The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-01-03
CONDENSED DISPATCHES
Notable events OF the Week Brien,
ana TerseIy Told.

ihe hnode Island general assembl,
convened
Diamonds have been discovered nea,
CAPTAIN, N. NJ.
Inc new comet was observed at th,
Lick observatory.
lace smuggling scheme was discov.
cred at Del Rio, Tex.
The murderer of Baron Won KctteIc,
was executed at Pekng.
The battleship Wisconsin has bect
turned over to the government.
The Wells-Fargo company opened ref
erence libraries for its employees.
Forty-siX tons of gold and silver wer,
1900 !"
Tuesday. jan. 4.
Fire destroyed 20 naphtha springs at
Baku. ~
The Grand Duke of Saxe-weimar is
very low.
Disastrous storms prevailed throughout
England.
new outbreak is reported imminent
in Venezuela.
Indians raidcd ranches in chihuahua
and Sonora, Mexico.
One hundred miners are snow bou,d op
Mount Blanc in Colorado.
A Harvard student has invented n now
instrument to measure bones.
The Philippine commission has com.
pleted a municipal government bill.
Inquiry into the charges against Gener.
al Colvile disclosed forged telegram.
Drain of Mexican money to China and
India has caused crisis in 'Philinnino
monetary affairs.
Not an application for admission into
,ne tringle Memorial home at Pough-
keepsie has been received.
Monday, Dec. 81.
Lord Roberts sailed from Gibraltar for
England. ''
"A Japanese training ship was lost with
12l persons
a bill providing for a national naval
reserve has been prepared
Edgar G. Burnz. who killed the post-
master OF Scarsdalc, n. Y, was found
guilty OF murder in the second degree.
The London and Globe Finance cor
poration, limited, failed, dragging down
Is lesser firms on the London Stock Ex-
change.
Samuel Macdonald, who murdered
Auditor Morris of the war department.
lied in Washington hospital from self
Inflicted wounds
Inc new Cornell Medical college build {
ng was formally opened, and addresses {
we're made by President Schurman, Gov ,
rnor Roosevelt and others.
1t is announced at the state depart- ,
nent that negotiations for the purchase =,
i the Danish West Indies are practically >
oncluded and only await the appropria- 1
ION Oh the necessary money by congress. L
Saturday, Dec. 20.
a biizzard ragged at Wasenberg, Colo. ;,
or SO hours. '' h
ROCK Island directors have decided TO V
xtend their lines to I'll Paso. Tex. p
Colonel Quay opens his campaign for
le United States senatorship in Harris o
urg. Z,
American Sugar company and the Ar
lckles have compromised their differ p,
ices.
"A lone highwayman held up the stage o,
sar 1ot Springs junction, A. r., secur- l.,
& about 500 from the private express ~
oeiect councilman A. B. Lidstone of &c
.ranton, Pa, dropped dead while deliv- Ut
ing an address at the annual banquet al
Hiram lodge of Masons. fr
Friday, Dec. 2s. sf
Rabies is epidemic in Rochester.
Supposed diamonds have been found in TO
Nv Mexico co
The Southern Educational association ba
It in Richmond.
treat damage was done by fire at the DR.
st India docks in London. nj
russia has secured the right of consu. III
representation at Bombay. M,
turkish soldiers assaulted the British ON
irge dafaires at Constantinople. "a,
'at Grove, suspected Cudahy kidnap- ra
was believed to be in Findlay, o. r.
amuel ID. Miller of Indianapolis recov. ~
his child kidnapped by its mother. Ia
he chief of police of Barre, VT. was ie
bably fatally wounded by socialists.
he president ordered the preference oc
ne civil service Of veterans of the war doc
h Spain. Ha
Thursday, Dec. ~. hal
x-President Cleveland denied that he exc
ed for President Mckinley. tir,
o further outbreak followed last Sh,
lts race riot at Cementville, Ind. I
nlversity OF Chicago professors dis one
cred that sah makes the heart beat. the
ord Cromer assured the Dinkas ot ren
irtum of protection against slave raid fro
UNI
company has been formed to operate sai6
ieumatlc tube service between Boston NOR
New York. PEI
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