The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-03-14
WORLD NEWS Of TIE WEEK
Covering Minor Happen-
ings from all Over
the Globe.
HOME AND FOREIGN
Compiled and Condensed for tho
Busy Readcr--A Complete Record
Of European Dispatches and I'M
portant Events from Everywhere
boiled Down for Hasty PerusaL

Mrs. Russell Sage announced the
gift of s10,O00,0O0 endowment for
the bettering of social and living
conditions In the United States.
Washington officials displayed
great interest in the coming confer
! ence of railroad heads with the Presi-
dent, In which the latter, It was de-
! clared, would ask an appraisement
| of values and regulation of capital
| ization
A bill was introduced in the AS
sembly at Albany, to take control OF
the National Guard armories out OF
the hands of General Roe.
Followers of John Alexander
Dowie refused to allow his son to
take part in the Zion prophets"
funeral
Stuyvesant Fish, former president
of the Illinois Central Railray Com
pany, has been elected director OF
the Missouri Pacific Company, and
It is hinted that the Gould-Rock Is
land interests are organized against
the Hartman roads.
1t was testified before the State
Railroad Commission that employees
of the New York Central Railroad
occupied seats while commuters had
to stand
B. f. Yoakum, chairman of the
directors of the Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific Railroad, told President
Roosevelt he favored close co-opera-
tion between railways and the fed
eral government.
Amendments to the Public Utili-
ties bill, said to be drawn in the in
terests of public service corporations,
will be introduced in the n. Y. Legis-
lature.
A nephew and an adopted son of
Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy join in the
suit against leaders of the Christian
Science Church.
Attorney General Jackson clashed
with Senator Armstrong over the
formers request for a larger appro-
priation for his department.
Legislative investigation of tho
cost of Pennsylvania new Capital
was begun in Harrisburg.
President may reopen to entry
as public domain part Of the 60,000,-
600 acres of coal land withdrawn to
check the Coal Trust.
One of the hardest battles between
counsel came when Mr.. Jerome be-
gan his real fight, In rebuttal, for
the conviction of Harry Thaw.
James T. Haviland, stock spe-
cialist," charged with swindling
Scranton investors out Of $4,000,
was held in S47,500 bail
Alleged irregularities in the manu-
facture Of smokeless powder at the
Latin & Rand works caused a gov
ernment inquiry.
Thirty-four States reported on the
wave of anti-corporation legislation
bodies.
The Public Utilities bill is assured
of passage by the Assembly, but cor
porations will try to beat 1t In the
Senate.
Cuban liberals are excited over the
apparent majority In the Election
Law Commission In favor Of allowing
foreigners to vote In municipal elec-
tions.
All the great naval powers will
be represented In the one hundred
war vessels assembled at the opening
OF the jamestown Exposition.
Japan has built torpedo fred by
wireless telegraphy.
Action by the California Legisla-
ture and consequent irritation in
Japan have hampered the settlement
of the japanese school question.
Judge Kimbrough, of Danville,
H., dismissed the manslaughter
charge against VIII ]. Davis. based
on the Iroquois Theatre fire in Chi
cago.
Attorney Generals report showed
that Otto Kelsey of N. Y, receiver of
the Manhattan Fire Insurance Com
pany spent $5s,OOO to collect
S13S,00.
Judge John Woodward told the
Chautauqua Society at Buffalo, NJ
Y, that corporate abuses were due
to lack of individual responsibility.
Physicians declare Archie Roose-
welt out of danger from his attack
of diphtheria.