The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-02-08
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Notable Events of the wceI. Briefly
md TcrseIy Told.

from taxation In Greater New York is
! S321 200,3T.
One man was shot and several were
beat III in riot among building trade
strikers in Chicago.
Secretary Gage was prevented from
coming to New York to attend the bank
ers' banquet by a severe cold
The Liberal national convention in the
City of Mexico ordered a count of the
votes cast ut the plebiscite to choose a
candidate for president. President Diaz
was said to have large majority.
Tuesday, Feb. o.
A severe gale did damage to shipping
on tho New England coast.
The Chicago board of trade has abol-
ished trading in puts and calls.
NJ. Clement Armand Faliers, Repub-
lican, was reelected president of the
French senate.
The state has rested its case in the
prosecution of Roland Il. Molineux for
murder in New York city.
William Henry Glider, the explorer, q
brother of Richard Watson Glider, died
at his home in Morristown, n. j.
Mormon converts to the number of 30
arrived from Switzerland, Belgium and
Holland on the steamship Anchoria.
"A washout on the Hudson River rail-
road near Hastings deraled freight
train, blocking traffic on all tracks. M
one was killed or injured.
Russian newspapers urged that advan-
tage be taken of Britains war in South
Africa to secure ports on the Mediterra-
mean and the Indian ocean
The liner Anchoria arrived seven days
late. The return sailings of several ships
Were postponed. Ice drift hindered navi
CATION in New York harbor.
Five masked robbers bound the watch
man at Mariners IIarbor ferryhousc, on
Staten Island, blew open the safe, wreck
ing the interior of the building, and es
capped with 500.
Monday, Feb. 3.
There were 134 fatal cases of sunstroke
ut Buenos Ayres.
The Spanish war was reported to have
cost the United States $3.50 900, 900.
The South Congregational church of
Boston adopted water for the communion
service.
John Nilsson Of Minneapolis broke the
worlds skating record for three miles at
Montreal.
good sleighing of the season in northern
New York.
Fire completely destroyed St Louis
Roman Catholic church in West Spring
field, Mass.
Rev. Booker Fox. one of the most not
ed negro evangelists in the west, is dead,
aged 104 years.
Former Consul c. II. Macrum. on his
arrived in New York
An explosion of 5000 pounds of nitro
glycerin near Welsville, n. Y, created
small earthquake. No lives were lost.
Edward Morton and his wife, Minnie,
of Hartford were terribly burned as the
result of the upsetting of Il can of oil on
their cook stove.
Saturday, Feb. 3.
Churches of Chicago organized
branch of the Actors Church alliance in
that city.
Fire at Youngstown, o.. did damage
amounting to between 100000 and
100000.
Nineteen families We're made homeless
by fire in Brownsville, n. Y. The loss
was $4,000.
The foreign commerce of the United
States increased to remarkable degree
during the past year.
Fire Chief Swenie of Chicago was over
come by smoke at fire and narrowly
escaped with his life.
Four children of George Winas of Ben
tonville, n. Y, left alone in their home.
were burned to death with the house.
y contagious disease, apparently infu-
10 hn hnp in,
Berlin and its suburbs. A few have died.
DIR. Madison G. Peters has resigned the
pastorate of the Bloomingdale Reformed
church, New York city, because he does
not believe it right to baptize infants.
Friday, Feb. =.
Two deaths were caused by the cold in
Chicago.
New York city experienced the coolest
Fob. that has been felt for 10 years.
A dispatch from Peking said the report
OF the death of the Chinese emperor was
not confirmed.
Great Britain is endcavoring to induce
the United States to join her in a parcels
post establishment.
The price of iron was advanced in
South Staffordshire, England, los. per
ton on account Of the dearness of coal.
The United Mine Workers of the west
have issued an ultimatum to the opera
tors, and u strike is seriously threatened. |
Paintings worth $4,000 were destroy
cd in fire at 1O6 East Twenty third !
street, New York, where artists have
their studios.
Thursday, Feb. 1.
Richard Croker is gaining and hopes to |
lie able to use his broken leg in two |
weeks.
Heavy SHOWS in eastern Germany have |
greatly damaged telephones and tele-
graphs.
Both the state of Nebraska and Ethio-
pia. long overdue, arrived at the port Of |
New York.
NJ. Zola was acquitted in Paris in the |
libel suit brought against him by the
Petit Journal.
Ex-Minister Phelps, suffering from
pneumonia at his home in New Haven,
was reported much weaker.
Three negroes were whipped Sunday
near Triton, Ga, because they would not
admit theft, and two Of them died as a
result.
Near Ottumwa, Ia, Charles Spencer. a