The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-04-15


Ind, was shot and killed in Cassopolis
Mich. by Mrs. George A. Metsker. who
Said the killing was. accidental :.
| Massachusetts Republicans elected
an uninstructed' delegation to the. ma
tional: convention, but a plank In the
platform admitted Taft, was the choice
of "a majority in the state convention:
One: man killed, railroad 'tratic i'm
peded, ;cave-ins on the electric and st.
/ Louis & San Francisco lines near Jop;
ling and mines in the BadgerPeacock
district inundated were some of the
features OF the fioed that swept south
west Missouri e. =: . ::
+: Charles A: Murphey, a prominent
lawyer and real estate dealer Of New
/ York, committed suicide in a: room In
the Astor house by shooting through
the head His snicide is. attributed. to
financial troubles. =: =:
=: AT Huntingdon w. Va. Mrs. William
Adkins and her two young children
were drowned. when their. residence
slipped into Guyandotte. river: =
+. An: anonymous: letter threatened
that Gov. Haskell: of Oklahoma and
Chief Of Police Ledbetter of Muskogee
would be killed and: the city Of GAth.
H;rie burned by negroes: -: g -:
!, Ten miners: lost their lives in the
Norton Hill colliery in :Somersetshire.
England: as "a, result of an explosion
! Of gas: - -: -. :.
! :: The Monarch Book Printing plant at
!: Wheeler. Ind. was totally: destroyed
by fire. The loss isis, 900; covered
by assurance. - .'.:'' =:
:. Judge Phelan in Detroit scored a
| jury. for acquitting Percy: Bowin Of a
! murder %. which he had confessed -:
:. The ;open. shop. policy will be. ad.
fered to: by; vessel owners, In the op:
GRAFTON of boats; upon the great lakes
this season; A stand of this character
! in dealing with. organized labor was
| unanimously agreed to al. the annual
| meeting. of the: Lake Carriers associa-
ton in Cleveland, o. 3. -: -: -:
Six hundred paper hangers and,
painters: in Minneapolis struck for the
I:c:'closed shop. - -. -: :
= David S. Rose was elected mayor: of
Milwaukee for. the fifth time In
Kansas City. the Democratic. ticket
headed by T. T. ,Erittenden, Jr:, for
mayor was successful. -: -: -.
Lorenzo D. Kneeiand. a wellknown-
broker and club man of Chicago, com
nitted suicide by shooting because OF
ill health: - -. -:
| AT: a meeting Of the board of trus.;
tees Of Princeton university announce
ment was made of the. gift of $250,000
from Mrs: Russell Sage for a dorni.
tory building to be used by members:
of the freshman class. - =: :: ..
|: Grover Blake of Anderson, Ind, who
killed his mother with a hammer for;
the purpose ofsrobbery March q last,
pleaded guilty and; was sentenced to;
the penitentiary for life. -: s.: e.:
Mrs. Catherine G. Tucker. matron
Of a feline hospital in. South Boston,
lost her life in trying to save pet cat
from being: burned to death. -.
Coy. Hughes of New York, whose
and-gambling bills. were defeated, told
the legislature he would not give up
the fight and intimated he would call
a special session to adopt the legisla-.
ton -. =. -
In order to present. military service
in its most attractive light and in that
way encourage enlistment in the army
Gen. Bell; chief of star. has directed
that all officers and enlisted men EN-.
pIoyed in the recruiting service wear
their incest military apparel: -.
: Representative C. E.. Ward > was
found not guilty: at: Detroit, of man
slaughter in connection with the deatk
of Miss Edith Presley. =:
:: The Olive. Street bank Of st: Louis
having "a capital of $4,000 and de:
posts of $3.50, 600, was closed by the
state bank examiner. -
T Col. w. L. De Lacey of Poughkeep
sic. N. Y. a prominent lawyer, com
mttted suicide by inhaling gas. -. !.
Because his mother. Susan Carlin,
had sent him to various .reformatory
institutions in which he was a prison:
er for many, years; Bernard Carlir
shot and instantly: killed her at: he:
home in Brooklyn. 49,. . =;
F.. Because of the error of western
court in .diyorcfng him from the
wrong woman, Calvin S. Wright:
baker of jeanette, Pa. will have t.
stand trial: on charges Of bfgamy ane
perjury. =. 49,. -:
" Public and private funeral services
were held in Washington over thu
body of; the late Durham White
Stevens, adviser to. the korean gov
eminent, who was killed by a Korean
in San Francisco. -:
President Roosevelt made public his
letter of April 2 to the: attorney gen /
eral directing, proceedings by injunc
ton to compel certain railroads Of TIN
south to- furnish equal .accommoda
tons to. white and negro passengers.
:: Archbishop Ryan. announced that s
100000 gift had been made. by
woman, believed to be Mrs. Frederic
Garfield Penffeld. for the" proposed
Catholic High School for Girls IL
Philadelphia: -. -.
: There is reason: to believe that
measures are being; taken in Port-au
Prince. Haiti. to force the intervention
of the United States if possible. APP
parent tranquility prevails, but there
is: good authority for: the statement
that hostility against the present Hal