The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-02-22
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Notable Events of the Week briefly
nnd TerscIy Told,


A bill making a single open season for
woodland and mountain game has been
drawn up at Trenton.
Molineux at Sing Sing. got several let
ters from religious cranks.
Five hundred employees of the General
Electric Railway company fought at
Chicago with employees of the Western
Indiana Railroad company for posses
| sion of street crossings.
Commissioner Nagle reported that 1O7,-
! GOT loads of snow were removed from
| New York city streets in 4S hours.
The American Sash and Door compa-
ny, new corporation with a capital
stock of $6,OO0,000, was organized in
| Chicago.
Tuesday, Feb. -.
| A heavy snowstorm prevailed through
out northern New York
The battleship Wisconsin will be ready
| for her trial trip before July /.
| German advices reported the loss of
ten Danish vessels during the recent
gales.
| There were more than 1000 dogs at
Madison Square Garden ready for the
| big bench show.
| Many shipping disasters and considera-
| bic loss of life were reported from the
north coast of Spain.
Edwin Mayo of the "Puddenhcad Will
son" company dropped dead in the Cha
teau Frontenac in Quebec.
A conference was held in Lincoln.
Neb., to harmonze the two factions of
the Populist national committee.
Mr.. Andrew Carnegie is expected to
reach Pittsburg this week to oversee the
final preparation of the answer to Ii. G.
Frick's bill of particulars.
Monday, Feb. 10.
Nearly II inches of snow fell during
Saturday and Sunday.
The president has signed the proclama-
ton making public the Samoan treaty.
The Norwegian man-of-war Elida has
arrived at Norfolk navy yard from the
West Indies.
A sample of gold from Porto Rico
brought to the United States assay Office
proved .911 pure.
The Gallaudet Home For the Deaf and
Dumb near Poughkeepsie, n. Y. was de-
stroyed by fire. The inmates escaped.
A celebration in commemoration of the
removal of the national capitol from
Philadelphia to Washington is proposed.
1t will probably be held July 4.
In Berlin there were 40 deaths due to
the grip during the week that ended
Feb. 10. Last week there were 81, in ad-
dition to 135 deaths from complications
of the disorder.
Saturday, Feb. II.
Brazil refused Bolivia's demand to pay
the expenses of fighting the rebels in
Acre.
. anthor;f;nu roI
Argentina and Portuguese ports free of
the plague.
|, The formal ratifcations of the Samoan
j. treaty have been exchanged between Lon
, don and Berlin.
!. The Nero broke the record for deep sea
: soundings, a depth of nearly six miles
g being reached at one time.
The German authorities at Tsintan fort
D have sent troops to Kiau-Chau to guard
the railroad engineers from Chinese riot
ers.
The hearing of Governor Beckham's in
: junction suit against Governor Taylor, ir
: Kentucky, was postponed by agreement
of attorneys.
), No new plague cases were reported r
!, Honolulu, and the health officials granted
permission for schools, churches anC
:, places of amusement to reopen.
= The ashes of Walter S. Blanchard
. founder of the Corinthian Yacht club
n were scattered to the winds from the
manmast of the ship Shenandoah, in SaI
Francisco bay.
Friday, Feb. 10.
S Lord Chesterfield and Miss Enid viii
= son were married in London.
r Seventeen lives were reported lost il
chippipU die p,t ho Eropch
y The Baltimore and Ohio railroad ha
II decided to raise wages of all engineers.
: The Minnesota supreme court has de
j. clared that states inheritance tax Law
s unconstitutional.
u Twelve million fresh laid eggs were re
ceived at the New York city market
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
IN DR.. ID. X. Pearsons of Chicago has dc
n cided to give away his fortune, 81 500
a 600, to charitable institutions and co
leges.
!. The comptroller of the currency levie
% an assessment of 100 per cent on the cal
ital stock of the Globe National bank c
l. Boston.
to Minority stockholders in the II. {
'e Frick Coke company decided to brin
suit for the annulment of the contra,
with the Carnegie Steel company.
Broker John b. Gilman, who as an e,
< pert operator took the first Atlantic cab
T. message received in New York city, die
N after falling down stairs at the New YoI
's Athletic club.
~ Thursday, Feb. Is.
~ Eight persons were injured, one fatall
~ in Chicago fires.
r The highest water in % years was r
ported from Whitehall, n. Y.
The Dewey arch fund secretary repor
ed $l57, All subscriptions to date.
40 The Oceanic broke her record in Il
We passage from Queenstown to New York
ne 1t was reported in Chicago that holde
lr of olive oil were trying to corner Il
lg market.
RS Another food was feared at Clinic
as Mass. The Boston and Maine railroi
ne was tied up at that point.
ne A large warehouse in the Canadii
Pacific railway yards at Prescott, On
was totally destroyed by fire.
The secretary of war has ordered Il