The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-19
Covering Minor Happen
- iglgs from all Over
the Globe.
ROME AND FOREIGN
Nc"l. led and Condensed for t'ic
..asy Rcader-A Complete Record
o. european Dispatches and Inl-
portant Events from Everywhere
Eo!lcd Down for Hasty PoT1s"l.

abIC nest winch EDWARD A. BreNcHV
found in a tree he cut down on his
farm in West Thompson, Conn.
Senator William Pinkney Whyte,
Of Maryland, the oldest man In Con-
gress, died in his eignty-fourth year.
The will of James oliver, wealthy
plow manufacturer, offered for pro-
bate, disposed of an estate OF SG0,-
100000.
The Rev. Charles F. Aked said
there was need for Bible in modern
language instead of that Of three
centuries ago.
A jury at White Plains, N. Y,
awarded a verdict of s13,500 to Miss
Maud l.. Case, against the New York
Central Railroad for injuries re-
ccived in the wreck of the Brewster
express near Williamsbridge Feb.
16, 1907.
Grover Cleveland, his wife and a
nurse arrived at Lakewood, n. j.,
and on "Wednesday, the one time
President will celebrate the seventy
FIRST anniversary of his birth.
After thirty years of blindness.
Miss Alice Hollis of fort Huron,
Mich, has had her sight restored by
an operation in Weisbaden. Ger
many.
Judge o. w. Buchanan of Winns-
boro, S. c., was shot and seriously
wounded while on a railroad train
enroute to Augusta, Ga.
Senator Tillman declared his re-
publican colleagues were cowar lily
and servile in submitting to orders
from the White House.
Slot stamp machines have been In
stalled on trial in the General Post
Office at New Yorl, City.
Senator'S who are in charge of the
bill to increase the compensation
paid to steamship for the transpor-
tatlon of mail and to aid in the
building up of the merchant marine
are confident that it will pass the
Senate by large vote. ,
Led by two bloodhounds, residents
of Rumson, N. j., riding in automo-
biles, pursued an alleged incendlary
to Seabright..
Friends of Gov. Johnson of Min
nesota, are considering the opening
of headquarters iE Washington, Chi
cago and New York, to push his can
didacy for the Democratic President
ial nomination.
Lieutenant Gherardi, sent in
charge of a naval expedition in
search of Frederick Jeffs an Ameri-
can sailor marooned on one OF the
Galapagos Islands, reported that
signal pole and q rusty razor were
the only traces discovered of the
missing man.
President Roosevelt sent a mes
sage to the Senate recommending a
law to permit negro soldiers dis
charged as result OF the Brownies
Vile raid to re-enlist on proof of in
nocence.
Mrs. Sarah G. Weed shot and kill
ed Miss Elizabeth Hardee. her chum
and partner, In a fashionable girls
school. at Boston, Mass. and then
committed suicide.
Preparations for the annual con-
vention of the mine workers Of
America. at Indianapolis. were made
and strike Of $4,000 men is
threatened.
Commander A. l.. Key told the
Senate Naval Committee the obsolete
type of gun hoists still In use have
cost fifteen lives needlessly.
While dreaming of burglars. a
Government clerk In Washington,
shot and killed his wife.
FOREIGN.
Sir John Rodger, Governor of the
Gold Coast, who has just returned
to England after a three months
tour in the United States, says he
was greatly impressed with the sys-
tenn of Industrial education for ne
groes and Indians in America.
A despatch from Berlin says the
Emperor sent warm personal con-
gratulations to President Roosevelt
on the arrival of the fleet at Mazda
lena Bay ahead of schedule time.
The st. Petersburg Slovo says
that the return of the American fleet
as announced is as sensational as its
departure for the Pacific.
The spectators at the cycle races
at the Galerie des Machine in Paris
enraged over the decision Of the um,
pires. wrecked and set fire to the
grand stands.
A police crusade has been started
in Hong Kong, China, to clear out
disorderly houses kept by Ameri