The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-01-24
CONDENSED DISPATCHES
Notable Events Of the Week BrieHy
md Terse1y Told.


Rutgers students egged New Bruns-
wick editor.
Maurice Thompson, the author. is re-
ported very low.
Senator Sewell was reelected by the
New Jersey legislature.
One thousand Filipinos swore allie
glance at Vigan and 400 at Malabon.
Thieves attempted to wreck the Union
Pacific overland express near Kearney,
Neb.
More outrngcs by insurrectionary
Greeks are reported from the Indian Ter.
ritory.
The torrential rains continue to do
great damage to the banana fields in ia
maica
Senator Knute Nelson was reelected
at st. Paul. Moses L. Clapp was chosen
for the short term.
Tuesday. jan. ~.
The miners of G.. Pardce & Co. at Lat
timer Pa, went on n strike.
King Oscar of Sweden and Norway
has resumed the reins of government.
Harvard has decided to send an expedi-
tion to visit Iceland, Greenland and Lab
rador
Venezuela is said to have demanded
81 100000 from the Bermudez Asphalt
company.
The Philippine commission has passed
an act establishing u department of pub
lie instruction.
Fourteen milk dealers were arraigned
in New York special sessions, charged
with selling adultrrated milk. The fines
imposed ranged from SO to $50.
Monday, Jan. n.
The Argentina wheat crop, il is esti-
mated, will yield 100000 tons.
The Chilean congress has approved
the budget for the present year. amount
ing to 115,0O0,0O0 pesos.
The wonderful ice bridge at Niagara
Falls has formed For the last few
days the thermometer has stood Mt zero
Wolverville, the county seat of Trinity
county, in the northern part of Cali
fornia, has been snow bound since the
latter part OF December.
John ID. Rockefeller has agreed to give
$4,000 TO Carson and Newman college
of Messy Creek, Tenn, provided the trus-
tees raise $4,000 additional by 1905.
saturday, Jan. 10.
Russian students were exiled to Port
Arthur for indulging in political agita-
tion.
Twelve persons were severely injured
in trolley car collision at Mount Yer
non, n. Y.
Kruger's secretary denies the report
that the ex-president has decided to visit
the United States.
Majority of Jamaica legislature voted
To resist attempt to restore absolute
crown government.
Charge against Mrs. Nation, the Wich
ita w. C. T. u. woman, dismissed on
ground that she is irresponsible.
Twenty families We're rendered home
less in Jersey City by fire which par
italy destroyed six tenement houses.
Friday, Jan. IL.
A hurricane swept over the Suez canal.
The Hamburg American liner Bulgaria
grounded in the Elbe.
A black deer that barks like n dog has
been discovered in the Philippines.
The British cruiser Sybille was wreck
ed near Lamberts bay, Cape Colony.
A man was murdered and robbed and
woman shot on an English railroad train.
The British steamer Kaisari was wreck
ed ON the island OF Reunion. Twenty-Five
lives were lost.
Nj. Paul Jules Barber the French dra-
matte author and the librettist of Faust"
and many other well known operas, died
in Paris.
Thursday. Jan. II.
Moslem tribes in Dahomey are prepar-
ing to rebel.
Havanas death list in December was
the smallest in ten years.
Governor Allen signed the bill cstab-
fishing jury trials in Porto Rico.
Scott Wike, former assistant secretary
OF the treasury. died at Quincy, Ills.
The German government has ordered
2,40O tons of sauerkraut in Philadelphia
The mutilated body of man was
found in trunk ON Pier II, East river,
New York city.
Theodore G. Boettger, an aged musical
composer, was injured, probably fatally,
in Chicago.
Cornelius l.. Alvord, Jr.. who pleaded
guilty of stealing $500, 200 from the First
National bank, New York. was sentenced
TO 13 years in Sing Sing 10y Judge Thorn
as.
Wednesday, Jan. 16.
Ground was broken for new custom
honse in New York.
Venezuela was reported to have seized
two American steamers.
Mrs. Carrie Nation, the Wichita w. T..
T. Y. woman, was released from Jail.
Elijah w. Blaisdc1. one of the founders
of the Republican party, died at Rock
ford, Ills.
The British steamer Monarch cleared
from New Orleans for Cape Town with
] 100 horses for the British army.
Stephen Van Rensselaer, Townsend a
well known New York lawyer. died at his
home In Hampstead. on Long Island, aft.
er several months sickness.
The Williamstown c0iiiery, controlled
by the Pennsylvania railroad has sus-
pended operations on account of differ
ences between the company and the op-
eratiyes over the hours OF work.
The owners OF the steamship Russie.
which was recently wrecked near Fara-
man, France, will distribute 10000
francs to the fishermen who rescued the
passengers and crew of the vessel
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Sing Sing Condemned.
NEW YORK, Jan. 22-Prcsident
| Lewis of the state hoard of haalth hos