The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-12-18
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Notable Events of the Week Briefly
and Tcrselv Told.

NJ bank lost $4,000 in the robbery
there.
! Comptroller Ridg' ~ has closed the
National Bank of south Pennsylvania
at Hyndman.
/ Twenty-fou Ma, edonian workmcn
have been killed by Turkish frontier
guards near Sofa.
A maniac in Lapere, Mich, killed
boarder, wounded his mother and sis
ter and committed suicide.
General Bliss has arrived in Wash.
ington from Havana, bringing the reci-
procity treaty signed last week.
Three bank robbers were ambushed
ut Alvord Tex. one was killed, one
fatally wounded and the third cap
tured.
Tuesday. Dec. 10.
! Sol IIirsch, cX-Unted States minister
TO Turkey, died in Portland ore.
Heavy rains continued in the Mlssls-
sippi valley, and many streams were
over banks.
Albany, n. V. was threatened with
a mert famine owing to delay of trains
( by heavy snow.
Chicago packers stated that the new
German tariff bill would cut of a quar-.
ter Of their provision export trade.
The congregation Of the propaganda
recommended the appointment of Pish-
op Quigley Of Buffalo as archbishop Of
Chicago.
Alice Hopkins was murdered Gt live
Oak. fla, by John BURNS her t@oat
being cut from ear to ear and her lower
! limbs cut off
Monday. Dee. 10.
Almost the entire town Of Liverpool,
/ y. s. was destroyed by fire.
An international exposition was open
cd by President Riesco at Santiago.
Chile.
| Incoming steamers reported severe
gales and tempestuous weather on the
Atlantic.
Two men were killed and half do2.
en- others hurt in an explosion in the
water tunnel under Lake Erie at Cleve-
land, o.
The Victoria hotel in Quebec was
completely destroyed by Ere. The
guests and employees escaped unin-
jured. Loss about $4,000.
Saturday, Dec. ~.
The protocol of the proposed CON-
mercial treaty between Cuba and the
| United States was signed at Havana.
George w Simmons master mechan-
ic of the Reading Railroad company,
was killed by an engine ut Harrisburg.
John Barrett declined the Japanese
mission. The post may be offered to
Lloyd Griscom, Jr., now minister to
| Persia.
The Western National and the Ma
tional Bank of the United States in
New York consolidated and will have
a capital of S1o,00O,000.
One Yale student was fined 5000 and
three others 500 each for assaulting a
speculator in tickets for the football
game with Harvard
The Georgia legislature has passed
and the governor will sign Il bin pro-
viding an ad valorem tax on franchises
of all corporations exercising right OF
eminent domain.
Friday, Dec. IL.
Terrific snowStorms were reported in
the southern provinces of Russia.
A saltcellar of the Elizabethan period
brought $4,000 at London auction.
British and Belgian flags were hauled
down by Chinese in a mine dispute in
Chilli.
The tool and AK trust, with $42,000.-
600 capital, has been practically com
| pleted.
The steamship Empress of India
| brought to Victoria, b. c., from the ori-
ent cargo of silk valued at 100000
a large quantity of nitroglycerin ex-
ploded at the Dittmar Powder compa-
ny's plant, Maxim, N. j., wrecklng
several buildings.
Thursday, Dec. II.
Fire caused loss of 100000 in Ere
| mont, o.
The great Nile reservoir was opened
| by the khedive of Egypt.
One fireman was killed and four hurt
by falling walls at Toledo o.
Marseilles strikers decided against
lurlHer ueSoliutioils anu VIII continue
| out.
The tugboat Pontiac was sunk by ice
in the Hudson near Albany. The crew
was saved
The betrothal was announced at Ber-
| lin of the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar
| to Princess Caroline of Reuss.
Moroccan rebels were reported to
have the sultan's forces hemmed in and
hitherto loyal tribes to be joining the
| forces of the pretender
Eighteen Gypsies Frozen.
| VIENNA, Dec. 17-Eighteen gyp-