The Columbus journal., 1908-09-16

linCcxet, Me-, went on strike.
The commodities clause Of the Hep
burn railroad act was declared uncon-
stitutional by the United States cir
cult court for the eastern district OF
/ Pennsylvania.
| Judge Kenesaw Lands, who hned
the Standard Oil Company OF Indiana
s29. 600 900, is charged with having
permitted outside influences to govern
his decision by the attorneys for the
company in their answer to the appll-
cation for a rehearing filed In the
United States court Of appeals.
County Attorney English at Omaha.
Neb.. filed complaint against Charles
e. Davis, charging him with murder
in the first degree in connection with
the shooting of DR.. frederick Rustin.
In a flight requiring great skill on
account of ten-mile wind, O-vllle
Wright in his aeroplane circled around
the drill ground at Fort Myer IS times
in 65 minutes and 50 seconds. break
| ing his own worlds record.
The American battleship fleet ar
rived at Albany, the capital OF Western
Australia.
Jacob Hernesniemi, with his two
sons, respectively II and IA years old.
met death while trying to fight on the
forest fires that swept their homestead
on Otter river near Calumet, Mich.
3 Falling a victim to its policy of over
extension and poor management the
well-known fish, oyster and sea food
house of A. Booth & Co. OF Chicago,
the largest in this country, was forced
into the hands of a receiver.
The supreme court of Oklahoma up
held the validity of the depOsitors'
guaranty law. denying the injunction
prayed by the Noble State bank to re-
strain the state from levying a one per
cent. assessment upon the deposits OF
the bank.
Miss Patricia Egan. daughter of
Maurice F. Egan. the American minis
ter TO Denmark, was married in COpen-
hagen to Jerome Elmer p. Murphy of
Los Angeles, Cal.
The body of Mrs. Ashton Harvey.
dressed in white and literally covered
with jewels worth a fortune, was found
in the private pleasure lake on the
estate of Stewart HartshOrn, at Short
Hills, n. J., by blood hounds which had
been brought from New York to seek
her. Mrs. Harvey was the wife of
Ashton Harvey, a millionaire corpora
ton lawyer.
The St. Vincent. the largest and
heaviest battle ship ever built for the
British navy, was launched SUCCESSFUL
ly at Portsmouth.
| Queen Wilhelmina's hopes of pro-
viding an heir to the throne of HOl-
land were frustrated once more by a
miscarriage.
Robert Wiltse, q veteran Of the
civil war. shot himself in the ante
room of the G. A. r. post at Oswego,
n. Y, while a post meeting was in
progress
Battling Nelson clinched his claim to
the lightweight pugilistic champion
ship by defeating Joe Cans for the
second time at San Francisco. The
fight ended in the twenty-first round
when Cans, beaten down by a success
sion of blows from his sturdy conquer
or. failed to get upon his feet within
the count of ten.
A severe gale caused many casual
ties among smaller craft along the
coast of Great Britain. The schooner
Phyllis Gray. laden with coal, went
aground and turned turtle and the
crew of six men were lost.
Philip Lilienthal. manager of the
Anglo California bank. San Francisco
was killed in an automobile accident
Virginia was ended by the recognition
of the Swisher convention as regular
In view of 1000 persons at the Rich
mOnd county fair, held at DOngar
Hills. Staten Island. William CODY, q
youthful ballOOnist of Milwaukee
fell from an exploded balloon
and was probably MORALLY injured.
ID. II. Anderson, former cashier Of
the First National bank of Mason
town. Pa. died at the penitentiary
from paralysis. He was serving a five
year sentence for embezzlement
Factions of the union and nOn-uniOr
stogie makers of Gallipolis, O., me-
on the street and fought a desperate
battle which resulted in serious injury
to John White and Clarence Bayes.
Hibbing, the largest town on tn
Mesaba Range, was threatened will
destruction by forest fires and a des
perate fight was made to save il
Grand Marais also was reported il
great danger.
Mrs. Abbie Rice testified at the in
quest over DR.. F. H. Rustin of Oman;
that he had planned for her to shoe
him and kill herself and that whel
she weakened he told her he hat
made the same arrangement with {
E. Davis, bank clerk. Mr.. Davis ad
mitted DR.. Rustin gave him drug
with which to commit suicide but dc
MED any knowledge of the physician
: death.
Republican standpatters in the low
r legislature blocked the election @
Gov. Cummins to the United State
senate.
Kansas City is in fear Of a race wal
? the negroes having purchased fire
, arms
Carroll Hall. aged II, of Danville
S n. H., accidentally shot and killed hi
16-year-old sister.
: An attempt was made to turn
!, meeting of unemployed workingmel
+ of New York into an anarchistic dem