The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-07-19
CONDENSED DISPATCHES
Notable Events of the Week Bricn,
and TerseIy Told.


! New York branch of the Bank of Mon
/ treal from Canada.
Three deaths have occurred at Nome
from smallpox. which is said to have
been taken there on the steamer Oregon.
A revised estimate placed the loss by
Saturdays fire at Prescott. A. T., az
more than 100000, with insurance of
less than S200,0O0
japanese and Chinese laborers at
| Stevenson, b. c., became engaged in n
street fight over the war in China, and
| the latter were beaten.
1t was stated at the treasury depart.
nent in Washington that no further
| Withdrawals of deposits from the ma.
tional banks were probable.
1t was announced in Ottawa that an
| agreement has been reached as to terms
| of arbitration of claims arising out OF
seizure of American and British sailing
| vessels by Russian cruisers in 1892
Tuesday. July II.
| Yesterday was the hottest of the season
| In London.
The Mexican government has inau.
gurated an active campaign against the
Maya Indians.
Three parties sent out by the United
in the Cape Nome district of Alaska.
Ten thousand Beers, according to a
Cape Town dispatch, will emigrate to
the United States after the war is over.
An unsuccessful attempt was made to
wreck and probably to rob the Union Pa
cifc fier about four miles from Manhat.
tan, Kan.
A Union line car on the Lee avenue
] division M tha 81 nniS Transit
pany was blown up by dynamite. Two
! passengers were badly injured.
Curtis Guild of Boston, who was
rendered the appointment as first assist.
ant postmaster general to succeed Perry
| s. Heath, has declined to accept the of.
fee.
Monday. July 10.
Fire in car of n South Side elevated
train in Chicago put the passengers in
great peril of their lives.
G. V. Eskridge, editor of the Emporia
| CKan.) Republican and former lieutenant
! governor of Kansas, died from self in.
ficted wounds.
At New Castle, Cal, fire destroyed all
the fruit warehouses and principal bust.
ness houses of the town. The loss will
exceed 100000.
In Baltimore Louis Eisen. a shoemak.
er, killed himself his wife and 13-month.
old babe and wounded almost unto death
his 31a-year-old son.
Judge w. II. Washington of Philadel.
phia. direct descendant of Augustine
Washington, father of George Wash.
ington, died at Castle Creek, A. T.
Saturday, July IL.
Another victim of the oil tank car ex.
plosion at Somerville, Mass, died.
Patrick Welsh, North Pelham IN. "
farmer, was gored TO death by his bull.
The rail reducing mill of the Illinois
Steel company at Milwaukee has resumed
operations.
The recently quarantined Chinese OF
San Francisco have prepared suits foi
damages against the city.
Superintendent Kilburn addressed the
state bankers convention at Saratoga on
the requisites of good banker.
A collection Of rare coins, valued be.
tween $1,000 and $4,000. has been stolen
from the Milwaukee public museum.
]. G. Schmidlapp has offered 100000
to build wing to the Cincinnati Art
museum as a memorial to his wife and
daughter.
Cattle were reported dying by thou.
Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, Yuma, Cochise
and Maricopa in Arizona.
The doors Of the Dime Savings institu.
ton of Newark. n. j., were not opened
owing to the alleged stealing of its funds
by Charles X. Westervelt secretary and
treasurer.
Friday, July 13.
The Indians at Red Lake Mimi, were
reported holding war dances.
Fifteen persons were badly injured in a
trolley car accident at Springfield. O.
Exceptionally hot weather caused nu.
merous sunstrokes and prostrations in
London.
Disastrous forest fires We're reported
near FL Dorado, in Colorado, and Pres.
colt, in Arizona.
EX-President and Mrs. Harrison left
indianapolis for their summer home in
the Adirondacks.
Bandits robbed n freight train Mt Santa
Fulalia. station near Chihuahua on
the Mexican Central.
Immense subterranean streams of pure
water have been discovered from 1,50C
to 1000 feet above sea level on the is
land of Hawaii.
Thursday. July IL.
Two young women We're saved from
drowning at Patchogue, y. Y.
Fire, started by fire balloon, destroy
ed thousands of acres of California tim
ber.
The work Of removing shag rock from
San Francisco harbor has been com
pleted.
The colonial cruiser Fiona went ashore
near Codroy, on the southwest coast o
Newfoundland.
Chicago promoters have arranged
$30,000000 deal to insure a permanen
pure water supply for st. Louis.
Eighteen buildings, comprising owe
half of the business part of Walnut, Ills
We're burned, with loss of SIP, 900.
Serious trouble was reported threatene,
between the Mojave Indians at Fort Mo
jave, Colo, and the agency authorities.
The Baltimore and Ohio express fror
Washington for New York was wrecke
near Philadelphia. 1t had $3,000,0O0 il
gold on board The switch had been tam
pered with.
Saloon Keepers Sentenced.
CAMDEN, n. j., July 1S.-Five we
known saloon keepers of this city hav
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