The Columbus journal., 1909-06-09

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M0ines, Ia.
! Following pleas Of guilty the Mis-
souri, Pacific 4 Iron Mountain rail-
road companies were fined $4,000 ct
]. Little Rock. Ark, for rebating.
An earthquake which continued for
more than two hours was recorded By
the government seismograph at Ma
Mia.
Directors of the d. A. r. adopted
resolutions indorsing their new pres
ident general, Mrs. Matthew T. Scott
| Of Bloomington, Ill, who has been the
subject of attacks.
william Darragh. . chauffeur whose
automobile killed q boy in New York.
was sentenced to the penitentiary for
from seven to twenty years.
Dispatches from Warrington say
the supply of labor in the isthmian
canal zone is greater than the de-
mand.
Precious stones worth $2,6S9.21
were imported into the United States
through New York in May, as against
importations of $463,454.85 in the
same month year ago.
The Peruvian cabinet offered its
resignation at Lima, following the
revolutionary outbreak of last week.
The North Platte river is at food
near Douglas, Wy0, and has already
taken one life and caused much dam
age. Other floods and washouts are
reported from the west and south.
Enrico CarusO, the noted tenor, un-
derwent an operation on his vocal
cords at Milan, Italy, at the hand o.
Prof. Bella Vedova, aided by three
specialists.
Residents of Imperial valley, near
San Diego, Cal, are excited by the ap-
pearance of a mysterious airship.
which they say is making nightly
trips over Salton sea.
Whether DR.. John 7. Binkley OF
Evansville, Ind, whose body was
found in the Wellington hotel, was
murdered or committed suicide is a
mystery the Chicago police are try
ing to solve.
Machinists on every branch Of the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad went out
on a strike
The lynching Of a negro in Frank
fort, KY, has stirred Gov. Wilson,
who promises to do all in his power
to bring the guilty persons to justice.
The Japanese government has
adopted q rule requiring all of its
subjects coming to this country or
Canada to register at the nearest
consulate of their government.
Mrs. Sarah Richman of Springfield,
was arrested on complaint Of her
brother-in-law, charged with stealing
flowers which he had placed on her
husbands grave.
Resolutions condemning the gov
ernment's rule requiring the name of
the guarantor on all food packages,
were adopted by the National Whole
sale Grocers' association.
Mr.. Palmer of Pennsylvania win
enlist the support Of President Taft
in plan to bring the remains of
William Penn to this country from
England.
A fireworks display win welcome
the Wright aeronauts home to Dayton.
o.. on June II.
Joseph Jeskonski. IL years old
started a railroad engine in Alpena,
Mich. and caused $1,000 damage. He
was arrested.
The New York chamber Of com.
merce will soon issue report con-
tanning facts as to the growth of the
United States since 1859.
The Arkansas river has left the
town of Douglas, Ark. three miles in
land, by making a cutoff through a
narrow neck of land.
The engagement of Miss Marion
Lawson, second daughter of Thomas
w. Lawson, to James Fuller Lord of
Chicago. has been announced in Bos.
ton, Mass.
The emperor of Japan has conferred
the Order of the Rising Sun upon
John J. Carly. chief engineer of the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company in New York.
An industrial exposition designed to |
show the diversity of the city's prod |
ucts was opened in Cleveland, O.
The sixth annual conference on the
education of backward, truant and de-
linQuent children at Buffalo with Su-
perintendent C. B. Adams Of the
School for Boys at St. Charles, ILL.,.
in the chair.
The American Society for Superin-
tendents of Training Schools for
Nurses met In st. Paul, MINI.
Mayor Rose welcomed to Milwau-
kee the American Waterworks asso-
citation. which met in annual conven- |
ton.
Invited by the Northwestern Uni |
versity School Of Law. experts in
criminology. met at Chicago.
Danish residents of the middle west |
gathered in Chicago to celebrate the
sixtieth anniversary of the adoption of |
Denmark's constitution.
The first biennial festival of the |
Red River Valley Scandinavian Sing |
gers association was held at Fergus |
Falls, MINI.
The American Chronological asso-
citation met in annual session at Fort |
ress Monre, Va, with President C. e.
Quimby of New York in the chair.
Ambassador Jusserand, on behalf of |
the French government, presented to |
San Francisco gold medal in recog- |
milton of its rapid recovery from the |
and fire.