The Columbus journal., 1909-08-11


drawn August 8. that the land depart
ment officials placed IN order for So.
600 900 more registration blanks. With
little more than half the time for reg
istration passed. Superintendent Wit
ten has received 1885 applications.
Confirmation was made of deal
by which the Jones and Laushlin
Steel company acquires more than
$500 acres of coal lands from the
Pittsburg- Buffalo company. The price
is said to be $165.000
Harry C. Pulliam. president Of the
National League of professional base
ball clubs, committed suicide in New
York.
Philo, Illinois. a village In Cham
paign county, was almost wiped out
by IRE. Half the business section
was destroyed. LOSS. $4,000.
As q result of the antitrust suits
recently brought by Attorney General
Sterling of Mississippi against the Re
tail Lumber Dealers association of
Mississippi and Louisiana, fifteen out
of the seventy-three defendant con-
Germs have effected compromises with
the state, agreeing to pay $500 to the
state treasurer upon q decree rendered
against them in chancery court.
According to vicePresident Fred
Robinson of Empire. the Dakota
Western railroad. branch of the Chi
cago & Northwestern system. Will
commence actual construction Of its
line from Whitewood to Empire along
the irrigation project, within the next
thirty days. Tie rightof-way has
been practically all secured and ne
eotiations with the Redwater Power
and Light company are on to secure
power enough to operate the motor
cars for the line.
Charles H. Meyer was unanimously
reelected president of the western
federation of miners. This is his eighth
term in that Office James Kirwan, Of
Perry. Us. D.. was elected as one Of
the delegates to attend the conference
with delegates from the united mine
WI nClS Oh AWcTlCd.
w. A. Harris. formerly United States
senator from Kansas, is dangerously
i'll at his home in Lawrence. suffering
from a heart attack. His weakened
condition. due to the effect of the heat
while horseback riding. is thought to
have brought on the attack.
In a quarrel over a ball game at
Lee City. KY. w. F. Larson was struck
over the head and his skull crushed
with a baseball in the hands of his
brother. Clay Lawson. The injured
man, who was forty years old. died in
q hospital at Lexington.
The failure of Governor John A.
Johnson of Minnesota to arrive in Sc
attic in time to deliver an address on
Swedish day at the exposition. which.
according to President Chilberg of the
fair. he promised to do, has caused a
controversy and bitter feeling between
the governor and the fair officials.
Additional time for pleading to the
federal indictment against them was
granted the American Sugar Refining
company and its officials by Judge
Hans in the United States circuit
court The court extended the time
until August 30.
The sheep men of South Dakota
report the best wool crop ever known
In the history OF the state.
Twelve persons killed and a num-
Der injured Is the result of head-on
collision at a small station twenty
miles east of Spokane, Wash.
Washington.
David Williams. the negro mess at.
:sndsnt on the battleship Vermont.
will be surrendered by the navy to
the Massachusetts, state authorities,
who charged him with manslaughter
az the result of the death Of the mess
Foster. following q boxing ;;
bout aboard the Vermont
President Taft sent to the senate
the nomination Of A. Plat Andrew If |
Massachusetts, to be director OF the |
mint The nomination is to succeed
Frank A. Leach. who resigned some |
time ago to become president of the |
Peoples Water company Of Oklahoma |
and California
The new issue of Lincoln pennies |
will continue in circulation despite |
the criticism that the initials of the |
designer appear rather conspicuously
on the coins. That was the statement
made at the treasury department.
President Taft of the United States
and President Diaz Of Mexico are to
meet at Ell Paso, Tex. October Is. This
program has been arranged as the re-
suit Of correspondence between the
United States and Mexico.
The acting secretary of the interior
has vacated the order of withdrawal
In connection with the North Platte
project in Wyoming, and re-
stored to the public domain where not
otherwise withdrawn. reserved or ap-
about q, $50 acres of land.
may be made on the land
On and after October Is and Is At the
Wyo.. land ONCE. The va
:ated order Of withdrawal is In con-
aection with the same irrigation pro-
|ect In Nebraska, and restored about
| $50 acres Of land to the public do
main where not otherwise appropri-
lted, subject to settlement on and
lf'er October rs and to entry. filing
Dr. selection November Is at the ALI