The Columbus journal., 1910-01-26
General.

President Taft, in addressing the
annual meeting of the association of
Life Insurance Presidents. held out no
hope for the enactment of a federal
law to govern the companies.
Provision for a material, but gradual
increase in the appointment of cadets
to the West Point Military Academy is
made by a bill reported favorably to
the senate by Mr.. Warren. chairman
of the committee on military affairs.
Robert Underwood Johnson was ap-
pointed editor of the Century Magazine
in the place of the late Richard Wat
son Glider. Mr.. Johnson had been
associate editor of the magazine since
1881. ..
Governor Hughes, before life insur.
ance delegates, expressed faith in life
insurance as an American institution.
The legislature Of Mississippi has
thus far been unable to elect a United
States senator.
A new comet. discovered by an
astronomer in Johannesburg. South
Africa, is conSpicuosly visible to the
naked eye from the observatory at
kiel, Germany. IS. &C.
Negotiations for peace are said to
be on again between the NicaraSuan
revoiutionists and President Madriz
The conference report on the Bal
linserPinchot resolution was adopted
unanimously by the house.. ..-
Cutting the estimates rssriy $1,000
060, the committee on appropriations
reported to the house the urgent de:
ficiency appropriation bill for the cur
rent fiscal year. carrying altogether
S5,O03,S16 a
Miss Eleanor Williams. nurse in
the home of John ID. Rockefeller. and
in that of his brother-in-law. w. c.
Rudd, died in Cleveland. She was 100
years old. .....
Dancing. in the public schools of
Boston is responsible for conditions
of immortality that are almost as bad
as the white slave traffic" declared
Bishop w. F. sMailalieu of the Method
list church in that city. -.
John r. Walsh. the Chicago banker
who has been taken to the federal
prison at Leavenworth for five years,
has been numbered 6S6l. He is 7s
years old. r.
1t is said that II there is anything
about trees that Henry S. Graves, the
new. chief forester of the United
States. does not know it has not been
discovered yet 80.
Placing three sticks of dynamite In
the front of his shirt. William A. Ben. |
nett lighted the fuse and was blown to
death at his home in New London, /
Conn. -ss
Mrs. Stuyvessant Fish has declared
in favor of woman suffrage and is 60
ing to stump the state of New York.
President Taft gave his endorse |
ment to the movement looking to
civil service pension system in an ad-
dress at the executive Offices delivered |
to members of the Civil Service Re- |
Grement Association. /
The Madriz government has ordered |
Che arrest of all the conservative |
headers in Managua, Granada, Masaya
and Reyes.
Kansas City bricklayers will "cut
out meat" for q season to see IL the
price cannot be brought down.
The Iowa supreme court held that
the Masonic lodge is a charitable or
ganization and that it is not required
to pay the state a collateral inherit.
ance tax on any requests that might
be left to it.
Senator Cummins is preparing a ma
tional incorporation bill to present to
the senate.
Fred. Welch, the lightweight cham.
pion OF England, and Ian Hague. the
heavyweight pugilist. who formerly
held the championship Of Great Bri-
tain. have decided to undertake a COM
bined boxing tour Of the United
States. e. i