Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1905-01-20

Historical, Political and Persona
Events TerseIy Told.
Cardinal Rampolla is ill.
Harvey Grosvenor Forbes Curtis, g
well known character comedian, is
dead.
The widow of Caesar Young will
soon again be a resident of San Fran
cisco.
King Edward has signed a procla
nation converting parliament Febru
airy 16.
Several congressman from the west
have signed statement opposing tar
if revision.
Mrs. Bishop Potter has recovered
$4,000 worth of jewels stolen eight
months ago.
Ex-Governor Silas CARRIER, the first
governor of Nebraska, under the con-
stitution, is dead.
1t is reported that Congressman Yes
plan Warner of Illinois will be appoint
ed commissioner of pensions.
Another consignment of submarine
boats, presumably intended for Japan,
recently passed through to the coast.
George Sutherland has been nomin-
ated unanimously for United States
senator, to succeed Thomas Kearns of
Utah.
The republican members Of the Mas
sachusetts delegation in the house
have adopted resolutions favoring tar
iff revision.
Madison, Wis.-The main feature of
a demand for an appointive freight
rate commission.
United States Senators Henry Ca
bot Lodge and W. Murray Crane have
been unanimously nominated to rep
resent Massachusetts again.
Another memorial day, January 20,
which is sacred to the memory of Will
liam Mckinley, is an object of the Car
nation League of America.
Notice of former Governor James
H. Peabody's contest against Cover
nor Adams for the Office of governor of
Colorado has been filed with the leg
islature.
The largest known amount of insur-
ance carried by any individual in any
one life insurance company is now held
by Rodman Wanamaker of Philadel-
phia, amounting to 100000.
The vault of the county treasury at
Wauseon, Fulton county, Ohio, was
blown up by four burglars recently.
They secured a sum estimated at from
$4,000 to $4,000 and escaped.
Berlin.-The death is announced Of
Prince Karl Alexander of Lippe, the
lunatic whose claims have caused the
mixup in the succession to the throne
of Lippe-Detmold some months ago.
The Indiana republican joint eau
eridge to succeed himself and Con-
gresham ]. A. Hemenway to fill the
unexpired term of C. w. Fairbanks.
The president has sent to the SEN
ate the nomination of James D. Yeo-
mans of Iowa, to be interstate COM
merce commissioner. He will fill in
the time until Senator Cockrell takes
Office.
The Nichi Nichi, leading Japanese
paper, authoritatively says that there
is no question as to the rights of the
Russians to blow up their warships and
damage their guns while negotiations
were pending.
Reading, Pa.-There will be no in
vestigation, for the present at least,
of the charges preferred by DR.. l. N.
w. Irvine against Bishop Ethelbert
Talbot Of the central Pennsylvania d.
geese of the Episcopal church.
Joseph L. Bristow, fourth assistant
postmaster general, has rendered his
resignation to the president to take
effect January 20. President Roose-
welt has designated Mr.. Bristow as a
special commissioner to make an in
vestigation into the present trade con-
ditions and freight rates between the
Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
Crazed by jealousy, Harry Slater, ex-
pugilist, stabbed Ellen Marston, res
ident of the restricted district at Van
couver, and then cut his own throat
from ear to ear. Slater is dead, but
the woman is not fatally hurt.
Brodie L. Duke, the rich tobacco
manufacturer who recently married
Alice Webb of Chicago, which result
ed in his commitment to a sanitarium,
will be examined by commission ap-
pointed to inquire into his sanity.
1t is reported that ]. Pierpont Nor
gan, one of the strongest pillars of the
Protestant Episcopal church in the