The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-02-12
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
s,tnbic Events of The week Briefly
and 'rerEcIS Told.


ana 'FcrsclS Told.
A sharp earthquake shock occurred
at Modica, Sicily.
The cruiser New York was slightly
damaged by fire while at anchor in San
Francisco bay.
One hundred and thirty carpenters
employed in the St Louis fair grounds
went on strike.
The British steamer Arthur was sunk
In collision off Barry, Wales, and five
of the crew lost.
A resolution was introduced in the
Wisconsin legislature TO investigate the
methods of the Standard Oil company.
Gennaro Rubino was convicted of an
attempt to kill King Leopold and sem
fenced to life imprisonment at penal
.servtude.
Tuesday, Feb. 10.
Edna Lyall, the author, died at East
bourne, England.
William Fishback, former governor
of Arkansas, died Mt Fort Smith.
Ten of n sleighing party were hurt
by car at Winona. Wis. two fatally
What is known as the Philippine ex-
tradition bill was signed by the presi-
dent and is now law.
The rivers of Scotland overfowcd.
inundaSng miles of the country and
stopping railway traffic.
The Montreal express on the Cana
dian Pacific was wrecked at Greenville
Junction, Me. Two were injured, one
fatally.
Monday, Feb. %.
General Miles sailed from Liverpool
for New York aboard the Cunard liner
Lucania.
The coal famine in New York has
been succeeded by glut, and prices
have dropped accordingly.
Two persons were killed, three seri-
ously injured and a score or more
Slightly hurt in a head on collision near
Terre Haute, Ind.
The death from heart disease at San
Francisco of Admiral Frank Wildes
was announced. He had just arrived
on the steamer China from Asiatic
ports.
saturday, Feb.7
Ralph Milbanlis, the British minister
plenipotentiary to Austria, died at
Vienna.
Martin Harvey, the English actor.
was reported seriously ill at Colum-
bus, o.
A fourth attempt to burn the West
ern Military academy at Alton, ILL.,,
proved successful
bn oe
Yale was found dead in the park at
Morris Cove, near New Haven.
Fire destroyed the shoe factories of
Bowers & Shaw and +. w. Lord q
Co. in South Peabody, Mass. Loss $780,
600.
A plan for awarding the Rhodes
scholarships in southwestern states
was agreed upon at a conference in
Kansas City.
Friday, Feb. q.
Arizona Legislature protested against
union with New Mexico as a state.
Former Senator Frank j. Cannon un-
derwent an operation for appendicitis
at Salt Lake City.
General Nicolas Pierola, former die
tator, has declined to become q candi-
date for the presidency of Peru.
1t is feared that forty fishermen who
were camped on the ice in Saginaw
bay, Michigan, were lost in the recent
storm.
Thursday, Feb. 8.
The worst blizzard in years ragged in
Nebraska.
Relics of old Newgate prison brought
low price at auction sale in London.
The constabulary were defeated by
| ladrones near Polo, Bulacan province.
1t was reported that forty-five men
were killed in fight between crews of
Japanese fishing smacks.
| The statue of Frederick the Great
! will arrive here about June 1. The
pedestal will be made in Berlin.
| The thirteenth ballot for United
! States senator was taken i'm the Della
| ware legislature and showed no change
| in the situation.