The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-07-13
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Notable Events of the Week BrieHy
nud TcrSeI,. Told.


Three arrests were made in Philadel-
phia in connection with the Fourth of
July silk robberics in New York
The total number of yellow fever cases
at Santiago was reported as 142. and
deaths as 90, including four officers.
The engineers of the battleship Iowa,
now in drydock at Seattle. lave dscov-
cred serious injuries to her furnaces.
The steamer Queen arrived at Victoria.
y. c.. with gold from Ala'ka variously
estimated to be worth anywhere from
$350,000 to S1,000,O00.
The president has issued an order ex.
tending the privileges and protection of
the American flag to the shipping of Por.
to Rico and the Philippines.
Tuesday, July II.
Lord Aspinwall, son of General Lloyd
Aspinwall died in New York.
The French liner Normandie arrived
from Havre with four Spanish friars en-
route to Mexico.
Five artillerymen were killed by the
explosion of powder magazine in Ma
cato Land, South Africa.
Mr.. Nathan Straus has authorized the
the New York city parks.
Oscar f. Lackcy, the yellow fever pa
tient at Swinburne island, was reported
to be continually improving.
The traffic of the Erie canal has largely
increased this season, despite the recent
strike of grain handlers at Buffalo.
Customs Collector Bidwell of the port
of New York decided that S41 200 worth
of jewels seized from Mrs. Phyllis Il.
Dodge upon her return from abroad two
weeks ago are dutiab.c and formally APP
proved the seizure.
Monday, July 10.
Three vessels went ashore on Lake
Erie, near Ashtabua, o., during q heavy
gale.
Benjamin Ladigue of New York city
was drowned while bathing at Branford,
Conn.
a severe and protracted drought in
southern Jamaica is causing widespread
distress and alarm.
The large steam bakery of Henry
Wauklin, located in suburb of Philadel-
phia, was entireiy destroyed by fire, en-
failing II loss of $4,000.
Governor Roosevelt returned from
Washington, where he had been summon
ed by President Mckinley Tor confer
ence on military matters.
AT Wcehawken, n. j., one man was
killed and another fatally injured while
taking shelter under an empty freight
car by the backing down of an engine.
Plans have been drawn for an East
river tunne running from Maiden lane,
Manhattan, to Pineapple street, Brook
lyn. The tunnel will be $500 feet long.
Saturday, July 8.
Major Heatwole, chief commissary,
died at Santiago, Cuba, of yellow fever.
The Portuguese house of peers adopted
the commercial convention with the Unit
ed States.
Superintendent Edwin Mills and two
miners were killed in mine explosion at
Port Dram, N. j.
General Brugere has been appointed
military governor of Paris in place of
General Zurlinden.
The steamer Robert Kerr has left
Dawson for st. Michael's with $1,000
600 In gold dust on board.
Six horses were burned to death and
$1,000 damage caused by fire in the
stable of Lewis c. Palmer at New Ha-
ven.
The report of deadlock in the negotia
tions over the Alaska boundary was con-
frmed by the British foreign office in
London.
Colonel A. Il. Britton, first vice presi-
dent of the American security and Trust
company, died at his country home near
Washington.
Friday, JuIy7.
Two cases of yellow fever were report
ed in Havana.
Ex-Governor John Z. Richardson died
at Columbia, s. c.
A destructive tornado visited the vi
cinity of Ainsworth, Neb.
Brigadier General Joseph Wheeler was
ordered to Manila for duty in the Phil
ippines.
Six tenement houses, one of which was
occupied by II families We're burned at
Manchester, n. H., causing loss of
$4,000.
A heavy rain and hail storm from the
north passed over North Dakota, unroof-
ing small baildings and destroying 1O,-
600 acres of grain.
A frame building in indianapolis occu-
pied by druggist and the Whitehead
Six people were injured, two perhaps
fatally.
Thursday, July 9.
The Christian Endeavor convention
opened in Detroit.
Rev. ID. L. Livermore husband of
Mary A. Livermore, died at Melrose,
Mass.
Fourth of July accident statistics from
G2 cities showed three killed and 1,074
injured.
The business portion of Paris, Tenn,
was wiped out by fire as result of n
Fourth of July celebration.
Sir Alexander Armstrong, former di-
rector general of the medical department
of the British navy, died In London.
Advices from Dawson stated that two
tons of gold dust arrived in the city from
El Dorado creek on the morning of June
20.
Ex-senator PETER, in an address at
Maryvlle, Mo-, argued in favor of the
administrations policy in the Philip
pines.
The Michigan supreme court declared
unconstitutional the Pingree act for the
municipal ownership of Detroit street
railroads.
The United Christian party, which