The Columbus journal., 1911-08-23

A serious riot occurred in Liverpool
as result Of the labor strike.
A pledge Of peace and neighborly
good will was made by Admiral Togo
Francisco Medero is to have rival:
in the race for the presidency of Mex
leo.
Home rule for Ireland will be the
next bone of contention in the British
parliament.
Several persons were killed and
many injured in a wreck near For,
Wayne, Ind.
General Diaz has received letters
from Mexico saying his return is nee
essary to restore order.
InQuisitional methods are alleged to
have been practiced by chiefs in the
agricultural department.
Harry N. Atwood made the air
fight from St. Louis to Chicago in
hours 43 minutes actual flying time.
On account of the judiciary recall
provision, President Taft vetoed the
Arizona-New Mexico statehood reso-
luton
Floods in the province of Anhui.
China, have destroyed 325, 900 acres
Of rice. Half a million persons are
homeless.
1t cost the Standard Oil company
s42.395.69 in court fees alone to re-
sist the governments long fight to
have it dissolved.
After more than 200 years under
the aldermanic form of city govern
ment. Mobile. Ala, officially passed
under the commission form.
President Taft has been invited to
visit the convention of the Interna-
tional Association of State Labor OF.
fcials at Lincoln, Neb., on Septem-
Der q.
The house adopted the conference
report on the farmers free list bill by
160 to 102. after eliminating the
house lemons amendment and con.
curing with all the senate amend.
ments
Directors of the Minneapolis X St.
Louis Railroad company and the Iowa
Central Railroad company. so-called
Hawley roads, in annual meeting
elected Newman Erb president of both
companies.
Four men were killed, four were
fatally injured. while nine others suf.
fered fractured arms and legs in an
explosion which wreckd the. molding
building of the Illinois Steel COM
pany's plant at Joliet, Ill.
The Marquis of Queensbury, with
title fairly motheaten. has embarked
for America and job. The marquis
is 50, and he says that SO far he has
made failure of it. The only chance
to come back" is in America, possib-
iy in the west.
Statehood for New Mexico and
Arizona on a basis acceptable &c
President Taft was approved by the
senate through the passage of the
resolution presented by
Senator William Alden Smith. chair
man of the committee on territories
4 reward of 81 per head is offered by
the health authorities of Decatur
Indiana. for mosquitoes. They
dsire only the manufacturing va
riety. but in order to stimulate inter
est, have issued a bulletin giving
full description of the species they
wish to exterminate.
Upwards of 225 delegates from |
many states attended the opening ses-
SION of the twelfth annual assembly
Of the Knights of Equity at Boston.
The government will throw open |
10000 acres of land to settlement in
northern Minnesota. $4,000 at Cass |
lake and 5000 at Fond du Las, Aug
lst %. 1t will cost $1.25 an acre to
my American citizen not owning
mere tran l60 acres.
The Alfaro government in Ecuador
vas overthrow by a revolution or
5anized by the supporters of Presi.
lent-elect Estrada. Few casualties
and a provisional govern.
nent headed by the president of the
senate was formed.
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
recommended TO the house that rail-
cads be paid only enough to give
hem profit of per cent above cost
or carrying the mails. He favors hav.
ng the roads themselves report an.
lually On the actual cost of the
ervice.
John W. Deaton. one of the oldes,
employees at the Springfield. Mo.
'ostoffice, was arrested by postoffice
Inspectors charged with OBTAINING
etters that contained registered mat
er. He furnished $4,000 bail. pending
rial at the October term of the fed
raj court.
Martin w. Littleton. congressman
rom Nassau county. ~ Y, will be
hartman Of the proposed congress
ional committee which will be au
horized to investigate the industrial
cnditions of the United States. This
ommittee will. 1t is reported. be the
nost important one appointed by con
ress in recent years.
More than 100000 worth of Sc
urities were found when the safety
eposit vault Of John A. Humbird,
was opened at St Paul
y his son, Thomas ]. Humbird of
pokane. A representative of the
ounty treasurer's office was on hand
D list the property for the inherit.
nee tax.
Personal.