The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-06-12
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Notable Events of the Week Briefly
and Terse1y Told.

]. Picrpont Morgan has arrived in
England from the continent.
The annual convention of the Amer
icdn Medical association has opened at
Saratoga.
Ten persons were killed and nine
farmhouses destroyed by tornado in
Minnesota.
The British expenditures for 19O2-O3
are estimated at 1881 ,705, 900 and reve-
nues at $762,175,O0O.
General Torres, with $500 Mexican
troops, defeated 600 Yaqui Indians in
the San Manhattan district.
The English team defeated the Amer
leans in an exhibition game of polo
Mt Ranelagh by 6 goals to 5.
Paul S. Stanley, an American, be-
came demented in Rome and tried to
ride his horse upstairs at Altieri pal
ace.
Tuesday, June 10.
The centennial exercises at West
Point Military academy were begun by
a reception to visiting alumni.
Three American scientists made an
other ascent of La Soufriere, st. Vim
cent, but fog impeded the view.
The pope formally bestowed red hats
on three cardinals, including Mgr. Mar
tlnelli, and appointed two American
bishops.
In the second game for the polo
championship at Hurlingham the Eng
lish team defeated the Americans, 6
goals to l.
The Jersey supreme court denied the
application of Thomas c. Barker, who
shot Rev. John Keller at Arlington, for
a new trial.
Monday, June -.
Nine men were drowned in a collision
on the lake near Duluth, MINI.
Floods in the vicinity of Emporia,
Kan, have done more than S1,000,000
damage.
Floods did great damage in the
southwestern portion of Chicago. There
were many narrow escapes from
drowning.
The bill granting amnesty to all
Americans now in Jail or awaiting trial
in Cuba was passed unanimously by
the senate.
Two boys were killed and man bad
ly hurt at Reading, Mass, in a run
away caused by automobiles driven at
a reckless pace by Harvard students.
1t was stated that the price paid by
]. Pierpont Morgan for the famous
Consul Gutmann collection of antique
silver and bronzes in Berlin was $500.
600.
Saturday, June ..
The Tehuantepec railway across
| Mexico is expected to be ready a yeal
| hence to compete for Pacific coast traf
| fic.
! The strike of the blast furnace work
| ers has been settled the men receiving
an increase of 10 per cent for twelve
| hours work.
| At Giion, Spain, boat containing
| eight Spanish artillery officers was rur
| down by a steamer, and five Of the Off
GERS were drowned.
| Friday, June O.
| American jockeys won several race:
| Mt EPSON Downs and all at the Bois d,
Boulogne.
| New York university conferred the
degree of bachelor of letters upon Hel
en- Miller Gould.
Sir Thomas Upton has announced
| that he will challenge for the Ameri
cas- cup next year.
The house of commons by vote o
| $50 TO A granted 100000 to Lor,
Kitchener after bitter Irish opposition
One of the boilers of the Wilson lin
steamer Consuelo burst on her voyag
from New York to Hull. Nobody wa
hurt.
Thursday, June 3.
Oriental advices reported fears il
China of another Boxer uprising.
YaQui Indians ambushed Mexican
troops near Hermosillo, killing thirty
A general uprising is reported.
Eight miners were burned to deaf
by an explosion of gas at colliery a
Dowlais, Glamorganshire, Wales
Four prisoners in the Somerville (N
j. county Jail by cleverly manipulat
ing the lever locking their cells effecte
their escape.
The Gusyran, a mud volcano in Car
casia, was reported in eruption. Th
country adjacent Is envelOped /
flames, and hocks of sheep were dt