The Columbus journal., 1909-12-22
GENERAL NEWS.

knights of Columbus from all part!
of the country will make a pilgrimage
next August to Rome and Genoa, the
birthplace of Christopher Columbus
according to an announcement made
In New York.
Sensational charges of manipulation
Of funds and the reckless expenditure
Of money of the Federal Life Insur
ance Company. an Illinois old line con
cern. are made in an affidavit filed in
the circuit court at Chicago by Burton
o. Smith, q stockholder and former
director of the company. Isaac Ham
ilton Miller. president of the company
b accused Of borrowing from it's funds
using dummies in securing other loans
and in using money of the company to
finance other companies he is inter
ested in.
The bodies of two men, blown to
pieces by some high explosive, were
found near Tulsa, Okla. They are be-
lfeved to have been bank robbers
killed accidentally by dynamite they
carried to blow safes.
Two girls are missing and IA others
narrowly escaped death in q fire,
which destroyed the six-story factory
building of Schrack & Sherwood, man.
ufacturers Of cofnns and undertakers'
supplies at Philadelphia. The none
tary loss is estimated at $3.50, 900.
Charles Bowler of Asbury Park. N,
J.. decided to save a few dollars by re-
pairing his own automobile. He is in
bed with painful injuries. While
searching for q leak with a lighted
match he was blown through the side
Of the garage and auto and garage
were both wrecked.
4. report on steerage conditions.
based on Information obtained by spe-
cal aGepts Of the immigration com.
salssfen, travelling N steerage passen.
gsss - A10s0ent transatlantic steam.
ers. ~ 1e1s public at Washington
tkroaoA Deoeptation to the senate
WITH eaDoqn1odations for LEGISLATION
. 1sGtnf epnditions. Conditions found
= 1nBaau Of, these vessels are de.
scrfbea - appalling.
Ino death OF King Leopold II immi.
uent He had . serious relapse and
b being kept alive through artificial
means. Court circles have practically
no hope Of the patients recovery.
Gen. Estrada's troops had a sharp
encounter with the Zelayan forces at
Rama. Reports sent out BY the .ov.
ernment claim . sweeping victory. but
this b doubted in some quarters. a
the Zelaya partisans control all the
telegraph lines and confirmation 4.
next to impossible.
The steamer Jesse Spalding is safe
at Harbor Beach. Mich. where II
sought shelter from the storm. II
was feared the vessel had gone down.
Although = reward of $4,000 has
been offered for the finding of Alma
Kellner, the Louisville girl, the police
are still without a clew.
The Chicago. Milwaukee 4 St Pan,
railway has Just been awarded a gold
medal for the large map Of the United
States exhibited by that company at
the Golden West exhibition. Earl,s
court. London. last summer. This man
was over forty-nine feet in length and
over thirteen feet in height.
A granite tower built by the Jana
nese at Port Arthur. from the stones
sunk in the Russian ships that blocked
the harbor during the war, has been
unveiled. 1t viii be used as a light
house. The inscription tells that 20.
0el soldiers and 1855 sailors were lost
In taking Port Arthur.
Fortune gave the Zelaya family an
other prod when jury awarded Miss
JuIiette Hero $4,000 damages against
Dr. Anibal Zelaya for breach of prom
isc Miss Hero sued for 100000 dam
ages, alleging that Zelaya promised to
marry her while medical student in
New York