The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-08-05

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passengers were injured in a panic on
a trolley car on the Brooklyn bridge
when a fuse blew out.
G. Winthrop Sands, a stepson OF w.
X. Vanderbilt, was killed just outside
the grounds of Mr.. Vanderbilt's coun-
try seat, the Chateau st. Louis de
Poissy, 20 miles from Paris, by the
wrecking of his automobile. He was
pinned under the car, which exploded,
and was shockingly manned and
burned. g..
One man was killed and a score
wounded in an attempt OF mob to
storm the Jail at Pensacola, Fla. and
take out Leander A. Shaw, a negro
who assaulted Mrs Lillian Davis. The
mob finally secured the negro and
hanged him.
Sayyid Muhammed, the Persian Ma
tionalist leader and the foremost ora
tor of the recent parliament, called
the Persian Mirabeau," was assas-
sinated at Hamadan, presumably by
agents of the shah.
Frank T. Wells, aged q. of Keno
sha, Wis, was arrested in Cambridge,
Mass. as a fugitive from justice. He
is wanted at Kenosha on the charge
of larceny of SC, 900 from the First Ma
tional bank of that place, on October
IL. 1907.
Frank Litzenberger, owner of the
Eaton Lumber company, committed
suicide at Eaton, O., by wading into
the middle of a creek and firing a bull
| let into the roof of his mouth.
Miss Clare l.. McNown, a member OF
the Eau Claire high school faculty,
was drowned in Rice lake, Wisconsin.
Gen. James A. Drain. president of
the American Rifle association, was
robbed in London of jewelry and two
medals won at Bisley by the American
rifle team.
An adopted daughter Of Benjamin
Hart, American millionaire who died
in France, began a fight to secure a
share of his estate.
The sultan of Turkey proclaimed a
| general amnesty to all political fugi,
tives from Turkey in America
| Soldiers and strikers fought In
Vigneaux, France, and several per
| sons were killed.
Missouri and Kansas began suits
against the alleged lumber trust. and
similar suits were prepared in Okla
homa and Texas.
| DR.. L. w. Blanchard, a prominent
physician and church worker of Har
rison, Ark, and his father and mother
were arrested as counterfeiters.
Democrats of West Virginia nomi
mated Louis Bennett for governor and
Endorsed negro disfranchisement.
The village of Mehrn in the Austrian
Tyrol was destroyed by a landslide
about 16 persons being killed.
Two prominent Brooklynites, Col
Edward E. Britton, formerly presi
dent of the Eagle Savings and LoaI
company of that borough, and Fred
erick H. Schroeder. formerly second
vice-president of the same institution
were arrested after being indicted OF
a charge of grand larceny.
Infatuated because she had filed sui
for the annulment of her marriage
Grover Willoughby, 81 years old. sho
and killed his 17-year-old bride Of les!
than q week at Lebanon, Mo-. ant
killed himself.
Tony" Martin, said to come from
prominent family of Quincy. ILL.,. wa
arrested charged with robbing the res
idence of J. E. Murphy Of Peoria.
Mexican troops and revOlutionist
had an engagement in Mexico opposite
Comstock, Tex, and two American
residents of Mexico were killed.
John Schultz. paying teller of tn
First National bank Of Racine, Wis
disappeared and his accounts wer'
found to be $4,000 short.
Following up his crusade agains
the appearance of unclothed womel
In the Paris theaters, Project Of Polio
Lepine has given orders that the sal
of obscene pictures on the boulevard
be suppressed.
The Manitoban government ar
: nounced that $4,000 men are neede
to harvest the wheat crop in westerl
: Canada.
; Thirty-s six prominent bookmakers Q
New York were indicted for violatin
. the anti-gambling laws.
Joseph Chamberlain returned {
England from the continent in a yer
t grave condition. His eyesight is ser
: ously affected.
l The Independence party in its fri
: national convention at Chicago non
: mated Thomas L. Hisgen of Mass
chusetts for president and John Ten
! pie Graves of Georgia for vice-pres
D dent. Friends of Mr.. Bryan made q
effort to bring his name before tn
= convention and the man who q
e tempted it produced a riot and ma
rowly escaped physical violence at th
4 hands of the indignant delegates.
s Dr. Andrew Bergen Cropsey, the We
n Urinary surgeon who shot and kille
his wife in her home at Bath Beacl
e died suddenly in the Raymond stree
l. jail. Brooklyn.
, President Castro has issued a deere
l. prohibiting the dispatch of vessel
t with cargo for Grenada or otht
e islands in the Antilles. thereby clio
d ing the Venezuelan gulf ports entirel
t to export and import trade with ii
e West Indies. Great indignation is fe
in the British colonies. and 1t is e
f pected that the aid of the British 60
e eminent will be sought to secure pr
r lection against the methods of Pres
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