The Columbus journal., 1905-05-24
Brief kilograms

sicians.
The supreme court OF the United
States upheld the validity of the
Utah state law, holding that water for
irrigation and mining is available for
public USE"
Thousands of children were the
guests on May 8 Of United States Sen
2t0r W A. Clark at the senator's
mountain home, three miles southeast
Of Butte. Mont.
Ex-Postmaster General Robert
Wynne, recently appointed consul
general at London. returned to this
country on the St. Louis to give evil
dence in the postal frauds cases.
Admiral Winfield Scott Schley. G5
years old and still young. straight as
the barrel of a rifle, shows the color
of splendid health and the general as
pect OF unimpaired muscular cOndi-
ton.
The executive committee Of the
to purchase in the markets Of the
world the material and ships neces-
sary for the building Of the Panama
canal.
Governor Pardee of California has
hOnOred the requIsition Of the COVER
nor Of Georgia for the return to that
state Of Marc S. Potter. who is want
ed to answer to a charge of embleZzle-
ment.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt enter
tanned a number Of guests at dinner,
including Count Cassini. the Russian
ambassador. who is 500 to retire
from the diplomatic service at Wash
ingtOn.
Captain Mills of the American ship
Rapido has been fined $1,000 for en-
tering Cienfuegos without clearance
papers from an American port. Cap
tain Mills SAYS he will appeal to the
supreme court.
Four hundred ex-confederates now
living in New York City will be guests
of the Ulysses S. Grant post on Me
mortal day, and Senator Joe Balck-
burn of Kentucky will be the orator
ut Grants tomb.
rhe committee of the house of COM
mons has commenced the considera-
ton of the bill providing for the in
stallation in London OF electric light
and pneumatic tube systems similar
to those in use in America.
The divorce case of Adelaide NJ.
Harding against George F. Harding,
which has attracted considerable at
tention in Illinois and California, was
decided by the supreme court of the
United States favorably to Mrs. Hard
ing.
1t is semi-oficIally announced that
Roumania has asked Turkey for salts
faction on account of the Vail of ia
mini arresting a number of Rouma-
nian school inspectors in disregard
Of the privileges conferred upon them
by the porte.
To the accompaniment of martial
music and in the presence of thou
sands of citizens and visitors the
statue of Lieutenant General Nathan
b. Forrest was uneviled in the park
that bears the confederate chieftain's
name at Memphis, Tenn.
Secretary Taft has postponed until
November 1 the date for the opening
Of bids for the construction of rail-
roads in the Philippines. The pros
pectus setting out the conditions to
govern the bidding will be promul-
gated within a week.
Plans for the enlargement of the
terminal docks at Panama and the
double tracking and the re-equipment
of the road. entailing an expenditure
Of approximately 100000 were ap-
proved by the board of directors of
the Panama railroad company.
With regard to the controversy be-
tween the Hungarian authorities and
American immigration Inspector Mar
Gus Braun. the American embassy at
Vienna has received instructions
from the state department at Wash
lngton to afford MI. Braun all proper
protection and report on the case
fully.
The contest OF Illinois shippers for
lower freight rates in that state. be-
gun two years ago. was reopened at
Springfield. ILL.,, before the railroad
and warehouse commission. Over
5000 shippers of the state were repre-
scented. Each of the railroads oper-
ating in Illinois were also represent
ed.
The evangelical tent campaign
which is to be waged in New York
throughout the coming summer by an
interdenominational committee was
fnaugurated at a large mass meeting
in Carnegie hall, presided over by
Bishop Coadjutor David H. Greer. An
nOuncement was made of a donation
of a $1,000 check for the work from
John d. Rockefeller.
The first class torpedo boat destroy
er Hatsashimo was successfully
launched at Yokosuka.
Helen Gould will pay for the edu-
cation of Leroy Irvine Dixon, the g.
yearOld Denver boy who saved the
Rio Grande train from running into a
rock slide last October.
1t is officially announced that King
Edward has appointed King Alfonso
OF Spain Q general in the British
army.
Ignace Paderewski has arrived at
Queenstown, and. while still i'll, is
better than when he embarked At
New York.
John d. Rockefeller. who always
has had an aversion to automobiles,
several days ago purchased . $1,000
touring car.
St Louis points with pardonable
pride to the fact that Mrs. Martha
Harwood, recently deceased, lived in
the city for eighty-seven years.
General Maxine Gomez is danger
Ously i'll with nephritis. The gen.
erals extreme age and the results of