The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-06-05
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Notable Events of the week Briefly
and Tcrsciy Told.

Notable Events of the week Briefly
and Tcrsciy Told.
Activity was reported in volcanic
crater near Grant, n NJ.
A tornado struck several Wisconsin
towns, doing much damage.
Several children were reported killed
by troops in a charge upon riotous
mob at Lemberg, Galicia.
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach announced
that the tax on grain will not be re-
moved from the British budget.
I The formal resignation of the French
cabinet was presented 10 President
Loubct by the premier, NJ. Waldeck-
Rousseau.
Tuesday, June ..
Governor Taft was received in Rome
by Cardinal Rampolla.
ambassador Choate presented four
Americans at King Edwards levee.
The Prince and Princess of Monaco
were judicially separated ut suit of the
prince.
Mrs. Hunt of Baltimore, who attend
ed Queen Victoria's coronation, started
abroad for King Edwards ceremonies.
Nathan Straus' fourteen booths for
the sale of pasteurized milk TO the poor
Mt nominal price were opened in New
York.
The funeral procession of Ii Hung
Chang from Peking to Tungchao was
two miles long. The coffin was borne
by sixty carriers.
Monday, June 2.
An incendiary fire did great damage
in Holidaysburg, Pa.
Garment workers to the number of
1000 went on strike In Syracuse,
n. Y.
The drowning of 800 Japanese fisher
men during recent terrible gales was
reported
a chime of ten bells was dedicated to
the memory Of William Mckinley in II
Lincoln (Neb.) church.
Unusually high water was reported
in Kansas. The rainfall for the month
of May was 101a inches.
Saturday. May 81.
An El Paso (Tex) grand jury indict-
ed ffty-two gamblers.
King Edwards official birthday was
celebrated in London. The actual ami
versary falls on Nov. 0.
The Rochambeau party was enter
tanned mt Newport, where they placed
wreath ON the grave of Chevalier de
TernGy.
Tennessee Democrats in convention
at Nashville named ]. b. Frazer for
governor and reailirmed the Kansas
City platform.
A party of Chicago men returning
from celebrating the acquttal of man
tried for murder killed passerby who
would not join them.
1t was reported in st. Paul that the
Great Northern Steamship company
will build two more giant ships for Pa
cific trade besides the three partially
finished.
Friday. May 30.
Fire destroyed the business section of
Williamsport, Pa.
Yellow fever has broken out in viru.
lent form at Vera Cruz, Mexico.
Frosts were general over lower Mich
igan, north and central Ohio, north and
west Pennsylvania and interior New
York.
Former President Alfaro of Ecuador
was charged with inviting Colombian
rebels to aid in starting revolution in
, Ecuador.
The federal grand jury Mt Memphis
. indicted six railroads for forming q
) pool to divide cotton shipments and
maintain rates.
Thursday, May 20.
Funeral services were held in Rome
in memory of Archbishop Corrigan.
General Wood, former military gov
ernor of Cuba, has arrived in Wash
ington.
Superintendent John j. Jasper was
retired, with pension, after forty-fvt
years service in New York city
schools.
Professor Adolf Kussmaul, who in
. troduced the stomach pump into med
!. ical practice, died at Heidelberg, Ger
. many.
: Nine new companies were chartered
at Harrisburg, Pa, by the same incor
poratOrs to supply water and electri,
power from the Susquehanna river