The Columbus journal., 1909-08-04

While rounding q curve near Glen.
wood, Ala, a Central of Georgia
passenger train was wrecked, twenty
four persons being injured, six very
seriously.
Five thousand persons witnessed
the hanging of William Mack, q negro,
at Brandon. Miss.
". Y. Ellis shot and killed n. p
Willis in the court room at Little
Rock. Ark.
Rev. William Huntington, rector of
Grace Episcopal church, New York,
died Monday.
George Allen Beatty. the confessed
bank robber. who looted the First Ma
tional bank at Monrovia. California. of
So. 200 last December. and was cap
tured in Dayton, O.. was sentenced to
serve eight years in Folsom peniten-
tiary.
At Chicago the jury cleared Ella
Gingles from the charge of stealing
lace. but the story she told on the
witness stand of being white slave
victim was denounced as untrue.
A gale at Galveston. Tex. does con-
siderable damage TO shipping and the
city and ten persons lose their lives.
A Michigan court has permanently
enjoined the city of kalamazoo, Mich.
from enforcing the ordinance which
requires the union label on all city
printing.
A grand jury has been called to in
vestigate the murder Of J. B. Sayler,
at Crescent City, Illinois.
On Salem. Mass. common the
ancient municipality presented to the
scout cruiser Salem beautiful silver
service. a bronze replica Of the seal of
the city. to be mounted on some part
of the big ship and a big monograph.
A cloudburst in northern Wisconsin
damages property to the extent OF
over half million dollars. No loss of
life Is reported.
General Carlos Garcia Velez, Cuban
minister to the United States. received
a cablegram from President Gomez of
Cuba authorizing him 10 say that there
was no truth in the rumors of dis
ruption of the Cuban cabinet and that
he and his brother. JustO Carlos EeleZ.
who is Cuban secretary of state. would
be retained at their present posts.
One thousand men are idle as the
Of cfri1 nf
MOntour rolling mill department of
the Reading Iron company. the pud-
dlers alleging that one of their num-
Der had been discharged because he
had been overcome by the heat.
James G.. Purvis. the non-union
marine engineer who killed two
strikers. injured one other and was
menaced by strike sympathizers last
Saturday night. was discharged by
both the police and county coroner.
Cornelius p. Shea. the former Chi
cago labor leader. was sentenced to
not less than five. nor more than
twenty-five years in prison for the
attempted murder of Alice Walsh.
with whom he had been living.
The trial of DIR. VIM. Miller. Mrs.
J. B Saylcr and John and Ira Gruden,
indicted for the murder of J. B. Sayler,
of Crescent City. Ill.,. will be held at
the November term Of court.
During a sham battle in the Alaska
Yukon-Pacific stadium between 100
members of the Improved Order of
Red Men. and an equal number of the
state militiamen. Joseph Morhinway.
| of Everett. Wash. one of the Red
Men was shot and killed.
The New York Aerial Manufacture
ing company of Brooklyn was incor-
pOrated to carry on the business of
transporting passengers. freight and
other commodities by airships Of all
kinds.
Wednesday at the Alaska-Y ukon-Pa-
cific exposition was made notable by
the dedication Of the Japanese build
ing. which houses one of the most at
tractive exhibits OF the entire fair.
The dedication was accompanied by
interesting ceremonies in which Ha-
jime Ota. commissioner general from
Japan to the exposition and President
J. E. Chilberg of the exposition COM
pany were the leading participants.
Glen H. Curtis. the aernaut made a
fight of thirty one minutes in his aer-
Oplane at Hemstead Plains. Long Is
land. He lighted without mishap. His
flight is believed to he the longest ever
made in a heavier than air machine in
this country except by the Wright
brothers.
w. H. Ingram. trust officer of the
Hibernia Trust and Banking Co.. OF
New Orleans, has been indicted by the
grand jury on a charge of embezzle-
ment. His alleged shortage is almost
100000.
Washington.
President Taft welcomed L. A..
COromilas In his new capacity as
envoy extraordinary and minister plen-
ipotentiary of Greece at Washington.
Mr.. Coromilas has been here for a
year and half as minister resident
General Henry c. WOrthington. dele
gate in congress from Nevada, diplo-
mat and jurist, died at the Garfield
hospital here from cerebral hem.
orrhage. He was 81 years old.
Repairs to cost 100000 will De
made on the battleship Kentucky,
now in reserve at Philadelphia, to
place that vessel in long service con-