The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-08-21
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Notable Events Of the Week Briefly
and TerseIy Told.

ana TerseIN TOiu.
President Castro expelled from Ven
ezuela the wife and children of for
mer Prime Minister Rodriguez.
Five people, two women and three
children, were burned to death in an
east side fire in New York city.
II. f. and III. l.. Dohcrty the Eng
lish tennis pair defeated Collins and
Waidner of Chicago in the first cham
pionship round at Newport, 3 sets to 2
w. X. Vanderbilt, Jr., and wife, Con-
suelo, duchess of Marlborough, and
Mr.. and Mrs. o. ii. Il. Belmont returned
from Europe on the Kronprinz VIII
helm.
Tuesday. Aug. 10.
Professor Alexander Agassiz was ap.
pointed member of the German Or.
der Pour le Merite.
Frank G.. Andrews, the dishonest De
troit bank officer, was sentenced to fif-
teen years in state prison.
Many British soldiers who served
against the Beers are applying at the
American embassy in Lohdon for en-
listment In the Philippine army.
Corporal II. L. O'Bren, a Philippine
witness, charged with perjury. was or
dered to custody of Washington au-
thorities.
A Colorado guide who had fight
with two grizzlies is said to owe his
! life to the knowledge of bear fighting
taught him by President Roosevelt.
! Albert Bach charged n shortage of
! several hundreds of thousands of dol
lars realized from the sale of treasury
stock of the Tripler Liquid Air COM
pany.
Monday. Aug. 1S.
William A. Hemphill former mayor
of Atlanta, Ga, and founder of the At
lanta Constitution, died.
The Earl of Dudley was sworn in as
lord lieutenant of Ireland In succession
to Earl Cadogan, resigned.
The failure of the Elgin Creamery
company, operating 135 creameries in
| three western states, was reported,
with 10000 creditors, mostly farmers.
Rear Admiral Douglas, one of the
| British lords of the admiralty. arrived
at st. Johns, n. f.. to discuss the
| French shore fishery question with the
! French naval commander in those wa
| tiers.
David T. Gillmor, former mayor
of Paterson, n. j., killed himself by
| shooting. Mr.. Gillmor had been de-
| spondent for some time over i'll health.
! which he believed would eventually
drive him insane.
saturday, Aug. 10.
! Thirty-two summer vacation schools
| in New York city have closed their ses-
slons.
The new battleship Maine has left
Cramps shipyard for New York navy
yard to prepare for her trial tests.
| w. II. Martin the American jockey,
had his collar bone broken at Redcar,
England, by the fall of his mounts
The funeral services for Senator Nc
| MILAN were held at his late home in
| Detroit. The interment was private.
The religious orders expelled from
France have asked the Vatican's per-
mission to settle in the United States
and were advised to go to Canada.
AuE.
King Edward and Queen Alexandra
went to Cowes from London.
The woman franchise bill has passed
both houses of the New South Wales
| legislature.
The insurgent blockade of Cape Hal
tien proved Intellectual and has been
| abandoned.
| The British steamer Delano went
ashore near Cape Race and is likely to
prove total loss.
| Mrs Edward Parker Deacon denied
| the story of infatuation of the, German
crown prince for her daughter.
Johannesburg was reported to be ex-
cited over the discovery of new gold
reef, said to be part of fields as large
as the Witwatersrand.
Tlnrsday, Aug. II.
| The cholera epidemic has spread to
Japan from Manila and Chinese ports.
Breton peasants threaten to use bee
hives as weapons against troops sent
to close Catholic schools.
Depreciation of silver has injured
business in Mexico, and there is talk
of putting the country on a gold basis.
A student at the University OF Cal
| iforna has discovered in Shasta
county cave the remains of primeval
| bear.
| A thermometer on Mount Washing
ton, n. H., registered 90 degrees. Ice
was shoveled from the wooden walk
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