The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-09-14
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Notable Events of the Week Brieny
and TerseIy Told.


There has been good rainfall over the
Madras and Bombay Deccan in India.
but the situation elsewhere is unchanged.
The Peary relief expedition steamer
Diana. from Etah Aug 2S, reached sgd
ney. Cape Breton, reporting the explorers
well.
The British steamer Thermopylae,
from Sydney for London, was wrecked in
Cape Town harbor, passengers and crew
being saved.
The unveiing of monument at Co
penhagen drew the presence of the ear
and czarina of Russia, the kings of Den
mark and Greece and other royal per-
sons.
A prisoner in San Francisco confessed
that he was one of three men hired to
murder Mr.. Green, a Colorado million
aire, on a steamship en- route for Austria
liza. The murder was not committed.
Tuesday, Sept. IL.
Rain has improved the crop outlook in
western India and removed fear of fam
inc.
Senor Luis +. Corea. the new Nicara-
guam minister, was presented to Presi-
dent Mckinley.
The Mississippi state board of health
mas ueCldIeu QUARANTINE dSdiHst ~NtN
Orleans because of yellow fever
General Davis writes from Porto Rico
that Mt least 100000 people there must
be fed until fresh crop is grown.
Citizens of Skaguay, Alaska, have de-
cided to move Dyts to that city by bring
ing the houses across the bay on scows.
The captain of the transport Morgan
City, wrecked on the japanese coast, said
there We're good prospects of saving the
vessel
Eumors of a possible alliance of South
Amorican nations against the United
States were received with some concern
! by Washington officials.
Monday. Sept. IL.
a brick building in New Haven was
burned at loss of $4,000.
One New York cyclst was killed and
another seriously injured at Weehawken,
y. j.
Senator Mccarthy of Goshen, n. Y.
, has purchased the famous PAGER Joe
Patchen.
/ Twelve cars of through freight train
! from Waterville to Portland, Me-, Were
deraied and demolished. The. property
! damage exceeds $4,000.
Henry Phillips of Syracuse, while
walking on cinder path at Addison, n.
Y, was hit by bundle of papers thrown
from a train and instantly killed.
The body of drowned man, agen
about 80 years and dressed in a suit Of
blue serge and laced shoes, was found
floating in the Narrows near Fort Wads-
worth, \. "
Two freight trains collided head on
on the Philadelphia and Erie road near
Tiona, Pa. Eighteen cars were wrecked
and piled on the track. The engineer
was killed and the fireman fatally hurt.
Saturday, Sept. o.
A shortage of $4,000 has been discov-
cred in the National bank of Omaha.
The Garden City hotel, which was de-
stroyed by fire, was insured for 100000.
The sugar trust issued new schedule
of prices to jobbers by which their profits
are increased.
The weather bureau at Washington
issued a hurricane bulletin from St
kits, West Indies.
Prefect Angelic, charged with attempt
ing the life of King Milan of Servia, kill
ed himself at Belgrade.
1t was reported in Jamaica that il
spite of the success Of the revolution il
|
ate was really desired.
Friday, Sept. 8.
A frost visited the Catskills and ad
joining places.
Thomas A. Edison has purchased
, part of the Ortiz mining grant in New
Mexico
The Winnebago Indians have chosel
Thomas X. Roddy, an lrishman, 70
their chief.
= The Chicago board of education has dc
cided to have Spanish taught in three o
= the high schools.
Mail advices from Japan reporte
I great loss of life and property in ty
8 phoon on Aug. Is.
: The American Bankers association fiji
ished its sessions at Cleveland after elec
: ing Walker Hill of St. Louis president.
The vertical tide of Cook inlet, Alaska
, was reported to be responsible for tn
u deaths of many prospectors during tn
i summer.
- Prince David Wawanakoa, nephew {
- eX-Queen Liliuokalani, said III an inte
view at Seattle that Hawaii was never S
prosperous as now.
!. Thursday, Sept. :.
a y revolution has broken out in Ven
>, zuea.
2. Seven persons were killed by a freigl
ii train wreck in Dungeness tunnel, We
q. Virginia.
t. \ rich vein of gold quartz has been di
1t covered on Lookout mountain, about s.
IS miles from Chattanooga.
1t The United States transport Burnsit
N sailed from New York with Il full ear,
III OF supplies for the needy Porto Ricans.
~ A homing pigeon released at DENY
r. reached Grafton, w. Va, 81 days late
having Travelled 1850 miles and brok'
the worlds record for long flight.
- Mrs. ii. c. Smith of New York city +,
~ from her carriage while driving near b
=. summer home at Shelton, VT, and, h
~ head becoming caught in the spokes
- the carriage, her neck was broken.
nc Secretary NOungs Has Recovered
- ALBANY, Sept. 12.-Mr. William
~ Youngs, secretary to Governor Roo'