The Columbus journal., 1908-02-05
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Greatest Interest from Al Parts OF
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eign Items.
After waiting for nearly 1c hours for
the jury in the Thaw case to report.
Justice Bowling ordered the doors OF
the jury room locked for the night. 1t
vas the general orinicr that the jury
would not agree on verdict.
President Roosevelt transmitted to
congress what is considered the
''warmest" and best message he has
written since he entered the White
House. 1t urged Te-enactment of an
employers liability law, dealt with
the abuse of the injunction in labor
cases, asked for laws to secure better
federal control of corporations en-
gagged in interstate commerce, scored
the high officials of the Santa Fe and
the Standard Oil company in connec-
ton with rebating, flayed the great
law-breaking corporations that have
been attacking the administration and
vigorously repelled the charges that
the policies of the president have been
the cause Of business depression.
Republicans and Democrats alike in
the house of representatives wildly
cheered President Roosevelt's message.
w. J. Bryan in an interview praised 1t
highly, and Chancellor Day of Syra-
cuse university denounced it as rant,
slander and vituperatiOn.
The American battleship feet en-
tered the Strait of Magellan and an
chored for the night in Possession bay.
Six persons were killed outright by
a cyclone which laid waste strip of
farming country three-quarters of a
mile wide and several miles long just
north of WessOn. Miss.
Intense cold and heavy snowfall
were reported from many points in the
northwest.
]. s. Kiehle, a student from Mime
apolis. lost his life in a fire that de-
stroyed the Alpha Tau Omega fra
ternity house at Cornell university,
Ithaca, N. Y.
The Hamilton Tourist hotel at
White Springs. Fla. was burned, with
several cottages. Guests barely es-
capped with their lives. The loss is
100000.
James and Charles Lipsy. brothers,
of Raymond, ILL.,, committed suicide
with the same revolver.
A credit of $5.OOO.OO0 was received
from New York by the Hungarian Dis
count and Exchange bank at Buda
Pest. for the account of the Count
and Countess LaszlO Szechenyi.
Speaker John n. Cole of the Massa-
chusetts house of representatives was
indicted by the Essex county grand
jury on a charge of violating the pub
lie statutes in requesting a reduced
rate of fare on the Boston & Maine
railroad for large number of stu
dents.
While walking on the thin ice which
had formed in the Hudson off Nyack,
n. Y, Evans Steele. aged 81; Hans
Kraft, II, and Harold Dixon. IL, broke
through and were drowned.
DIR. Andrew w. Riley. professor of
practice of medicine of Creighton
Medical college, Omaha. Neb., died of
blood poisoning caused by infection re-
ceived from an erysipelas patient.
The Rock Island railroad station at
Topeka, Kan. was destroyed by fire.
Fire in Bluefield, w. Va, destroyed
eight business houses, the railroad
Y. NJ. c. A. building and three resi-
dences.
At Beaver Falls, Pa. Vella Mylie,
aged Il. daughter of Rev. and Mrs.
r. C.. Mylie of Williamsburg. Pa. and
Robert Patterson. aged %. of New
Alexandria, Pa, students at Geneva
college. were drowned while skating.
Gov. Charles E. Hughes, whose
nomination for the presidency by the
Republican national convention in
Chicago next June is being urged by
the New York county committee and
other Republican county committees
in New York state, made open declara-
tion of his views of national issues and
principles.
1t was announced that steamboat
passenger rates on the upper lakes
will be advanced this year.
The Oriental bank of New York,
capitalized for $75O,O00, closed its
doors after a run.
Five men were injured, three of
them seriously. by an explosion in the
shrapnel department at the United
States arsenal in Philadelphia.
The Michigan constitutional conven-
ton rejected the public utilities COM
mission plan.
Upited States Lighthouse Inspector
Olin N. Wexel of Chicago was killed
by a switch engine while he was walk
ing on the railroad tracks at Muske-
gon. Mich.
An old Roman coin has been dug up
at Springfield. Mass, which is discov-
cred to be worth $500.
John c. Hubinger, formerly one of
the richest men in Iowa and inventor
Of elastic starch and founder of the
largest independent starch works, died
of pneumonia in Keokuk. La.
DR.. Gustav E. Karsten. head of the
department of modern languages and
professor of German at the University
of Illinois. died at his home in Urbana.
Gen. Charles H. Howard. brother of
Maj. Gen O. O. Howard. U. S. A., died
in his home at Glencoe, a suburb of
Chicago.
A. L. Sloss, cashier of the First Ma
tional bank of Appleton, Wis.,, COM