The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-04-08


the other buildings and 5000 cattle.
- Three large tobacco factories and
an overall factory in Lynchburg, Va,
We're destroyed by a fire supposed: to
be of incendiary origin: Loss, $225'.:
600: :. -. -. -
Peoples party convention in st.
Louis nominated. Thomas e. Watson
of Georgia for president and Samuel
Williams. Of. Indiana viceipresfdent.
The Nebraska and Minnesota dele
gates bolted. being for Bryan.
=. Announcement. was made that An
drew Carnegie would add s. 900, 900 to
he fund of the Carnegie Foundation.
or: whatever. sum might be necessary
to include as pension beneficiaries
eligible professors. of state universe
ties. - =: -.
q: After two hours of; wrestling with:
out :: result, George. =. Hackenschmidt
gave. up to Frank .Getch in. the match
for the; worlds championship at Chi
cago 49,
The. dead body of Mrs. Elizabeth
HighfilI,: % years old. a: fortune-telling
medium, was found in an artificial.
lake in, Lafayette park, st. Louis: D..
Robbers. dynamited three safes in
Chicago building ana obtained only
S10c.
= .: In the first quarter of 1908 the
births in. New York city numbered
80 .655 breaking the record. - =
:. One man was killed and two re.
.ceived serious injuries. as. the result
off an explosion aboard. the British
steamer. Belle of Scotland at .Callao,
PERM. =: 80. =. '.s'
=. :: New York university students. went
con strike. as a result of. the temper:
AIRY suspension by the faculty of Al
|: bert Young. president OF the junior
class following investigation of the
ducking in the college. .'herse trough
of Harry Bloch, a freshman, -: - =
Found guilty of the charse"of arson.
Henry F., Mcdonald. in the circuit
courtroom at .Terre Haute, Ind. shot
and killed Detective. William f.. Dwyer,
wounded other officers and was him:
self seriously wounded. The shooting
followed the announcement Of the ver2
dict of the jury. before which McDon-
aid had been tried on. a. charge of
tdynamiting stores and. a: church in
Sanford last year. :: r.. =,
+. The Indiana: Republican state con-
:yention adopted: a:platform. Endorsed
Nice-President Fairbanks and in:
strlIcted the 80 state. delegates to the
national! convention at Chicago to vote
and work for. his: nomination for the
presidency. and: nominated a state
ticket headed by j.. E.. Watson J OF
Rushville for governor. 80
:. During maneuvers the British tor
pedo' boat destroyer. Tiger. was sunk
| by cruiser and about "a men per
.ished =: -
"A. report that Colombian troops had
/ seized the town of Jurado. ir. the re;
public. of Panama. aroused fears that
war: would break out between the two
republics -: 49, -. =.
.: Floods in Virginia. West Virginia
/ and kentucky: cost several lives, and
did great damage to property, In
| Minnesota: and. North Dakota a seEere
blizzard hampefed the railways.
- Ellen French Vanderbilt has begun
suit against her husband. Alfred
Gwynne Vanderbilt. fer divorce Or
Illegal separation: Papers in: the case
4 were filed in the supreme court; in
New York just after Mr.. Vanderbilt
had sailed for Europe and counsel for
the plaintiff refused to reveal: the pre-,
else nature Of the action. -: =.
T.. T: l.. Lewis began his duties as pres.
ident of the United Mine Workers OF
America by inviting the operators OF
Illinois. Ohio. Indiana. and. western
Pennsylvania ia. confer with. repre-
sentatiyes Of the miners in Indian
apolis. : - -. -: :. - -: -.
- Alexander Dickson, a carpenter on
. the United: States collier. ,Aberanda,
was acquitted at San. Juan Porto
Rico: of the. murder OF Chief Officer
Walter. Weichert. 49,: =: =.
+. Two hundred and fifty thousand
picks dropped from the hands Of as
many bituminous coal miners of. the
United States,' not to be used again
/ until wage settlement has. beer
reached and a. scale adopted between
the members of. the United Mine
Workers of America and the Goa
operators of the. various fields. =; =:
:. :. Gus johnson, a wealthy farmer who
lived five miles south of Kenmare, n
D.. was murdered and R. S Noah ant
Patsy" Coyle are in jai! charged witt
the crime. = -: -.
4 - Judge Smith Mcpherson in the fed
,eral court at Kansas City decided thai
he has full jurisdictions. over the
maximum freight rate, and the tive
cent passenger far e cases in Missouri
f.. Percy NJ. Houston, recently elected
secretary and treasurer. of the Yazoo
| Mississippi .levee- board. was shot AMI
killed by = J. T: Lowe; "a prominent
attorney Of Tunic. Miss: =. 49,.
+ Flora: Winston, one OF the girls Wit
| testified in the case against Raymond
Hitchcock. the. comedian. was : in
dicted by a grand jury in New Yorl
on a charge of perjury: -,
i =. The receixership: for the Wrestling
house Machine. company last October
at the beginning of the. financial de
4 preston, was vacated by Judge Jane.
/. S. Young of the United States circuit
court at Pittsbnrg, on petition of tn,
/ company and the receivers. =: -:
+, Mary Green, aged 90: of New York
1.-THE daughter Of a former sea; captain
[ attired. herself in. ali the finery: sht
had planned to wear at her wedding