60 into effect June 10 the same
date as those to Chicago and st. Paul.
The rates will be rest0red to their
normal basis.
A report from General Kur0patkin
states that he did honor to the
wounded soldiers and to those who
have been decorated for gallantry BY
passing in review before them with
the entire army.
Mrs. Stella Hammond OF Seattle.
Wash. dropped dead 1t tho home Of
her sister, Mrs. J. N. Savard, at St.
Paul, Mimi, after the latter had un-
dergone a dangerous operation for can.
Ger of the stomach.
Lewis Oliver, who. In company with
Fred Lesarge. stole 8 and two hats
from a butcher shop. has been given
q life sentence in Marquette prison by
Judge West at Mason. Mich. Il was
his third offense for burglary.
Marshall, the Brooklyn player. won
the first prize of 81 900 and the Cam.
bridge Springs championship at the In
ternetiOnal chess tournament His a.
nal score was 13 points won and Z
lost. comprising Ill victories and four
draw games.
Major Sylvester. the superintendent
Of police of Washington, announced
that he had DESTROYED all the films
of the moving pictures taken . day
or two ago by theatrical parties on
the east front Of the capitol building,
when President Roosevelt was imper
sonated in the act Of helping . acti.
tious negro into his carriage.
Ground has been broken 1t South
Chicago for a gigantic coke oven, to
cost $1,000. 900. and the first OF ita
Kind ever established outside the IN.
thhracite regions of Pennsylvania.
Many experiments In coke production
have been made outside the anthr1.
cite fields. but always with Indifferent
success as the quality Of ooh wa
found to be faulty.
Trouble has been brewing 1t the
iowa university for some time. Pres.
,dent MacLean has incurred the III
will of some of the faculty and for.
mcr students and they made IN effort
some time ago to have him declared
3 failure and demanded his resigna.
ion. 1t is said that this resulted in
q feeling among the regents greatly
IN favor of the president
Tennessee prOhibiti0nists placed
themselves on record In state conven'
ton as opposed to the nomination
Of General Nelson A. Miles for the
presidency by the prohibitionists on
the ground that he was not . promi.
oent prohibitionist, merely . recep'
tive candidate, and that he could NOT
poll the full party strength In the
south ON account Of his var record
The arrival OF quantities Of Ameri
can gold in payment of the Panama
canal purchase excites the wonder
ment of Parisinns. A large crowd
gathered at the st. Lazare railroad
station to see q train Of four cars
carrying 17S barrels Of gold. being q
shipment Of 100000 by the French
line steamer Lorraine which arrived
at Havre from New York. The ex
citement was such that the police fear
ed it would be necessary to summon
reinforcements. but 1t passed on well
The gold was placed In the Credit
Lyonnais.
While driving to their homo near
Ariola Colo. Mrs. C. w. Herman and
her son. Frank Ingles, was shot and
killed by Marshall Humphreys. who
rode into town and surrendered him.
self. There has been . feud between
the two families.
II II said the Turkish authoritiea
contemplate destroying al Armenian
villages in the Sassun district Of Asia
Minor, In order to prevent the con
centration Of insurgents In tho noun
t1ins. and the installation Of the VII
layers on the plain where they may
he better supervised.
At the dinner given BY TIE Slavic
a0Ys>.~o - nol-n>&~rs~ a.