The Columbus journal., 1911-07-26

More than 200 horses died from
the heat in New York city during II
days. One packing company suffered
q loss of $4,000 in horse flesh and
another corporation met with a loss
of $4,000. The total loss is set at
$500, 900.
Announcement is made that there
is soon to be an advance in sugar
prices.
Union and confederate soldiers met
on the fiftieth anniversary of the bat
tie of Bull Run and held jubilee.
The census bureau says farm lands
have more than doubled in value in
the last ten years.
Three of four men accused of hold
ing up a passenger train in North
Dakota were captured by detectives.
Labor leaders, alleged to be in con.
tempt, have refused to tender an
apology to Justice Wright at Wash
ington.
The New York state legislature.
which has been in continuous session
since January 1. will take a recess un-
til September 6.
New York city was overcharged
$17.S30 for the fire works with which
it celebrated July 4, according to .
report made to Mayor Gaynor.
Representative Burke of South Da'
kota was elected a member of the
house committee on expenditures In
the interior department.
The public health is watching close.
ly the appearance of cholera in New
York and is cooperating in every way
with the health authorities Of that
state
Several cases of cholera have been
discovered among the crew of the
German steamer Ilisrania, which ar
rived at Mahan, Spain, from Italian
ports.
The department of agriculture crop
report showing the condition of the
principal crops on August l. will be
issued at 2:15 p. m. "Wednesday
August 8.
BY the accounting of the executors
of the estate of the late Mark Twain.
accepted by the probate court. the In
heritance tax to be paid the state
amounts to $5.167Ol.
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
designated the main postoffices in
New York. Chicago. Boston and st
Louis as postal savings repositories
They will begin to receive deposits on
August /.
President Simon of Haiti appears
doomed to follow President Diaz OF
Mexico. and to give way to another
revolutionary government. according
to advices reaching Washington.
The city council of Bontam, Tex.
has passed an ordinance providing
that no one may sell peanuts on the
streets of BOnham until he has suf-
fered the amputation of both legs.
A subcommittee of five members
of the senate committee on privileges
and elections will determine wheth.
er the charges affecting the election
of Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin
shall be investigated by the senate.
The postoffice at Troy, Kan, ten
miles from St. Joseph, Mo-, across the
Missouri river, was broken into. the
safe blown open and Sis in silver
taken. The robbers overlooked roll
of bills amounting to $500 which was
in a small box in the safe.
Louis u. Brandeis. of Boston. who
participated as counsel in the Balm.
ger-Pinchot case and other congress
sional inquiries, has been chosen to
act as counsel for the house commit
tee investigating Controller Bay.
Alaska. land claims.
Daniel W. Wilder, author, and q
well known pioneer Kansas editor
and politician, died at his home in
Hiawatha as a result of injuries sus-
tanned when he walked out of the
window of his bed room. mistaking
the window for a door.
F. G. Lewis, president Of the Lewis
Publishing company of st. Louis. tes-
titled before the house committee on
expenditures in the spOstofice depart.
ment that whereas a few years ago
he was worth 100000 to 100000
he was compelled to borrow money
to come to Washington to appear as
a witness.
Assistant States Attorneys Mar
shall and Arnold. of illinois. were
summoned to appear in Washington
on Monday before the senate commit.
tee which is investigating the cleo
ton of Senator WilliamLorimer. The
prosecutors sought indictments
against State Representative Lee
O'Neii Browne in connection with the
Lorimer scandal.
Attorney General Wickersham has
decided that it is not unlawful for the
United States to deal with the corpo-
rations recently declared by the su-
preme court of the United States to
be illegal combinations.
On the eve of her departure for
Newport to spend the coming six
weeks. Mrs. Oliver H. P. Belmont
was given a reception by the pupils
of her Brookholt school of agriculture
of Hempsted, L. l., better known ss
the "suffrasette farm" Resolutions
in honor of Mrs. Belmont's work
were presented