The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-11-10

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provements which began lts si1tO11fh
annual meeting In Little Rock Ark.
James Owen Of Noatclair. N. ]. prs
siding. = 50 sc.
The Central Conference oe Anal
can Rabbis began IN eight days ses'
sion in New York Rabbi David Phil.
ipson of Cincinnati II president
United States Senator Albert b.
Cummins of Iowa. addressing the Mar.
quette club of Chicago. vigorously de-
Tended himself and the other 'insur-
gent" senators against the attacks OF
Speaker Cannon.
The Chicago police are searching
for E. J. Goshorn, q prominent busi'
ness man of Charleston. w. Va, who
disappeared from his home on Octo.
Der 20 with about $4,000 in his pos
session. On the day he vanished
Goshorn wrote letters to his wife and
. several confidential acQuaintAnces
stating that he had left home never to
return.
Theft of q mail pouch, which It Is
estimated contained between $4,000
| and $50, 900 in express and post ONCE
orders, was revealed through the cash
ing of several of the stolen orders in
Chicago. The rified bag was discov-
cred by a farmer boy in q cornfield
| near Tol0no, Ill. Scores of secret
service men and post ONCE inspectors
are searching for the robbers.
Government troops defeated the
Nicaraguan revolutionists in a sharp
| engagement. Many of Gen. Estrada's
followers were killed, wounded or cap
tured. The government lost Is men,
including Gen. Castillo Chammoro.
John Stewart Kennedy. one of
Americas little-known rich men, who
recently died of whooping cough In
his New York residence, left requests
of more than $25.0OO.000 to 60 reli-
gious, charitable and educational in
situations in his will. The gift is the
largest single contribution of its kind
ever made.
Former President Roosevelt has lost
his record as the highest paid author.
For the narrative of his hunt in Africa
it is generally understood he is to re-
ceive a dollar word. but q compare
lively new magazine announces it has
contracted to pay Commander Robert
E. Peary $1.20 q word for q north
pole story of about $4,000 words.
Following the donation of $1,000.00
by John D. Rockefeller to be used In
fighting the hook worm disease In the
south, Washington officials have re-
ceived Information that two other ST.
100000 donations are likely to be
forthcoming very soon-one from Mrs
Russell Sage, to be used in extend
ing the work for the eradication of
tuberculosis, the other from Andrew
Carnegie. for fighting pellagra.
Jesse James, Jr., son of the famous
bandit, now living in Kansas City, has
been sued by his wife for divorce.
The couple were married in 1900, a
few months after James had been &C.
quilted on a charge of robbing Mis-
souri, Pacific train.
Cholera has invaded the German
side of the Russian border and the
consular agent at Koenigsburg has re-
ported to the state department at
Washington % cases, including seven
deaths, so far.
Mount Vernon, one of New York
city's largest suburbs, has adopted the
"Des Moines plan" and it will be the
first city In New York state to try the
commission plan. including the re
call"
twenty-five persons were killed
and "a seriously injured by automo-
biles and horse-driven trucks in New
York city during October. This is
twice as many as in any other month
and forms the largest list of casual
ties resulting from such accidents of
of any city in the country for the
same time.
All of the original ~. d. B." Lin
coin pennies. which aroused such wide
interest because of the prominence of
Designer Brenner's initials on them
and the subsequent change in dies to
make the initials less conspicuous.
have passed entirely into the public's
hands.
Because he spanked a 12-year-old
schoolboy with a single. Timothy
Trip, a district schoolmaster in the
town of Greene, N. Y, was found gull
ty of assault and sentenced to pay a
fine of $50 or serve 20 days in the
county jail
The National Geographic society at
Washington has accepted Commander
Robert E. Peary's evidence that he
reached the north pole, and presented
him with gold medal for accom-
plishing his achievement
Attorney Stephen G. Porter filed an
appeal in the superior court of Penn
sylvania at Pittsburg in behalf of
Helen Boyle, asking for q reversal of
her sentence of Is years to the West
ern penitentiary, inflicted in Mercer
recently, after she was convicted of
completely in the kidnapping of Billy
Whitla, the son of Attorney James
Whitla of Sharon, Pa.
In the Steinheil trial at Paris. a
wild scene of disorder was created
when a man giving the name of Le-
fevre arose and loudly proclaimed
that he was the slayer of M. Stein
he'll and Nine. Japy for whose murder
the widow of the former is being tried.
Not much credence Is placed in the
mans confession.
President Taft received q joyous
welcome in Columbus. Miss. when he
went to visit the birthplace Of Secre-