The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-11-16

| W LOOK over canal Work.
RevolutiOnists in Honduras are said
to be gathering in force for onslaught
Mr.. Bryan has been making some
speeches in Speaker Cannon's Illinois
district
Surprising gains by the socialists
were made in New York state.
Congress meets the first Monday in
December. the session ending March
4th.
The lower house of the next con.
| rress will have q democratic majority
of about forty.
According to the recent elections
the lower house of the next congress
will be democratic
Dix (dem.) was elected governor
of New York. Notwithstanding Roose.
relt's vigorous campaign.
1t is figured at this time that Al
drich's majority for governor in Ne
braska will reach $4,000.
Just for the present Teddy has
nothing to say about election results,
but will be heard from later.
Secretary Ballinger blames his op-
ponents for the unsettled conditions
regarding the Alaska coal lands.
Mayor Dahlman of Omaha. who
made the race for governor of Nebras-
ka. though defeated. is not cast down.
Roosevelt has given notice that he
IS going to take a good rest. To all
callers word is handed out nothing
doing"
The main building of the Ontario
Wheel company works, with all its
contents. was destroyed by fire. Loss.
$4,000.
President Taft will have = number
of important measures before the
next congress and hopes TO get action
upon them without: delay.
Rev. DR.. Charles Hummer Burch,
arch-deacOn of Richmond. Staten Is
land, has been elected bishop suffra-
gan of the Protestant diocese of New
York
John J. Smythe was sentenced to
death in Norfolk. Va. for the murder
of his wife Bullets intended for
Mrs. Smythe also killed a 12-year-0ld
daughter.
Hitchcock. the coming democratic
senator from Nebraska. is a son OF
the late p. W. Hitchcock. who also
served a term in the United States
Senate.
The San Juan. Porto Rico. branch
of the Union Bank of Halifax. has
been merged with the Royal Bank of
Canada.
The Panama national assembly ap-
proved a resolution instructing the
to recognize the Republic
of Portugal
Republicans propose 10 get busy at
the coming session of congress. which
ends the ith of March. There is
much that Taft wants done before the
democrats take hold.
After an illness of less than four
days. George A. Rasmussen. an in
structor in the Sioux City high
school. died of infantile paralysis. He
was the third adult to die in Iowa
Of that disease.
Ii is feared that Solomon. a settle |
ment of a dozen houses on the beach |
IF Norton sound. twenty-three miles ,
east of Nome. was wiped ont by the |
unusual tidal disturbance which sent |
1 flood in from the Boring sea.
Assistant postmasters who hope to !
De transferred into the permanent
service of the government under the
,ivil service recently issued by Presi-
lent Taft must first stand rigid
examination as to their efficiency.
Asbury Spicer. who mas figured
in the Breathitt county,
feuds for many years, was
,iven q iife-sentence in the state
for the murder OF
Nephew Asbury Fusate last spring.
Twelve friends of the late Rattle
a business man who died
n New York last October. are direct.
d by the terms OF his will. just filed
or probate, to eat a dinner costing !
800. or si1.66 % a plate. at the ex
,ense of his estate.
Vital questions concerning the is
ues of stocks and bonds by the rail.
Dads engaged la interstate CON-
nerce will be Investigated by the
railroads Securities CO III IL ion,
which will begin public hearings prob
bly, on November IS.
Asbury Spicer. who has figured con.
picuOusly in the Breathitt county
KY feuds for many years. was CIV
n a life sentence in the state reni.
entiary fo- the murder of Nephew
Sbury Fugate.
The New Mexico constitutional con
cntion disregarded the advice given
y Theodore Roosevelt to make a
constitution easily amended and
dopted an article requiring two
birds of each house to propose an
and a big majority of the
lectorate to approve.
Carl Rohr. a defaultinS bank clerk
t the National Union bank of Water
OWN, \. Y, whose alleged shortage
) $4,000. was arrested at Seattle.