The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-10-19
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Nctnbic Events of the Week Briefly
aud TcrscIy Told.

Inc Union steer company, Win Sl,OOD,-
900 capital. was formed Mt pittsburg.
The September internal revenue state
mcnt showed total receipts of S24, ,J22,
S9J.
The Inferior department estimates for
the next fiscal year aggregated $lIO,5 800
600.
Tho Penk Copper company, with S2,-
100000 capital, has been incorporated in
Michigan.
\ dispatch from Paris said that Emile
Arton of Panama notorety had been
pardoned.
Rev w. II. i. Faunce, ID. D.. was in
augurated president of Brown university
at Providence.
Germany was reported willing to aban-
don Samoa If sufficient compensation
were provided
A heavy snowstorm was reported rag
ing in the mountains around Leadville,
and many valuable sheep were reported
lost.
Tuesday. Oct. II.
William A. Pou.her, n prominent Dem
ocratic politician. died at Oswego, y. Y.
The steamer Gaelic, from the orient,
brought a cargo valued at nearly $1,000
900.
General Benjamin r. Tracy is arrang.
| ing to establish stock farm at Goshen,
n. Y.
Ottmar Mcrgcnthaler inventor of the
| linotype machine, was reported i'll at his
| Baltimore home.
The lynching Of a white man Mt Will
| son. La, for alleged horse stealing was
| reported from New Orleans.
| H.,
the Waukcgan Ills.) prison, died in tn,
woods after four days of exposure.
The Santo Domingo government has
ordered an action against the heirs of the
late President Heureaux because of the
latter's alleged misuse of public funds.
] Monday. Oct. 10.
| Fire destroyed seven buildings belong
ing to st. Mary's Industrial school il
| Fechanville, near Chicago.
The Dismal Swamp canal in Virginia
| surveyed by Washington and abandoned
for 10O years, has just been reopcued.
In Waterloo. Ia. the building occupied
| 10y Fowler X Co., wholesale grOcers, wa.
destroyed by fire. The loss on buildin:
and contents approXimates 100000.
\ Philadelphia lady named Caldwell
residing In Berlin, was attacked in he
residence by u robber, who fcllcd he
with his fist, then took her money an,
valuables and made his escape.
Saturday, Oct. II.
4 severe shock of earthquake was fel
at Santa Rosa, Cal.
In Syracuse eight persons were injure,
in a trolley accident.
Scnor Mariscal, vice president of MeXi
co, and party arrived in New York.
Forty persons were drowned by tn
sinking of craft ut st. Louis, Senegal.
Baron Pauncefote, British ambassador
will resume his duties at Washington
| Nov. /.
The committee that will build pcrma
ncnt Dewey arch in New York city oi
| ganizcd
The Madrid merchants threatened
close their shops as Il protest against eA
| cessive taxation.
Explosion of n hot lead press cause
fire, with 100000 damage, in the Has
tings Cable works ut Hastings, \. Y.
Friday. Oct. IL.
The highest prices since 1892 have bee
quoted for Texas cotton seed products.
New York capitalists have formed tn
80 brickmaking concerns in Pittsburg il
to trust.
| The blacksmiths and boiler makers O
the Canadian Pacific railroad, wester
! division, struck in sympathy with tn
, machinists.
In Providence George S. Phillips,
clerk, was set upon by three men an
robbed of 5000. The deed was committt
about noon.
The Turkish government has issued a
trade abolishng all measures that pr
vented the free movements of American
and granting them other relief.
An aged couple in Great Barringto
Mass, were found suffocated from IL
, effects of coal gas which had escape
from an open damper in the stove.
Thursday, Oct. IL.
: The peace party was reported to
, gaining ground in Venezuela.
!, 1t has been decided to make the Ch
, cago fall festival an annual fixture.
5 An American fisherman has been n
c rested at Skibberecn, Ireland, for hshI
e inside the limit.
The state commerce convention at VI
! ca heard arguments to increase Ne
York's terminal facilities.
A company to develop Cuban min,
was incorporated at Charleston, w. VI
!. with capital of S1OO0,00O.
The California state board of heal
has decided not to quarantine again
ccnSumptives from other states.
Jamaica has become much excited
: Mr.. Chnmberlain's latest order, and
constitutional struggle is expected.
The government has planned notab
exhibition of colonial products for II
Pan-American exposition at Buffalo