The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-05-07
WORLD NEWS OF TIE VE[l
Covering Nlinor Happen.
ings from all Over
the Globe.
HOME AND FOREIGN

bolicO Down Tor HnSty PcruSaI.
Jacob II. Schiff, returned from Eu-
rope, declared business here would
not return to normal conditions un-
I'll 1t was seen what kind of tariff leg
islation this country Is going to have.
Washington dispatches asserted
w. j. Bryan is so sure of winning the
democratic nomination he has be-
gun to inaugurate reform in the Sc.
lection OF the party's other candi-
dates.
Rear, Admiral Evans returned to
tie Atlantic battle ship fleet at Mon.
terey and took command on the Con-
Lecticut.
II. II. Rogers filed his answer to
the Governments suit to dissolve the
Union Pacific merger at Salt Lake
denying unlawful combination and
asking for damages for the harm
done to his name by suing him. and
his costs.
Counsel for Private Peid, one OF
the negro soldiers dismissed after the
affair at Brownsville, declared that
President Roosevelt exceeded his
powers and that enlistei men have a
civil contract with the Government.
Mrs. Hetty Green was said TO have
left her cheap Hoboken fat and talk
en- apartments in the Plaza Hotel,
New York.
1t is reported that the Frank ].
Goulds have settled their domestic
differences and that the young cou-
pie are again living together.
Mrs Grover Cleveland issued
statement that the former Presi-
dents condition was improving, but
unusual secrecy was maintained as
to the nature of the President mall
ady.
OF the S5S Chicago Convention
delegates thus far chosen the Taft
managers claim 3S4, or within 107
of the number required to nominate,
and 1872 delegates are yet to be Sc
lected.
The Rev. DR.. Jefferson of the
Broadway New York Tabernacle at
tackled President Roosevelt because
of his militiarism, calling him the
most un-American President who has
ever occupied the White House.
Harry Thaw's mother announced
that she and all the family sympa-
thize with his suit to secure his free
dom from the insane asylum.
Two young men escaped death
from a whirlpool In the Passaic River
by jumping from their canoe just be-
fore 1t was engulfed
Awakened to the necessity of pass
ing an emergency currency bill, the
House is expected to pass the new
Vreeland measure.
The League of Republican clubs of
New York issued a statement declar-
II g New York republicans wanted
President Roosevelt renominated.
Henry J. Lord testified in his suit
for divorce at Bridgeport, that his
wife was too friendly with their
negro coachman. Henry Cameron.
Mrs. Lord was in court.
While fishing in a Buckland. Mass.
brook. Arthur Spencer caught ten
inch trout wrapped In a five-dollar
bill.
Brooklyn celebrated the opening of
the subway to the Long Island Rail-
road depot with a parade, fireworks.
speeches and illumination.
A man jumped from Brooklyn
Bridge with suicidal intent. but was
rescued practically unhurt.
Speaker Cannon will permit the
passage Of an anti-injunction bill and
amendment Of the Antitrust act.
The Pennsylvania Republican
State Convention indorsed Knox for
| for the nomination and declared for
tariff revision by the next Congress.
The Democratic Convention of
Connecticut refused to indorse Bry-
ton to Denver. The only enthus-
iasm was when Grover Cleveland's
name was spoken.
FOREIGN.
NJ. Cartron, the French Minister to
Hayti, says a special despatch, has
submitted to his government the facts
regarding the Haytian military refu-
gees in the French legation.
The Thirty-ffth artillery company
has arrived at Manila, says special
despatch, to man the Notifications
in Manila Bay a2G on Corrigidor Is
land.
British authorities in India believe
they have uearthed a formidable ma
tive plot for a revolt
Prince Wilhelm, second son of the
King of Sweden, was married td
Grand Duchess Marie Paloyna oi
Russia says a specal cable despatch
from st. Petersburg.
The revival of business in Ameri.
can stocks Is looked for with conf
den - in the London market, says a
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