The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-11-11

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Der, is dead.
Two women and five children per.
ished in q burning farmhouse near
Swan Lake, Man.
Chancellor E. BENJAMIN Andrews OF
the University of Nebraska resigned.
to take effect January I.
The people of Plauen. Germany
were terrified by a violent earthquake
shock.
The Citizens and Farmers State
bank of Arkansas City, Kan, closed its
doors.
The suit to GUST the Western Trust
and Savings bank of Chicago as trus-
tee of the $4,000. 900 bond issue Of the
Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Rail
road Company was begun In Milwau-
kee by Alexander Beaubien. q. bond.
holder.
BostOn's park system fund has been
increased by more than $4,000, 900 by
the terms of George F. Parkman's will,
made 30 years ago.
Mount McCulloch, which last year
thrust its head up from the center of
Bogaslov island, 60 miles west of
Unalaska, has disappeared in the
throes of another volcanic change.
Many mills and factories that have
been running on half time have begun
operating on full time.
While attempting to arrest Jesse
ut
stable George Brown shot him dead
and was himself fatally shot in the
abdomen by the negro.
Phil Short, one of the best known
newspaper men in North Dakota, was
shot and killed by Clayton Yeakins
while they were hunting deer in Nc
Kenzie county, N. D.
John Hagen, a hotel keeper at
Scranton, N. Y, killed his wife and
son and attempted suicide.
Nine laborers were killed By e. pre-
mature blast on the Grand Trunk Pa
cific road near Dryden. Man.
Fire in the business district of
Blanchard, N. D., destroyed $4,000
worth of property.
After announcing he would make
the jump if he broke his neck" Peter
Kramer. an aeronaut from st. Louis,
was killed at Princeton, ILL.,, by being
dashed against a church steeple.
]. Nelson Veit, young New York
broker, killed his wealthy mother and
himself presumably because she
wouldn't be reconciled to his mar.
riage.
Prince Louis d'Orleans-Braganzs
and Princess Maria-Pia of Bourbon.
Sicily, were married at Cannes.
France.
Fire destroyed 100000 worth Of
property in the business portion of
Sherman, Tex.
Business property valued at $500, 900
was destroyed by fire in Pembroke,
Ont.
Near Jefferson City, Tenn, Victor
Mcmahon, a prominent farmer. prob
ably fatally shot Mrs. John Wilkes,
the wife of a tenant on his farm, while
shooting at her husband. Wilkes then
emptied the contents of a shotgun into
McMahOn's breast.
Israel JAMESON, former cashier OF
a bank in Lindersburg, Sweden. who
was arrested by detective at Yankee
Bush, Pa, has, it is alleged, made a
complete confession, admitting he abb
stracted $4,000 kroners of the banks
funds.
Maj. Henry Burnett. 60 years old, of
Osceola, Ark, shot A. B. Clancy, a
saloon-keeper of Chaffee, Mo-, who
killed Burnett's son last September
Mrs. Catherine Louis Lynn Of Chi
cago, while mentally deranged, killed
her baby girl and cut her own throat
The anniversary of the indepen.
dence of the republic Of Panama was
celebrated enthusiastically in Colon.
An edict issued by the emperor of
China confers decoration upon the
dalai lama of Tibet who has been alb
sent from Lhassa for the last four
years, grants him an annual salary Of
$4,000 a year and orders him to return
to Tibet.
Two of the Wisconsin counterfeit.
ers, Albert and Hugo Donnerstag, who
sawed their way out of the Dane coun-
ty Jail during a rainstorm, were re
captured at the home of their brother.
Rudolph, in the wilds of northern Wis
consin.
While 10000 spectators were loudly
cheering his successful fight with a
glider, when 20 feet in the air, Law
renee ]. Lesh, the 16-year-old areonaut
fell to the ground with terrific force
at the Morris park racetrack, fractur-
ing his ankle.
Robbers entered Hubbell (Mich.)
post Office, blew open the safe and
stole $500 worth of stamps and some
valuable papers.
A spectacular fire that was marked
by many thrilling incidents destroyed
the lumber yards of r. A. & ]. J. VIII
liams, in Philadelphia, entailing loss
estimated at $750.000.
News was brought by the steamer
Antilochus of heavy floods and great
loss of life in Formosa. All the rivers
in the neighborhood of Keeling, Ciram
and Tanko oerfiowed and 40 junks
were wrecked.
Harry Sampson, a nephew of the
late Admiral Sampson, was found shot
to death in his residence near Pal
myra. N. Y.
Justice Stafford of the supreme
court of the District of Columbia over
ruled the motions for new trial made
by Frederick A. Hyde and Joost H
Schneider. convicted last spring Of