Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 February 1908 — THE WORLD'S HAPPENINGS [ARTICLE]

THE WORLD'S HAPPENINGS

Paragraphs of Up-to-Date News Culled From the Press Dispatches » of Metropolitan Papers. K. - FRIDAY’S DAILY. Mrs. Peter Crumpacker and Mrs. Edwin Bell, of Hammond, were yestreday presented to President Roosevelt by Congressman Crumpacker. The explosion of ten tons of dynamite at the Hercules Powder Works, at Pinole, 14 miles from Berkekj, Cai., Thursday, resulted in the killing of 28 people, and the destruction of much property. Today is democratic election day in Indianapolis, tomorrow is Washington’s birthday and the next day is Sunday, three successive days that the saloons are required to be closed. To old topers this looks like a vast thirst desert. Rear Admiral Evans, commanding the Atlantic fleet, is reported sick, but still able to remain in command of the floet, which is now at Callao, Peru. Among the various forms of entertainment provided for the American blue jackets is a bull fight that about 5,000 of. them will witness. A formal reception at the White House was tendered to Baron Takahira, the Japanese ambassador to the United States, Thursday afternoon. Speeches made by both President Roosevelt and the ambassador were characterized by a strong unundercurtwnt desire for the preservation of peace.

The durability race between the American and French automobiles has proceeded notwithstanding the ferocious snow storm, and the drivers are said to have encountered drifts 8 or 10 feet high in the neighborhood of Kendallville. The French automobile was towed into Kendallville by a farmer’s team. Secretary Taft is back in Washington, and yesterday he made an argument on the Philippine matters before the house committee on insular affairs, attended a conference on Panama canal matters at the house, went over the Cuban situation with Governor Magoon, cleared up a gist of departmental matters, devoted some time to a speech he is to deliver at Buffalo Saturday night to republicans from Virginia and took a drive out through Rock Creek Park. He is quite a busy candidate. Mrs. Sophronla Reed Ross-Burkett-Wickizer - Juvanal - Bollinger - Grif-fin-Gleason, of Plymouth, Ind., all these names having at one time belonged to her by marriage, has just filed suit for divorce from her eighth husband. She has procured divorces from five of her husbands, one beat her to the court house and got a choree himself, one died in the insane asylum and'she is asking divorce from the eighth. In no instance except the first did her marriage continue over two years and in many lasted only a few months, No. 8 having been taken on only lafct July. Mrs. Gleason owns property valued at >B,OOO, accumulated from the various marriages.

SATURDAY’S DAILY. J. P. Goodrich, republican state chairman, has been made receiver of the C. C. & L. railroad. David S. Middleton will probably succeed George P. McKee as mayor of Loganspori if the impeachment proceedings against the mayor are made to stick. : The Monticello Democrat thinks White couny should have one of the two delegates to the democratic to to be held at Denver, Colo., on July 7th, and suggests the name of Chas. C. Spencer. The democrats had a merry time at their organization primary in Indianapolis Friday, and there was all kinds of bitter feeling engendered. At two o’clock this morning it was impossible to tell which faction of the party was the victor. John Mitchell,' a former president of the United Mine Workers of America, is said to be in line for a good government position, and the administration opponents are making ' a big “holler” about it, alleging that the position would be made for him for political effect . An unsuccessful effort was made by liquor interests in Henry county to defeat the nomination of Herbert H. Evans, republican, for prosecuting attorney. Evans’ signature appears on the blanket remonstrance and was placed there after he entered the race for the nomination, eo that every voter knew just where he stood. Crosby C. Noyes, for many years the editor of the Washington Evening Star, at Washington, D. a, died Friday afternoon at Pasadena, Cal., where he had gone for hie health. He was 88 years of age and wan One of the moot familiar figure* about the national eapltal Ho beeaane MeatiM with Ms WMUhMm bw *

years ago. For 21 years he was a member of the gridiron club. The Bth Ohio district congressional convention adjourned sine die Friday afternoon, after having cast 1,011 ballots in a failing effort to nominate a candidate for congress to succeed Ralph Cole. The last ballot taken resulted as follows: Cole 41, Miller 37, Jewell 31, Willis 37, Owens 32, ana Cookes 29. Another convention with new delegates will probably be called later. Resolutions endorsing Taft were Introduced. The American automobile in the race from New York to Paris reached Goshen yesterday, and the French car was held at Kendallville until repairs could be procured from Chicago. The Italian car also reached Kendallville last night. The German ear broke a wheel at Geneva, Ohio. The driver of the French car is a Norwegian arctic explorer, and he says he encountered worse snow drifts Im this trip than he ever did in the arctic regions.

TUESDAY’S DAILY. The Indianapolis stock exchange will resume/ business today after an Interval of four months. A woman in Plano, 111., who is 87 years old found her affinity in a man of' 57 and the whole town celebrated the event Dr. Emil C. Hirsh, a great Jewish divine, in a speech Sunday afternoon said Germany menaced the peace of the world. A Seattle, Wash., man was sentenced to prison for one mlnute for stealing a purse confining $5. Prohibition leaders in Indiana say Hoke Smith of Georgia is a Democrat and they do not look with favor on a movement to name him as Prohibitionist candidate for president The Ontt tunnel for passenger traffic under the Hudson connecting New York With the rest of the world was opened for traffic Tuesday with elaborate ceremonies. The prosecuting attorney of Lafayette is a German and the chief of police is an Irishman and tb« former has complained that the chief discriminates for his countrymen and against the Dutch. Senator Hemingway as a member of the Senate Committee on military affairs finds himself unable to agree with the course of the president and Secretary Taft in discharging two com panlee of colored troops for shooting up the town of Brownsville, Texas. • While administering communion dur Ing mass at Denver, Father Leo Heinrichs, Roman Catholic priest, was shot by an Italian anarchist. The assassin was overpowered after a desperate struggle In A 107 year old Chicago woman got the wanderlust and ran away from home to see the world. She was very indignant when returned to her home by the police. It looks like a bad case of second childhood. ■ ‘ • I ■ Everything taken into the stomach should be digested fully within a certain time. When you feel that your stomach Is not in good order, that the food you have eaten is being digested take a good natural digestant that will do the work the digestive juices are not doing. The beat remedy known today for all stomach troubles la Kodol,whieh is guaranteed to give relief. It to a natural digsslaMt, M Wgkanw