The Columbus journal., 1908-03-18

"A TlltSOuIS JuuSc HdS uSSiVCu eAos
| a teacher may chastise an unruly
pupil with a barrel stave.
Senator Clarke Of Arkansas de-
nounced pending currency bills in y
| speech in the senate, declaring that
no currency legislation should be en-
acted until an investigation is held as
to the causes of the panic.
Gov. Guild Of Massachusetts, has re-
ceived Official notification that the
king of Italy had nominated him q
, grand officer of the Crown of Italy.
Mrs. Beatrice Thomas Metcalf. who
attempted to shoot Attorney S. X.
| Hamill of Terre Haute, Ind. was COM
| mitted to a hospital for the insane.
Butter makers from nearly every
| state in the union assembled at st.
| Paul. Mimi. for a three days cOnven-
ton.
Reports to the New York and New
| Jersey Metal Trades association she
| that 5000 of its ] $1,000 members are
out Of work.
Anthony J. DreXel. Jr. and two 9th
ers were injured in Philadelphia when
their automobile was hit by Il trolley
car.
President Castro of Venezuela has
i refused to arbitrate claims made by
| American citizens as requested by the
United States government.
In connection with the report of the
! senate committee on military affairs
ON the Brownsville riot. which was
made to the senate. the president
transmitted a message.
A partial itinerary for the b~attleship
feet after finishing target practice at
MagdaleEa bay was announced by the
navy department at Washington.
Harry Orchard. before Judge Ere
mont Wood in the Caldwell. Idaho.
district court, was allowed to with
draw his former plea OF ne guilty.
The Porto Rico house of delegates
by a large majority passed a bill au-
thorizing the insular government to
operate a lottery under the super
vision of the insular treasurer.
Charles w. Morse and Alfred H.
Curtis pleaded not guilty in the
United States circuit court at New
York to a joint Indictment Of %
counts.
Miss Sarah Chamberlin Weed of
Philadelphia shot and killed Miss
Elizabeth Baily Hardee of East Sa.
vannah, Ga. and then committed sui
eide at a fashionable Boston school.
The khedive OF Egypt. accompanied
by the duke and duchess of Connaueht.
automobile aces held in Egypt.
The farmhouse of John Denthitt,
near WestbOro. Wis. was destroyed
by fire and three small children were
burned to death.
China. fearing that Japan was seek
ing a pretext for trouble. apolosized
for hauling down the Japanese flag
and proposes to release the Tatsu
Maru. only recognizing force ma
jeure."
Discharged section hands are
thought to have been responsible for
an attempt to wreck a Pennsylvania
suburban train in Chicago.
Fire at Thornton. Ia, wiped out
seven business blocks, the greater
part of the town.
State SenatOr-Elect d. S. Kemp
was shot dead in a duel at Amite. La,
by c. F. Hyde, a prominent Demo
cratic politician.
The White House at Washington
was the scene of the opening of the
first International Mothers congress.
An ancillary bill was filed at Hous-
ton. Tex, in the federal court asking
a ~receivership for the International
& Great Northern railroad.
Joseph Genetti. an Italian miner.
pleaded guilty al Belleville. ILL.,. 10
murders by an Internal machine and
in the penitentiary.
A Swede, apparently insane. fusil'
laded the royal castle at Christiania
with a Remington rifle. King Haakon
was away.
Warran Mckay, a native of Canada.
killed his wife and three children at
his TeninO (Wash.) home and then
committed suicide.
Representative Jesse Overstreet of
Indianapolis was selected for tem-
pOrary chairman of the state Repub-
lican convention.
That there are serious defects in
the construction of American battle
ships vas charged by Capt. c. MGR.
WinslOw and Commander A.. L.. Key
before the senate committee.
Nine. Anna Gould. accompanied by
her three children. sailed from Cher
bonrg for New York.
Harry X. Thaw was served with d.,
vOrce summons in the proceedings
brought by his wife, Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw. to annul their marriage. Mrs.
w. G. Thaw was also served.
Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou
transmitted to congress a recommend
alton for an appropriation for the
erection of a hall OF records in Wash
ington.
A bold attempt was made Tuesday
to rob the Merchants bank in Omaha,
Neb.. by a man thought by the police
to be a lunatic.
James Rathbun shot and killed Mrs.
Rathbun and then committed suicide
in Omaha. Neb.
The Country club, one of the most
exclusive social associations in the
south. pleaded guilty to selling liquors
in violation of the state laws at Mont
gOmery. Ala.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw instituted pro-
ceedings in New York for the annul.