The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-04-23
Covering Minor Happen-
ings from all Over
the Globe.
HOME AND FOREIGN
Compiled and Condensed for tho
Busy Reader-A Complete Record
Of European Dispatches and Inn
portant Events from Evcrywhers
Boiled Down for Hasty Perusal

In the Wall and Cortlandt Street
New York Ferries road, which ex-
listed only on paper and was after
ward sold to the Metropolitan at an
enormous advance.
Lester Sloan escaped sentence in
a Brooklyn police court and laugh
ed. His burst OF glee attracted the
attention of n spectator, who thought
his face familiar and had him rear
rested on a charge of theft.
The Rev. DR.. r. w. Mccullough,
Of Middletown, N. Y. began a cru
sade against progressive euchre, on
the ground that playing cards for
prizes is illegal.
The Mccall Campaign Contribu-
tions Publicity bill was reported to
the House. and there are indications
that It will pass.
Led by President Roosevelt, and
participated In by many republican
Senators, a revolt was organized in
the Senate against the two battle
ship programme of the Naval Com
mittee.
Senator Borah in his first speech
in the Senate declared that no reas-
enable man could read the testi-
mony in the Brownsville case and
fail to be. convinced that the negro
soldiers shot up the town.
Justice Mills, in Poughkeepsie,
ruled that Christian Science healers
cannot plead privilege when asked
to testify to communications made
to them by patients.
A letter threatening death was re-
ceived by Charles G. Tousey. a mil
lionaire. at Roslyn. L. l.. from an
unknown source.
The eastern trunk line presidents
have practically decided on an in
crease Of freight rates.
Mikkelsen. Danish explorer, re-
turned to New York from Alaskan
trip anC announced plans to equip
an expedition to find a polar CONT
nent.
Veterinarians in Montclair, N. j..
declared some dairymen nullified the
tuberculosis test by administering an
advance injection to COWS.
Excellent scores made in the Mag
dalena Bay target practice threatens
to result in triple tie between the
big ships.
The oklahoma OUTFIT" consist
ing Of 113 citizens of that State, ar
rived in New York. to boom the at
fractions of the young city OF Tulsa.
Before House committee Banker
A. o. Crozier. Of Wilmington. DEL.
offered to prove that the recent pam
&c wac brought ca deliberately
through a Wall Street plot.
Cross-examined by the investigating
Committee. Congressman Lilley de-
clared Navy Department officials are
inefficient and criticised the Presi-
dents policy in frequently changing
Secretaries.
1t was reported in Richmond that
the American Tobacco Company will
be dissolved on the advice OF its
attorneys because of the Govern
ment's antitrust suit.
Samuel Gomr ers said labor will
not let itself be outlawed by any
5udfeial decisions and called on its
organization to exert their political
pr wer.
President Roosevelt told Artist
Lazzio while the latter was painting
his portrait that he (the President)
would be forgotten In six or seven
years.
A drm Of campaign button manu-
facturers obtained q judgment by de-
fault against w. H. Hearst for but
tons made for tho Independence
League in the late campaign.
A young Brooklyn. N. Y. wife,
told the magistrate she went homo
to her mother when her husband
hid her pet kitte-
FOREIGN.
A special despatch from Manila
says that the japanese naval officers
visiting there were amazed at the
shooting of the American rilemen
at Fort Mckinley.
BY imperial orders. the five great
boards of Pekin have delegated offlc-
ials to go to several countries for
purposes OF study, but, says spec
ial cable from Shanghai. they will
not go to Japan.
The German Emperor. says a spec
ial despatch from London, would be
pleased to see more Americans at his
court. having d warm personal re-
gard for them.
President Roosevelt action In at
tempting to crush anarchism iS
watched with deepest interest in Ber-
lin. according to a special despatch.
Liberals have dropped the agita-
ton for reform In the House OF
Lord, says special despatch from
London. since the entry of John
Morley into the Upper House.