The Columbus journal., 1910-09-07

had fallen into q sewer. The men
went into the big pipe and were over
come by gas.
Sweeping reductions In express
rates within the state of Illinois were
made at Springfield BY the Illinois
railroad and warehouse commission.
Existing tariffs were slashed in two
In many instances and on small pack.
ages the reduction is In excess Of 50
per cent The reduction is made ef-
fective October Is. and the companies
are preparing for . finish fight.
The audit of the 81. 500 election ex-
pense account Of Joseph c. Sibley. Re-
publican nominee for congress nom
Pennsylvania. has been postponed un-
I'll September IL.
Harry N. Daugherty Of Columbus Is
sued formal statement declaring his
candidacy for the United States sena-
torship from Ohio.
The Roosevelt. Commander Robert
E. Peary's ship of discovery. narrow
ly escaped serious injury from fire at
Weehawken. N. ].
Scientists on the leper island in the
Hawaiian group. it is reported. have
discovered bacillus that will soon
cure the disease.
The Kansas insurgent Republicans
had q good working majority in the
party council at Topeka and carried
everything by storm. The standpat-
tiers. realizing the overwhelming vote
or the primary. decided not to make
any effort to oppose the insurgents.
Senator Curtis was the only one who
even made an attempt to stem the
tide. He tried to get an unqualified
Endorsement OF President Taft into
the platform, but failed.
Charles A. White was recalled to
the stand in the Lee O'Neil Browne
trial at Chicago in an effort of the de
tense to lay the foundation for i'm
parchment of his testimony. He was
asked one question and was followed
Immediately by witness who de.
clared that Whites reply was false.
The Central Boxboard company
plant. owned by Armour & Co. at Ster.
ling. ILL.,. was destroyed by fire with a
loss of $4,000.
At New York the bull leaders in
the cotton market have issued q state
ment predicting the greatest cotton
famine the country has known since
the Civil war. crop Of not more than
100000 bales. and 20-cent cotton.
August cotton sold at 20 cents Q
pound on the New York cotton ex-
change. establishing q new high record
Tor the staple. not only for this move
ment. but also marking the highest
price at which cotton has been sold
since 1873.
A mob Of 1000 people battled with
the Columbus. O.. police and militia
when street car rioting broke out with
fresh fury. Struck down by the clubs
OF policemen. four were seriously in.
jured. one. a deputy sheriff. mistaken
for a rioter. may die. Fifty rioters
were arrested and locked in the CITY
prison.
Vice-President James S. Sherman.
in an address at Decatur. I'LL. on The
Gospel Of Republicanism." failed &c
follow the lead Of President Taft In
gradual revision of the
tariff in accordance with recommenda.
tons Of the tariff commission.
Salt Palace. q structure built on
salt. and one Of the scenic features OF
Salt Lake City. Utah. was DESTROYED
BY fire. entailing an uninsured loss of
f25. 900. Defective wiring was the
cause Of the blaze.
With three companies OF state mi |
itia under personal command of Adjt.
Gen. Elliott on guard and a machine
gun In front Of the county Jail at |
w. Va, no further riotins |
IS anticipated by the mobs which for
Two successive nights stormed the
Jail in an effort to lynch John WAYNE
and Charles Clyburn. alleged negro
A letter from Godhaven, Greenland:
received at Copenhagen. says It i.
certain that DR.. Frederick A. Cook is
IN his way to find the records which
le claims to have left near the NORTH
Pole. The letter says everybody ir
still believes that DR.. Cook
cached the North Pole and that som,
lay he will return with the proofs.
Hawley H. Crippen. the American
lentist. and Ethel Clare Leneve, his
ypist, were accused Of the murder of
Belle Elmore. the formers wife. in the
ormal charge read to them In the
Bow street police court. London. After
he introduction Of some evidence
hey were remanded until September
J. without having pleaded.
Neighbors discovered that burglars
lad ransacked the home of Harry
Norris. In Putnam avenue. Brooklyn.
while he was on vacation. One of the
hieves wore a silk hat and frock coat
The police were notified.
President Taft's keynote letter ad.
lressed to William B. Mckinley O,
Illinois. chairman Of the Republican
committee. and was
;iven out by the New York headouac
ers OF the committee. In 1t the prest
lent defends the Payne tariff law. but
that there are parts Of
which may be amenable to change
The treaty between Japan and
Korea. by which the Hermit kinRdor
annexed as sovereign part Of
aran. with its name changed h
Chosen" was made public at the
tate department at WASHINGTON.
Twenty-eight new cases OF Asiatic