The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-08-17
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Notable Events of the Week Briefly
and TcrseIs Told.


Admiral Dewey continued i'll at Leg
horn.
Chinese robbers near Canton annihi-
lated n battalion of 500 soldiers.
Hiram a. Fletcher. lawyer of Grand
Rapids, died from having cut his throat.
y hundred klondikers were rescued by
the revenue cutter Bear ut Kotzcbue
Beach.
Judge Hilton, at Saratoga, had "A sink
ing spsll and was unconscious for some
time, but rallied.
A Lanarkshre firm has secured an
order for 10000 tons of Scotch steel for
the United States.
The Yaqui Indians in Mexico were re-
ported to have been beaten and dispersed
by General Torres.
The Dominican government declared
that victory over the insurgents had
ended the rebellion.
Yellow fever having attacked n ma
rine ut Havana, the rest of the battalion
has been ordered north to be quaran-
tined at New York.
Tuesday, Aug. 15.
The war scare was reported to be in
crcasing in Pretoria.
The Santo Domingo revolution was re-
ported gaining ground.
There were % deaths from the plague
during the past week, and % new cases
were reported ut Hongkong.
The hurricane that swept over the
West Indies was reported as sending
gales northward from Florida.
Locked out employees of the Chatta-
nooga street railway attacked cars last
night and injured several persons.
A historic old church at Evanston, Ills,
sold for $50, has been marked for conver-
sion into floating saloon and dance hall
on Il raft.
a German officer who served under
Admiral Won Diedrichs at Manila denied
at Chicago the reports of bad feeling be-
tween his chief and Dewey.
DR.. Andrew X Smith of New York
| city, retired surgeon of the United
States army. died suddenly from apo.
plexy at Highland Falls. n. Y.
Monday, Aug. -.
Richard Croker and Congressman Reed
have returned from Europe
John Sheridan, aged 10, was drowned
| at Cortland, n. Y, by the overturning OF
| a boat.
The tnnnery of James Robson Il Sons
| in Ontario, was destroyed by fire. Loss
| 100000; insurance, S2O,OOO.
Two thousand ncwsboys of New York
city declared boycott on all editions oi
| the New York Sun because of its attitude
toward the labor unions.
Anson L. Stokes of New York city suf
| fered compound fracture of his leg by
| being thrown from horse ut his country
seat, in Lenox, Mass. The member wa'
| amputatcd above the knee.
| snturd,n, Aug. IL.
| Emperor William attended the openinl
| of the Dortmund Ems canal.
| Over $50 sailors and soldiers started
| from Jersey City for the Philippines
| A list of Japan's open ports under tn,
new treaty was given out in Washington
| An automobile gun carriage was re
| ported under construction at Peoria, Ills
| Hailstones destroyed nearly 2,OOO,00'
bushels of growing wheat in North Da
kota.
| Cotton advanced 81 q bale in 20 min
utes on the New York Cotton Exchang
amid great excitement.
The ground assigned to the Unite,
States at the Paris exposition has beer
formally handed over to the commission
Robert l.. Walker of Poland, o., witt
whom President Mckinley was one
connected in business, filed a petition il
bankruptcy.
A Cleveland nonunion motorman sho
and wounded a teamster who, he said
| had called him "scab." The tcamste
threw hatchct at the motorman, cut
ting him.
| Friday, July IL.
Tremendous storms were reported il
Chile.
Terrible floods have swept over Wa
Chow province in China, and thousand
of people are homeless.
| New York state has formally aC