The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-08-31
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Notable Events of the Week Brien,
and DrrseIy Told.

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Hostilities have broken out between tn,
Apachcs of Arizona and the Zunis OF
New Mexico.
A celebration of the anniversary of tn,
independence of Mexico will be held al
Nogalcs Sept. 10.
Vice Chairman Stone of the Democratic
national committee has appointed thl
new standing committees.
Mrs. Myrtle Eylcr. principal OF the
state Industrial School For Girls al
Trenton, was arrested and gave bai
bond for $500.
General Joseph Wheeler. who lately
reached Manila, said the outlook there
was bright and the country better than
he had thought for military work
Tuesday, Aug. 20.
General Otis reported that robber
bands in Negros had been dispersed.
Millions of feet of timber have been
burned in forest fires south of Denver.
Several steamship lines offered to
transport supplies to Porto Rican suffer.
ers free Of charge.
Valuable copper, gold and silver de.
posits have been discovered on the Can
adian Pacific extension in British Colum.
bia.
The American Bar association met at
Buffalo yesterday. ex-senator Mander-
son delivering the annual address.
Monday, Aug. 2S.
Pleasant Plain, Ark, small village,
was struck by storm and literally wiped
out of existence.
General Brooke has asked for several
thousand eucalyptus trees to be sent to
Havana as an antimalarial agent.
Ex-Judge Hilton's funeral took place
at Saratoga yesterday. He will be buried
in Greenwood cemetery, Brooklyn.
DIR. Max Thorner, widely known ear
and nose specialist, dropped dead sui
denly at his home, in Avondale, o., OF
heart disease.
War department statement of Cuban
finances for the half year ended June 80
shows that the receipts of the island eX-
coed expenditures by 1,iS0021.
Four members of the military company
raised by John Jacob Astor have resign
ed. They charge Captain McCurdy with
tyranny and not giving them enough to
eat.
saturday, Aug. 26.
Reports of riots at Santiago were de-
MED at Washington.
The national prison congress is to be
held at Hartford Sept. % to 2I.
Judge Hiltons funeral has been set
for Sunday afternoon Mt Saratoga.
Two new cases of yellow fever at
Sancti Spiritus, Cuba, were reported to
marine hospital service.
The steamer Cottage City has arrived
at Seattle with - survivors of the Ed
monton trail from Wrangel, Alaska.
The next meeting of the American AS
sociation For the Advancement of
Science will be held at New York, June
25-30 1900.
Ex-Governor Samuel Merrill of Iowa,
who has resided at Los Angeles for some
time, suffered a stroke of paralysis and
is thought to be dying. He was injured
severely in an electric car accident sew
eral months ago and has never entirely
recovered from that injury
Friday, Aug. 25.
A dynamite bomb was thrown into the
villa of the archbishop of Gallipolli,
Italy.
The two hundred and fiftieth anniver-
sary of the settlement of Easthampton,
n. Y, by the Puritans was celebrated
yesterday.
A New York syndicate has offered to
purchase all the print cloth and cotton
bale mills of Fall River, Conn, at a
figure exceeding $2O,O00,000.
The war department has chartered
the steamship George w. Elder at San
Francisco. She has capacity Of 600
men and is ready 10 sail for Manila as
soon as loaded.
X. Trenkaus and his wife of New Mil
ford, Conn, were shot and killed by the
mans brother at Trcnkaus' bakery. The
murderer was pursued, but killed him
self with bullet.
Three fatal accidents have occurred in
the Tyrolese Alps during the last few
days. The victims include landed
proprietor named Maurer and his guide
The latter, it seems, was dismissed while
en- route by the tourist and has not been
seen since.
Thursday, Aug. "a.
Reports from southern Russia say that
a current rumor of the approaching end
of the world is causing n panic among
the uneducated classes.
Caspar Buberl, one of the sculptors
engaged on the Dewey arch, was struck
dead by apopleXy in his studio at 900
East One Hundred and Forfeit street
New York.
Governor Bushnell Of Ohio will so to
Boston next week to present a handsome
silver service to the gunboat Marietta on
behalf of the citizens of the Ohio town
of that name.
Plans for the biggest bull ring ever
built in the City of Mexico are complet-
ed. The amphitheater is to seat 14,OO0
persons, and the best bullfghters from
Spain are to be brought over.
Chaplain ]. b. Frazer, u. $. N, late
of Admiral Dewey's flagship Olympia,
has been married at South pittsburg,
Tenn, to Miss Katharine Bolles Cook,
daughter of Colonel Patrick ii. Cook.
Ohio Democrats.