The Columbus journal., 1910-08-17
Inspector Dew denies a report that

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DR.. Crippen had confessed.
The standpatters were badly defeat
ed by the insurgents in Kansas.
On the whole. it is thought crops
this year will be about the same al
last.
The corn crop of the country is MOI
up to the ten-year average.
Speaker Cannon says he is not wor
rying over the result in Kansas.
Postmaster General Hitchcock II
cutting down the deficit in his depart
ment
Senator Gore gave the full details
concerning a bride he alleges va!
offered to him.
Joseph Vending. alleged slayer o.
Alma Kelner, reached Denver on hi:
way to Louisville
President Taft helped dedicate
monument to the pilgrims who LANDED
at Provincetown. Mass.
Wholesome legislation for Indians
is expected to follow an expose OF the
charges of Senator Gore.
The papal nuncio at the Spanish
court has been warned to make ready
to depart on short notice.
Claude A. Swanson has been ap
pointed u S. Senator from Virginia in
place of Daniels. deceased.
At the meeting OF railroad men al
St. Louis the decision was reached tG
demand an eight hour day.
Representative Bird Mcclure Of
Aklahoma SAYS Senator Gore is moi
much better than a slanderer.
With the coming election Cuba Is
facing as serious crisis as has We,
confronted the young republic.
Swarms of locusts recently invaded
Athens, rendering the streets slip
perry with their crushed bodies.
The total population of the United
States under the last census will
hardly beknown before October.
Serious floods continue throughout
Japan. Thousands of houses are sub
merged and many lives were lost.
One of the first duties of the United
States supreme court will be to pass
on the Kansas bank guaranty law.
Sweeping authority is given the
commerce commission by the law
which is to take effect August II.
Secretaries Wickersham and Nagel
are keeping out of the Alaska
quarrel while visiting the territory.
Professor Rein of the medical fac
ulty of the university describes the
present outbreak of cholera in Rus
STA as an imperial danger.
Betting on elections became illegal
in Georgia when Governor Brown
signed the anti-betting bill just
passed by the legislature.
The prohibitionists opened their
campaign at Liberty. Mo-, in the in.
terest of the statewide prohibition
constitutional amendment.
The French government has accept
ed bronze copy of Houden's statue
Of George Washington. which was
presented by the state of Virginia.
Fritz Mergenthaler. son of the in.
ventor of the linotype machine, was
killed at Cape May. n. j.. when an
express train ran into his automobile.
James B. Watt. the Oldest tele-
grapher in point of service in the As
ISOLATED Press. died at his home
in Nashville. Tenn. at the age of 81.
Lionel Waldron and Jules Pages.
the American artists and Alexander
Garfield, the American explorer Of
Africa were decorated with the legion
of honor
The Nebraska State board of eQuali-
cation told Omaha bankers they can
not deduct $1.2II.531 full value from
assessed value of capital stock on &C
count of prospective bad loans.
John Wilson. jr.. long absent from
his home in Johnson county. Nebr..
Ieturned and established his identity
as right to the $4,000 estate left by
his father. who died five years ago.
With her throat cut from ear to
ear, the body of Mrs. Joseph Wolfe.
aged 81. wife of a Dennison, Tex,
contractor. was found by her daughter
islHS iulis ulcSSSu vi q Ucu III uCA
home
Robert Black and Miss Margaret
Fitzpatrick. who were among those
injured when an automobile was
wrecked by Southern railway train
at birmingham. Ala. died Monday.
bringing the total dead to four.
The ancient and long established
pass book system, used in ordinary
savings institutions. will be adopted
for the proposed government postal
savings banks.
Because of the race riots at Gray,
Jones county. Georgia. Governor 10
seph F.. Brown was requested to i'm
mediately spend troops to that vicin-
ity, the request coming from the sher-
iff of the county.
With an armed guard on each side
of him. DR. Crippen attended divine
services in the Catholic chapel of
the provincial Jail at Quebec. Miss
Leneve declined to join the protes-
tant prisoners at this service.