The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-09

Scores of churches throughout the
great Kansas wheat belt around Tope-
ka were closed, and the men and wom-
en- went into the fields to help save the
100,000000 bushel crop now overripe.
at the harvest oil day.
During the progress of terrific rain
storm at Pittsburg four persons were
| killed In an accident of most unusual
character A large, American flag sus
pended from n grocery store became
soaked with the rain, and the high
wind blew 1t against an electric light
wire which was carrying 1000 volts
The wire snapped under the pressure
and fell into the street. one end lodging
in pool of water charging it to high
degree. Four persons stepping into this
water received electric shocks which
caused death.
saturday, July 4.
On initiation of the Pacific Postal Ca.
BILE company Archbishop Ireland of st.
Paul Mimi, sent messages of greeting
to Governor Taft and TO Mgr. Guidl at
Manila.
Official action declaring q strike on
all st. Louis Transit company lines was
taken at meeting of 100 street rail.
way employees representing the Anal
gamated Association of Street Railway
Employees of America.
A car on the Center line of the Pitts.
burg Railway company jumped the
tracks on the Lincoln avenue bridge
and went over the bridge, falling to
Beechwood boulevard. nearly a hun.
dred feet below Three were killed out
right and three probably fatally in
jured,
B. l.. Wright was accidentally shot
and killed on passenger train at Nc
Gehee, Ark, by boisterous negro pas
senger whom the porter was endeavor.
ing to put off the train. Robert Good,
the negro, had threatened the porter,
and the latter drew revolver, which
Good succeeded in taking from him and
firing. The bullet struck and instantly
killed Wright
Pence has been declared in the labor
| war which for two months has para
lItO ANtN lOlh DullNlDS !,
resulting in losses to employers and
employed of S100,000,000 After a con-
ference of twelve hours between repre-
sentatives of twenty unions represent
ing 10000 skilled workmen and the
members of the Employers association
II was announced that practical set
tlement of all difficulties had been ef-
fected.
Friday, July 3.
The Pacific cable has been completed
to Manila.
The plant of reduction works at Sill
yer City, n. NJ, has been burned loss
100000.
Two Chicago labor leaders have been
sent to Jail for disregarding u strike in
| junction.
An American telegraphic apparatus
has been inaugurated between Rome
and Naples.
Ard Patrick, the 1901 Derby winner,
has won the Princess of Wales stakes
of 100000 at Newmarket.
Mrs. Anna Oppenheimer of Russell
vile, Ky, has been charged with pois-
oning her young baby at Cincinnati.
Congressman Hopkins told Chicago
meeting that negroes ought to be sent
to congress by certain southern dis
tricts
Charles Alger brother of Senator Al
ger is i'll at the latter's Detroit home
he is supposed to have been poisoned
by green goods men, against whom he
had worked as Missouri postmaster.
Thursday, July 2.
Two deaths are reported from heat in
Chicago.
A strike of smelter employees is ex-
pected in Denver
An aged widow has been brutally
murdered near Vineta, l. T.
Governor Odell and family have
started on trip to Yellowstone park.
Lieutenant McCue, accused of biga.
my, has been detained at Fort Sheri-
dan, H.
Hurry orders have been given to at
the army transport Bufort for sea al
San Francisco.
Berlin's exports to the United States
ioi thS hstui yedl tcdCu oO,foO,OUO, II
gain of nearly S1.20O,000.
Postmaster Roberts Of Brooklyn has
denied the report that there had been
defalcation in the Brooklyn post Of.
fee.
conference Of Jewish rabbis at De.
troit Mich has urged the creation Of a
board to whom change of Sabbath to
Sunday might be referred.
q. ID. Wise, New York water com.
mission employee, was blown out Of q
launch at Poughkeepsie by a gasoline
explosion and had an arm burned
The authorities at Holguin, a town
sixty-six miles northwest of Santiago
have reported that an American named
Joseph E. Bradley has been murdered
by robbers.
President Loubet has declined in ad
vance to receive British Catholic del
egation in London whose members
wished to protest against French ex