The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-11-02

half At the murder trial in London.
Seventy-nine men gave their lives
TO save the forests of the west
Mr.. Bryan has been making some
| speeches in Speaker Cannon's Illinois
| district.
| Philadelphia defeated the Cubs and
won the championship pennant.
Edgar Allen Poe has been, declared
entitled to a place in the hall of fame.
The Norwegian steamer Bluefields
is believed to have been lost in the
| West Indian hurricane.
Theodore Roosevelt has put the
stamp of approval on the republican
candidates in Michigan.
Theodore Roosevelt spent his SD
birthday in the thick of the fight for
the New York republican state ticket.
The bodies Of seven men, all vic
Tins of the recent hurricane. we're
washed up by the waves at Panta
Gorda, Fla.
The validity Of the Carmack amend
ment to the Hepburn rate law is be-
ing tested in the United States su-
preme court
Dispatches received at Duluth say
that the steamer Langham was
burned in Lake Superior. but that the
crew was saved.
Luigi Lucheni. who assassinated
the emperor of Austria in 1908. COM
mitted suicide in his cell in the pris-
on known as rEveche
Memorial services for the late Sen
ator Jonathan p. Dolliver of Iowa
were held in Washington in the
Foundry Methodist church.
Society has given up its attempt to
reconcile Colonel Jonn J acob Astor
and Mrs. Ava Willing Aston. the beau
tiful wife who divorced him.
Fire destroyed twenty-seven build
ings at Mayeri. a town of Oriente
province, Cuba, short distance from
Santiago. The loss is estimated at
S25O,00O.
A provision prohibiting the third
degree" in police investigations was
Introduced in the Arizona constitu-
ional convention as part of the pro-
pOsed declaration of rights.
BY decision of the interstate CON-
merce commission, it is not lawful for
interstate freight carriers to advance
the rates on shipments during the
period OF their transportation.
A brutal murder was disclosed at
Cincinnati in the finding of the dead
body of woman whose throat had
been cut and her head almost split
open, apparently by an axe.
The question of seven-day labor in
continuous process in the iron and
steel industry will be investigated by
committee appointed by E. H. Gary.
chairman of the United States Steel
corporation.
Three women and one man. each
reputed to be more than 100 years
old. were among those rescued when
a fire broke out in the cellar of the
home of the Daughters of Jacob in
New York.
The Illinois Daily Newspaper asso-
citation at its annual meeting direct
ed committee to draw a bill to pre-
sent to the next legislature penal
izing the malicious giving of false
news to newspapers
The state convention of the Wo-
mems Christian Temperance union in
session in Hutchinson. Kas., pledged
sufficient money to place Bible and
hymn book in the hands of every man
on the battleship Kansas.
Orlando F. Altorre. former post
office clerk, pleaded guilty in the
United States district court to the
of $4,000 from the Los
Angeles postofiice while he was en-
ployed by the registry department.
A cable from Rio Janeiro to the
New Dreams Picayune says: The
Wally was wrecked near
the lighthouse at ArrOsales off Para
and is a total loss. Some of the pas
Sangers were rescued. but it is be-
lieved that nearly fifty were drowned"
New York's Chinatown is to be
cleaned up as it has never been
cleaned before. This is the decision
Of the new police administration. it
was learned at headquarters. and be-
ginning at midnight. the police were
instructed to order all white persons
rom the district
With those national currency asso- |
cations already formed and those in |
process of formation. officials of the |
Treasury department believe the |
financial centers of the country are as |
amply protected against financial
as they can be by any aid
If the Payne-Aldrich law.
One of the naval changes and pro-
notions resulting from the retirement |
If Capt. U. S. G. White on account of |
lge was the advancement of Com |
nander Robert Z. Peary. the Arctic |
explorer. to the rank of captain. Peary |
has been the only civil engineer in
he navy with a rank of commander.