The Columbus journal., 1908-02-05

prominent in business and philan
thropy, died in Denver, aged 81 years
Cnc man was killed and five injured
in Los Angeles, Cal. when a train
struck a. street car.
Rescued from their vessel after she
had become disabled in midocean
carried to Genoa and thence to Lon
don, Capt. Kelly and the five members
of the crew of the brigantine Aquila
arrived at Halifax. n. S., on the Alian
line steamer Sandman.
That no necessity exists for q re
duction in the prices of iron and steel
and that none will be made was the
general understanding arrived at by
representative manufacturers OF pig
iron. iron and steel at a meeting held
in New York.
DIR. Leander Starr jameson. premier
and secretary for native ahairs OF
Cape Colony. has resigned. He as
sumed these Offices in February, 1904
Fire wiped out the village of Twin
Lakes. Mimi, over 200 persons being
made homeless.
After a struggle of five hours against
cold and a turbulent sea. the life
savers of the Coslata station, near
Nantucket, rescued the crew of the
Newport brigantine Fredericka Schepp
which was wrecked on the north side
of COatue beach.
d. of hn
war Chesapeake and the "Balaclava
bugle," two of the most valuable war
relics of a collection of antiquities
that belonged to the late T. G. Middle
brook, were secured a. the auction
sale of the collection in London fol
American buyers.
A proposal for statewide liquor
prohibition was rejected in the Mich
igan constitutional convention by a
vote of S. to 50.
In a dispute over 4 horse, Philip
Kastner. aged 81, shot and fatally
wounded his son George. aged 81. al
Jasper, Ind.
The Office of the superintendent OF
poor at West Seneca. n. Y, was be-
sieged by 500 men begging for food
Four men were taken to the county
hospital suffering from starvation.
The lower house of the Oklahoma
legislature passed a measure prohibit.
ing the smoking of cigarettes in the
state
William S. Wood of the firm OF
Lloyd & Wood. one of the best-knOwn
lawyers on the Pacific coast, died at
his home in San Francisco.
Nine miners were killed by an ex.
plosion in the New Rivery colliery
near Hawks Nest, W. Va.
Because he was angry with his wife,
William Meutsch of Chicago killed one
of his children and fatally shot the
two others.
Col. Burr Robbins. the Old-time cir.
Gus man, died in Chicago.
Kings court, one of the show places
of Lakewood, n. j., residence built
some years ago by George Gould for
his son, Kingdom, was destroyed by
fire. The building was valued at
$500. 900.
Liquidation of the State National
bank of New Orleans was decided
upon by a vote of the stockholders.
This bank is nearly 100 years old.
The superior court at Paris refused
to grant an absolute divorce to Maud
Come from her husband, Mai. Nc
Bride.
The schooner Helen E. Taft of
ThOmastOn, Me-. was run down and
sunk by an unknown steamer 16 miles
southwest of Cape Lookout lightship
off the coast of North Carolina.
Pearl Harper was acquitted at
Cadillac, Mich, on the charge of muir
dering her stepfather
Arthur w. Ferguson, secretary of
the Philippine commission, died sud-
denly of heart disease in Manila.
The Diamond Window Glass factory
at Gas City. Ind. was destroyed by
fire, resulting in loss estimated at
100000.
The American torpedo boat flotilla
sailed from BuenOs Ayres for Punta
Arenas.
DR.. J. c. Brigham perished in a fire
that destroyed eight stores and resi-
dences in Girard. Ga.
E. G. Anderson, alderman. coal deal
er and prominent citizen of Aberdeen.
S. D.. was arrested charged with be-
ing receiver of stolen coal.
Two financial institutions of New
York city. one a national and the
other a state bank, closed their doors
The New Amsterdam National bank.
capital 81, ,OOO, 900. was taken in charge
by the representative of the cOmptrol
Ter of the currency, and the Mechanics
and Traders bank, a state institution.
capital $2,O00,O0O, announced the de-
cision of the directors not to open.
Both banks announced their ability to
pay all depositors.
The 100000 estate of Capt. Hooker
of Rochester, n. Y, who left a will
bequeathing his property to Gales
burg. ILL.,. will be distributed. the sur
rOgate having denied probate to the
will on the ground that Capt. Hooker
was mentally incompetent.
Peter F. Clark of Girard. ILL.,. plead
ed guilty to the charge of numbering
Mrs. Ollie Gibson on a trolley car near
Virden March 25. 1907. and was SEN
fenced to serve 40 years in the peni-
tentiary.
In Lublin. Russian Poland. the po-
lice unearthed band of robbers COM
posed entirely of women and the lead
ers have been taken into custody.
The COburn warehouses in Indianap
oils were burned, the loss being