The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-06-28
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Notable Events Of the Week hriehy
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The fourth congress Of the Association
# the Chambers of Commerce opened III
London.
The steamer Cottage City arrived at
Victoria. Il. c., with $1jO,O00 in gold
dust from Alaska.
The Worlds Woman's Christian Tenn
pcrauce Union congress at Edinburgh re-
elected Lady Henry Somerset president.
Lord Sclborne announced in London
that bids for beginning work on the fa-
,ifc cable would be invited almost immc-
liately.
Two hundred Christian Endcavorers
sailed from New York to attend the in
ternational convention in London. Three
thousand in all will 90 from America.
Scvcnty.onc million silver dollars have
been transferred from the old Philadel-
phia mint ON Chestnut street to the new
building at Sixteenth and Spring Garden
streets.
Tuesday. June 20.
The north Atlantic squadron sailed
from Boston for Newport
The Australian commonwealth bill
passed its third reading in the house Of
commons.
The war department has arranged for
nm early withdrawal Of several regiments
from Cuba.
The president was invited to visit At.
lanta on July 20. the anniversary of the
battle of Peach Tree Creek.
Sir William Conway will sail from Liv.
crpoo June - on route to the Bolivian
Andes for an exploring expedition.
Monday, June %.
A tornado did great damage in Beaver
county, O. Il.
Grasshoppers are destroying the crops
in northwestern Iowa.
Heavy and continued rains have caused
great damage to crops in Georgia.
George Lakin, 10 years old, died in
Baltimore from the effects Of blow
from a baseball.
Stroke Higgnson Of the Harvard var
sity eight broke his leg while playing ball
at New London. Conn.
The naval board of construction has
decided in favor of superimposed turrets
for three new battlcships.
saturday. June 23.
General Wood has removed number
of high salaried professors in the Univer-
sity of Havana.
Governor Rollins of New Hampshire
has issued proclamation fixing "Old
Home Week in August.
Admiral Deweys wife has bought Big
| Fish island, not far from Halifax, and
will build summer residence there.
Logan Il Coates, the Peekskill N y
storckcepers, were held in $4,000 bail
| each on charges of swindling II firms.
b. ii. Roberts, who was elected tc
congress by Utah Democrats and refused
admission to that body, has been convict
ed of bigamy by jury at Salt Lake City
Friday, June ~.
Count Muravief, the Russian minister
| of foreign affairs died suddenly.
| The funera! of Mr.. IL. Walter Webt
| was held at Scarborough-on-th Hudson
Another woman was brutally beaten il
| ST. Louis for riding ON the transit com
panys cars.
| A Brooklyn jury awarded $4,000 t
| Jacob NJ. Sacs, who was run down by {
| brewers wagon.
| The khedive of Egypt arrived in Eng
| lish waters, but was too much overcome
| with seasickness to proceed to London.
| Lady Randolph Churchill has announc
ed that she will marry Lieutenant Georg,
CORVALLIS West of the Scots guards il
| July.
Clarence Mayer, cXtradited from New
York to Cuba on charge of raisin,
| checks, was sentenced to eight years i'm
| prisonment in Havana.
| Edward II. Denniston, index clerk o
the assembly, has been indicted by tn
Albany county grand jury for altering
| the Rochester school bill.
| Thursday, June 21.
The University of Pennsylvania atf
letic team sailed for Europe.
Fire did $4,000 damage in the liver
stable of NJ. NJ. Mullin at Newark, n. j
One life was lost and six persons wer
badly burned in hotel fire at Sout
Bend, Ind
One million one hundred thousand do
lars in gold bars was removed from tn
subtreasury for shipment to Europe.
The south polar expedition promote
by Captain Oscar Won Bauendahl of Be
lin will start at an early date from Han
burg.
At the request of the four nationi
banks of Los Angeles the comptroller {
the currency has designated Los Angelo
a reserve city.