The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-06-22

: Rise in interest rates is a con.
sricuous feature of the financial situ-
alton.
| A cross-country aeroplane flight
from S.. Louis to Kansas City will be
i held July IS for a prize of at least
$4,000 and probably more.
: Beverly. Mass. is making ready for
| the summer sojourn of President Taft
and his family.
Representative Martin demanded an
investigation of friar land leases in
the Philippines.
President Taft formally received at
the white house the new Turkish am
bassador Youssoufz:a.
The first cloudburst in many years
, caused hundreds OF thousands Of dol
lars damage in Berlin.
A large delegation from the trade
organizations of the Pacific coast will
visit China this summer
Charles X. Hamilton made the trip
7! from New York to Philadelphia and
return in an ae-oplane.
Outfielder Jack Dalton OF the Des
! Moines club has been sold TO the
Brooklyn National league club.
President Taft expOunded the doc
trine of a square deal to a dele cation
of shippers at the white house.
Governor Haskell recognizes Okla
| homa City as the new state CAPITAL
and has established an Office there.
4 bill has been introduced in the
Russian duma to abolish the Jewish
pale. 1t has the support of 1GO mem
| bers.
Forest fires have swept over a Sec
ton twenty-five miles in length in tho
OjO and Manseanal mountains OF
Mexico.
In the course of a speech in the SEN
ate, Senator Hepburn spoke of Ex-for-
ester Pinchot as an apostle OF fallacy.
theory and ignorance"
A cross country aerOplane flight
from st. Louis to Kansas City will he
held July IS for prize of at least
$4,000 and probably more.
Charles Gridley. attorney of Vir-
sinia. H.. who represented the fisher
in the Springfield lobby. was given a
clean bill by Mr. Burke. after he had
testified
The appointment of Sir Charles
Hardinge. permanent underSecretary
of state of foreign affairs. as vicerOy
of India, ia succession TO the Earl OF
Mimic. was officially announced.
NJ Ct, -n,s,
famous defiance message of the win
ter OF 1905 has the country had a
political address SO straight from the
shoulder as Pinchots at st. Paul.
According TO the official estimate,
the population of New South Wales at
the end of March was l,655.630. show
ing an increase for the quarter of TO-
$50. the highest for many years.
With a record of 80 bills. carrying
sS0o,000 altogether. favorably report
ed. and 200 carrying s2.O0o.oO0 ad-
versely reported. the house committee
on claims has closed its work for the
session.
More government witnesses were
heard in the bleached -four case in
the federal court at Kansas City in
support of the charge that the process
of bleaching flour adulterates II and
impairs its food value.
Attorney General Wickersham has
rendered a decision in which he holds
that Richard Parr is entitled TO re-
cover from the government the
4f a, -,
given against the sO-cal!ed sugar
trust
Joseph G. Cannon has decided to
make an extensive speaking tour in
the coming campaign. He made this
known in the course of a conversation
with friends. Uncle Joe said he had
not decided just what states he would
visit. hu: he would go TO q good many
IF them.
An appropriation % $500 for the
widow of former Representative ID. 4.
DE Almond is carried by the general
deficiency bill. which was reported to
the house. The same amount also is
carried for the widows of three other
members of the house who have died
during the past year.
Vice President Sherman and Speak
er Cannon must pay the salaries OF
their chauffeurs and buy their own
gasoline. The senate gave up its fight
for the appropriation of $500 each
for the maintenance of the automo-
biles of the presiding OF GERS of the
two houses of congress.
Cannibals who ornament their huts
with the skulls of their victims are
causing much trouble in the French
Congo. according to Captain Prakos.
who has just arrived from Africa.
Santa Barbara and San Luan ma
tional forests in California will be-
consolidated July I and will thereafter
be known as Santa barbara forest.