The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-08-18

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found guilty Of murder in the second
degree. The defense made its fight
on the plea of insanity. In the early
days Ryan was known throughout Ne
braska as an Indian fighter and trader.
Adolph Fleischman, \ wealthy fruit
grower of Los Angeles, Cal. had to
nav the United States customs service
$2.5S7 because goods that, he and his
wife brought with them on their re-
turn from their wedding trip abroad
had been declared worth only $349.
The customs officials appraised them
at $1,667, and seized them for under
valuation.
One hundred and forty-seven thou
sand seven hundred and sixty-nine ap-
plications for lands in the Occur
d'Alene, Flathead and Spokane reser'
vations. where 100000 acres Will be
opened to settlement by the govern
ment. were reported by notaries AZ
the close of the ninth day
A notable appreciation OF the efforts
of the United States In behalf OF
peace and orderly government &C.
Cured at Asuncion. Paraguay. on the
departure from that place on Sunday
of Edward c. O'Brien. the American
minister. says a dispatch received at
the state department from Vice-Con-
sui Plat at Asuncion. About 2.0Oo
students and members of n0n-political
associations made an impressive and
unprecedented demonstration In the
ministers honor.
A strike of street laborers In Pitts
burg. Pa, which has been OF small
proportions for some days. has become
widespread, and gangs of the men are
parading the streets. Steps. 1t is said.
have been taken to form an organiza-
ton among the Is. 900 Italian workmen
of Allegheny county.
Gen. P. P. Johnston. adjutant gen
eral OF the Kentucky state guard.
was held to the grand jury for an
assault on Denny B. Goode, editor OF
weekly publication in Louisville.
General Johnston resented reference
ulu 10 OCuCioA ! CoSSSN V~Aes>
ston," in an editorial.
DR.. Robert ]. Burdette. who is i'll
at his summer home at Clifton-by-the-
Sea. was reported Monday as being
much better.
The sheep men of South Dakota
report the best wool crop ever known
Foreiqh.
The striking workmen Of Sweden
continue to return to work. The
stevedores OF Gothenburg are the
latest to resume and the foreigners
taken to Gothenburg to I'LL their
places are being returned to their
homes. Out of total OF 100000 work
men engaged in Swedish industries
exclusive of agriculture and the rail-
road service 2S5,762 are on strike.
but small groups Of these men are
continually returning to their labors.
General Won Heering, commander OF
the Second army corps. was appointed
by Emperor William to the position
of Prussian minister of war in sue
cession to General Won Einem, retired.
Following the election by congress
OF Vicente Gomez. the acting presi-
dent. to be provisional president OF
the republic. 1t was announced that
new cabinet and a complete reorgan-
ization of the Venezuelan government
could be expected.
The amalgamation of the Miguelis-
ia and Zayista factions of the liberal
party, which abs been in progress
since the election OF last year. was
accomplished at a conference Of the
executive committees of the two fac
tons. Senior Zayas was unanimously
elected chairman of the united party,
which will be called the national-liber-
ey party.
General Marina. the Spanish COM
mander in Morocco, now has total of
Sc. 900 men at his disposal, and is COM
pleting his preparations for a con-
certed movement against Mt. Guruga,
the center Of the Moorish positions.
Emperor William conferred the
SIO"u OIucT VI tuc AiSS SioSS w
Charles W. Eliot. former president Of
Harvard university; the crown order
Of the second class on Sir Casper
Purdon Clarke. director Of the Met
ropolitan museum of art. New York,
and Hugo Reisinger of New York. and
the red eagle of the third class on Ed
ward Robinson of the metropolitan
museum of art.
With deep religious solemnity the
sixth anniversary of the corona
ton of Pope Plus X was celebrated
in the Sistine chapel Monday in the
presence of the pontiff, the Sacred col.
lege. the papal court. archibishops.
heads of religious orders. members Of
the diplomatic corps and the Roman
aristocracy. Cardinal Merry Del Val.
the papal secretary of state, Ofhciated
at the mass.
1t is officially reported that 103
deaths from bubonic plague and 35
from cholera occurred in Annoy dur
ing the two weeks ending last Satur-
day. Conditions in the interior dis
tricts are greatly improved.
Adolphus Busch of St. Louis re-
turned from Carlsbad a few days ago
to his villa in LANCE Schwalbach. He
has severe cold and has been Or
dered to stay in bed. but his condition