The Columbus journal., 1909-09-15

After 4 desperate fight, In whici
J she barely escaped death BY her owl
I shotgun which her assailant welded
Mrs. Harry G. Draper Of Tampa, Fla
! succeeded In frightening away negr'
who attempted criminal assault upo,
her. The negro succeeded in escap
ing.
James Bellows McGregor cele
brated his 1OSth birthday at his home
The Naples" at North Newport. N
H., Monday. He has been . fre<
mason since 1897.
The articles OF association OF thu
Kansas City (MoD Navigation com
pany. formed to conduct boat trafi'
between Kansas City and St. Louis
were filed in the Office Of the recorder
| of Jackson county. The capital o.
the company is $1.OO0.OoO. The pa
pers will be certified to the secretar,
e; state at Jefferson City and
| charter to the company issued.
| Nineteen persons narrowly escaped
death at Monroe. Iowa. Monday in
| the burning of boarding house
MANY guests were forced to jumI
| from the upper windows and two
were seriously injured. Samuel Bar
| row, district manager of the Texas
Oil company. leaped from a second
| story window with his six-year-cld
son in his arms. after both had been
painfully burned. Mr.. Barrow was
badly bruised. but the child escaped
further injury.
Mrs. Anna Dickens. the first white
settler in Iowa. died at her home at
the age of eighty-eight. A fractured
hip received in a fall induced her
death.
The International air navigation
exposition has decided upon the week
beginning October for aviation
week"
The Maryland Steel company OF
Sparrow Point submitted the lowest
bid at the navy department for con.
structing the naval collier authorized
by the last congress at cost moi 70
exceed 100000. The company sub.
mi;,ed two bids, the lower being
$SSs. 500.
One killed. several injured and
$100. 900 damage is the sum total OF
the breaking of the central Missouri
drought Monday. The storm cen.
tered in north Christian county. At
Spokane, Mo-. Hiram Cornosa. post.
master. was killed by lightning.
John Embry. United States a.tor-
hey for the western district of Okla.
homa. rendered his resignation to
the attorney general. Mr.. Embry
will enter the private practice Of law
a; Oklahoma City
A. A. Robinson. owner OF the Com.
mercial company of Detroit. his wife.
and Mrs. II. E. Tremaine Of Bay City.
were instantly killed in Bay City
when an automobile in which they
were riding was struck by a fast
Michigan Central train. A daughter
Of Mrs. Tsemaine is thought to be IA
tally injured.
Foreign.
The deposed shah of Persia left the
confines OF the Russian legation Thurs
day and started his journey to Russia.
He is to live in practical exile. prob
ably a; Odessa.
- Brill has determined to develop
iror smelling and the iron and steel
industry generally. and thus makes
use OF the vast deposits of iron ore
which eNist in several portions Of the
country. according to Consul General
A. L. Anderson OF Rio de JaneirO. The
aid TO be given the new industry 1t
is believed will take the form Of an
offer Of 2 subsidy to one or more COM
panies 10 establish plants.
A treaty by Earon Rio Branco. Bra
lillian minister Of foreign affairs. and
Herman Vclarde, the Peruvian minis
ter. has put an end to the frontier dis
pute between Brazil and Peru in the
Aazon. Each country retains its &C
tual possessions in the Amazon.
Japan's purpose to gain a strong
foothold among the cOun-
tries of South America is indicated
in tine statement Of Consul Winslow
of Valparaiso. Chill. that Japan now
has three subsidized steamers plying
between that country and the west
coast of South America. The last
steamer which was placed in service
is the American Maru" which
reached Valparaiso recently. The
steamers are to be freighted with
japanese bric-a-brac and specialties.
and are to return loaded with nitrates.
Wcrd has been received by the Vic
toria Sealing company that the seal
ing schooner. Thomas F. Bayard.
which was in Behring sea hunting
for sea otter. has been ordered by
a United States revenue cutter to de-
part AS hunting fer sea oters is not
prohibited. protest will be made to
Ottawa with a view of having rep
made to Washington.
Miss Florence Breckenridge, daugh-
ter of General J. C. Breckenridge Of
D. c.. was married in
Paris to Thomas F. Hesketh. an Off.
Ger in the English horse guards.
J. G. Walter of Sioux Falls. S. D..
was arrested at Saskatoon. Saskatch-
evan. Can, on a charge Of embezzling
$4,000 in connection. with the opera
ton of a line of elevators in the
eorthern states, under the name of
the Plymouth Elevator company.