The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-27
WORLD NEWS OF
THE WEEK.
Covering Minor Happenings frcm
all Over the Globe.
DOMESTIC.

of John Philip Sousa, the band mas
ter, died at her home in Washington.
aged SO. She was the widow OF
Antonio Sousa. who was connected
with the United States Marine Band
for years.
The Grand Army Posts Of Wash
ington are very much worked up
over the recent wholesale discharge
of G. A. r. men from the Govern
ment service.
kashira Shiba, manager of Japan
ese shipyards at Nagasaki, now visit
ing New York, asserted that Japan
was building many steamships which
could be used as auxiliary cruisers.
The adoption OF electricity as mo-
tive power by many of the large rail-
roads has been keenly felt by the
soft coal operators of late.
Railroads in the Southeastern
Freight Association filed an answer
to complaints against them with the
Interstate Commerce Commission,
asserting that an increase Of rates
is necessary.
President Roosevelt made public
the report of special committee
which went to Panama to investigate
the progress Of the work and found
that 1t was going forward in a most
satisfactory manner.
The success of Baldwin's dirigible
balloon, It is believed in Washington,
will result in the building of an
aerial feet for coat defence as pro-
jected by General Allen.
1t was announced that dual plea
| of insanity will be the defence of
the Hams brothers charged at Flush
ing, l.. l., with the murder of w. e.
| Annis.
Policeman d. II. Shellard was held
in Brooklyn, in $4,000 bail for the
Grand Jury's action in the shooting
of Barbara Rieg.
The Burlington Railroad crop re-
port, says that corn in Central and
Southern Nebraska will be 100 per
cent crop, with yield Of from 3S to
as bushels an acre.
The Appellate Division Of the Su-
preme Court Of New York, upheld the
constitutionality of the legislative
apportionment act Of 1907.
FOREIGN.
The Russian Government Is bring
ing pressure to bear to prevent the
celebration of Count Leo Tolstoy's
| eightieth birthday.
A despatch from Teheran, Persia,
says that the Shad has ordered the
government forces at Tabriz to nego-
tiate a truce with the revolutionists.
who apparently are in control of the
city.
Fear is expressed by the foreign
press in China that an alliance with
that empire would make the United
States supreme in the Far East.
That Japan's aggressiveness is
threatening European interests in
the Far East is the assertion Of Mr..
Ii Sum Ling.
A small but active band Of Ameri-
can hotel thieves is operating in Lon
don with an audacity and cuteness
which baffie Scotland Yard.
The Kaiser has subscribed $4,000
to the fund for the Koch institute for
combating tuberculosis. This makes
up the $250,000 that was necessary
to obtain the $125.000 promised by
Andrew Carnegie.
Holland has framed q warlike re-
ply to President Castro of Venezue-
la and is prepared to meet any emer-
gency, rushing her naval dry dock
work.
The Lancashire (England) FEEDER
alton of Cotton Spinners has decided
to reduce the wages of operatives
five per cent. II the men decline to
accept the reduction they will be
locked out.
Forest fires on Vancouver Island,
Canada, are extending in every d.
rection, and only soaking rain can
stop them. Several lumber camps
have been wiped out and the settle
ments are threatened.
POLITICAL.
William H. Taft pledged himself
If elected to the Presidency to call an
extra session Of Congress immediate
ly after his inauguration to revise
the tariff.
Congressman Serene e. Payne
Chairman of the House Commit
tee on Ways and Means, denies
that he Is candidate for Governor
of New York State.
Wiskinkies and other collectors of
political contributions were warned
that the Civil Service Reform Asso-
citation was watching them closely to
see that the law was obeyed.
The Democratic National Commit
tee overrode the wishes of Mr. Bryan