The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-07-15

lea and Venezuela have been COM
pletely severed, Senior Veloz-Goiticoa,
the Venezuelan charge d'affaires, hav-
ing presented TO Acting Secretary
Bacon notice from his government
that he was to quit his post here. clos
ing UP the Venezuelan legation in
Washington, and repair forthwith to
Venezuela.
During the fighting in Paraguay the
American minister. E. c. O'Brien, was
fired on three times by government
troops by mistake, and narrowly es-
capped death.
Charles Taylor. a Missouri Pacific
operator at Lamonte. Mo-. was arrest
ed on charge of manslaughter on &C
coun; of the wreck near Knobnoster.
A Russian torpedo boat was wrecked
in the Gulf of Finland by running on
the rocks of Reval. The crew were
saved.
The members of the Brooklyn Arion
Choral society met with an enthusiast
tic reception in Philharmonic hall.
Berlin. where they gave their first con-
cert, rendering American and German
folk songs.
The jurymen in the Humbert libel
case against the Paris Matin are suing
that journal for $40, damages on &C
count of the article printed the day
after the trial, in which their verdict
was criticised.
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tracted meeting near Backusburg, KY.
Wayne Lawrence shot and killed
Annie Bannister and was himself per-
kaps fatally stabbed.
Forest fires in Maine burned over
large areas and threatened several
towns with destruction.
a new bridge under construction
over the Rhine at Cologne fell in and
20 or more workmen lost their lives.
Two persons were killed and a
dozen injured by gas explosion and
fire in Boston tenement house.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund Smith. who
lived on a farm two miles east of
North Rose, n. Y, were burned to
death in fire which destroyed their
residence.
Having thrown a $500 bank certifi-
cate of deposit into a stove. Joe Wal
insky. thinking he could not get the
money on it. committed suicide by
drowning in IS inches of water at Mo-
line. ILL.,
The Republican national committee,
in session at Hot Springs. Va. elected
Frank H. Hitchcock of Massachusetts
its chairman and made him manager
of the presidential campaign. George
r. Sheldon of New York was chosen
treasurer and Arthur l. Vorys was
given charge of the Ohio Republican
headquarters at Cincinnati.
Fire on the harbor front of East
Boston destroyed piers and ware
houses and an elevator. the property
loss being about $1,50O.O00 A watch
man was reported missing.
\ loss estimated at nearly $500 900
was suffered at College Point. L. l.. by
a fire which destroyed Zehden's hotel
and casino. Dondera's casino and a
number of small buildings.
Armed revolutionists from Salvador.
after capturing the town of Gracias. in
Honduras. attacked Choluteca. The
residents strongly resisted, holding
back the revolutionists for three days.
Richard Alexander. treasurer and a
member of the board of governors of
the real estate board of brokers of
New York. shot himself twice at Dex-
ter. Me-. and probably will die.
Reports that Frank J. Gould and his
wife have become reconciled were cir.
culated following the striking from the
court calendar of an action entitled
Gould versus Gould"
William NJ. Ingraham, Jr.. of Wav-
erly. n Y. has begun contest of the
will of his father, lawyer of Brook
lyn, who died June Z, leaving an es-
tate of more than 100000.
Albert McVay. wealthy cattle
dealer. was shot while sitting with
his wife at a window of their home
near Pine Bluff, Ark.
The two-masted schooner Acacia,
owned and captained by William SIM
mons of Kingston. went ashore on
Bull Rock point, near Sackett's Har-
Dor, and the crew of eight was rescued
by S. Gibble.
President Roosevelt and party, un-
der the guidance of Commander Peary,
inspected the Arctic steamer Roose-
welt at Oyster Bay, after which the
vessel sailed for Sydney. Cape Breton.
Fifteen battleships of the Atlantic
feet sailed from San Francisco on
their round-the-world trip. The Ne
braska was delayed by an outbreak of
scarlet fever among the crew.
Nicholas Cherry, "a years old. shot
and severely wounded his sweetheart,
Anna Weingartz, 20 years old, at Ne
pCnset, ILL.,. and then killed himself.
Mrs. Ada Reichars of Dallas, Tex,
was murdered by unknown persons at
Hot Springs, Ark.
The United States consul at Tampi.
CO, Mex. has reported that the oil
fields between Tampico. on the Gulf of
Mexico. and Tuxpan are burning and
that the blaze is visible for a hundred
miles on the gulf.
Fire in Carnegie. Pa. destroyed sew
eral business houses, the loss being
10000.