The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-10-05
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Notable Events of the Week Briefly
and rcrscIN Told.

NE, were burned. Loss, SiJ,OOU, lnSuf-
ance, SJI 900.
An official statement, issued at Mont
real. showed that ten were lost and four
missing in the Scotsman disaster.
Samuel Champaign, a wealthy lumber
man of Galeton, Pa, was instantly killed
while experimenting the unloading of
car of logs.
Colonel n. l.. Hawcs, n leading lawyer
and politician of Bainbrdge, Ga. was
assaulted and shot by W. III. Hammond,
another lawyer.
One thousand New York city jewelers.
went on strike for an eight hour enforce
mcnt 80 per cent increase on overtime
and double pay for Sunday work.
The court OF appeals decided the suit of
Emil Grcef against the Equitable Life
Insurance company in regard to the com
pany's surplus in favor of the company.
Tuesday. Oct. 3.
The Sharon Steel company. with n cap
ita of S3,0O0,0O0, was chartered at Har-
risburg.
News reached Victoria. r. c., of the
maturing of plans to dethrone China's
emperor
An oriental triple alliance was reported
under consideration between China, ia.
pan and Korea.
In rear end collision near Newman
ket, n. j., between coal trains, an engi-
neer was killed.
Twelve of the Scotsman's firemen were
arrested at Liverpool. charged with loot
ing the passengers cabins.
+. +. Moore, an alleged defaulter from
a Boston bank, where he was cashier,
was arrested in Valparaiso. Chile.
The steamer White Cloud, under Amer
lean charter, sank en- route from Hong
kong to Manila, seven men being
drowned.
A burglar arrested in Knoxville has
offered In exchange for his freedom to re-
veal the spot near Akron. o.. where en-
President Harrison's famous stolen
watch has been buried
Monday, Oct. 2.
Olga Nethersole arrived on the Amer.
lean liner New York.
Returns from the Russian winter and
spring corn crops indicate yield below
the average.
Rear Admiral Walker and several 9th.
er members OF the isthmian canal com.
mission returned from abroad.
The sum of 25.000,0O0 pesetas was
phiu lhlo thc treasury ny tHc
German government as the price for the
Carolines.
In New York state the law licensing
dispensnries and placing them under the
jurisdiction of the st9te board of chari.
ties went into effect.
The Kaw river region in Kansas this
year produced 100000 bushels of pota-
toes, which brought an average price OF
about ~ cents per bushel.
Twenty-three of the crew of the wreck.
ed steamer Scotsman were searched at
Montreal, and jewelry and other articles
valued at $1,000 were taken from them.
Saturday, Sept. 30.
Horace Wellman, a sailor. was rescued
at sea after having been jammed in tn,
masthead of a capsized schooner for six
days.
The Colombian legation in Washington
has received news of the drowning Of
General Julio Rengifo, recent Colombian
minister to the United States.
Arrangements have been completed by
the Russo-Chinese bank for n loan OF
100000 taels for the construction OF
Lungchau and Nanningfu railway, in
China.
Friday, Sept. 20.
A heavy blizzard was reported at
Grand Forks, n. ID.
trolley car and freight train collid-
ed in Brooklyn, killing two persons.
stay of execution for 80 days was
granted to Mrs. Botkin in San Francisco.
1t was rumored at Oporto that seven
fatal cases of the plague had developed
outside the sanitary Gordon.
Republicans of the First Maine district
nominated Amos l.. Allen to succeed ex-
Speaker Reed in congress.
1t was reported in London that the
earthquake of Sept. 20 near Smyrna had
killed 1000 persons and injured 500.
The bodies of three Klondikers have
been found, and not far off u letter say
ing they had killed their dogs for food.
delegate at the meeting of the new
temperance union in Chicago advocated
the use of dynamite in blowing up brew
cries
The number of lives lost by the floods
at Darjeelng, India, was placed at 400,
in addition TO those drowned on the
plains.
Thursday, Sept. Is.
The Dewey home fund reached S42, ,145
The Pan-Presbyterian alliance began
Its session in Washington.
-Four fresh cases of the plague were re-
ported at Oporto, Portugal.
Three hundred lives were lost between
Darjeeling and Kurseong alone during
| the recent storm in India.
Wayne MacVeagh, counsel for Capeain
| Carter, had a hearing before the attor-
| ney general at Washington.
The French government estimates
| ebownI "a Nphont trnIun nf
| 900 hectoliters for the year.
Irish fishermen expressed great ndig-
nation at the appearance OF American
| fishing boats on the Irish coast.
A new temperance society was started
in Chicago, pledged to secure 100000
votes for the Prohibition party.