The Columbus journal., 1911-02-15
General.

ened the wheat crop OF western lex
as, was broken.
Every incoming mail brings to the
state department tales OF distress
among the Chinese.
The house passed the bill to buy
homes for its diplomatic representa-
tives in foreign lands.
BY a standing vote. Andrew Car
negie was elected an honorary MEM
Der of the New York chamber of
commerce.
The British parliament. just open
ed by the king. will settle some i'm
portant questions touching the Brit
ish constitution.
G. A. Madero, brother of the revo-
lutionary leader, says that if Juarez
is captured all Mexico will soon be
in the insurgents hands.
Eduardo SuareZ Mujica, Chilean
minister to Mexico, has been trans
ferred to the post at Washington in
succession to the late Anibal Cruz
Diaz.
The Des MoineS Press club receiv-
ed an acceptance from DR.. Frederick
Cook, the Arctic explorer. of the invi-
tation to lecture in Des Moines, Feb
ruary Is.
Secretary Ballinger granted leave
of absence to Governor William J.
Mills, of New Mexico, who will bring
to congress the official vote on the
new state constitution.
The attorney, for John r. Walsh
appealed to the president to expedite
the case of the imprisoned banker.
President Taft gave warning to the
senate that if Canadian reciprocity
failed he would call an extra session.
At least five cities will appear by
delegations before the book commit
tee of the Methodist Episcopal con-
ference at next years conference. &C.
cording to announcements.
A second dividend of Is per cent
was declared to creditors of the First
National bank of Billings. Mont.
which failed last year. This pays As
per cent of the creditors claims to
date.
The will of the late Elizabeth
Stuart Phelps Ward devises the bulk
of her estate. valued at $95 200, to
her two brothers. Lawrence Phelps of
Atlanta. Ga, and Edward ]. Phelps of
Chicago.
In one of the most disastrous ex-
plosions ever recorded in Upper
Michigan. ten men met instant death
at the plant of the Pluto Powder
company in the outskirts of Ishpe-
ming. One man was injured.
The national guard organizations
of California, Alabama. South Dakota
and Hawaii each will be compelled to
drop one disbursing officer and the
state of Louisiana will have to drop
four by a decision of the comptroller
of the treasury.
That the exposition in commemora-
ton Of the completion of the Panama
canal. if held at San Francisco, would
be the greatest ever known, is the
opinion expressed by the senate CON-
clittee on industrial expositions in a
report presented to the senate.
The British parliament was mott
fed in effect that Canada was able
to steer her own ship of state.
Melville W. Dewolf. aged 90. a vice
president of the Erie Railroad COM
pany. died in New York from heart
failure
Frank Hotchkiss. known to Yale
men for two generations as the off,
cial in charge of the grounds and
buildings. died, aged 20 years.
The democratic caucus bill of
home rule for the police departments
of st. Louis. Kansas City and st. Jo-
seph, was introduced in the Missouri
general assembly.
Senator Norris Brown, in a sting
ing indictment of Lorimer Of Illinois,
demanded that he be expelled.
It is said that if E. H. Hartman
had lived he would have had a rail-
road around the world. This was one
of his great ambitions.
At Flint, Mich. Miss Ellen Blame,
who kept a boarding house. was shot
and killed, when she answered q
knock at the door of her home.
The New York cotton exchange de-
cided on a double holiday for Lin.
coins birthday. and the exchange
will be closed on Saturday, Feb. II,
rs well as on Monday. Feb. Is