The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-06-29
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Notable Events of the Week briefly
md TerselN Told.

Benjamin Lang, 81 years old, was ar
rested mt Boston, charged with murder
ing his wife.
President Mckinley and party reached
| Washington. Mrs. Mckinley was better
on her arrival.
Twenty-Five California miners were re-
ported TO have perished in Siberia from
cold and starvation.
The New York assay Office sent to the
Philadelphia mint 30 tons of gold, valued
| at $15,Q00,00 to be coined.
Mr.. c. +. Huntington has purchased
1850 acres of land i'm Virginia, on which
will be built reformatory for negro chill
dren of that state.
The Clyde liner Pawnee was burned to
the waters edge east of Cape Charles
and her crew rescued by the George W.
Clyde of the same line.
Tuesday, June 27.
The Paterson IN. j. Turn hall was
burned; loss, $4,000.
Professor Samuel Harris of Yale The
illogical seminary died at Litchfeld
Conn.
The Mark Lane Express said that crop
prospects in England and France had
improved.
Saturdays and Sundays attempts to
float the American liner Paris were un-
successful.
1t was reported that Admiral Dewey
would make Halifax his first American
stopping place.
A company has been formed which has
given orders in this country for 100 auto
mobiles, that are to be shipped to France.
The steamer Nippon Maru has arrived
Mt Honolulu with the body of a man who
died of the plague while en- route from
Japan.
Judge William ii. Clark, who for years
had been judge of the superior court of
Los Angeles, Cal, died of consumption.
He was a native of Massachusetts.
| All the tin plate plants in the country
will shut down Friday night as the result
of the failure of the workers committee
to agree with the manufacturers on the
| wage scale.
Monday, June 20.
| The United States cruiser Newark has
| arrived ut Valparaiso with all well on
| board.
Two wives claim Colonel John Gaynor,
| treasurer of the New York state Demo-
| cratic committee.
Three men were 'mortally wounded in a
drunken brawl in Long Island City fol-
| lowing Il saloon dance.
Governor Roosevelt was given most
enthusiastic reception at Las Vegas, N.
NJ, by the Rough Riders.
Jewelry and clothing valued at $50, 900,
btought by Mrs. Dodge from Europe,
were seized at the New York custom
house.
The st. Louis Baseball club has pur-
chased Centerfelder Hemphil of the
Grand Rapids club. The price paid was
$1,000.
| Fire in Oswego, N. Y, destroyed the
Oswego Crate factory and slightly dam
aged the Ontario Bicycle works and
Findlay's Machine works. The loss is
estimated at $4,000.
| Saturday, June "A.
Abram Gould. a brother of Jay Gould,
died at Salem, n. Y.
Emperor William has made Minister of
Foreign Affairs Won Bulow n count.
The Rough Riders reunion at Las
Vegas, N NJ, will begin this afternoon.
Major Nair of New Zealand has been
appointed acting British consul at Sa-
| mOa.
Henry b. Plant, president of the Plant
Steamship company, died in New York
city.
The conference on southern education
at Capon Springs, w. Va, closed last
night.
The acting secretary of war said the
department had decided to retain the can.
teen system.
The Chicago health department has
taken steps to provide sterilized milk for
the children of the poor.
The prize OF f16,OOO in the Derby lot
terry of India has been won by the daugh-
ter of Bombay railway guard.
Jewelry and clothing valued at $4,000,
brought by Mrs. Dodge from Europe,
were seized at the New York custom
house.
Friday, June 23.
The pope held a public consistory to
present the hats to the new cardinals.
Two French fishing smacks were cap
sized off Brest and II persons drowned.
The cruiser Olympia, with Admiral
Dewey on board, arrived at Colombo,
Ceylon.
The cup challenger Shamrock will be
launched Monday and arrive at South
ampton Wednesday.
Bartlett Tripp, United States commits.
sioner at Samoa, reported that peace had
been restored in the islands.
,, II was announced at Cairo that the
khalifa had been defeated by a force OF
I, natives friendly to the British.
An explosion of gas in the Maxwell
shaft of the Lehigh and Wil<esbarre
Coal company at Ashley, Pa, set fire to
the mine and caused "A fall of coal which
for time imprisoned about 100 miners.
Thursday, June 22.
+ Three young sons of Henry Robash
g were drowned in Rangeley lakes.
A S125.O00 cotton mill to be operated
by electricity was begun in Charlotte
n. G.
I The annual report of the park depart
j ment shows 6,91S acres of parks in
Il Greater New York.
y Advices from Dawson state that the
: seasons Klondike output will amount tC
: at least $1S000,000.
= Oxford conferred the honorary degree
y of doctor of civil laws on General Kitch