The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-02-01
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Notable Events of the Week Briefly
and Tcrscly Told.

The circulating libraries of Scranton,
Pa, have been closed by the board Of
health.
BY the overturning Of lamp by dog
two hotels at North Beach, n. Y, were
destroyed.
The German steamer Remus was
wrecked on the coast of Denmark, and
Ia lives were lost.
The condition of Mrs. Platt, wife of
Senator T. G.. Platt, who is i'll in Wash
ington, is considerably improved
The French cabinet decided on the ma
val bills, and they were introduced in the
chamber of deputies by the premier.
Tuesday, Jan. 30.
An epidemic of mumps was reported at
Inwood, n. Y.
The barge Brooklyn was sunk off Lam
bert's point by the Old Dominion liner
Princess Anne.
The Molincux trial was adjourned un-
til Thursday because Juror Brown was
not able to attend.
Judge Kohlsaat of the federal court at
Chicago declared unconstitutional the H.
inois antitrust law.
The expected hold up of the Missouri
Pacific train leaving Kansas City for st.
Louis did not materialize.
The Depew Opera House at Peekskill,
owned by United States Senator Depew,
was destroyed by fire; loss, $4,000.
A big steamship was reported ashore at
New Inlet, N. 9. The life savers went
20 her assistance, but the crew refused to
leave.
A fight between train robbers and
/ Union Pacific detectives was reported in
the Hole In the Wall, Wyoming, Satur-
day, in which two bandits were killed.
Monday, Jan. 20.
Fire in Hoboken, n. j., did damage to
the amount of $4,000.
I Dr. Parkhurst favored the legal open
| ing of New York saloons on Sunday.
| John b. Mcdonald has not yet quail
ded as the builder of the rapid transit
/ road in New York city.
Dr. Lyman Abbott declared before the
, Lowell institute that the Book of Genesis
is largely based on myths and legends.
Mrs. Mary Gray Mexia will present
documents to prove her claim to the mil
lions left by General Mexia, Mexican
statesman.
The mayor of Troy, n. Y, issued
proclamation calling on a street car com
pany hampered by strike either to run
its cars or forfeit its franchise
William f. Rittenberg, a Michigan
lumberman, robbed of 5000 by the green
goods game, searched New York city in
vain for those who victimized him.
Saturday, Jan. -.
Plague appeared at Noumea, New Cal
edonia islands.
General Reyes was sworn in as Mexi-
can minister of war.
The collier Miami sank off Vancouver
island with n cargo. Loss $26GO0O.
Carpenters at the Paris fair struck for
better wages, causing great commotion.
The town of Hilo, Hawaii, terrified by
plague, rebelled, and troops may be sent
there.
Jones Wolf, last of the full blooded
chiefs of the Chickasaws, died at Tisho-
mingo.
A New York syndicate was said to be
buying two miles of deep water front at
Vancouver, B. G.
Professor Il. ]. Phelps of Yale, former
ly minister to England, was reported dy-
ing of pneumonia.
1t was reported that the Admiralty is
land natives killed and ate the crew of
the trading schooner Nipamarra.
Friday, Jan. 20.
Germany adopted the naval BILL
John Ruskin was buried at Coniston.
General Wheeler and daughter sailed
for home.
The president nominated ten second
leutenants for the marine corps.
The transport Grant, with the Forty
eighth regiment, reached Manila.
The Canajoharie National bank closed
pending examination as to solvency.
The creditors of the Earl Of Yarmouth
decided to place his estate in bankruptcy
Erwin Hopkins, Jr., of Chicago was
stung to death by a serpent in Colom
bian jungle.
Osman Digna, chief general of the lat,
Khalifa Abdullah, was brought to Suez
a British prisoner.
One thousand mountaineers, armed
with Winchesters, arrived at Frankfort
Ky. Governor Taylor says he is ignorant
OF their intentions.
Emperor Kwangsu of China issued 6
decree announcing his abdication in favol
of Prince Put Sing, aged 8. The corona
ton will be on Jan. 81.
! "A wharf laborer at Sydney was strick
en- with the bubonic plague, and the at
tending doctors were of the opinion tina
he was inoculated with the disease
through the bite of a flea.
Thursday, Jan. 20.
The loss in the fire ut Dawson City Il
placed at 100000.
Former Minister Phelps was reported
ill with pneumonia at New Haven.
A writ of habeas corpus was refused
: former Captain Oberlin Nj. Carter.
Fifteen thousand persons are said to b.
! ;nu in
France.
Chicagos teachers, angered at the cut
ting of their salaries, appointed tax in
] quisitors to watch alleged tax dodgers.
Steel freight cars were ordered at Pitts
burg for French railroads. The Frencl
war department may order more, to b
converted into armored cars.
New Jersey Legislature.
TRENTON, Jan. 30.-The two house
of the legislature had short sessio