The Columbus journal., 1909-03-17

sasuA has begun, gmboats Of the two
countries meeting in . battle early
IN the week. II 4. reported that . sec
ond engagement followed.
william f. Names, president Of the
Rhode Island Retail Liquor DealerS'
association says John D. Rockefeller
is putting up the money for the. fight
being waged saGsiqH saloons.
Prof. C. A. Culver of Beloit college
expects to have q wireless telephone
in operation ON the. college campus
soon. =
The United States has severed dip
lomatfc relations with Nicaragua be-
cause of President Zelaya's failure to
bring about a settlement of the Emery
claim.
James Christiansen, former state
treasurer Of Utah was arrested on .
charge Of being $4,000 short in his
accounts.
Veterans in gray and veterans IN
blue marched side by side in parade
at the fourth national encampment Of
veterans Of the opposing side in Fitx.
gerald. Ga.
Maj. John b. Porter, for many years
assistant to the Judge advocate gen.
eral Of the army. has been relieved
from duty in Washington and ordered
to the Philippines as Judge advocate
Of the Philippine division. Lieut. Col.
George NJ. Dunn. now Judge advocate
of the Philippines, has been ordered to
Washington.
Announcement has been made that
December to 10 has been definitely
decided upon as the time for this
years national corn exposition, which
is to be held in Omaha. 8
The interstate commerce commits
sion has ordered all railway carriers
to report to the commission by May
1 the number Of freight cars owned,
number equipped with air-brakes, and
average percentage of air-braked
cars used in trains during the six
months before March l.
In the conference between miners
officials and anthracite operators at
Philadelphia, the operators refused to
grant the demands of the men.
The court of appeals Of the District
Of Columbia modified and afirmed the
of Justice Gould against Sam.
uel Gompers and others in the Buck
Stove & Range Company case.
The body Of an unidentified woman
was found in the river at Dayton, O.,
and it is believed she was another VIC
tim of the slayer who has killed four
girls in that city recently.
Railroad men will meet in Chicago
next week and 1t is believed will raise
the passenger rate to three cents q
mile.
Clifford Pinchot, chief of the United |
States forest service says the removal
Of the tariff from lumber will neither |
make the price cheaper, nor tend to i
preserve the nations forests.
Feeling is bitter between counsel for
the state and defense in the Cooper
murder trial at Nashville, Tenn. and
it Is feared physical encounter may
result.
The State bank of Baldwin, Wis,
was closed by the banking commits
'foner. Unfortunate speculation is
said to have impaired its capital and
surplus.
The Arkansas house killed the
Bouic- Wilmington racing bill which
provided for racing at : -ot Springs
Under the direction of a commission.
The vote was 81 to II.
Fffty-two indictments against pistol
carrying were returned by the grand
ury of the circuit court at Paramount,
". Va, the result of a crusade to
Freak up such 'lawlessness in the
mining region.
In collision in Nantucket sound;
he steamer Horatio Hall was sunk
Ind the steamer H. F. Dimmock, so
'adly damaged that she ran ashore to
ave her passengers and crew. There
vas no loss of life.
BY vote of 125 to 20 the Georgia
livfsion of the United Daughters of
he Confederac..- decided on Anderson
lille as the location for the monu
nent to Capt. Wirz.
A marriage license was issued in
Jew York city to Peter Augustus Jay
Il Newport, secretary of the American
at Tokyo, and Susan Alexan.
Ter McCook, daughter of Col. John
dcCook.
Madrid, Spain, has been visited by
IN epidemic of typhoid fever. More
han 300 cases already have been re-
moved to one hospital. and there have
'een many deaths.
Judge A. B. Anderson of Indianap-
lis, sitting in the United States dis
riot court at Chicago, ordered the jury
n the $29,240,0OO Standard Oil cases
o return a verdict of not guilty.
The New York assembly ways and
1eans committee gave little encour-
cement to the representatives of eth.
cal societies, charity organizations,
rade unions and New York city
who appeared in favor of the
tales bill providing for an investiga- /;
ion into the condition Of the unem-
loyed.
Rev. Father Erasmus Ansion of st.
'tanislaus church, Newark. N. J., was
in his study by three
len. each of whom fired a bullet into
he priests body.
President Zelaya of Nicaragua, it lie
eported, has called another confer.
nee between his own country, Hon :
uras, Guatemala, Salvador and Costa I
lea. with the view of arranging per-
lament peace for Central America
Should the miners in the anthracite
eds continue their demandc for nm