The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-08-20


celebrate the anniversary by a jubilee.
Saturday. Aug. Is.
At the New York navy yard n govern.
ment station for wireless telegraphy
has been established.
The first meeting Of the Alaskan
boundary commission is to be held
Sept 3 in the British foreign office.
Belief exists in Peking that Russia
has come to an understanding with the
United States regarding Manchuria.
A Minneapolis (Mlnn) man received
a letter posted in bottle by his daugh'
ter in midAtlantic thirty-one days ago.
Premier Laurier told the Canadian
parliament that German war ship at
Montreal was not engaged in recruit.
ing.
A monument has been erected by the
state of Vermont at Fairfield to mark
the birthplace of President Chester A
Arthur.
The Navesink National bank Of Red
Bank. n. j., has been closed by direc.
ton of the acting comptroller Of the
currency.
The steam yacht Waiontha, formerly
the Fra Diavolo owned by f. S. Stokes
was burned in the Connecticut river
below Hartford.
Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt, Miss Goe
let Lord Strathcona and the Duke OF
Roxburghe incognito, have arrived by
the Campania from England.
The Northwestern Federation Of Col
ored Women's Clubs at New Haven
Conn, thanked President Roosevelt for
impartial dealing toward the negro
race.
King Peter of Servia Is said to be
completely in the hands of the military
clique, who are said to have his written
approval of the assassination of King
Alexander
Curtis Jett and Thomas White have
been found guilty of the assassination
of James B. Marcum at Jackson Ky.
and the punishment of each fixed at
life Imprisonment.
Six fremen of the Lake Michigan
steamer Eastland mutinied and stop.
ped the engines because the supply of
mashed potatoes gave out and were
Jullou at SOutn haven, MICH.
The British parliament was prorogued
until Nov. 2. The kings speech spoke
hopefully of the future of Ireland. Pre-
mier Balfour said he believed the Ven.
ezuelan tribunal would meet on the
date originally fixed.
Friday, Aug. II.
Philippine veterans paraded and
dined at Manila in honor of Occupation
day.
Concessions have been made to work.
men at Odessa, Russia, and work gen.
orally resumed.
! 1t is said in Washington that Gen.
eral Horace Porter, and not Governor
Taft, may succeed Secretary Root.
The United States minister Mt Bogota
! has reported that no definite action
! has yet been taken on the canal treaty.
Nine. Humbert told the Paris court
that she expects vindication, otherwise
she would not survive the swindling
trial.
In consequence Of mob violence
Whitesboro, Tex, will soon be without
negroes, as they are fleeing from the
town.
Notable improvement In the condition
of the Jews at Kishineff has followed
the coming of the new governor of Bes
sarabia.
Paris gave public funeral to nine.
teen unclaimed victims Of the subway
disaster. Premier Combes made an
address.
The cutter yacht Wenonah, owned by
Samuel NJ. Roosevelt of New York, was
damaged by a collision with steamer
off Faulkner's island.
The Irish land bill, having been
agreed to by the lords in form, has
been finally approved by the commons
and now awaits the royal assent to be-
come law.
In fight for the heavy weight cham
pionship of the world at San Francisco,
Jim Corbett was knocked out by the
present champion, James ]. Jeffries, In
the tenth round. Corbett acknowl'
edged that he was fairly beaten.
Thursday, Aug. 18.
Concessions by Korea have given
Russia practical control of Yalu river
commerce.
A. c. Dinkey has been elected to sue.
ceed w. Il. Corey as president Of the
Carnegie Steel company.
Radcliffe q Co.'S warehouse at Grand
Rapids, Mich, filled with furniture in
storage, has been burned; loss, $780,
600.
Australian manufacturers have as
sured Mr.. Chamberlain of friendly re-
sponse to any feasible scheme of pref
erentlal tariffs within the British en-
pire.
A prospector from the Mackenzie riv-
or arrived at Vancouver B. c., bring
ing with him portion of the silk used
in the construction of the long lost
Andres balloon.
The Silver Spray, fishing boat own.
ed at Erie, Pa, came into port In a
badly shattered condition, due to an
encounter in mldlake with the Cana