The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-12-12
Covering Minor fiappen-
ings from all Over
the Globe.
HOME AND FOREIGN
Compiled and Condensed for tho
Busy Rcader-A Complete Record
Of European Dispatches md I'm
portant Events from Evcrywhcrc
Boiled Down for rIasty rcrusal.

defeating Mayor Fitzgerald. The dem
ocratic candidate.
Unofficial reports wero received in
Washington TO the effect that anti
japanese feeling is growing in
Hawaii, owing to acts OF the Japanese
Consul General in Honolulu.
Henry Youtsey testified at the
Powers trial that the defendant knew
of the plot to kill Goebel and picked
the stairs by which the slayeer es-
capped.
Senator Aldrich, for the Senate
Committee on Finance, took charge
of all of the resolutions asking an
Investigation Of Secretary Cortelyou's
financial relief plans.
Fourteen battleships are lined up
in Hampton Roads preparatory to
leaving for the Pacific, leaving only
two big fighters yet to arrive.
The Oklahoma Legislature elected
Messrs,. Owens and Gore, democrats.
as United States Senators.
House leaders decided to hold
down legislation until after the hol-
iday recess of Congress.
Resolutions by Senators Tilman
and Culberson relative to the ad-
ministrations financial policies were
laid over for day by the Senate.
After a ten minute hearing in
Newport, the wife OF Major Charles
Hall, retired British army officer,
was granted a divorce on grounds Of
non-support.
David F. Walker, president. and J.
D. Brown, vice president. Of the
California State Deposit and Trust
Company, Of San Francisco. were
arrested on charge Of wrecking the
institution.
Mrs. Emma A. Huntley drowned
her two little grandchildren Ia
bathtub In her home In omerville.
Washington dispatches assert that
the candidacy of Governor Hughes
has been hurt by the apathy OF hts
friends at the recent meeting Of the
Republican National Committee.
F1fty-three more bodies were
found, and the death list in the Mo-
nongah mine explosion was placed
at four hundred.
Great increases In tho app1opr1a-
tons for the army and navy are
asked under the new appropriations
bills.
Independent coke makers IN Penn
sylvania decided to replace foreign
laborers with Americans as a result
Of statistics gathered showing that
Americas are twice as useful at the
ovens.
Mrs. Sarah Goldstein, Of Cleve-
Hand, Ohio, was thrown into a trance
through grief over her child's death,
AMI physicians have failed to arouse
her.
Oscar s. straus, Secretary q the
Department Of Commerce and Lab
or, in his annual report made a plea
for the federal control Of industries.
DR.. Alexander Graham Bell de-
clared in Braddock, c. B., he had
obtained data in his last airship ex-
pertinent that would probably reveal
the horsepower necessary to propel
EI aeroplane carrying a man.
President Roosevelt was silent
on the third term question when Wis
ited by members Of the Republican
National Committee In Washington.
Secretary Cortelyou cut the re-
lief issue of $50,000,OO0 of Panama
Canal bonds to s25,000,000.
The New Jersey and the Virginia
reached the rendezvous of the battle
ship fleeet in Hampton Roads.
Evidence in the Gibbes will case
in Newport, r. l., showed that Miss
Gibbes had written that she was
prosecuted by Bishop Doane Of AL
bany, N. Y.
Severe legislation of the "Jim
Grove" type is under consideration
| In both houses of the Oklahoma Leg
| islature.
President Roosevelt Iamed Char
les S. Fowler. Appraiser of Mer-
chandise, at New York. to succeed
Nevada N. Stranahan. who resigned
rs Collector of the Port.
Business men interviewed In many
OF the countries and large cities,
said that president Roosevelt's mes
sage had had little effect on the
| general situation.
Harmony marked the meeting of
the House Committee on Banking
and Currency, members of which ha 1
nearly the same ideas regarding
necessary legislation.
Senator Knox was deci red to bs
the Presidents ideal candidate for
1908 at dinner In Washington.
Representative Knapp Of Illinois,
in an interview at Washington, said
the newspapers Of the country have
| q remedy for the increase In the