The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-12-12

hard to mako a better showing.
FoREIGr.
The tcrrors OF the swesBhop sys-
tenn In England are being investi-
gated by a commissioner OF the De-
partment OF Labor In Washington,
according to a special London do
| spatch.
According to special despatch
from London, the eleventh hearing
/ In the Druce case at the Clerhenwoll
Police Court developed more inter-
eeting testimony affecting the al
legged dual identity Of the NTH Duke
o, Portland
A musical stage training school fer
rnSllsh girls Is 10 be opened in Lon
don under the management Of NJ.
| rdouard de Rcsskc, according to a
special London despatch.
According to special despatch
from TOXIC. vircount Aoki, is now
regarded IS a tcspesoat. tho govern
ment having repudiated his pledge
OF an exclusion treaty with America
and then recalled him.
Tripitz, Secretary Of the Admiralty,
| defended the proposal to shorten tho
defniedthe proposal to shorten tho
ago limit OF Qermsn battle ships
from twenty-five to twenty years.
Mrs. William Fl. Taft had an e1-
ct ~
W ich narrowly escaped being wreck
cd, while carrying passen sers to the
President Grant at Boulcgne.
According to a special despatch.
the International Aeornsut!c Cup
was rescued from tho German GUS
toms authorities.
Reports OF the Hamburg-hmeri-
can line showed the number OF I'm
migrants returning to Germany to
be greatly increasing. says a special
cable.
According to special London de-
spatch bitter attacks on Wall street
methods have appeared in the
morning Post.
According to a special Berlin de-
spatch. Counts Lynar and Hohenau
have been secretly tried for alleged
connection with the Court Camarilla
scandals IN Germany.
The destroyer Tartar, ? British
torpedo boat, has beaten all records
OF vesels Of her class. by steaming
S5.o52 knots an hour.
According 10 a special despatch
from Toxic, Baron .'aRahira will
succeed Viseount Aski as Japanese
Ambassador to the United States.
secretarv Of War Taft reached
Berlin and after a short stay left
for Hamburg to take a steamer for
New York
President Rcos-vcits r,essagc has
caused general disappointment n
financial circles IN Berlin, accord
ting to a special despatch.
Pertusues agitators have been
forced into submission and all is
quiet IN the country. whilc King
Carlos rides IN tho streets Of LIS
bon without fear cf moiestaticn. ac-
serdins 10 a special eabie.
General 0uerschefmeAA, 6over-
nor General ef Moscow, narrowly
escaped death at the hands Of a
woman anarchist, who hurled
bomb at him while he was driving,
the thrower being mortnliy wound-
ed.
King Oscar has been forced to
appoint the Crown Prince regent Of
Sweden on account Of Ill health,
says a specfa1 despatoh from Stock
holm.
The Mauretnnia was battered ~
squalls on her first trip eastward,
but made fair time, says a special
wireless despatch.
An afrship smashed By a fall tn
Ireland was reported to be the run
away French military balloon. La
Patrie.
Prince von Bulow. the German
Imperial Chancellor, won in a sharp
nght with waverfnE national hber-
ais.
Mrs. We're st. Logger Goold was
sentenced to death for the murder
of Emma Levin. whose body was
found cut up In a trunk. Her hus-
band will be imprisoned for life.
Mr. Taft was received by the
Tsar at the palace at Tsarskoe-S -Selo.
Lord Charles Berestord, at din
ner In London, urged better com
radeehip among naval men. said a
special cable message.
The spcctai naval correspondent
In England says that the Beresford-
Scott incident has now passed into
phase which may lead Admiral Lord
| Charles Beresford to haul down HIS
flag as commander of the Channel
feet.
| French chorus members I'm ''The