The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-10-18
.oNosNsED DISPATCHES.
.,,c Events of the Week Briefly
md Tcrsciy Told.

fomily of six persons was blown to |
-,nms Inv dynamite hcnds at Sells. Ark.
The battleship Alabama went into
..,nnission at Cramps, at Philadelphia.
rInol figures will show a government
aiaritv of 1870 in the new British house
Of COMMONS.
Tho Turkish authorities were reported
a,lv concerned over the serious risings
.monr the Kurds.
Tbomas +. Lane. son-in-law of Senator
riac, blackburn of Kentucky, committed
snicide in Washington.
ard Alverstone, better known us Sir
piobord Webster, has been appointed
io,d chief justice Of England.
Tho Wisconsin averaged 15.3 knots
Dor II hours under natural draft on her
,eturn to San Francisco from the trial
course.
I, wns reported ut San Francisco that
,be crew of the missing ship Lansing had
rutipied killed the captain and settled
m an island in the south seas.
The Chicago city council declared for
,oupicipal ownership of all gas and cleo
,ric light plants. 1t also fixed the maxi
mnm price OF gas after Jan. 1 at 10 cents
per 1000 feet
Tuesday, Oct. 10.
About $1,000 Thames lightermen have
struck in London.
A London dispatch reports Professor
Friedrich Max Muller critically i'll.
The steamer Bertha reached Seattle
With S75, 200 from the Copper river.
The Spanish government was reported
much alarmed over recrudescence of
Carlist activity.
Two men were killed and three hurt in
an accident on the Lake Shore and Mich
igan Central railroad in South Chicago.
An the members of the British parlia-
ment have been elected but seven, and
the Conservatives have made n net gain
Of one.
The supreme court advanced the eases
involving the extension of the constitu
tion to Porto Rico and the Philippines to
the second week in November.
Monday, Oct. 10.
King George of Greece has arrived in
Paris to attend the exposition.
Incoming transatlantic steamers all re-
port heavy weather and high seas on the
Atlantic.
Registration in Greater New York for
the first two days is reported at the rec
ord breaking figures of 100000.
Mexican troops in the field against the
Mayi Indians have been ambushed sew
eral times recently and suffered consid
erabe losses.
An extra freight train on the Yves
Shore railroad ran into Il landslide tive
miles north OF the West Point tunnel
The fireman was seriously hurt.
Fire destroyed the car sheds of the
Cleveland and Eastern Electric Railway
company at Gates Mills, o. a number
Of cars and other property was burned,
loss, 100000.
saturday. Oct. 1T.
The Hispano- congress will
meet in Madrid Nov. IL.
Sir Thomas Lipton's challenge for tn
America cup arrived on the Germanic.
Quiet was reported restored in Santo
Domingo. The recent outbreaks were re-
garded of small Importance.
While boring for water on his farm
near Oswego, n. Y. Martin Brotherton
struck gas in large quantities.
1t was stated in Rome that the Vatican
securities whose loss was recently an
nOunced were really stolen in February
last,
II was announced in Philadelphia that
the Pennsylvania Railroad company had
awarded contracts for 100000 tons OF
steel rails at S25 II ton.
Fyidny. oct. IL.
Connecticut's population was announc
ed by the census bureau as 9OS, 800.
II is announced that the plague a
Glasgow has been completely checked
An excursion party was overtaken oil
Pixies peak by blizzard and for tim'
was in great peril.
The Liberals gained two and the Con
servatives one seat in the British elec
ton returns yesterday.
Iradespeople bound to New York t.
buy goods exhausted the supply of ex
eursion tickets at Syracuse.
Lieutenant Governor Woodruff as act
ing governor declined to honor the Tex
as reQuisitions for Standard Oil officials.
Governor Sayers of Texas has lief
austin for New York to open the bazaa
Tor the benefit of the Galveston sufferers
Sir Thomas Upton confirmed the re
port that his new yacht would also b
named Shamrock and would be com
handed by well known "amateur skip
per-"
Thursday, Oct. II.
Three persons were burned to death i
an early morning fire in Boston.
The torpedo boat Somers arrived a
ihIedelphia, having made the outsid
trip in safety.
Professor =. G.. Shortldge has begu
SUIT IN Philadelphia to recover insuranc
on the life of his wife, whom he murder
ed in 1893.
warrants were applied for at Bosto
lor the arrest of Congressman Fitzgeral
ana other Democrats on charges OF vic
iauhg the caucus law.
Sir Thomas Upton announced in LoI
uoh That his challenge for the America
sup would arrive in New York on tn
"hlte Star liner Germanic.
Maxmilian Shnburn, the "king {
oahS burglars" was released from Dan
neihora and at once rearrested on tn
.nsfge OF breaking out of New Ham,
Suire State prison in 1866.
queen WiiheIminn Bctrothed.
THE IL ACTIN not nunan WI