The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1891-06-05

Inc british flagship Warspite now in
the Pacific, has been found to have seri.
Gus defects in her hull.
"A new combustible, prepared from lir.
mite, invented by Sgnor Sapori, of ST.
cna, Italy, has been successfully tried ON
a locomotive running from Rome to
Frascati.
The Berlin municipal council by vote
OF % to ., approved the proposition that.
III view of the bad harvest prospects. the
reichstag be asked for an immediate sus.
pension of the tariff on cereals, followed
by an early abolition of the taxes.
Emperor William of Germany will
shortly hold n council to consider a reduc-
ton of the corn tariff to 81 marks.
The lumber lockout continues in New
York city, the proposed settlement hav-
ing failed, and 10000 men are now out of
work.
The National Line steamship Europc
arrived at New York this week with a
cargo including among other things 2se
monkeys. kangaroos, 9 tigers. pan.
ther, "a cockatoos, hornbill bird from
Persia, and dogs. The animals are i'm.
ported by the Manhattan Beach Com.
pany, of Denver. The company has pur.
chased 20 acres of ground near the city
OF Denver, and is going to establish
good geological garden. There is a lake
OF considerable size on the property, and
this will be stocked with sea lions, seal,
and all sorts of aquatic birds.
1t is said Mrs. jefferson Davis is con-
sdering the question of making her
future home in Richmond, Va.
The Luray Caverns have been sold to
New York syndicate for 1925, 900 cash.
1t is reported in Berlin that Germany
and Austria have informed Switzerland,
Italy, Servia, and Roumania that they
must conclude the treaties jointly with
Germany and Austria, or else renounce
the separate treaties which they have at
present with the two countries.
A sensation was caused in the third
art salon in Paris by the seizure of two
pictures, one representing Emperor Will
liam over PROSTATE France, and the other
a desert strewn with skulls, one of which
resembled the features of NJ. Jules Ferry.
The Southern Presbyterian Assembly
adopted resolution that women men,
bers should not be allowed to speak in
public
| The bill to extend the modus vivend
to American fishermen has passed the
Dominion senate at Ottawa. A short but
animated discussion occurred over the
somewhat strained relations existing be-
tween Canada and Newfoundland.
John Morgan, large cattle raiser at
Axtell, Tex, got into dispute about
cattle with Doc Barnes, another cattle
raiser, and the two fought with fists,
they met and fought with knives, and
Barnes was fatally cut.
The board of naval officers appointed
to conduct the first civil service ex-
animation in the navy yards, having in
charge the reforms to be instituted at
the New York navy yard, has made its
report to the Navy Department, and its
recommendations will be carried out.
The Illinois senate has passed the
Worlds Fair bill appropriating$1 ,0O0, 900.
California fruit has begun to appear in
New York, and an active competition
with Eastern fruit is expected.
The Virginia debt committee will send
representatives to Richmond to confer
with the State debt commission.
Large quantities of tin plate are being
imported so as to avoid the additional
duty imposed by the Mckinley bill on
July 1.
John Ryan's Sons, of Atlanta, Ga, ono
of the largest dry goods houses in the
South Atlantic States, has been closed by
the sheriff.
An ordinance has been submitted to the
council of the Russian empire forbidding
Hebrews to observe their Sabbath by
closing their places of business.
United States Senator Wilkinson Call
was reelected by the Florida legislature
in joint session Tuesday last. He re-
ceived 81 votes. The anti-Call men in
the house refused to answer to their
names.
The Pozener letter says that D'Ornon,
the Frenchman who started to walk on
stills from Paris to Moscow, was attacked
soon after crossing the frontier into Rus
sia, near Koenigsberg, beaten to death,
and thrown into ditch.
The Rhode Island legislature met in
joint session and elected Republican State
officers, there having been no choice at
the November election according to the
constitution, which requires a majority
of all the votes cast to elect.
Jesse Pomeroy, "the boy fiend, con-
fined in the State prison at Charlestown,
Mass, sawed the lock so that it could be
easily removed from the door of his cell.
A drill and saw were found in his cell.
He was placed in Il dungeon until the
lock can be replaced.
Third Vice President Webb, of the New
York Central Railroad Company, isquoted
as saying that his company will bridge
the ST. Lawrence River from Cape Vim
cent to Wolfe Island, and from Wolfe
Island to Kingston, Ontario. BY an
Iagrecment with the Canadian Pacific
Railway trains can be run from British
Columbia to New York without change
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