The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-07-28
IMPORTANT NEWS
NOTES Of A week
LATEST HAPPENINGS THE WORLD
OVER TOLD IN lTEMlZEc
FORM.
EVENTS HERE AND There
Condensed Into Few Lines for the
PerusaI Of the Busy Mar
Latest Personal lnfor.
nation.
FOREIGN

"The Canal in Winter" by E. W
Redfield, of Center Bridge, Pennsyl'
vania, the only American picture to
receive a medal at the spring opening
of the society of French artists, has
been purchased by the government for
the Luxembourg gallery.
The boiler of the tourist steamer
Gutenberg blew up near Rolandseck,
a resort on the Rhine. One stoker was
killed and five members of the crew
severely hurt Several of the passen-
gers were injured, but none of them
SO far as known were Americans.
Delegates from thirty countries
formed the worlds prohibition confed-
Grafton at London.
The success of several suffragettes
in obtaining their release from prison
by carrying out hunger strike" has
caused all of the suffragettes in Hollo-
way Jail to adopt this method of gain
ing their freedom. Miss Elsie Mac
kenzie was discharged from prison in
a critical condition, having gone Isl
hours without food.
The body of Oscar Wilde the writer
which was buried at Bandaux in 1900.
was Tuesday transferred to Pere La
chaise.
The Clemenceau cabinet of France.
has resigned. and their resignation
hsa been accepted by President Fall
Tiers.
The funeral of the late Helen Mod
jeska, whose body lay in state in the
church of the Holy Cross for the last
twenty-four hours. took place Satur-
day. High honors were paid the
noted actress. and the last rites were
attended by great concourse of peo-
pie. Many Polish societies in the
United States sent wreaths. while the
cities of Cracow and Lemberg. all the
national theaters. and hundreds of in
dividuals. including Count Stanislaus
Bedeni. land marshal of Salicia, who
sent beautiful floral tributes.
William Hampton, a former resi-
dent OF Ishpeming. Mich, will be
hanged July 20 at Stearth, Cornwall.
for the murder there on May 2, of this
year. Of Emily Tredres. his sweet
heart. Hampton was to have been
executed July Is. but a delay was al
lowed to permit a decision on a re-
prieve. This has now been refused.
If Leon Ling. the supposed MUIR
derer of Elsie Sigel is in England.
there 10 q of
ture. The. professional pride of the
Scotland yard staff has been aroused.
and the police at all ports are watch
ing outgoing steamers. It would be
almost impossible for any oriental to
leave the country without giving sat
isfactory account of himself.
Domestic.
The trial of DIR. VIM. Miller. Mrs.
J. B Sayler 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 q sham battle in the Alaska
Yukon-Pacific stadium between 100
members of the Improved Order CT
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 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
]. E. Chilberg of the exposition COM
pany were the leading participants.
While rounding curve near Glen
wood, Ala, a Central of Georgia
passenger train was wrecked. twenty
four persons being injured. six very
seriously.
A cloudburst IN northern Wisconsin
damages property to the extent of
over half a million dollars. No loss of
life is reported.
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 ]. B. Sayler,
at Crescent City. Illinois.
James G. Purvis. the non-union
marine engineer who killed two
strikers injured one other and was
menaced by strike sy.npathizers last
Saturday night, was discharged by
both the police and county coroner.
1t was shown that he acted in self
defense
Edward Hayden. junior member o.
the mercantile firm of Hayden Bros,
and one of the proprietors of the
Germ Exchange bank OF Omaha, died
at his home of diabetis after a brief
illness. He was sixty-five years old
He was a native Of Ireland. but came
10 this country at an early age.